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DIII Norwayne District

  • thePITman
    The DIII Norwayne District is divided into two "brackets" (more appropriately called "groups", since their respective teams all are joined into a single bracket). Here are the divisions, with each receiving their own seeding this past Sunday:

    "A" Bracket's teams:
    #1 seed: Triway
    #2 seed: Norwayne
    (the rest, I don't know the seeds)
    Northwestern (West Salem)
    Loudonville
    Hillsdale
    Wellington
    Black River

    "B" Bracket's teams:
    #1 seed: Tuslaw
    #2 seed: Canton Central Catholic
    (the rest, I don't know the seeds)
    Waynedale
    Chippewa
    Orrville
    East Canton
    Smithville

    OHSAA Tournament Bracket: http://brackets.ohsaa.org/bracket.aspx?not=14&t=2134&ts=4802&ia=1&sp=22&dv=3&g=b

    Here are some of my thoughts:
    1. Tuslaw and Triway, the two #1 seeds, took the byes and ended up in the same half of the bracket, which could produce a 3rd meeting between the two schools if seeds hold. The two state-ranked, PAC-7 foes split their season series last week.
    2. The other big name will once again be Canton Central Catholic, a #2 seed this year, who has won the district the last 5 years in a row. Norwayne, the other #2 seed, beat CCC earlier this year, which adds a twist.
    3. The "A" bracket seems to have very good depth. As always, Northwestern finds themself in the mix with another solid team. Hillsdale is not as good as they have been the last 2 years, IMO, but they are still good and can be a very dangerous team to face in the tournament. Loudonville has surprised me somewhat this year, and has a solid, over-.500 record.
    4. The "B" bracket's teams seem to fall off quite considerably after the first 2 seeds. Other than East Canton, about whom I know very little, none of the other 4 teams (Waynedale, Chippewa, Orrville, and Smithville) has more than 6 wins on the year (17 wins between the 4 of them, per The Daily Record as of 4/29).
    5. The first big game that sticks out to me (if seeds hold) is a potential rematch between Norwayne and Canton Central Catholic in the District Semifinal on 5/19 at 2:00pm @ Norwayne HS. Norwayne's Jac Strickler has been dominant so far this year (3-0, 0.00 ERA, 25 IP, 0 ER, 31 K, 8 BB on the mound, .440 avg, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 17 R at the plate, stats per The Daily Record as of 4/29), and may be the district's best chance of knocking off reigning champ CCC early on, with other big-game pitchers being Tuslaw's Zorger and Triway's Wharton/Polen who could potentially face the Crusaders in the district final. In order for this Norwayne/CCC rematch to happen, though, Norwayne would have to beat Wellington and get by Northwestern/Loudonville first. CCC would only have to beat Smithville and Waynedale/Chippewa, which they should do easily.
    6. As mentioned earlier, another potential match-up could be between state-ranked league rivals Tuslaw and Triway. Tuslaw's ace Zorger and Triway's Wharton went head-to-head in their first meeting last week with the Titans winning 1-0 with a bottom-of-the-7th run off Zorger. In the second meeting, Tuslaw won 9-5 at their place. This could make for an exciting match-up if it happens.
    Those are most of the thoughts I have for now. What are yours? I can see a number of teams winning this district, but I've gotta pick my Titans at this point!
  • madman11
    Strickler had a 0.00 ERA until he gave up 5 to my Indians last week ;)

    Other than that, looks like a very exciting district.
  • thePITman
    If it's true that Norwayne's Jac Strickler is out for the rest of the season (didn't hear why), that is a big blow.
  • madman11
    I've heard why he is done....Kind of sad the things kids get into these days.....
  • thePITman
    Canton Central Catholic beat St. Eds last night!
    Nice win tonight! CCC 4 - St. Eds 3. Frohman looked great on the mound and kept the Eagles guessing until the top of the 7th giving up a 3 run HR
  • blink180
    I read on another site that Norwayne may have lost Jac Strickler for the rest of the season. Is this true? I hope he is not injured. Hate to see that.
  • THE4RINGZ
    That's just blank being blink
  • thePITman
    blink180;763037 wrote:I read on another site that Norwayne may have lost Jac Strickler for the rest of the season. Is this true? I hope he is not injured. Hate to see that.

    From what I'm hearing, it is true, and it is not injury-related.
  • madman11
    It is a violation of school rules and a very severe one at that. I don't feel comfortable putting out the reason for everyone to see. Not fair to the kid.
  • thePITman
    madman11;763257 wrote:It is a violation of school rules and a very severe one at that. I don't feel comfortable putting out the reason for everyone to see. Not fair to the kid.

    Agreed.
  • ridernation
    Orrville leading Tuslaw 3-0 before rain comes
  • thePITman
    Triway 3
    Black River 2
    Triway (19-2) scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th to win it. Black River's only runs came in the top of the 1st when the 3rd out was recorded, but the home plate umpire over-ruled the call at first. The very next batter hit a 2-run homer. Otherwise, Triway's Wharton pitched a nice game! (as did Black River's pitcher)

    Orrville 3
    Tuslaw 0
    (top 1st, 2 outs, delayed until Saturday at noon)
  • thePITman
    Northwestern 11, Loudonville 1
    Chippewa vs. Waynedale postponed to noon today
  • thePITman
    Lots of pointless driving for me today. Got to Tuslaw, nobody there, found out it's postponed to tomorrow (Sunday) at 1:00pm. Figured while I was out I'd stop by Waynedale for the Chippewa/Waynedale game, and nobody was there, either, so I'm assuming it's the same case with that game, as well.
  • thePITman
    Wellington 3
    Northwestern 1
  • thePITman
    Orrville/Tuslaw baseball game postponed yet again, resuming tomorrow (Monday) at 4:30pm. Going into top 4th, 3-0 Red Riders. I see no way in the world that Chippewa/Waynedale got their game in, either.
  • thePITman
    Orrville 5
    Tuslaw 0
    ..... FINAL (finally)
  • ridernation
    Trevor Kerr threw I believe it was a 3 hit shutout, Alex Samson was 2-2 with double, HR, and 2 walks.
  • thePITman
    Canton Central Catholic/Waynedale rained out for today.
  • Red Rum
    thePITman;768302 wrote:Wellington 3
    Northwestern 1

    Ahhh......the Huskies.....hot, cold, hot, cold, hot and finally.....cold.

    It was definately a year of "Should of" and "Could of", but no excuses and no hardware.

    Best of luck to all the area teams left, someone please knock off CCC and end their domination of this district.
  • thePITman
    Red Rum;773114 wrote:Best of luck to all the area teams left, someone please knock off CCC and end their domination of this district.

    They'll need to win 3 tournament games in 3 days (weather pending), which could be tough. They face Waynedale tonight, so they will throw their #3 or #4 against them. Then they play Wellington, who has a good pitcher, I hear, so they will need to throw someone good against them, probably their ace since it's win-or-go-home. Their #2 is darn good, too, I'm sure, so it'll be no cakewalk in the championship for Triway/Orrville.
  • Riderwannabe
    heard Orrville/Triway game for tomorrow is already called off
  • thePITman
    Riderwannabe;773196 wrote:heard Orrville/Triway game for tomorrow is already called off

    Rescheduled for Friday at 4:00pm. CCC/Waynedale has been rescheduled for Thursday, 1:00pm.
  • thePITman
    Canton Central Catholic 10
    Waynedale 0 (5 innings).
    CCC wins sectional championship, plays Wellington on Friday, 2pm.
  • thePITman
    Triway 6
    Orrville 3

    Triway vs Canton Central Catholic for district championship today at 11:00am at Norwayne High School. Go Titans!