Class 2A Girls Basketball Daily Digest-Feb 20th by Tayler Garcia

Class 2A Girls Basketball Daily Digest-Feb 20^th

By Tayler Garcia

Two of the eight districts have already opened district bracket play.  7 of the 8 District will take care of the opening round tonight.  Semifinals won’t begin play until Thursday at the earliest in Class 2A.

District 1 (Quarterfinals hosted by Higher Seed)

Last night, South Park played Custer County in a pigtail game. Custer County ended the game with the victory and will play on and will face Monte Vista.

#9 Custer County ended their regular season 5-13 overall and 2^nd in the West Central League with a 1-2 league record.   #1 Monte Vista ended their season with a 15-2 overall record and are 1^st in the Southern Peaks league with a 7- 0 league record.  The last time Monte Vista and Custer County met, Monte Vista got the victory 56-14. They will play in Monte Vista tonight, 2/20. 

#4 Del Norte ended their season with A 9-10 overall record, a 4-2 league record and are 4^th in the Southern Peaks league.  #5 Trinidad wrapped up their regular season with an 11-10 overall record with a 1-6 league record and are 7^th in the Southern Peaks League.  The last time these two teams met, Del Norte beat Trinidad 30-25. These teams will face-off tonight, 2/20, in Del Norte.  Del Norte improved their regional hopes last week jumping to #25.  A win over Trinidad should be more than enough to get them in.  Trinidad currently would be the last team in at #32.  Trinidad will be desperate for a win as you don’t want to leave your fate to the seeding index.

#2 Sanford ended their season with a 14-5 overall record with a 5-2 league record and are 2^nd in the Southern Peaks League.  #7 Cotopaxi has a 12-7 overall record for the regular season with a 3-0 league record and are 1^st in the West Central League.  The Last time these teams met, Sanford defeated Cotopaxi 40-22 and they will play tonight in Sanford to advance in the district tournament.  Sanford is a lock for regionals.  Cotopaxi is on the bubble at #30. 

#3 Sargent is 13-5 overall and have a 4-2 league record and are 3^rd in the Southern Peaks League.  #6 Center has an 11-8 season record, a 3-4 league record and are 5^th in the Southern Peaks League.  The teams have met twice this season, and Center lost to Sargent both times 44-38, and 56-52. These are close score games and should be a battle as Sargent will be fighting to win, but beating a team three times is always a challenge.  This game is to help improve your seeding for regionals.  Both teams will make regionals, but the question is where will they be seeded.  Sargent sits at #17 and Center sits at #23. 

District 2 (Quarterfinals host by Higher Seed)

#1 Merino ended their regular season with a perfect record of 19-0 overall, 8-0 in league and are 1^st in the Lower Platte league.  #8 Haxtun is 2-17 on the season and they have a 0-8 league record leaving them in 9^th in the Lower Platte League.  These two teams met last week and Merino beat Haxtun 66-26. They will play in the first round of the district tournaments in Merino tonight. 

#4 Akron is 11-8 on the season and has a 4-4 league record and they are 5^th In the Lower Platte League.  #5 Wray is 8-11 overall, 4-4 in league play and are 6^th in the Lower Platte League.  The last time these two teams met, Akron beat Wray 54-23 and they will play face one another tonight in Akron.  Both teams are in good position to reach regionals but improving your seed is key.  Akron is at #8 and Wray sits at #21.

#2 Sedgwick County has a 16-3 overall record with a 7-1 record and are 2^nd in the Lower Platte League.

#7 Holyoke is 4-14 overall on the season and have a 1-7 league record and are 8^th in the Lower Platte League.  These two teams met twice already this season and both times Sedgwick County beat Holyoke 47-15 and 62-40. The teams will play tonight in Sedgwick County to continue their play in the tournament.  Sedgwick County is a lock for regionals sitting at #2.  Holyoke is going to need to upset Sedgwick County to have any shot at regionals.  Holyoke sits at #37 currently.

#3 Wiggins concluded their regular season with an 11-8 overall record and have a 5-3 league record and are 3^rd in the Lower Platte League.  #6 Caliche has a 10-9 overall record, are 3-5 league record and are 7^th Lower Platte League.  The last time these teams met in the regular season, Wiggins beat Caliche 57-48 and they will face one another tonight in Wiggins. Wiggins and Caliche should both make regionals but improving is the name of the game.  Wiggins sits at #11 while Caliche is a bit closer to the bubble at #22.

