DII-A games Sept. 25th

[Trojan Fan]

Not a lot of region games of consequence this week. In fact, I can't even find one for East/Middle. SBEC goes to St. George's in match-up of likely playoff teams but also likely also-rans when it comes to division crowns. Since they're in separate divisions, not much more than pride is on the line but it should be a good competitive game b/w the two. Both have gone down hard to ECS. USJ has also beaten St. George's in a West 2 matchup. At this point, you have to say that SBEC, Harding, and FACS are likely fighting for 2nd and 3rd place in West 1 while St. George's is fighting for 2nd place with Jackson Christian and maybe an outside chance of Fayette Academy slipping in there over in West 2.

 

The marquee matchup is easily West 2 favorite University School of Jackson vs. West 1 favorite Evangelical Christian School. I believe the playoff brackets are already set w/ the West 1 and West 2 champs already set to play specific playoff pairings so this game doesn't determine a higher seed for the playoffs (unlike East/Middle which is one big division) but it certainly is a huge game for pride and confidence going into the 2nd half of the season and knowing what to expect in the playoffs.

 

Interestingly, it appears that the West 1 champ would eventually face the #2 seed from East/Middle in the state semis while the West 2 champ would face the #1 seed from East/Middle....so if we take a big leap to the end of the season and project the favorites moving on, USJ would be facing Webb and ECS would face the #2 seed from East/Middle. At this point, I suppose we'd be looking at Donelson Christian since they took out Davidson Academy early on. No offense to Zion Christian who is yet to lose and somehow skated and won't have to face either DA or DCA this year. They certainly have a schedule conducive towards moving into the group named above and making it into the 2nd slot. It would be interesting to see the tiebreaker involved for teams who haven't played each other.