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Monday Sports Roundup: Basketball Playoff Seedings and Wrestling Video
The playoff schedule for Montgomery County basketball is released, Wootton ice hockey eliminated, and a QO wrestler wins counties.
Boys' Varsity Basketball
The regular season is over in boys' and girls' varsity basketball and playoffs are set to start this week.
Wootton (13-9) is the No. 4 seed in the 4A West division and will meet unranked Walter Johnson (10-9) Friday at home. Walter Johnson is one of the 13-team region's three unseeded teams with a winning record, according to The Gazette.
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The winner of Wootton-WJ will face the winner of Blair-Richard Montgomery on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Quince Orchard (6-15) will meet Northwest, with the winner facing No. 1 Magruder (20-1).
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Varsity Ice Hockey
The Wootton Patriots were eliminated last Tuesday in the semifinals of the Montgomery Hockey Conference tournament by Whitman, 2-1. Whitman went on to defeat Churchill in the finals and advance to the state quarterfinals.
Varsity Wrestling
Quince Orchard's Eli Bienstock won the Montgomery County wrestling championship in the 120-pound weight class, defeating Sherwood's Chris Minor.
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