The path to Indianapolis has been set for the state’s soccer teams with the IHSAA sectional pairings announcement on Sunday.
The Bloomington-Martinsville-Bedford area’s girls teams will compete in sectional play at Terre Haute North (Class 3A) and Cascade (2A) while the boys will compete at Bloomington South (3A), Jennings County (3A), Edgewood (2A), Greencastle (2A) and White River Valley (1A).
Here’s how the draws lined up locally, with complete brackets available at ihsaa.org:
Girls soccer draw
3A at Terre Haute North
Bloomington South (10-3-1), ranked 17th and last year’s state runner-up, gets a short path to the finals, placed in the bottom bracket semifinal vs. Bedford North Lawrence (3-9).
Up top, Martinsville (7-7) and Terre Haute North (2-12) play in the first-round opener, followed by Bloomington North (5-9) and Terre Haute South (10-3-2). The Patriots topped the Cougars 3-0 in their conference match. Thanks in part to critical injuries, North has just three goals in its last 11 games.
Winner plays host to Columbus East Sectional winner in regional semis with the regional finals at Seymour.
2A at Cascade
Edgewood (12-1), having the best season in program history, will start its postseason run against rival Owen Valley (3-9) in the sectional opener. The Mustangs were 4-0 winners in their WIC contest. Danville (8-7) has played a rugged schedule and meets Northview (7-6) in the other first-round pairing.
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The host Cadets (6-7-1) and West Vigo (5-8) got byes to the bottom bracket semis.
Winner is at Speedway Sectional champ for regional semifinals with the finals at Bishop Chatard.
Boys soccer draw
3A at Bloomington South
First round features Bloomington vs. Terre Haute rematches as North Cougars (9-3-1) get North Patriots (6-8) and No. 8 South Panthers (12-1) get struggling South Braves (1-11). Both Bloomington schools won their conference meetings in shutouts.
Martinsville (11-1-2) and Mooresville (6-8) meet in the bottom semifinals. The Arties’ only loss is 2-1 to South with ties against Plainfield and Bloomington North.
Center Grove Sectional winner travels to Bloomington South winner for regional semifinals, with the finals at Seymour.
3A at Jennings County
Bedford North Lawrence (7-5-1) drew a first-round matchup with Jeffersonville (3-8-2), made more interesting after their conference matchup ended in a 2-2 tie. The other first-round match has Floyd Central (7-5-2) taking on Jennings County (0-11-3).
The bottom bracket semi pits New Albany (5-6-3) vs. Seymour (9-5). The Stars face Seymour and Floyd Central in the final week of the regular season.
The sectional champion travels to the Castle Sectional champ for the regional semifinals with the finals at Seymour
2A at Edgewood
Indian Creek (7-3-2) will start off against No. 9 Cascade (11-1), whose only loss is to Bishop Chatard. That will be followed by the host Mustangs (2-10), who got a tough draw in Danville (10-3-1).
The bottom bracket semifinal matchup is Monrovia (7-11) vs. Brown County (0-12).
Winner travels to the Greencastle Sectional champ for regional semifinals with the finals at Bishop Chatard.
2A at Greencastle
Owen Valley (4-7-1) has been sent up US 231 to Greencastle and gets the first-round bye in this group of five and will play the winner between West Vigo (3-9) and the host Tiger Cubs (8-5-1), the only team here with a winning record.
The other semifinal has Sullivan (4-8-2) facing Northview (5-7).
The winner plays host to the Edgewood Sectional champ in the regional semifinals, with the finals at Bishop Chatard.
1A at White River Valley
Lighthouse Christian (2-6-2) and Mitchell (5-4-3) will get the affair started, followed by Shoals (8-5-1) and Bloomfield (4-4-2). Those winners meet in the first semifinal while the second is a battle between Eastern Greene (4-7-2) and the favorites, the 14th ranked Wolverines of WRV (10-1-2).
Mitchell (2015) owns the only sectional title in the group.
The winner travels to the South Knox Sectional champ for the regional semifinals, with the finals at Providence.














