District volleyball pairings set in OHSAA Tournament
PHOTO BY ROBERT TAYLOR
Revere middle hitter Gabrielle Vitez (left) and Wadsworth outside hitter Sabrina Parsons will lead their respective teams into the district round of the OHSAA Tournament. Only 64 schools remain alive in each division.

 

The 2011 OHSAA Tournament is down to 64 teams in each division, including the top squads from the SportsInk.com coverage area -- with the notable absence of Waterloo.

The Barberton Division I District and Stow Division I District feature the most intriguing battles for local fans.

Top-seeded Wadsworth plays Cuyahoga Falls, and second-seeded Medina challenges Copley at Barberton.

And at Stow, the top-seeded Bulldogs meet Hudson, while second-seeded Walsh Jesuit has a dandy against Kent Roosevelt.

Also of note is the Tallmadge Division II District, where St. Vincent-St. Mary plays Field, and Archbishop Hoban meets Manchester.

Let's take a look at which schools are still standing heading into the district tournament, which begins Tuesday at most sites (final rankings in the OHSVCA state poll are in parentheses, if applicable).

 

Barberton Division I District

Teams: 1. Wadsworth (No. 17), 2. Medina, 3. Cuyahoga Falls, 4. Akron Firestone, 5. Highland, 6. Akron Ellet, 7. Copley, 8. Cloverleaf, 9. Barberton, 10. Akron Garfield, 11. Akron Kenmore.

District matchups: Medina vs. Copley; Wadsworth vs. Cuyahoga Falls.

 

Stow Division I District

Teams: 1. Stow (No. 16), 2. Walsh Jesuit (No. 13), 3. Hudson, 4. Kent Roosevelt, 5. Nordonia, 6. Boardman, 7. Aurora, 8. Warren Howland, Twinsburg, Austintown-Fitch, Youngstown East, Warren Harding.

District pairings: Walsh Jesuit vs. Kent Roosevelt; Stow vs. Hudson.

 

Grafton Midview Division I District

Teams: 1. Avon Lake, 2. Amherst Steele, 3. Grafton Midview, 4. Brunswick, 5. Olmsted Falls, 6. Avon, 7. Elyria, 8. Lorain, 9. Westlake, 10. North Olmsted, 11. North Ridgeville.

District pairings: Amherst Steele vs. Brunswick; Avon Lake vs. Olmsted Falls.

 

Strongsville Division I District

Teams: 1. Rocky River Magnificat (No. 5), 2. North Royalton (No. 14), 3. Cleveland St. Joseph, 4. Strongsville, 5. Lakewood, 6. Parma, 7. Middleburg Heights Midpark, 8. Cleveland Rhodes, Parma Heights Valley Forge, Berea, Cleveland John Marshall.

District pairings: North Royalton vs. Cleveland St. Joseph; Rocky River Magnificat vs. Strongsville.

 

Uniontown Lake Division I District

Teams: 1. Massillon Jackson (No. 3), 2. North Canton Hoover, 3. Uniontown Lake, 4. Louisville, 5. Wooster, 6. Canton GlenOak, 7. Massillon Perry, 8. Massillon Washington, Canton Timken, Canton McKinley, Green.

District pairings: Massillon Perry vs. Uniontown Lake; Massillon Jackson vs. Louisville.

 

Mayfield Division II District

Teams: 1. Revere, 2. Cleveland Heights Beaumont, 3. Chagrin Falls, 4. CVCA, 5. Pepper Pike Orange, 6. Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown, 7. Cleveland Martin Luther King, 8. Cleveland Central Catholic, Woodridge, Cleveland Collinwood, Cleveland St. Martin de Porres, Warrensville Heights.

District pairings: Revere vs. Chagrin Falls; Cleveland Heights Beaumont vs. CVCA.

 

Tallmadge Division II District

Teams: Archbishop Hoban, Buchtel, Canton South, Coventry, Akron East, Field, Manchester, Akron North, Springfield, St. Vincent-St. Mary, Tallmadge, Canal Fulton Northwest, Navarre Fairless.

District pairings: St. Vincent-St. Mary vs. Field; Archbishop Hoban vs. Manchester.

