There are no surprise teams left in the Oswego East Sectional. The brackets more or less played out true to form, and each program should feel like it has a good chance to make a run to Peoria.
Neuqua Valley holds steady at No. 8 in the Chicago Sun-Times rankings, while Naperville Central rises to No. 18 after an impressive victory over West Aurora. Bolingbrook and Plainfield North entered the list after winning regional titles. Here's what the rest of the week looks like:
CLASS 4A OSWEGO EAST SECTIONAL
Tuesday
No. 1 Neuqua Valley (29-1) vs. No. 5 Plainfield North (26-4), 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
No. 2 Naperville Central (26-2) vs. No. 3 Bolingbrook (20-6), 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Championship game, 7:30 p.m.
What are your sectional predictions?
These are two fantastic matchups. Every year this sectional remains one of the best in the state, and the team that makes it out truly deserves it. Neuqua vs. Plainfield North favors Neuqua because of their depth and the fact that they have arguably the most talent of any team in the sectional. North has fought through a lot of adversity to get to this point, i.e. being short key players for the duration of the regional tournament. I think NV wins by 8 or 10 in this one in gets to the sectional final.
Bolingbrook-Naperville Central is unbelievably hard to predict. On one side, Drew Crawford has the ability to take over a game at any time (and all the time). Diamond Taylor is the standout for Bolingbrook and can do the same. I would expect a classic shootout between these two players...and I expect Crawford and company will pull it out by a slim margin.
This would be the all-Naperville matchup a lot of people have been dying for the last few months. Central will play tough, but Neuqua will have too much on both sides of the ball and win the sectional title
Honestley west aurora should be in this braket. They are one of the best in this area. They are one of the treams that havent been given enough credit. With shining senior guard markus cocroft. And underclassman juwan starks. This team deserves it. Nequa nor naperville will stand a chance agansit warren or waukegan depending on who wins tomorrow night.
Does anyone know what radio station the game will be on?