- Indiana
Sectional pairings for the 2018 IHSAA football playoffs
IHSAA SECTIONAL BRACKETS
Class 6A: Oct. 26; Nov. 2, 2018.
Class 5A-1A: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 2018.
Times: 7 p.m. local time or as determined by host school.
Class 6A
(32 schools)
SECTIONAL 1
G1: Portage at Crown Point
G2: Merrillville at Lake Central
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 2
G1: Chesterton at Valparaiso
G2: Warsaw Community at Penn
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 3
G1: Fort Wayne Snider at Carroll (Fort Wayne)
G2: Homestead at Fort Wayne Northrop
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 4
G1: Westfield at Carmel
G2: Noblesville at Lafayette Jefferson
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 5
G1: North Central (Indianapolis) at Hamilton Southeastern
G2: Fishers at Pike
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 6
G1: Warren Central at Ben Davis
G2: Lawrence North at Lawrence Central
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 7
G1: Southport at Brownsburg
G2: Perry Meridian at Avon
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 8
G1: Franklin Central at Jeffersonville
G2: Columbus North at Center Grove
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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Class 5A
(37 schools)
SECTIONAL 9
G1: LaPorte at South Bend Adams
G2: Munster at Michigan City
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 10
G1: Fort Wayne North Side at Elkhart Central
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G2: Goshen at G1 winner
G3: Concord at Elkhart Memorial
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G4: G2 winner vs. G3 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 11
G1: Kokomo at McCutcheon
G2: Huntington North at Harrison (West Lafayette)
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 12
G1: Muncie Central at Zionsville
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G2: New Palestine at G1 winner
G3: Greenfield-Central at Anderson
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Championship: G2 winner vs. G3 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 13
G1: Plainfield at Indianapolis Cathedral
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G2: Roncalli at G1 winner
G3: Indianapolis Arsenal Technical at Decatur Central
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Championship: G2 winner vs. G3 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 14
G1: Franklin Community at Whiteland Community
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G2: Bloomington South at G1 winner
G3: Bloomington North at Martinsville
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Championship: G2 winner plays G3 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 15
G1: Columbus East at New Albany
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G2: Seymour at G1 winner
G3: Bedford North Lawrence at Floyd Central
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Championship: G2 winner plays G3 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 16
G1: Terre Haute South Vigo at Terre Haute North Vigo
G2: Castle at Evansville North
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Championship: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, victor advances to regional
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Class 4A
(64 Schools)
SECTIONAL 17
G1: East Chicago Central at Hammond
G2: Hammond Morton at Hammond Gavit
G3: Lowell at Highland
G4: Gary West Side at Griffith
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 18
G1: New Prairie at South Bend Washington
G2: South Bend St. Joseph at Kankakee Valley
G3: South Bend Clay at South Bend Riley
G4: Mishawaka at Hobart
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 19
G1: Plymouth at NorthWood
G2: East Noble at DeKalb
G3: Northridge at Wawasee
G4: Angola at Culver Academies
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 20
G1: Fort Wayne Wayne at Fort Wayne South Side
G2: New Haven at Columbia City
G3: Leo at Jay County
G4: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger at Logansport
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 21
G1: Pendleton Heights at Marion
G2: Delta at Lebanon
G3: Yorktown at Frankfort
G4: Western at Mississinewa
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 22
G1: Shelbyville at Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
G2: Greenwood Community at New Castle
G3: Beech Grove at Mooresville
G4: Richmond at Connersville
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 23
G1: East Central at Franklin County
G2: Jennings County at South Dearborn
G3: Madison Consolidated at Edgewood
G4: Silver Creek at Scottsburg
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 24
G1: Boonville at Evansville Bosse
G2: Evansville Harrison at Jasper
G3: Northview at Owen Valley
G4: Evansville F.J. Reitz at Evansville Central
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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Class 3A
(62 Schools)
SECTIONAL 25
G1: Wheeler at Hanover Central
G2: Andrean at Benton Central
G3: Twin Lakes at Hammond Clark
G4: West Lafayette at Calumet
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 26
G1: Southmont at Brebeuf Jesuit
G2: Crawfordsville at Guerin Catholic
G3: Hamilton Heights at North Montgomery
G4: Northwestern at Blackford
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 27
G1: Tippecanoe Valley at Peru
G2: Glenn at Maconaquah
G3: Knox at Jimtown
G4: Mishawaka Marian at Fairfield
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 28
G1: West Noble at Norwell
G2: Heritage at Fort Wayne Bishop Luers
G3: Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran at Lakeland
G4: Garrett at Bellmont
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 29
