Tonight the playoffs truly begin for our Red Tornadoes. Earlier this week I laid out a scenario that requires Hickory to plan on winning all four of its remaining games in order to finish ahead of St. Stephens in the final CVAC standings. Remember, the two teams must not finish in a tie because the tiebreaker goes to St. Stephens by virtue of last month's historic victory over Hickory. The Red Tornadoes already have three CVAC losses. St. Stephens only has two. Hickory is favored to win three of its final games with next week's home game against Hibriten providing the big challenge. If Hickory goes 3-1 in the last four games and St. Stephens goes 3-1 (assuming a loss to Fred T. Foard in the season finale) then the Indians finish a game ahead of Hickory. If St. Stephens goes 2-2 and Hickory goes 3-1 then they finish in a tie, which is the same as a win for the Indians.
Of course it is possible, perhaps even likely, that Hickory will get a wildcard spot in the playoffs. Generally speaking, a team needs to have four wins in order to qualify for a wildcard berth. But the bottom line, of course, is that the brackets must be filled. Teams with only three wins have made the playoffs in the past. So if the final four games don't quite work out the way I have described, the Red Tornadoes can still go. It's just not guaranteed and you can expect to see Hickory go on the road to face one of West's top teams.
But there is only one priority tonight: Just win baby!
Did Grandview win? Yep.
Did Northview win? Yep.
Did the JV win? Duh!
Now it's time for the varsity to get in there and take care of business. Then we'll see where we are when the night is over.
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