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STEUBENVILLE – The local Ohio boys’ soccer teams learned their postseason fates on Selection Sunday.
Locally, Big Red will be competing in Division III, Indian Creek and Edison will be competing in Division IV and Catholic Central and Harrison Central will be competing in Division V. All five teams will be competing in Eastern District tournaments.
Big Red is the No. 2 seed in Division III. In the division, there are three sectional co-finals, two district finals and one district final.
“We are in a tough district,” Big Red (12-3-1) head coach Greg Bowers said. “With only seven teams, there are no easy games. We have done a good job getting the No. 2 seed. We may be able to host two games before we get to the championship game.”
The sectional co-finals and district semifinals will be played on the home field of the higher-seeded team. All three sectional co-finals will be played at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The district semifinals are set for Oct. 27. The district final is slated to be Oct. 29 at a neutral site.
Big Red is scheduled to open the postseason by facing No. 6 seed Zanesville in a sectional co-final at home on Reno Saccoccia Field inside Harding Stadium. The Blue Devils currently have a record of 4-11 on the season.
The winner of the game between Big Red and Zanesville will take on the winner of the game between No. 3 seed New Philadelphia and No. 5 seed Maysville in the district semifinals.
The other sectional co-final will feature No. 1 seed Dover playing No. 7 seed Tri-Valley. The winner of that game will take on No. 4 seed John Glenn in the district semifinals.
Big Red opened the season by being shut out 4-0 by Dover Aug. 20 on the road, and Big Red shut out the Scotties, 8-0, Sept. 5 at home.
The Wildcats are the No. 11 seed in Division IV, while the Redskins are the No. 15 seed. Edison will be competing in the East 2 side of the district, while Indian Creek will be competing in the East 1 side.
There are four sectional co-finals on the East 2 side with two district semifinals and one district final. The sectional co-finals will all be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the higher-seeded team’s home field. The district semifinals will be played Oct. 27 at the higher-seeded team’s home field with the district final set for Oct. 29 at a neutral site.
Edison (6-9-2) is scheduled to open postseason play in the sectional co-finals against No. 3 seed St. Clairsville (11-5) on the road down at Red Devil Stadium. The winner of that game will take on the winner of the sectional co-final between No. 4 seed Coshocton and No. 9 seed Cambridge in the district semifinals.
On the lower side of the bracket, No. 7 seed Philo will take on No. 8 seed Union Local in a sectional co-final, while No. 2 seed Beaver Local is set to take on Columbiana County rival and No. 14 seed East Liverpool in the other one. The winners of those two games will meet in the district semifinals.
The Red Devils blanked the Wildcats, 9-0, Thursday out at the Edison Unified Sports Complex, while the Potters shut out the Wildcats, 4-0, Sept. 28 up at Patterson Field.
There are three sectional co-finals in the East 1 tournament, two district semifinals and one district final. All of the sectional co-finals will be played at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the higher-seeded team’s field.
The district semifinals are set for Oct. 27 at the higher-seeded team’s field with the district final slated to be played Oct. 29 at a neutral site.
Indian Creek (0-12-1) is slated to open the postseason against No. 1 seed West Muskingum (12-1-2) in a sectional co-final. The winner of that game, will take on No. 12 seed Morgan in a district semifinal.
On the lower side of the bracket, No. 6 Minerva will take on No. 10 seed West Holmes in a sectional co-final, and the winner of that game will take on the winner of the other sectional co-final featuring No. 13 seed Carrollton and No. 5 seed River View in a district semifinal.
The Redskins have not played any of the other teams in their side of the district during the regular season.
Ten teams will be competing in the Division V tournament. In the tournament, there will be two sectional semifinals, four sectional co-finals, two district semifinals and finally one district final.
The sectional semifinals are scheduled to be played Tuesday, the sectional co-finals are set for Oct. 22 and the district semifinals are slated for Oct. 27. The district final will be played Oct. 29 at a neutral site.
The first three rounds of the tournament will all be played at the higher-seeded team’s home field.
Harrison Central is the No. 3 seed in the tournament, while Catholic Central is the No. 6 seed.
Catholic Central (5-6-4) will take on No. 5 seed Sandy Valley (6-6-2) in the sectional semifinals with the winner of that game taking on No. 2 seed Fairless in the sectional co-finals.
The other sectional co-final features No. 3 seed Harrison Central (8-4-2) taking on No. 4 seed Tuscarawas Valley (9-5-3). The winners of the sectional co-finals will meet in the district semifinals.
The game between the Huskies and the Trojans is a rematch of a game played earlier this season Aug. 27 at Tusky Valley. That game ended in a 1-1 tie.
The Huskies and Crusaders played to a 1-1 tie in the season-opening game Aug. 14 at Harrison Central out at Wagner Field.
In the top half of the bracket, No. 9 Shenandoah is set to take on No. 10 seed Caldwell in the sectional semifinals with the winner of that game will play No. 1 seed Hiland in a sectional co-final. The other sectional co-final features No. 8 seed Bishop Rosecrans taking on No. 9 seed Monroe Central. The winners of the sectional co-finals will meet in the district semifinals.
Harrison Central defeated Shenandoah, 2-1, Sept. 9 on the road. The Crusaders shut out the Zeps, 5-0, Sept. 26 at home down at the Tony Recinella Soccer Field.