That's because the top 4 seeds have been locked up after yesterday's action, although the 3rd and 4th spots won't be officially confirmed until the Elmira Lancers (10-1) and KCI Raiders (9-2) meet in their regular-season finale.
Grand River (11-0) will be the #1 seed entering the playoffs, after a 48-27 win at Preston yesterday afternoon.
Tara Deboer netted 11 for GRCI with Caroline Lorkovic and Maya Day adding 6 each. Avery Levert had a game-high 12 for the Panthers, with Kristen May adding 6.
WCI locked down the #2 WCSSAA seed by easing past Huron Heights 38-13. Isabella Kellerman (10) and Olivia Bender (9) were the top Vikes on Thursday, while Buse Celik (6) and Emma Jewitt (4) topped HHHS.
WCI has a bye on the last date of the season and will finish with an 11-1 record.
Elmira (over CHCI) and KCI (over Bluevale) also picked up wins yesterday to cement first-round byes.
Meanwhile, all 12 playoff berths in the 14-team WCSSAA league have now been accounted for as well.
Here's a look at the WCSSAA scoresheet:
KCI 44, Bluevale 34
KCI: Alia Hazineh 14, Frances Campbell 14
BCI: Maddy Fielding 13
Elmira 44, Cameron Hts. 35
EDSS: Nicole Cressman 12, Sydney Jones 11
CHCI: Salome MeKasha 9, Nina Farkic 5
SJAM 35, Glenview Park 27
SJAM: Taylor Trush 9, Perry Gasteiger 8
GPSS: Kristin Hall 11, Katie Krulicki 6
Jacob Hespeler 40, WODSS 27
JHSS: Jasmine Ramcharan 15, Shianne Riggan 11
WODSS: Payton Hofstetter 12, Rylee Mitchell-Becker 7
FHCI (SSS) and Galt (ECI) picked up bye wins.
Now, here's a look at the standings. For good measure, I've included WCI and Preston's "bye wins" in the final game of the season.
WCSSAA Standings
1. Grand River 11-0**
2. WCI 11-1**
3. Elmira 10-1**
4. KCI 9-2**
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5. SJAM 8-3*
T6. Cameron Hts. 7-4*
T6. Bluevale 7-4*
T8. Forest Hts. 6-5*
T8. Jacob Hespeler 6-5*
10. Galt 5-6*
11. WODSS 4-7*
12. Huron Hts. 3-8*
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13. Preston 2-10
14. Glenview Park 1-10
Playoff Breakdown
Grand River - Clinched #1 Seed
WCI - Clinched #2 Seed
Elmira/KCI Winner - #3
Elmira/KCI Loser - #4
As for the teams that will be competing in the "qualifying round", here's how their last games look:
SJAM (8-3) can wrap up 5th place overall by defeating WODSS (4-7).
Cameron Heights and Bluevale (both 7-4) will play on Tuesday, with the winner getting (at least) 6th and the loser likely taking 7th.
I expect Jacob Hespeler (6-5) to defeat Glenview Park (1-10) in their finale which would likely leapfrog them over Forest Heights (6-5) who play undefeated Grand River in their finale. This would give JHSS a home playoff game.
Galt could also move to .500 by defeating Huron Heights; however, they have lost to both Jacob Hespeler and Forest Heights so they likely won't move up from that 10th spot.
My Prediction:
1. GRCI
2. WCI
3. EDSS/KCI Winner
4. EDSS/KCI Loser
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5. SJAM
6. BCI/CHCI Winner
7. BCI/CHCI Loser
8. JHSS
9. FHCI
10. GCI
11. WODSS
12. HHSS
