Boys Eastern B Teams from the KVAC and Big East B have the toughest tourney and the most competitive tourney to win, followed by Eastern Maine Class D.
In Class A Hampden unbeaten and hardly pressed all year should be the odds on favorite to win class A.
Quarter-Final Class A Picks
Hampden over Mt. Aarat
Lewiston over Bangor
Lawrence over Brunswick
EL over Messalonskee
Possible upset winners Lewiston and Messalonskee
Class B is the toughest to pick even with Oceanside not in
Medomak over Camden Hills
Waterville over PI
Caribou over FA
MDI over Winslow
Upset Waterville over PI
Class C Picks Tough top 5 teams
Penquis over Stearns
Houlton Bucksport
Calais over Sumner
Lee over Dexter
No upsets in C
Class D Picks toughest after B to pick
Jonesport Beal over Easton
Deer Isle over Hodgdon
Washburn over Bangor Christian
CA over Katahdin
Possible upset Hodgdon over DI
If Deer Isle gets by Hodgdon in the quarters which is the toughest opening round opponent for any class D team, then they could win the Eastern Maine D Tourney and upset JB in the semi’s. They lost to JB twice the first game at JB in overtime and in the second matchup at home was trailing 53-50 when Sam Grindle reinjured his ankle and smartly DI opted to remove him from the game with 5:31 to go and eventually lost by 10 64-54.
Remove Beal and Grindle from each team and DI is the stronger of the remaining players, but Hodgdon could be the darkhorse as they lead Houlton twice before losing both games during the regular season.
So the Hodgon-DI matchup could be the key to the entire D tourney.