A big win over Nokomis last Friday should lock up the top-seed and, depending on the IHSA, they will travel to one of those hosts with the goal of winning the regional title and getting to play at home in their own 1A sectional.

Casey-Westfield and Coach Tom Brannan have played a brutal schedule and it won't be any easier the rest of the way.

But unlike Altamont and the other four, the Warriors are in a sub-sectional that has themselves and Tuscola as the top ones which will separate the two clubs.

The other Warriors (Tuscola) are one of the hosts which means C-W will surely end up at the Cumberland Regional.

As mentioned before you never know what sort of seeding will come out of the online meetings.

Effingham St. Anthony is one of those programs you really don't want to see in your part of the bracket in the postseason.

Coach Cody Rincker leads a program that has notched 25 regional championships, five sectional titles and a state title in 2016-17 in its history.

They will have a say in the postseason as they always do.

Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran jumped into the season with a 23-game win streak that was snapped last Friday night 40-38 at Alton Marquette.

The Silver Stallions will be part of a tough sub-sectional with Altamont and St. A.

Coach Dan DeWerff has his Nokomis club ready to host one of these loaded regionals.

The Redskins have five of six defeats to good teams that include 2A Williamsville, 2A Pinckneyville, 3A Taylorville, 1A Altamont, and 1A CORL while posting eight victories over 2A clubs and a win over 3A Mattoon.

They would probably love another shot at Altamont at home after dropping a 53-49 decision to the Indians last Friday at home.

Crab Orchard is likely the top-seed for the sub-sectional in the deep south part of the Carbondale 1A Super-sectional complex.

With a win last night over Mounds Meridian (90-86) the Trojans will host a regional that will be winnable.

Coach Jon Brown had the flexibility to add a couple of games to prove their merit and the win over the Bobcats likely secured the top spot.

Their 120-118 triple-overtime loss on Friday night to Lovejoy ranks as one of the highest scoring games in IHSA history.

When you play tough schedules there is sometimes a “roller coaster” effect where what are perceived as upsets happen and North Clay and head coach Josh Zink have found that out.

A bad loss to Neoga on the road was followed up by a nice win over Dieterich last week as the Cardinals will be part of the sub-sectional with some of these top dawgs when it begins February 18th.

Wayne City has quietly won 20-games again for Coach Jake Talbert and the Indians have the resume to be the top-seed in Sub-sectional A.

They have some good wins over larger schools on the schedule (by design).

It's not a stretch to think that this Tribe could win the program's first sectional title in a few weeks.

Not only will Tuscola host a regional the Warriors will get a shot at Altamont this coming Saturday at the annual NTC/CIC Shootout at Altamont.

Head coach Justin Bozarth sent away the ABV 1A POY last spring (Jalen Quinn) but the returning players have the squad poised for another regional title.

Unfortunately Tuscola gets bumped back up to 2A next season so they might as well enjoy this coming postseason trek.

You can take the won-loss mark of Okawville with a grain of salt as the Rockets routinely play a 'tough as a $2 steak' schedule with 1A, 2A and 3A teams.

Coach Ryan Heck has seen improvement from his club and when the regionals begin it won't be a shock if this coach and club have the 'scissors ready' to 'cut down the twine'.

Next week will be the final rankings of the season as the state tournaments will take us home to Champaign and the state finals.