Boys basketball: Catholic Central, Cedarville could meet in postseason for third straight season

Catholic Central High School senior Tyler Galluch drives through Shawnee junior Rickie Powell and senior Zion Crowe during their game earlier this season in Springfield. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER

Catholic Central High School senior Tyler Galluch drives through Shawnee junior Rickie Powell and senior Zion Crowe during their game earlier this season in Springfield. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER

SPRINGFIELD — A pair of Ohio Heritage Conference South Division rivals could meet in the postseason for the third straight season.

Cedarville (17-4) earned the No. 2 seed and Catholic Central (14-6) earned the No. 3 seed in the Division IV Troy 2 bracket at Troy High School as part of the district tournament, which begins Monday.

Cedarville will play No. 14 Dayton Jefferson at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Troy. The winner will play No. 13 East Dayton Christian at 6 p.m. Feb 22.

Catholic Central will play No. 10 Franklin Monroe at 7 p.m. Feb 18 at Troy. The winner will play either No. 7 Yellow Springs (8-11) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22.

The Troy 2 district semifinal game will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 24. If the seeds hold, the Indians and Irish would meet in the third round for the third straight season.

The Irish won 43-41 last season, while the Indians won 60-49 in 2021.

Cedarville beat the Irish 59-53 on Dec. 2, while Catholic Central won the rematch 81-64 on Jan. 24 in Springfield.

In the Troy 1 bracket, No. 5 Southeastern (9-12) will play No. 9 Emmanuel Christian (7-13) at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. The winner would play either No. 4 Dayton Christian or No. 9 Twin Valley South in a second-round game at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21. No. 1 Troy Christian likely awaits in the district semifinal at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24.

In the D-IV Piqua 1 bracket, No. 13 Triad (5-15) will play either No. 2 Russia or No. 11 Mississinawa Valley at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at Piqua High School.

* In the D-IV Central District 1 bracket, No. 17 Mechanicsburg (0-20) will play at second-seeded Columbus Patriot Preparatory at 7 p.m Feb. 25.

Here’s a look at other brackets:

Division I

* Springfield is the No. 17 seed in the D-I Dayton 2 bracket at Centerville High School. The Wildcats (3-18) will play No. 2 Wayne at 7:15 p.m. on Feb 17 .

Division II

* No. 11 Shawnee (13-7) will play No. 14 Bellefontaine in the D-II North 1 bracket at 3 p.m. Feb 18 at Springfield High School. The winner would play either Ponitz or Bethel in a second-round game at 7 p.m. Feb. 22. The winner would likely face No. 1 seed Chaminade Julienne at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Trent Arena in Kettering.

* In the North 2 bracket, No. 15 Tecumseh (8-13) will play fourth-seeded Tippecanoe at 11 a.m. Feb. 18 at Miamisburg High School.

* In the D-II North 3 bracket, No. 13 Kenton Ridge (11-9) will play No. 9 Urbana (13-7) at 11 a.m. Feb. 18 at Springfield High School. The winner will play either No. 5 Meadowdale or No. 17 Graham (9-12) in a second round game at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at Springfield. The winner could face No. 3 Alter in a district semifinal game at 7 p.m. Feb. 24.

Division III

* Greeneview is the No. 3 seed in the D-III South 1 bracket at Western Brown High School. The Rams (17-4) will play No. 15 North College Hill. The winner will play No. 14 Clark Montessori at 7 p.m. Feb. 22. The district semifinal will be held at 5 p.m. Feb. 24. The other side of the bracket includes No. 6 Clermont Northeastern and No. 8 Gamble Montessori.

* No. 16 Greenon (11-9) will play No. 12 West Liberty-Salem (11-9) at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at Northmont High School in a North 1 first round game. The winner will play No. 2 Preble Shawnee at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Northmont.

* In the North 2 bracket at Northmont, No. 20 Northwestern (2-17) will play either No. 3 Tri-Village or No. 19 Houston at 6 p.m. Feb. 21.

* No. 17 Northeastern (8-13) will play No. 14 Stivers at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Vandalia Butler High School in a North 3 first-round game. The winner will play either No. 1 Miami East or No. 18 National Trail in a second-round game at 7:30 on Feb. 21.

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