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02.15.08 -
Section V boys basketball seeds announced
(February 15, 2008) — Pairings for the Section V boys basketball tournament were announced today and five schools located in Monroe County earned top seeds.
Two-time defending champion Fairport (16-4) is No. 1 in Class AAA, while City-Catholic League power East High (19-1) is No. 1 in Class AA. The Orientals usually play in the largest classification but due to enrollment dropped down this winter. Two-time defending champion Greece Athena (19-1) is the No. 2 seed in Class AA.
Charlotte (17-3), another city team, will try to defend its title in Class BB as the top seed, while Bishop Kearney (14-5) in Class B and Harley Allendale-Columbia (17-3) in Class C are also No. 1s.
Rounding out the top seeds are traditional small-school powers Batavia Notre Dame (17-3) in Class DD and Prattsburgh (19-1) in Class D. The only two remaining unbeaten boys basketball teams in Section V -- Newark (20-0) in Class A and Avon (20-0) in Class CC -- are also top seeds.
Tournament play starts Tuesday and "Super Saturday," when six of the nine championship games are played at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial -- is scheduled for March 1.