 

Boardman Division II District

Teams: Southeast, Ravenna, Salem (No. 4), Alliance, Youngstown Cardinal-Mooney, Hubbard, Liberty, Alliance Marlington, Niles McKinley, Poland Seminary, Struthers, West Branch.

District pairings: Southeast vs. Canfield; Salem vs. Hubbard.

 

LaGrange Keystone Division II District

Teams: 1. Bay Village Bay (No. 18), 2. Wooster Triway (No. 17), 3. Parma Padua (No. 15), 4. Parma Heights Holy Name, 5. Sheffield Brookside, 6. LaGrange Keystone, 7. Lorain Clearview, 8. Rocky River, 9. Buckeye, 10. Norton, 11. Oberlin Firelands, 12. Vermilion, 13. Fairview Park Fairview.

District pairings: Parma Padua vs. Parma Heights Holy Name; Wooster Triway vs. Sheffield Brookside.

 

Jefferson Area Division II District

Teams: 1. Mentor Lake Catholic (No. 14), 2. Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, 3. Geneva, 4. West Geauga, 5. Perry, 6. Cortland Lakeview, 7. Crestwood, 8. Ashtabula Edgewood, Streetsboro, Conneaut, Painesville Harvey, Jefferson Area.

District pairings: Mentor Lake Catholic vs. West Geauga; Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin vs. Geneva.

 

Salem Division III District

Teams: 1. Girard (No. 13), 2. Waterloo (No. 7), 3. New Middletown Springfield, 4. Hanoverton United, 5. Rootstown, 6. East Palestine, 7. Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas, 8. Mogadore, Campbell Memorial, North Lima South Range, Youngstown Ursuline.

District pairings: New Middletown Springfield vs. East Palestine; Hanoverton United vs. Girard.

 

Elyria Division III District

Teams: 1. Elyria Catholic, 2. Cuyahoga Heights, 3. Rocky River Lutheran West, 4. Garfield Heights Trinity, 5. Independence, 6. Shaker Heights Laurel, 7. Black River, 8. Columbia, 9. Richmond Heights, 10. Wellington, 11. Beachwood, 12. Brooklyn, 13. Oberlin.

District pairings: Rocky River Lutheran West vs. Cuyahoga Heights; Elyria Catholic vs. Independence.

 

Leavittsburg LaBrae Division III District

Teams: Garrettsville Garfield, Gates Mills Gilmour (No. 5), Burton Berkshire, Brookfield, Middlefield Cardinal, Warren Champion, Orwell Grand Valley, Gates Mills Hawken, Kirtland, Leavittsburg LaBrae, Newton Falls, Andover Pymatuning Valley, Wickliffe.

District pairings: Kirtland vs. Burton Berkshire; Gates Mills Gilmour vs. Middlefield Cardinal.

 

Medina Division IV District

Teams: 1. Our Lady of the Elms (No. 18), 2. Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph, 3. Kidron Central Christian, 4. North Ridgeville Lake Ridge, Cornerstone Christian, Orrville Kingsway Christian, Hartville Lake Center Christian, Lutheran East, Ashland Mapleton, Cleveland Max Hayes, Elyria Open Door, Bedford St. Peter Chanel.

District pairings: Our Lady of the Elms vs. Kidron Central Christian; Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph vs. North Ridgeville Lake Ridge.

 

Kinsman Badger Division IV District

Teams: 1. Thompson Ledgemont, 2. Warren Lordstown, 3. Mineral Ridge, 4. Vienna Mathews, 5. Windham, 6. Newbury, 7. Warren John F. Kennedy, 8. Southington Chalker, Kinsman Badger, North Bloomfield, Bloomfield, Bristolville Bristol, Fairport Harding, Lowellville, Cortland Maplewood.

District pairings: Windham vs. Thompson Ledgemont; Warren Lordstown vs. Mineral Ridge.

 

Lisbon David Anderson Division IV District

Teams: 1. Wellsville, 2. Columbiana, 3. Columbiana Heartland Christian, 4. North Jackson Jackson-Milton, 5. Youngstown Christian, 6. Lisbon David Anderson, 7. Berlin Center Western Reserve, 8. Salineville Southern, East Canton, Columbiana Crestview, Canton Heritage Christian, Sebring McKinley, Leetonia.

District pairings: Columbiana vs. North Jackson Jackson-Milton; Wellsville vs. Lisbon David Anderson.