May 12, 2015 at 2:28 p.m.
Tourney outlooks often change
Rays of Insight
It’s here already.
While the winter sports season spans more than four months from early November to mid-March, the spring zips by in a hurry. Six weeks and the regular-season is over.
So we already find ourselves at tournament time. But postseason prospects can change, even in such a short season.
Let’s take a look at three area teams whose outlooks are a little better than might have been expected.
JCHS?boys golf
The Patriots are certainly not the favorites to win the sectional tournament hosted by Monroe Central at Hickory Hills Golf Course. That distinction belongs to eighth-ranked Yorktown with Muncie Central as the likely runner-up.
Though JCHS has lost to sectional rivals Delta and Wapahani this year, it has recently proven it can compete at a high level as four golfers shot 44 or better in a four-team match May 5 at Whispering Creek Golf Club. It should be aiming for the third and final regional-qualifying position.
FRHS?baseball
The Indians were expected to be good, but how good was unclear given a couple of key losses to graduation. But they didn’t miss a step, winning their first 17 games before stumbling against Minster.
FRHS was ranked No. 1 for most of the season before falling to No. 4 this week. The polls no longer matter, however, and the team hopes to prove it is the best team in Division IV with a run to the state title.
JCHS girls track
Two losses to Yorktown would seem to indicate the Patriots’ run of five straight sectional titles might come to an end. Don’t count on it.
Senior Malarie Houck recently returned from an injury suffered early in the season, and this Jay County team always seems to rise during tournament time.
This will be the Patriots’ most difficult challenge since falling 0.2 points short in 2009, but they won’t give up the title without a fight.
While the winter sports season spans more than four months from early November to mid-March, the spring zips by in a hurry. Six weeks and the regular-season is over.
So we already find ourselves at tournament time. But postseason prospects can change, even in such a short season.
Let’s take a look at three area teams whose outlooks are a little better than might have been expected.
JCHS?boys golf
The Patriots are certainly not the favorites to win the sectional tournament hosted by Monroe Central at Hickory Hills Golf Course. That distinction belongs to eighth-ranked Yorktown with Muncie Central as the likely runner-up.
Though JCHS has lost to sectional rivals Delta and Wapahani this year, it has recently proven it can compete at a high level as four golfers shot 44 or better in a four-team match May 5 at Whispering Creek Golf Club. It should be aiming for the third and final regional-qualifying position.
FRHS?baseball
The Indians were expected to be good, but how good was unclear given a couple of key losses to graduation. But they didn’t miss a step, winning their first 17 games before stumbling against Minster.
FRHS was ranked No. 1 for most of the season before falling to No. 4 this week. The polls no longer matter, however, and the team hopes to prove it is the best team in Division IV with a run to the state title.
JCHS girls track
Two losses to Yorktown would seem to indicate the Patriots’ run of five straight sectional titles might come to an end. Don’t count on it.
Senior Malarie Houck recently returned from an injury suffered early in the season, and this Jay County team always seems to rise during tournament time.
This will be the Patriots’ most difficult challenge since falling 0.2 points short in 2009, but they won’t give up the title without a fight.
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