What can happen tonight? (Class 2A)

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Region 1:

South Greene and Happy Valley can each guarantee a home game by winning. Even with a loss, the Rebels can do no worse than third, while the Warriors could drop as far as fourth.

Hampton needs a win and a Happy Valley loss to hang onto their title hopes, and stays in the running for the top two with either of those results. A win guarantees the Bulldogs a playoff slot, which will be at least third if Happy Valley also wins.

Sullivan North cannot win the league, but has clinched a playoff spot. A loss leaves the Raiders with a ceiling of third, or fourth if Hampton wins.

Cosby needs a Hampton loss to keep its playoff hopes alive. Even then, they can only manage fourth.

Region 2:

The winner between Oneida and Meigs County wins the region. If Oneida loses, the Indians are second; Meigs County, could still lose its home game if they lose and Wartburg beats Rockwood.

Wartburg Central, as discussed above, can remain in the race for second with a win and an Oneida win. On the other hand, a loss eliminates the Bulldogs altogether; a win clinches a playoff spot only if Hancock County (from outside the region) beats Cumberland Gap.

Cumberland Gap and Rockwood cannot finish better than third, but both clinch berths if Rockwood wins. if both lose, the Tigers (but not the Panthers) are capped at fourth.

Region 3

Tyner wins the region.

Bledsoe County can clinch third with a win, or fourth if Tellico Plains wins.

Tellico Plains can clinch third with a win, or fourth with a Bledsoe County win. The Bears' hope for second place ends if they lose and Polk County wins.

Marion County needs a win to stay in the race for third, and also needs a Bledsoe County loss to keep a chance at second. A win or a Bledsoe County win will put the purple Warriors in the playoffs.

Polk County can do no better than third; that possibility ends if Marion County wins, and a Wildcat loss means outright elimination.

Region 4

Watertown's Thursday win was half of what they needed to clinch the region. A Westmoreland win will finish the job. The win also advanced the Purple Tigers' floor from fourth to third; a win by Cascade would guarantee a home game for Watertown.

Trousdale County now needs a win to stay in the title race as well as a Westmoreland loss. A win and a Westmoreland win would land the Yellow Jackets in exactly second place; a win guarantees third place, while they clinch a playoff spot with either that or an East Robertson win.

East Robertson needs a win and a Trousdale County loss to stay in the hunt for first, and one of those two results to stay alive for second. The Indians clinch third with a win, or fourth with a Trousdale County win.

Westmoreland lost its chance at the title on Thursday. They now need a win to keep even third place in their sights, and to stay alive for second also requires a Trousdale County loss.

Cascade is capped at fourth with a loss and at either second or third with a win (the former requiring also an East Robertson loss).

Jackson County had to win Thursday to avoid playoff elimination, and they didn't.

Region 5

The most complex yet. Forrest is in the playoffs. The Rockets can clinch third with a win or if either Lewis County or Summertown wins; second with either a win or a Lewis County win, either accompanied by an Eagleville win; or first with a win and a Loretto win.

If Summertown loses, they are out of the title race unless Forrest and Lewis County both lose. A win, on the other hand, guarantees at least third place, and if Forrest and Loretto also win, then the blue Eagles are exactly second.

Lewis County clinches a playoff spot with a win, or third place if Summertown also wins. A loss plus a Forrest win would take the Panthers out of the title race, and if Summertown also wins, from the second-place race too.

Eagleville needs a win plus losses by Forrest and Lewis County to have a shot at first. The maroon Eagles are capped at third with a loss at all, or fourth if Lewis County wins too.

Loretto can do no better than second. A loss lowers the Mustangs' ceiling to fourth, while a Summertown win limits Loretto to third.

Community must win and have Loretto and Summertown lose to avoid playoff elimination.

Region 6

Houston County has clinched a playoff bid. A win gives the Fighting Irish the region; a loss could eliminate them from first place (if Scotts Hill wins). On the other hand, a Scotts Hill win guarantees the Irish no worse than third.

Waverly can win the region tonight with a win and a Scotts Hill win; a loss immediately eliminates the Tigers. Waverly can finish no worse than third, period.

Riverside needs a win and a Houston County loss to stay in the title hunt; a loss and a Waverly win would lock the Panthers out of the top two. If Riverside wins, they finish no worse than third.

Hickman County can at best finish second; they are capped at fourth if Houston County and Riverside both win, or at third if one of them does. On the other hand, a Riverside win clinches the playoffs for the Bulldogs.

Scotts Hill needs a win to stay alive. If they get it, their best possible finish is third.

East Hickman is dead in the water.

Region 7

Peabody clinches first with a win and an Adamsville win, or second with a win or a Union City win. The Golden Tide has already clinched at least third.

McKenzie needs a win and a Peabody loss to stay alive for first. A win locks the Rebels into the playoffs; if Gibson County or Peabody also wins, McKenzie is at least third.

Gibson County stays in the title race with either a win or a Peabody loss; elimination from a home game would require both of those to fail and also a McKenzie win. A  win or a McKenzie win guarantees playoffs for the Pioneers.

Union City and Adamsville each have a cap of second place with a win and fourth with a loss. In addition, Union City can seal a playoff berth with a win plus wins by Peabody and GIbson County.

Halls can do no better than third. The Tigers can be eliminated in two ways: (a) they lose and either Adamsville or Union City wins, or (b) Adamsville and McKenzie win (even if Halls itself also wins). A loss or a McKenzie win limits Halls to fourth place.

Region 8

Fairley clinched third place with their Thursday win.

The same result means that Mitchell clinched fourth.

MAHS missed a chance to clinch the playoffs Thursday (indeed, since Fairley also won, they would have clinched third with a win).

Douglass was eliminated from first place by Fairley's Thursday win, but by winning their own game, the Red Devils preserved their shot at second.

Trezevant was also eliminated from first Thursday, by their own loss, and would have been locked out of second had MAHS won.

Hillcrest kept its ceiling at third place by way of MAHS's loss.

KIPP retained its chance at third place with the MAHS and Trezevant losses, and must now win to continue holding on.

Hamilton and Manassas were out even before the Thursday games.