Phil Wade & Staff
PBR Indiana

As the IHSAA state tournament starts today, we take a look at how the sectional rounds could potentially play out. We went through each sectional selecting two teams to reach the sectional final, and then predicted each sectional champion.

No. 1 Carmel faces a tough road to Victory Field right out of the gate as they will need to win two games against stiff competition (North Central and the winner of Noblesville/Hamilton Southeastern) before reaching the sectional championship game where they will most likely face No. 3 Fishers assuming they get past conference foe Westfield in the semi-final. If the Greyhounds and Tigers both advance to Monday's Sectional 8 championship game, it will setup a highly anticipated rematch of the two Hamilton County schools. Earlier this month Carmel knocked off Fishers 4-3 in 9 innings.

CLICK HERE for entire IHSAA playoff brackets.

Let's take a look at this year's IHSAA playoff predictions:

4A & 3A

4A	SECTIONAL CHAMP	3A	SECTIONAL CHAMP
LAKE CENTRAL		GRIFFITH
Munster	LAKE CENTRAL	Griffith	GRIFFITH
MUNSTER		HAMMOND CLARK
CHESTERTON		GLENN
Chesterton	ANDREAN	Kankakee Valley	HANOVER CENTRAL
ANDREAN		HANOVER CENTRAL
LAPORTE		JIMTOWN
Plymouth	LAPORTE	Jimtown	SOUTH BEND ST. JOE
PLYMOUTH		SOUTH BEND ST. JOE
PENN		BENTON CENTRAL
Elkhart Memorial	PENN	West Lafayette	WESTERN
ELKHART MEMORIAL		WESTERN
CARROLL		LAKELAND
DeKalb	CARROLL	NorthWood	NORTHWOOD
NORTHROP		NORTHWOOD
HOMESTEAD		BISHOP DWENGER
Huntington North	HOMESTEAD	New Haven	BISHOP DWENGER
HUNTINGTON NORTH		NEW HAVEN
KOKOMO		NORWELL
Kokomo	KOKOMO	Bellmont	NORWELL
MCCUTCHEON		HERITAGE
CARMEL		HAMILTON HEIGHTS
Westfield	CARMEL	Yorktown	HAMILTON HEIGHTS
FISHERS		JAY COUNTY
PENDLETON HEIGHTS		CRAWFORDSVILLE
Pendleton Heights	PENDLETON HEIGHTS	Crawfordsville	CRAWFORDSVILLE
GREENFIELD CENTRAL		TRI-WEST HENDRICKS
CATHEDRAL		BREBEUF
Warren Central	CATHEDRAL	Bishop Chatard	BREBEUF
LAWRENCE NORTH		NEW PALESTINE
DECATUR CENTRAL		INDIAN CREEK
Roncalli	DECATUR CENTRAL	Danville	INDIAN CREEK
RONCALLI		BEECH GROVE
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH		SULLIVAN
Mooresville	TERRE HAUTE SOUTH	Northview	SULLIVAN
PLAINFIELD		WEST VIGO
CENTER GROVE		LAWRENCEBURG
Franklin Community	CENTER GROVE	South Dearborn	BATESVILLE
MARTINSVILLE		BATESVILLE
COLUMBUS EAST		SILVER CREEK
Bloomington North	COLUMBUS EAST	Silver Creek	SILVER CREEK
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH		BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL
JEFFERSONVILLE		JASPER
Bedford North Lawrence	BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE	Jasper	JASPER
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE		PIKE CENTRAL
CASTLE		EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL
Evansville Reitz	CASTLE	Evansville Bosse	EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL		BOONVILLE

 

 

2A & 1A

2A	SECTIONAL CHAMP	1A	SECTIONAL CHAMP
WHITING		HAMMOND ACADEMY
Whiting	RIVER FOREST	Washington Township	WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
RIVER FOREST		Washington TOWNSHIP
WHEELER		SOUTH NEWTON
Boone Grove	HEBRON	Tri-County	SOUTH NEWTON
HEBRON		CASTON
CENTRAL NOBLE		SOUTH CENTRAL
Westview	EASTSIDE	LaVille	SOUTH CENTRAL
EASTSIDE		LAVILLE
ADAMS CENTRAL		FT. WAYNE BLACKHAWK
Canterbury	ADAMS CENTRAL	Ft. Wayne Blackhawk	FT. WAYNE BLACKHAWK
WOODLAN		FREMONT
CASS		ATTICA
Wabash	WHITKO	Riverton Parke	COVINGTON
WHITKO		COVINGTON
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC		CLINTON PRAIRIE	PIONEER
Delphi	LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC	Frontier
DELPHI		PIONEER
BLACKFORD		WES-DEL
Blackford	TAYLOR	Anderson Prep	DALEVILLE
TAYLOR		DALEVILLE
SHENANDOAH		HAGERSTOWN
Lapel	FRANKTON	Seton Catholic	HAGERSTOWN
FRANKTON		UNION CITY
UNION COUNTY		CLAY CITY
Centerville	UNION COUNTY	White River Valley	NORTH CENTRAL
CENTERVILLE		NORTH CENTRAL
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN		UNIVERSITY
Triton Central	HERITAGE CHRISTIAN	Sheridan	INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
BROAD RIPPLE		INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
CARDINAL RITTER		GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
Park Tudor	CARDINAL RITTER	Morristown	EDINBURGH
SPEEDWAY		EDINBURGH
SOUTHMONT		RISING SUN
South Vermillion	SOUTH VERMILLION	Shawe Memorial	RISING SUN
SOUTH VERMILLION		JAC-CEN-DEL
AUSTIN		WEST WASHINGTON
Austin	AUSTIN	West Washington	TRINITY LUTHERAN
SWITZERLAND COUNTY		TRINITY LUTHERAN
PROVIDENCE		BORDEN
Providence	PROVIDENCE	South Central (Elizabeth)	LANESVILLE
CLARKSVILLE		LANESVILLE
LINTON-STOCKTON		SHOALS
Mitchell	LINTON-STOCKTON	North Daviess	NORTH DAVIES
EASTERN GREENE		NORTH DAVIES
SOUTH SPENCER		WOOD MEMORIAL
South Spencer	SOUTH SPENCER	Northeast Dubois	NORTHEAST DUBOIS
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI		NORTHEAST DUBOIS