Benet: May 2009 Archives

Heading into Thursday, Mississippi State junior first baseman Connor Powers was hitting .294 with 17 home runs and 58 RBI. The Bulldogs (24-27, 8-18 SEC) only have a three-game series against LSU left, but despite the disappointing season, Powers is still expected to be drafted somewhere between the fourth and 10th rounds. The Benet graduate will then have to make a decision.

"I'm just going to come to that bridge whenever I have to," Powers recently told The Clarion-Ledger. "I'm not really sure what's going to happen."

Today we look at the brutal Lockport Sectional, which could produce the eventual Class 4A champion. Naperville North and host Naperville Central are stuck in the same regional. Benet might have to go through top-seed Lincoln-Way East. Once Neuqua Valley and Waubonsie Valley decide the Upstate Eight Conference race, neither team will have an easy draw in the postseason.

The pairings can be found here. What are your predictions?

LOCKPORT SECTIONAL SEEDS
1. Lincoln-Way East
2. Naperville North
3. Lockport*
4. Plainfield North
5. Neuqua Valley*
6. Downers Grove South
7. Naperville Central*
8. Benet
9. Joliet
10. Hinsdale Central
11. Waubonsie Valley
12. Romeoville
13. Lyons
14. Plainfield Central
15. Plainfield South
16. Providence Catholic
17. Downers Grove North
18. Lincoln-Way Central
19. Oswego East
20. Bolingbrook
21. Hinsdale South
22. East Aurora

*Before the IHSA went to a four-class system last season, the final three Class AA state champions were: Neuqua (2007), Central (2006) and Lockport (2005).