Playoff is possible
The streak might be over, but the goal of winning a section championship in the Lancaster-Lebanon League is still alive.
Before a packed house of more than 1,000 fans, Lancaster Catholic ended Columbia’s 20-game winning streak with a 73-65 win over the Tide Monday night.
What the loss means that the Tide and Crusaders, who have both qualified for the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs, are now tied for the lead in Section 4, with one game left to play.
Tomorrow, Columbia closes out the regular season with a home game with Annville-Cleona, while Lancaster Catholic traveled to Pequea Valley.
Barring any major upsets, round three of the best rivalry in the Lancaster-Lebanon League will be tomorrow night or Saturday, when a one game playoff will be played at a neutral site, to decide the section title.
Readers can check out the Columbia School District web site: www.columbia.k12.pa.us, or our blog, Tide Talk, for more information regarding the playoff game. If there is a playoff, a site and time is expected to be announced early this morning.
Columbia entered the game with a one-game lead over the Crusaders and winners of 20 straight games. The Crusaders dominated Monday’s showdown early, before the Tide took control of the game in the second quarter, leading 36-31 at the half. At one point in the second quarter, Columbia led the game by eight points, but failed on four possessions to increase its lead.
The Tide also had a five-point lead in the third quarter, before Lancaster Catholic rallied in the final minute to take the lead for good.
The section playoff game is important because of who will play who in the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs, which begin Tuesday night.
The winner of Section 4 will get the second place team from a weak Section 2 in the opening round of the playoffs. Heading into the final game of the regular season. Elizabethtown and Cocalico are tied for second place in Section Two.
The loser of the playoff game draws the Section 2 champ, probably CV.
Now, its time for the Tide to start a new streak that hopefully will last into March.
Before a packed house of more than 1,000 fans, Lancaster Catholic ended Columbia’s 20-game winning streak with a 73-65 win over the Tide Monday night.
What the loss means that the Tide and Crusaders, who have both qualified for the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs, are now tied for the lead in Section 4, with one game left to play.
Tomorrow, Columbia closes out the regular season with a home game with Annville-Cleona, while Lancaster Catholic traveled to Pequea Valley.
Barring any major upsets, round three of the best rivalry in the Lancaster-Lebanon League will be tomorrow night or Saturday, when a one game playoff will be played at a neutral site, to decide the section title.
Readers can check out the Columbia School District web site: www.columbia.k12.pa.us, or our blog, Tide Talk, for more information regarding the playoff game. If there is a playoff, a site and time is expected to be announced early this morning.
Columbia entered the game with a one-game lead over the Crusaders and winners of 20 straight games. The Crusaders dominated Monday’s showdown early, before the Tide took control of the game in the second quarter, leading 36-31 at the half. At one point in the second quarter, Columbia led the game by eight points, but failed on four possessions to increase its lead.
The Tide also had a five-point lead in the third quarter, before Lancaster Catholic rallied in the final minute to take the lead for good.
The section playoff game is important because of who will play who in the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs, which begin Tuesday night.
The winner of Section 4 will get the second place team from a weak Section 2 in the opening round of the playoffs. Heading into the final game of the regular season. Elizabethtown and Cocalico are tied for second place in Section Two.
The loser of the playoff game draws the Section 2 champ, probably CV.
Now, its time for the Tide to start a new streak that hopefully will last into March.
Labels: Columbia-Catholic
posted by Tide talk at
8:30 AM
1 Comments:
Little mix up. The winner of Section 4 would play the Section 2 runner up, while the runner up from Section 4 would play the Section 2 champ, not the section 1 champ. You're safe from McCaskey for at least the first round.
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