Prep playoff forecasts good for 5 teams

Lebanon, Monroe, Franklin, Valley View, Carlisle seen making playoffs.

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By Rick Cassano, Staff Writer Updated 12:44 AM Thursday, October 22, 2009

MIDDLETOWN — With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Shuck’s Projections publisher Steve Shuck still has five teams making the prep football playoffs.

Lebanon (6-2), Monroe (7-1), Franklin (5-3), Valley View (6-2) and Carlisle (6-2) are all projected to advance in their divisions. Here’s the breakdown:

Division I, Region 4

Shuck has Lebanon finishing seventh in the region with closing wins over Xenia (2-6) and Miamisburg (1-7). That would send the Warriors to Moeller in the first round.

Middletown (8-0) is projected to lose to Colerain on Friday, Oct. 23, and place ninth at 9-1 (that assumes a win over Princeton in Week 10), a fraction behind the Cardinals in Harbin computer points. So the Middies could lose that game and still finish ahead of Colerain if they catch a break among defeated opponents.

A key contest could be Hamilton vs. Fairfield in Week 10. The Cardinals defeated Big Blue and Middletown beat the Indians, and Shuck’s numbers reflect an HHS victory.

Springboro (7-1) can jump into serious contention with a win over Trotwood-Madison on Friday.

Division II, Region 8

Edgewood (3-5) was hurt when Mount Healthy and Dayton Carroll won last weekend. The Cougars are now projected to win out and place 11th.

Division III, Region 12

Surging Monroe is Shuck’s pick to win this region at 9-1, hosting Southwestern Buckeye League rival Franklin in Round 1. The Hornets still must play Waynesville and Dayton Northridge, but they have all but locked up a berth.

Shuck has Franklin eighth, but that scenario includes wins over Brookville and Dayton Oakwood.

Division IV, Region 16

Valley View is projected to place third and Carlisle sixth in the region, meaning they would meet on the Spartans’ turf in the first round.

Shuck has both teams winning out. Valley View plays Eaton (6-2) and Brookville (5-3), while the Indians face Preble Shawnee (3-5) and Dixie (4-4).

Fenwick (5-3) is projected to finish .500 with defeats at the hands of McNicholas and Carroll. If the Falcons can win both games, Shuck said they’ll have a legitimate shot to qualify for the postseason.

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Well men it seems like billy does not want to talk to you anymore. He keeps telling me that the warriors are no good but you know he also told me he did not know that woman, and well we all know what happened there. So I will say GO Warriors, they deserve a playoff spot and with a big win over Miamisburg this weekend they should be a lock. The seniors have worked and they are some of the best that Lebanon has had.

hillary
9:17 PM, 10/27/2009

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hey woah,
you're sooooooo right.
HAH.

warriorfan
1:35 PM, 10/26/2009

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I Thought david groh was the number one warzone fan!

woah
1:25 PM, 10/26/2009

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GO WARRIORS.
those boys deserve to go to the playoffs more than most teams do, and you don't know what you're talking about it if you say different. our senior boys have worked their hearts out for this season since the beginning of their football careers and it is awful to talk bad about there great work.
GO WARRIORS! all the way!!

warriorfan
1:09 PM, 10/26/2009

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hey billy, still a waste of space? Will we have any appologies from those tearing the writer apart for his predictions (you know, saying that Middies wouldn't make the play-offs and that they would probably not beat Colerain).

appologies?
12:11 AM, 10/24/2009

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