The Indiana High School Athletic Association recently released its high school baseball sectional pairings for 2017.
In Class 3A at New Haven, the host Bulldogs will open with Angola while Garrett tangles with Bishop Dwenger and Concordia plays Bishop Luers in other first round matchups.
Leo opens tournament play against the Garrett-Bishop Dwenger winner.
At Bellmont, six squads will square off for the right to win the sectional championship.
Norwell battles Mississinewa and Marion tangles with Bellmont in two quarterfinal games. In semifinal play, Heritage will play Columbia City.
Woodlan is in the Class 2A sectional hosted by Churubusco.
Canterbury plays Adams Central and South Adams battles Bluffton in one half of the bracket.
The other half features Woodlan against host Churubusco.
New Haven & Leo Sports Round up
BASEBALL: Leo picked up a doubleheader sweep of Garrett on Saturday as the Lions posted victories by scores of 10-1 and 12-9.
A.J. Restivo had three home runs in the two contests for the Lions, hitting one in the first game before adding two more in game two.
Max Minich added a home run in game two as well for Leo while also recording the win on the mound in the opener.
Leo jumped in front 2-0 after the first inning in the opener before each team scored in the second. The Lions, though, put the game away with a seven-run third inning.
Game two saw the Railroaders open a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first before the Lions answered with three in their at-bat.
After Leo scored twice more in the second, Garrett answered with a five-spot in the top of the third for an 8-5 advantage.
The Lions took the lead for good in the home half of the fourth with four more runs to go on top 9-8.
Leo then added one more in the fifth and two in the sixth to seal the victory. Garrett got its final run in the top of the sixth.
Meanwhile, New Haven defeated Alexandria Monroe 6-1 as well on Saturday.
Tim Jordan got the win on the mound for the Bulldogs, who never trailed in the contest. Sean Ferguson had a home run for the Bulldog offense.
New Haven scored in the top of the first and added two more in the second for a 3-0 advantage. After Alexandria Monroe answered with a single run in the bottom of the second, the Bulldogs added one more in the third and two in the sixth to wrap up the 6-1 victory.
SOFTBALL: New Haven scored 14 runs in the top of the fifth inning to pull away from host Garrett for a 15-0 five-inning victory on Saturday.
The Bulldogs had scored a lone run in the first to grab the lead before sealing the victory in the fifth.
TENNIS: The New Haven boys squad captured first place at the Don Merkler Invitational on Saturday.
The Bulldogs totaled 16 points compared to second place Wayne’s 10. South Side finished third with six and Northrop was fourth with three.
New Haven won four of the five championships in the tournament. DeCamp took first in first singles while Jordan won second singles and Miller captured third singles.
DeCamp was a 6-0, 6-0 winner in the title match over Vosmeier of South Side while Jordan knocked off Sanchez of South Side 6-0, 6-1. Miller made it a clean sweep for the Bulldogs at singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win.
In doubles, the Bulldog tandem of Shuler and Mason also claimed a title.