District 3

District 3 does not open play until Friday 2/23.  They will kick off play with Semifinal Action.

District 4 (Quarterfinals hosted by Higher Seed)

#4 Twin Peaks Charter ended their regular season with a 14-5 overall record, they have a 6-0 league record and are 1^st in the Foothills league.  #5 Union Colony Prep has a 5-12 overall record, are 3-6 in league and are 7^th in the Mile High League. These teams have not met this season and will be meeting for the first time this evening.  This is a must win game for Twin Peaks Charter.  Twin Peaks Charter sits at #28 in the seeding index and a loss would probably move them out of the top 32.  Union Colony Prep must win the district to get to regionals.

#3 Loveland Classical go into the district tournament with a 12-6 overall record, 2-1 in league play and are 2^nd in the foothills league.  #6 Poudre Community is 0-7 on the season, 0-4 in league play and are 4^th in the Foothills league.  In the previous meeting between these teams, Loveland Classical beat Poudre Community 55-15. They will play again tonight against one another at Loveland Classical.  This is a must win game for Loveland Classical as they sit at #27 in the Seeding Index.

District 5

#4 Hayden starts their post season play with a 6-13 record in the season, 4-4 in league play and are 5^th in the Western Slope.  #5 Soroco is 5-12 on the season, have a 3-5 league record and are 6^th in the Western Slope League. These two teams have met twice this season and Hayden beat Soroco both times 59-51 and 52-44. Soroco will be looking for the upset to continue their post season play.  Hayden sits at #39 in the Seeding Index and winning this game is a must.  Soroco is at #43 and a win here could give them a fighting shot at regionals.  Both teams probably need this win plus an upset in the Semifinals.

#3 West Grand wraps up their regular season with an 11-5 overall record, are 6-2 in league play and are 3^rd in the Western Slope league. #6 Vail Christian enters the district tournament with a 1-14 overall record, 0-9 in league play and are 9^th in the Western Slope.  The last time these teams met, West Grand beat Vail Christian 70-11 and they will face one another tonight in West Grand.  This is a must win for West Grand.  West Grand is at #26 in the Seeding index.

District 6

Las Animas enters the district tournament with a 14-5 overall record and have a 9-2 league record and are 2^nd in the Santa Fe League.  Walsenburg ends their season with a 1-17 overall record, 0-11 league record and are 9^th in the Santa Fe League.  When these teams met previously, Las Animas beat Walsenburg 53-18 and will play again tonight in Las Animas.

Fowler ends their regular season with an 11-8 overall record, 8-3 league record and are 3^rd in the Santa Fe League.  Swink comes into post season play with a 7-12 overall record, a 4-7 league record and are 6^th in the Santa Fe League.  In the previous match-up between these two teams, Fowler beat Swink 60-31. They will play tonight in Fowler where the winner will advance in the tournament.  Fowler is in good shape to reach regionals sitting at #20.  Swink will be looking for the upset.  Swink sits at #35 and I am not sure with a loss if they can get into regionals.

Crowley County is 11-7 overall on the season, they are 7-4 in league play and are 4^th in the Santa Fe League.  Swallow Charter ended their season with a 4-15 overall record, are 2-9 in league play and are 8^th in the Santa Fe League.  The previous game between these two teams resulted in a win for Crowley County 51-21 and they will play again in Crowley County tonight.  Crowley County sits at #29 in the seeding index and this is a must win game for the Chargers.

Hoehne ends their regular season with a 17-2 overall record, are 11-0 in league and are 1^st in the Santa Fe League.  Holly has an 8-11 overall record in the regular season, they are 4-7 in league play and are 7^th in the Santa Fe League.  When these teams last met up, Hoehne beat Holly 75-35 and they will play tonight in Hoehne.  Hoehne is a lock for regionals.  Holly will need the upset to get to regionals as they sit at #37 in the seeding index.

District 7

This district does not open play until 2/23.  They will kick things off with Semifinal Action.

District 8

The Quarterfinals of District 8 does not kickoff until tomorrow night.  We did get the pig-tail game played and that was Dolores Huerta defeating CS School 41 to 16.  Dolores Huerta will face #1 Burlington tomorrow night.