With the postseason rapidly approaching, the Chagrin Valley Conference divisional championship scenarios are dwindling.
Harvey already clinched the Chagrin Division, Perry won the Lake Division title, and Berkshire and Wickliffe decided to share the Valley Division crown.
Independence controls its own destiny in the Metro Division, and that could be resolved as soon as today.
Here’s a look at how each of the divisions played out this spring:
CHAGRIN DIVISION
Harvey clinched the Chagrin Division title with a 7-0 record and one league games left to be played. The Red Raiders swept Orange, who finished in second place with a 6-2 record.
Current Standings:
1. Harvey 7-0 (hosts Beachwood on May 9)
2. Orange 6-2
3. Hawken 3-5
4. Beachwood 2-5 (at Harvey on May 9)
5. Chagrin Falls 1-7
LAKE DIVISION
Perry clinched the Lake Division title with a 10-1 record and one conference game left to be played. The Pirates swept second-place Edgewood, locking up the title outright regardless of what happens in their final conference tilt.
Current Standings:
1. Perry 10-1 (hosts Jefferson on May 8)
2. Edgewood 6-2
3. Jefferson 7-4
4. Madison 6-4
5. Geneva 5-5
6. Conneaut 2-9
7. Lakeside 0-11
METRO DIVISION
Independence controls its own destiny here as the Blue Devils currently are 4-0 with four conference games remaining. Lutheran West is 3-2, but they trail the Blue Devils in a pair of games that were postponed due to weather. Independence leads 8-0 and 19-1. The Blue Devils also have games remaining against Brooklyn and Trinity, a pair of teams they outscored by a combined 38-0 in the first matchup.
The Blue Devils can clinch a share of the conference title by finishing off the Longhorns on May 8. Then, a win over Brooklyn or Trinity would win the title outright.
Lutheran West needs to rally back from those big deficits to beat Independence, and then they have to beat Brooklyn and Trinity to earn at least a share of the conference title.
At 5-2, Cuyahoga Heights is a longshot to win the conference title, but stranger things have happened. The Red Wolves need Lutheran West to knock off Independence in both games, and then they’ll need Brooklyn or Trinity to pull off an upset against Independence. Heights swept Lutheran West, so the Red Wolves hold a tiebreaker advantage there, but they’ll need to complete the season sweep of Brooklyn to have a chance.
Current Standings:
1. Independence 4-0 (vs. LW in two uncompleted games; at Trinity, vs. Brooklyn)
2. Cuyahoga Heights 5-2 (vs. Brooklyn)
2. Lutheran West 3-2 (vs. Independence in two uncompleted games, vs. Brooklyn
4. Brooklyn
5. Trinity
VALLEY DIVISION
Berkshire and Wickliffe will share the Valley Division title after each finished 7-1 in league play, with both teams claiming a victory in the head-to-head matchup.
Current Standings:
1. Berkshire 7-1
1. Wickliffe 7-1
3. Cardinal 4-4
4. Crestwood 1-6 (at Kirtland on May 16)
5. Kirtland 0-7 (hosts Crestwood on May 16)
Coaches, please report any record/schedule corrections.
