Weeping Water's win over Louisville pits the Indians against Freeman for a district title and a ticket to C2 state while Mead must defeat heavily favored Bruning-Davenport to get to the D1 State Tourney.
With Elmwood-Murdock losing to Fremont Bergan, the Knights must rely on a wild card to return to Lincoln. One of the two wild cards will most likely go to C2 ratings leader, Axtell, an upset loser last night. Using the latest NSAA power ratings, E-M will be rooting for Freeman to defeat Weeping Water and Ravenna to beat Blue Hill in district finals on Monday. Should one or the other lose, the final wild card bid would go their way leaving the Knights at home.
Johnson County Central carries ECNC hopes for a district championship and a visit to next the girls state tourney March 5-7. Mead's upset loss in the subdistrict and subsequent losses by other rated D1 squads have eliminated the Raiders from wild card contention.
The odds are good that the ECNC will be sending at least one team in both the girls and boys State Tournaments. That's good for the conference which has a history of strong showings in Lincoln.
Added 3-4-09..... glad to see that I dismissed Mead's chances of a wild card berth and will be in the D1 field at the state tournament. The ECNC won't have a representative in the girls tournament this weekend but will have two teams in the boys tourney with E-M joining the Raiders as a wild card entry with the Knights gaining a C2 bid.
