Sectional tournaments begin Monday (Oct. 18) with the state finals slated for Nov. 12 & 13 at Columbus Crew Stadium.

 

Here are my picks to win 2010 district championships:

 

Div. I Girls- Strongsville

Div. II Girls- St. Vincent-St. Mary

Div. I Girls- Hudson

Div. II Girls- St. Thomas Aquinas

Div. I Girls- Walsh Jesuit

Div. I Boys- GlenOak

 

Barring a monumental upset, No. 2 seed Revere (14-2-0) will play at No. 1 seed Highland (13-2-1) on Tuesday, Oct. 26, in a Brunswick Division II Boys District semifinal. Both teams are ranked seventh in the latest OSSCA state poll. Highland won the Sept. 21 regular season meeting 4-1 on its choppy home field.

 

The winner of that match will host the district final and it’s anybody’s guess which team will come out of the bottom half of that bracket.

 

A second must-see match will be Strongsville’s girls (14-1-1) playing at No. 1 seed Medina on Wednesday, Oct. 27, assuming the seeds hold through sectional play. Mustangs coach Jon Felton chose to be in the same half of the bracket as the defending state champs. After a 9-0-0 start, the Bees (11-2-3) limped through finish line of the regular season and now have to gather themselves. With All-Ohio quality players in Jillian Graff and goalkeeper Taylor Burke, Medina is a proud and formidable champion.

 

Burke and Graff were visiting the University of Florida when the Bees lost their season finale to Jackson 2-0. Both are expected to be ready for the playoff run.

 

It’s hard to believe the Walsh Jesuit girls are five goals better than Brecksville-Broadview Heights, but the Warriors crushed the BBHS 5-0 last week. Coach Dino McIntyre’s Walsh squad seems to be peaking at the right time. Walsh had finishing issues early in the campaign, but those appear to be in the past. The Warriors (12-1-3) outscored their final five opponents by an 18-1 margin.

 

Walsh would appear to have too much talent to allow Brecksville’s Amanda Sivic (24 goals) to pull the upset.

 

The Division III CVCA boys (11-3-1) go into the state playoffs riding a string of eight straight wins after a pedestrian 3-3-1 start. Senior Jack Thompson (15 goals, 9 assists) and junior Sachem Wilson (18 goals, 6 assists) are big-time goal scorers and could carry the team to Crew Stadium for a fourth straight year.

 

The Walsh (13-3-0) boys are a heavy favorite to repeat as University Heights Division III District champions. The Warriors are hoping to find a hot goalkeeper for their playoff run as veteran coach John Kissner has rotated senior Nate Casper and junior Ryan Vellequette most of the season.

 

The Warriors lost their regular season finale 3-1 at Chagrin Falls.

 

The Brunswick and Kent District soccer brackets were released earlier on SportsInk.com; however, the University Heights and Youngstown brackets have not been published until now:

 

 

SECTIONALS

Rhodes at John Marshall, TBA

Garfield Heights at Parma, 4:30p

Bedford at Parma Normandy, 6:30p

Lincoln West at Valley Forge, 4:30p

Rhodes-John Marshall winner at St. Ignatius, 7p

Garfield Heights-Parma winner at Shaker Heights, TBA

Bedford-Normandy winner at St. Edward, 7p

Lincoln West-Valley Forge winner at Solon, 7p

 

SECTIONALS

Cleveland Max S. Hayes at Holy Name, 4:30p

Benedictine at Tallmadge, 7p

Streetsboro at Beachwood, 4:30p

Max Hayes-Holy Name winner at Walsh Jesuit, 7p

Benedictine-Tallmadge winner at Orange, 7p

Parma Padua at Woodridge, 3p

Streetsboro-Beachwood winner at University School, 3p

 

 

SECTIONALS

Canton Timken at Boardman, 7p

Canton McKinley at North Canton Hoover, 7p

Warren G. Harding at Austintown Fitch, 7p

Timken-Boardman winner at Canfield, 7p

McKinley-Hoover winner at Lake, 7p

Green at GlenOak, 7p

Harding-Fitch winner at Warren Howland, 7p

 

Div. I Girls: 1- Cincinnati St. Ursula, 2- Strongsville, 4- Walsh Jesuit, 5-Medina

Div. II Girls: 1- Cincinnati Madiera, 10-St. Vincent-St. Mary

Div. I Boys: 1- St. Ignatius, 6- Strongsville

Div. II Boys: 1- Bay Village Bay, 2- Walsh Jesuit, 7- Highland, 7- Revere

Div. III Boys: 1- Springfield Catholic Central, 4- CVCA

 

24 / Sam Suponcic, Crestwood

21 / Paige Carlin, Coventry

20 / Brittany Charles, Woodridge

20 / Alana Gaither, Firestone

19 / Vickie Havas, Stow-Munroe Falls

12 / Jessica Monsman, Hudson

12 / Marena Toth, Stow-Munroe Falls

12 / Katie Roberts, Cloverleaf

12 / Morgan Genet, Barberton

9 / Jillian Graff, Medina

8 / Megan Mills, Coventry

8 / Emelie Moeller, Woodridge

7 / Abbie Lawson, Stow-Munroe Falls

7 / Sam Narducci, North Royalton

7 / Kate Waters, Hudson

6 / Rylee Fitzgerald, Hudson

6 / Sam Daugherty, St. Vincent-St. Mary

6 / Emma Davis, St. Vincent-St. Mary

6 / Hanna Whitesel, Coventry

 

20 / Greg Miller, Southeast

18 / Sachem Wilson, CVCA

17 / Jacob Naumann, Highland

17 / Eric Ashley, Coventry

15 / Jack Thompson, CVCA

16 / Vlad Lekarev, Strongsville

14 / Mark Noble, Manchester

12 / Chris Motley, St. Vincent-St. Mary

12 / Mike Barber, Manchester

12 / Cody Smith, Brunswick

11 / Dragan Mijatovic, Coventry

10 / Nick Parianos, Walsh Jesuit

10 / Antonio Manfut, St. Vincent-St. Mary

10 / Kyle Daily, Manchester

10 / Andy Frick, Archbishop Hoban

10 / Josh Gerstenslager, Manchester

10 / Evan Pannell, Archbishop Hoban

9 / Trevor Stankavich, Ravenna

9 / Sanad Judeh, Akron Garfield

9 / Coty Lipply. Southeast

8 / Bobby Burrows, Hudson

8 / Alec Culbertson, Field

8 / Josh Hathaway, Nordonia

7 / Jamie Jindra, Strongsville

7 / Ryan Baswell, Waterloo

7 / Bryan Daily, Manchester

7 / George Wischt, Field

7 / Adnan Hasanovic, Cuyahoga Falls

7 / Mark Sipos, Manchester

7 / Vinnie Ramlal, Ravenna

7 / Tyler Steele, Southeast

 

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