Lehnan, Anna seeded No. 1

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Staff report

Longtime Lehman head baseball coach Dave King said he was surprised when he learned that his Cavaliers had been voted the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Division 4 Sectional Baseball Tournament, which will get underway a week from today.

King’s squad is 18-2 on the season, the best record in the sectional, but he still thought 16-3 Triad would get the top seed.

“Triad was runner-up at state last year and has some real good pitching back,” said King. “I voted them No. 1, so I didn’t expect us to get it. But I guess there’s some respect there.”

Despite getting the No. 1 nod, King said his team faces a difficult draw. No. 2-seeded Russia opted to go in the same bracket as Lehman, but King can’t worry about facing the Raiders in the lower-bracket finals.

His first game will likely be against No. 6 seed Mechanicsburg, which brought a 12-6 record to the draw Sunday.

“We can’t think about Russia,” he said. “We have to worry about Mechanicsburg first. They have a real good No. 1 pitcher and they play a strong schedule. But of the 11 teams in the sectional, I think at least seven can beat anybody on any day, so we know it’s going to be tough. At least we have that first one at home.”

After Russia and Triad, Fort Loramie took the No. 4 seed and went to the upper bracket.

The tournament will begin next Monday with three games. All the first- and second-round games will be played at the better seed’s home field.

Troy Sectional

Monday, May 8

All games at 5 p.m.

Upper bracket

Botkins (5-13) at Botkins

Jackson Center at Riverside

Lower bracket

Fairlawn at Mechanicsburg

May 10

Upper bracket

Houston-Botkins winner at Triad

Riverside-JC winner at Fort Loramie

Lower bracket

Covington at Russia

Mechanicsburg-Fairlawn winner at Lehman

Finals

Upper bracket – May 17 at Hardman Field, Piqua

Lower bracket — May 17 at Sidney High School

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Coldwater District

Minster was the No. 3 seed for the Coldwater D-4 District. Fort Recovery was No. 1, Delphos St. John’s No. 2 and Crestview No. 4.

Minster will host Waynesfield, New Bremen will be at home against Marion Local and New Knoxville travels to St. Henry, all on May 9 at 5 p.m.

Coldwater District

All games at 5 p.m.

Lima Temple at Lima Perry

Lincolnview at Crestview

Upper Scioto at Parkway

Marion Local at New Bremen

Waynesfield at Minster

New Knoxville at St. Henry

Second round

May 11

Games at 5 p.m. at better seed

Fort Recovery vs. Perry-Temple winner

Crestview-Lincolnview winner vs. Parkway-Upper Scioto winner

Delphos St. John’s vs. Bremen-Marion winner

Minster-Waynesfield winner vs. Knoxville-St. Henry winner

Semifinals — May 17 at Coldwater

Finals — May 19 at Coldwater

DIVISION 3

The Anna Rockets were voted the No. 1 seed for the Dayton 3 Sectional, which also gets underway a week from today.

The Rockets, 14-5, got the first-round bye and will host the Northridge-East Clinton winner in the semifinals on May 10.

Versailles was seeded No. 2 and plays at home on May 10 against the West Liberty Salem-Northwestern winner.

Carlisle is seeded third and Northeastern fourth.

Dayton 3 Sectional

Monday, May 8

Northridge (2-16) at East Clinton (4-12)

Greeneview at Stivers

May 10

Northridge-East Clinton winner at Anna (14-5)

Greenview-Stivers winner at Northeastern (14-8)

Finals — May 17 at Tecumseh

Dayton 1 Sectional

Northwestern (10-11) at WL-Salem (12-7)

Arcanum (8-13) at Bethel (8-4)

West Milton (9-11) at Dayton Christian (12-5)

May 10

WL Salem-NW winner at Versailles (14-6)

Bethel-Arcanum winner at DC-Milton winner

Finals — May 17, Eaton High School

DIVISION 1

Sidney was seeded 18th for the Division 1 Sectional that begins May 9 and the Jackets will take on seventh-seeded Beavercreek on the road in their tourney opener.

Dayton 3 Sectional

Tuesday, May 9

All games at 5 p.m.

Springfield (6-12) at Greenville (9-12)

Sidney (5-17) at Beavercreek (11-6)

Stebbins (6-14) at Miamisburg (12-8)

May 11

Springfield-Greenville winner at Vandalia

Sidney-Creek winner vs. Miamisburg-Stebbins winner at better seed

Finals — May 18 at Centerville

Baseball tournament draw held Sunday, games start May 8

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