A couple of final opinions, projections and thoughts before kicking off sectional week:
Longest drought to be broken this year: Seeger has gone 30 years since its last sectional title, but is by far the strongest team in the 5-team Fountain Central Sectional (Sectional 37, for those of you who keep track of such numbering schemes). The Patriots are the only team with a winning record in that sectional, and as if that weren't enough, they also drew the bye. WW says to look for Seeger to win its first sectional championship since 1978.
Best bet for #1: There are three solid teams who've never won a sectional but could possibly cut the nets for the first time this week. Vincennes Rivet, whose girls just won their first sectional crown (congratulations!), has a fairly tough road to take at Loogootee, drawing a strong Barr-Reeve team in the opener; if they survive the Vikings, they'll likely face the best team North Daviess has ever had (19-2, on a 14-game winning streak).
Borden's odds are a little better; not only do they host, but they open against sub-.500 Henryville, and if they're successful, they'll face the winner of Christian Academy and Lanesville in the semifinal in what Winless Watch thinks would be the de facto sectional championship, as the three teams other side of the bracket have combined for a 22-37 record (led by Rock Creek Christian's 11-10 mark).
But it says here that Indianapolis Lutheran is a virtual lock to snag its first sectional crown; they've already scored a 25-point win against the only other team with a winning record in its sectional, Indiana Deaf. The 16-4 Saints drew Tindley in the bye game of their own sectional; the other four teams on the opposite side of the bracket have a combined record of 31-45. If betting on high school sports were legal in
(That three-team teaser you've been eyeing with Crothersville,
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