G1: Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter
G2: Indian Creek at Indianapolis Crispus Attucks
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G3: Rushville Consolidated at G1 winner
G4: Indianapolis Emmerich Manual at G2 winner
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Championship: G3 winner plays G4 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 30
G1: Greencastle at Danville
G2: South Vermillion at Tri-West Hendricks
G3: Sullivan at West Vigo
G4: Monrovia at Brown County
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 31
G1: North Harrison at Lawrenceburg
G2: Batesville at Greensburg
G3: Corydon Central at Brownstown Central
G4: Charlestown at Salem
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 32
G1: Pike Central at Vincennes Lincoln
G2: Princeton at Evansville Memorial
G3: Mt. Vernon at Heritage Hills
G4: Gibson Southern at Washington
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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Class 2A
(63 Schools)
SECTIONAL 33
G1: Bowman Academy at Boone Grove
G2: North Newton at Whiting
G3: Gary Roosevelt at River Forest
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G4: Lake Station Edison at G1 winner
G5: G2 winner plays G3 winner
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Championship: G4 winner plays G5 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 34
G1: Woodlan at Bremen
G2: Wabash at Central Noble
G3: Bluffton at Manchester
G4: Whitko at Prairie Heights
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 35
G1: Delphi Community at Rensselaer Central
G2: Eastern (Greentown) at Lewis Cass
G3: Oak Hill at Eastbrook
G4: Taylor at Rochester Community
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 36
G1: Madison-Grant at Shenandoah
G2: Elwood Community at Alexandria Monroe
G3: Winchester Community at Northeastern
G4: Frankton at Lapel
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 37
G1: Eastern Hancock at Heritage Christian
G2: Centerville at Indianapolis Scecina
G3: Triton Central at Milan
G4: Union County at Knightstown
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 38
G1: Cascade at Park Tudor
G2: North Putnam at Cloverdale
G3: Western Boone at Indianapolis Washington
G4: Speedway at Tipton
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 39
G1: Perry Central at Eastern (Pekin)
G2: Switzerland County at Providence
G3: Mitchell at Clarksville
G4: Paoli at Crawford County
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 40
G1: Linton-Stockton at Forest Park
G2: North Posey at Evansville Mater Dei
G3: South Spencer at Southridge
G4: Tell City at North Knox
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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Class A
(62 Schools)
SECTIONAL 41
G1: Triton Community at Culver
G2: Winamac Community at Caston
G3: North Judson-San Pierre at LaVille
G4: South Central (Union Mills) at West Central
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 42
G1: Carroll (Flora) at Frontier
G2: South Newton at Pioneer
G3: Tri-County at North Miami
G4: North White at Lafayette Central Catholic
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 43
G1: Eastside at Southwood
G2: Southern Wells at Fremont
G3: Adams Central at Northfield
G4: South Adams at Churubusco
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 44
G1: Sheridan at Tri-Central
G2: Monroe Central at Clinton Central
G3: Wes-Del at Clinton Prairie
G4: Union City at Anderson Preparatory Academy
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 45
G1: Traders Point Christian Academy at Covenant Christian (Indianapolis)
G2: Indianapolis Shortridge at South Putnam
G3: Indiana School for the Deaf at Indianapolis Howe Academy
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G4: Tindley at G1 winner
G5: G2 winner at G3 winner
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Championship: G4 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 46
G1: Edinburgh at Cambridge City Lincoln
G2: Oldenburg Academy at Hagerstown
G3: South Decatur at Indianapolis Lutheran
G4: Tri at North Decatur
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G5: G1 winner plays G2 winner
G6: G3 winner plays G4 winner
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Championship: G5 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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SECTIONAL 47
G1: Riverton Parke at North Vermillion
G2: Parke Heritage at Covington
G3: Fountain Central at Attica
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G4: Seeger at G1 winner
G5: G2 winner at G3 winner
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Championship: G4 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
SECTIONAL 48
G1: North Daviess at Tecumseh
G2: Eastern Greene at Rock Creek Academy
G3: West Washington at Springs Valley
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G4: North Central (Farmersburg) at G1 winner
G5: G2 winner at G3 winner
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Championship: G4 winner plays G6 winner, victor advances to regional
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Determining Home Team
First Round: The second-named team in the blind draw is host school unless the two teams agree to switch the site.
Semifinals: The team without a home game will host. Exception: The bye team will always be the visitor. If both teams were hosts or both were visitors, the second-named team in the quarter bracket will host. In 6A & 5A, in the four team sectionals, the second-named team will host.
Championships: Host team will be the team that has played the most away games. If both teams have played the same number of away games, the bottom bracket team shall host.
(Photo of East Central’s Alex Maxwell [No. 14] courtesy of the Maxwell family.)
