From The Blade:
9:30 a.m.: Northview vs. St. Ursula, field A; Bowling Green vs. Waite, field B; Rossford vs. Bowsher, field 1; Southview vs. Central Catholic, field 2
11:30 a.m.: St. Ursula vs. Rossford, field A; Waite vs. Northview, field B; Bowsher vs. Southview, field 1; Central vs. Bowling Green, field 2.
1:30 p.m.: Maumee vs. Whitmer, field A; Perrysburg vs. Start, field B; Anthony Wayne vs. Notre Dame, field 1; Springfield vs. Clay, field 2.
3:30 p.m.: Notre Dame vs. Maumee, field A; Whitmer vs. Perrysburg, field B; Clay vs. Anthony Wayne, field 1; Start vs. Springfield, field 2.
All games are at Rolf Park this Saturday. The second team listed is the home team. There was an obvious mistake as the Bowling Green vs. Waite game was listed twice. I replaced one with Bowsher vs. Southview at 11:30. I think the schedule should be right now.
Anyway, there should be some fantastic games. There are now all eight NLL and the top eight TCL schools involved. As we all know, the NLL is deeper than the TCL. Since the field has been expanded and there are now sixteen games (last year only ten), I don't see the TCL having a great shot at winning it (or tying it again). I just think it's pretty likely that three city league teams won't win a game, so they'll be in a six game hole. If this happens, the TCL would have to win eight of the remaining ten games just to tie. It's a particularly rough draw for Start who plays Perrysburg and Springfield. It woulda been nice to see Start get at least one game vs. either Bowling Green, Rossford, Northview, or Maumee. Waite's schedule is much more fair.
I'll take the NLL to win 11 games and the TCL to win 5. Although we might have to factor in how teams will play in nice weather!