Staff report
The Lehman High School girls soccer team was voted the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Division II North Sectional Tournament, which begins next Monday.
The Lady Cavaliers, ranked No. 3 in the latest Miami Valley Coaches Poll, are 9-4-1 on the season and drew a first-round bye that will likely pair them up with county rival Anna in the second round. Anna is the No. 5 seed and plays at home Monday against Southeastern.
Botkins was seeded No. 8 and will play Newton at home Monday.
Division 1
The Sidney girls were voted the No. 5 seed and will take on Fairmont at home on Monday at 7 p.m. in the first round. The winner will play either Wayne or Piqua next Thursday.
PAIRINGS
Division 3 North
Oct. 19
Newton at Botkins
Mechanicsburg at Northwestern
Southeastern at Anna
Troy Christian at Springfield Catholic
Semifinals
Oct. 22
Botkins-Newton winner at West Liberty Salem
Northwestern-Mechanicsburg winner at Miami East
Southeastern-Anna winner at Lehman
Northeastern at Springfield Catholic-Troy Christian winner
Sectional finals
Oct. 29 at Fairmont and Sidney
Division 1
Dayton 2 Sectional
Oct. 19
West Carrollton at Beavercreek
Piqua at Wayne
Fairmont at Sidney
Semifinals
Oct. 22
Beavercreek-WC winner vs. Springfield at higher seed
Wayne-Piqua winner vs. Sidney Fairmont winner at high seed
Sectional finals
Oct. 26, 7 p.m. at Northmont
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Boys
Sidney seeded 7th
The Sidney Yellow Jackets, 11-2-2 on the year going into Tuesday’s play, got the No. 7 seed for the Dayton 1 Sectional and will play its first tournament game next Tuesday at home against the Bellefontaine Chieftains, the No. 12 seed.
A win by the Jackets would put them in the semifinals on Oct. 24 against either Wayne or Tecumseh, also at home.
Division 3
Botkins was the highest seed among the boys in the Dayton 3 Sectional.
The Trojans are seeded 11th, Lehman 17th, Jackson Center 18th and Fairlawn 22nd.
The tournament also begins next Tuesday, with Fairlawn and Jackson Center in action. Fairlawn plays No. 4 seed Bethel on the road, and Jackson travels to Stivers.
Lehman plays the Bethel-Fairlawn winner Oct. 24 in the semifinals, and Botkins plays Newton that same day in the semifinals.
PAIRINGS
Division 1
Dayton 1 Sectional
Oct. 20
Greenville at Beavercreek
Tecumseh at Wayne
Bellefontaine at Sidney, 7 p.m.
Semifinals
Oct. 24
West Carrollton at Beavercreek-Greenville winner
Wayne-Tecumseh winner vs. Sidney-Bellefontaine winner at higher seed.
Sectional finals
Oct. 27 at Northmont, 7 p.m.
Division 3
Dayton 3
Oct. 20
Fairlawn at Bethel
Jackson Center at Stivers
Semifinals
Oct. 24
Bethel-Fairlawn winner vs. Lehman at higher seed
Botkins at Newton
Stivers-Jackson Center winner at Dayton Christian
Sectional finals
Oct. 27 at Fairmont, 7 p.m.
