The Recorder – WMass Basketball: Greenfield, FC Tech girls; Frontier boys awarded strong seeds

SPRINGFIELD – The trail to the Cage is now formally set.

Seeds and brackets for the Western Mass. Basketball Tournaments had been launched Saturday afternoon on the Basketball Corridor of Fame. First spherical video games start for the ladies groups on Monday night time, whereas boys video games kick off match motion on Tuesday night time.

Boys groups

After incomes a spot on the Cage within the semifinals a yr in the past, the Frontier boys group has the within observe on a return journey after incomes the No. three seed within the Division three area. The Crimson Hawks are the highest-seeded group within the Recorder space.

Frontier will meet No. 14 Athol within the first spherical of the match on Tuesday in South Deerfield. The winner will meet the winner of the sport between No. 6 Monument Mountain and No. 11 Palmer within the quarterfinal spherical. The Hawks have dwelling court docket benefit till the semifinal spherical.

Elsewhere in Division three, No. eight Greenfield will host a first-round sport Tuesday night time towards No. 9 Mount Greylock. The winner of that tilt will meet top-seeded Narragansett, final yr’s D3 runner-up, on the street within the quarterfinal spherical on Friday night time.

The Mahar boys group earned the No. 10 seed and can journey to play at No. 7 South Hadley within the opening spherical of the D3 tourney on Tuesday night time. The winner will play at No. 2 Sabis in Friday’s quarterfinal spherical.

The Division four draw options an all-local first-round sport on Tuesday night time. The Battle for the Powertown, Half Deux, will see No. 7 Turners Falls internet hosting No. 10 Franklin Tech at 7 p.m. The winner of that contest will journey to No. 2 Drury within the quarterfinal spherical on Friday night time.

Baystate Academy is the No. 1 seed within the Division four area.

DIVISION three

1. Narragansett

2. Sabis

three. Frontier

four. Wahconah

5. Renaissance

6. Monument Mt.

7. South Hadley

eight. Greenfield

9. Mount Greylock

10. Mahar

11. Palmer

12. Murdock

13. Hoosac Valley

14. Athol

DIVISION four

1. Baystate Academy

2. Drury

three. Hopkins Academy

four. Monson

5. Lenox

6. Ware

7. Turners Falls

eight. Duggan Academy

9. Granby 

10. Franklin Tech

11. Hampden Constitution

12. Westfield Tech

13. Smith Vocational

Women groups

The Greenfield women will even have dwelling court docket till the semifinal spherical of their pursuit of one other journey to the Cage.

The Inexperienced Wave earned the No. four seed within the D3 women area, and can obtain a first-round bye consequently. Greenfield will host a quarterfinal sport on Thursday night time towards the winner of No. 5 Sabis and No. 12 Easthampton, with that first-round sport set for Monday night time in Springfield.

After an preliminary error by the match committee because of having an incorrect document, the seeds shifted a bit additional down the bracket. Domestically, No. eight Frontier will host a primary spherical sport Monday night time when the Crimson Hawks welcome No. 9 Palmer to South Deerfield. Mahar, seeded 10th within the D3 area, will journey to play at No. 7 South Hadley, similar to the boys group.

The winner of the Frontier-Palmer sport will journey to top-seeded Wahconah within the quarterfinal spherical on Thursday, whereas the Mahar-South Hadley winner heads to No. 2 Hampshire.

In Division four, the Franklin Tech women group was rewarded for its positive season with the No. 5 total seed. The Eagles will host No. 12 Pathfinder within the opening spherical on Monday night time, and a win would arrange a quarterfinal sport towards the winner of No. four Lee and No. 13 St. Mary’s.

The Pioneer women spherical out the native sides, and the Panthers drew the No. 10 seed within the area. Pioneer will journey to No. 7 McCann Tech for an opening-round sport on Monday, with the winner set to play both No. 2 Ware or No. 15 Gateway.

Monson drew the No. 1 seed within the D4 area.

DIVISION three

1. Wahconah

2. Hampshire

three. Hoosac Valley

four. Greenfield

5. Sabis

6. Granby

7. South Hadley

eight. Frontier

9. Palmer

10. Mahar

11. Mount Greylock

12. Easthampton

DIVISION four

1.  Monson

2. Ware

three. Lenox

four. Lee

5. Franklin Tech

6. Hopkins Academy

7. McCann Tech

eight. North Brookfield

9. Putnam

10. Pioneer

11. Hampden Constitution

12. Pathfinder

13. St. Mary’s

14. Duggan Academy

15. Gateway