Dover volleyball earns unanimous No. 1 seed as postseason brackets set

With a state ranking, a conference title and a tiny half-district, Dover was an easy choice for Eastern District coaches for the No. 1 seed in Division III district volleyball voting.

The Tornadoes were a unanimous No. 1, followed by Tri-Valley, Steubenville, New Philadelphia and Dover.

The Tornadoes, after a first-round bye, will play at home On Oct. 15 against the winner of No. 4 New Philadelphia and No. 5 Zanesville, who play Oct. 13. The winner will play at home Oct. 21in a district semifinal game at 6 p.m.

That winner will play in the 1 p.m. District final on Oct. 25 in Zanesville against the winner of the other half-district, with Unioto and Marietta holding the top two seeds there.

Here is a look at how other area tourney draws went this past weekend: 

Div. VII Volleyball

Tuscarawas Central Catholic was voted as the No. 2 seed in the East District, which features 11 schools. The Saints may have been No. 1, but one school apparently filled in its voting in opposite order. As it was, TCC got three first-place votes instead of four, while Conotton Valley got four. The Saints still got a first-round by and will play at home at 6 p.m. on Oct. 15 against either No. 8 Malvern or No. 9 Bishop Rosecrans, who play Oct. 13. The winner of that will play a district semifinal on Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. at a site to be determined, with the district final Oct. 22, also at 6 at a site to be determined.

Div. III boys soccer

Dover and New Philadelphia got the Nos. 2 and 4 seeds, respectively in the East District, which has a seven-team field. Dover will open at home against No. 6 Tri-Valley at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 14. The winner will play at 6:30 on Oct. 21 at Zanesville. New Philadelphia will take on No. 7 Carrollton at 6:30 on Oct. 14 at home, with the winner most likely playing No. 1 John Glenn on Oct. 21 at 6:30 in a district semifinal. John Glenn has a first-round match at Steubenville. The district final is at 6:30 on Oct. 23 at a site to be determined. 

Div. III girls soccer

Dover got the No. 3 seed in the East District, with New Philadelphia tabbed No. 6 among the seven teams in the field. Dover will play at home at 6:30 on Oct. 13 against No. 7 Indian Creek. The winner will play in a district semifinal at 6:30 on Oct. 20, at either No. 1 John Glenn, which eschewed a first-round bye, or New Philadelphia. Those teams meet at 6:30 Oct. 13 at John Glenn. The district championship is at 6:30 on Oct. 22 at a site to be determined.