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Published October 25, 2009 04:47 am - With the respective high school fall sports seasons turning for home and headed for the wire, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has released the whos, whats, whens and wheres for its respective winter sports postseason tournaments. A Don McCormack column: HB leaves, but guess who’s back? DON McCORMACK Star Beacon With the respective high school fall sports seasons turning for home and headed for the wire, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has released the whos, whats, whens and wheres for its respective winter sports postseason tournaments.
So, though (hopefully!) the white stuff is still a way from beginning to pile up, let’s take an indepth look at what will be on tap for the tournaments that will host our area squads at the conclusion of the 2009-10 winter sports regular seasons. Girls basketball n Dates to remember — The seeding meetings for the respective tournaments will all be held on Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. Sectional play will begin the week of Feb. 22. District play will commence the week of March 1. Sectional-district tournaments must be completed by March 6. n Division II, at Pymatuning Valley — The biggest change here is that Hathaway Brown won’t have the rest of the field to kick around anymore. Coach Paul Barlow’s defending Division II state champion Blazers, along with the likes of Collinwood, Cleveland East and East Tech, have been shifted to the D-II tournament at St. Joseph Academy, a move even Barlow has been campaigning for. That gives perennial contenders such as Geneva and Lake Catholic a realistic opportunity of advancing from Andover Township to the Sweet 16. Area squads Conneaut, Edgewood, Perry and Jefferson — along with Geneva — will combine with Lake Catholic, Harvey, Kenston, Lakeview, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin and West Geauga to fill the 11-team field. The esteemed Ron Weaver returns once again as tournament director. n Division III, at Lakeside — This is not good news for teams that hang their hats here for sectional-district play — perennial powerhouse Regina, which is said to be in its final year of having the doors open at the school, is back on the marquee at Lakeside Gymnasium. Berkshire is once again expected to be a high seed at this tournament and would have been considered the favorite... until Regina came back, of course. Area squads Grand Valley and Pymatuning Valley, along with Badger, Beachwood, Cardinal, Gilmour Academy, Hawken, Richmond Heights and Wickliffe and the aforementioned Regina, Villa Angela-St. Joseph and Berkshire will round out the 13-team field. Former Lakeside AD Tim Neal is listed as the tournament director. n Division I, at Perry — Spectator Gymnasium will once again be the site of a big-school tournament, with area schools Lakeside, Madison and Riverside among the 13-team field. 
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