The Midpark Boys Varsity Basketball team will compete in the Sectional Basketball Tournament hosted by Brecksville High School on Wednesday February 20th against first round opponent North Royalton. The game will tip off at approx 7:30 with the winner advancing to take on Normandy High School.

The 07-08 season for the Midpark Meteors was a season that they were not use to having because of the incredible run that this program has had over the last four years. The Meteors, who are typcially favorites in the Southwestern Conference managed just two conference wins this season. Midpark came to compete each and every week and besides one early meeting with North Olmsted, the Meteors were in every game they played this season. 

In this same tournament last season, Midpark was not picked by many to hang around very long. The Meteors proved everyone wrong by knocking off Midview in the first round and defeating rival Berea for the third time that season to set up a meeting with top ranked St. Ed's. The Meteors did not have enough to overcome St. Ed's in the District Finals but ended a great run for Midpark.

With the departures of Jim Kerrigan, Kevin Gall and Jim Long, Midpark was forced to turn to a younger starting lineup that at times featured two juniors, two sophomores and one senior. Senior Richard Huszai came on late in the season and earned a spot in the starting line up and rotated time with junior Chad Tibbits.

Midpark's signature win of the season came against a team that is also in this same bracket. On December 21st, Midpark knocked off then ranked Rhodes High School 69-64 in one of the most complete games played by the Meteors all season. Midpark will need to win a couple of games as well as Rhodes to set up a potential rematch later in this tournament.

The winner of the Midpark/North Royalton game on Wednesday will advance to take on Normandy High School who will be looking to avoid being upset for the second straight year after being knocked out by Berea last season.  

The Midpark Meteors Girls Basketball team begins their post-season on Tuesday February 12^th when they will take on Rocky River Magnificat in the first round of the Sectional Tournament hosted by Valley Forge High School. The game is set to tip off at 7:30 PM.

Other teams competing in the bracket will be: Olmsted Falls, St. Joseph Academy, Parma, North Royalton, Rhodes, John Marshall, Solon, Strongsville, Berea, Normandy and Lakewood. The winner of the bracket will head to the Norwalk regional to take on the winner of the Findlay Sectional.

The Meteors (9-11, 7-7 SWC) are coming off a season that saw them make a complete turn around from a year ago. Last year, Midpark went just 3-15 and bowed out in the first round of the tournament to Lakewood. The Lady Meteors featured two wins over Olmsted Falls, also in this bracket, with the first coming on the first night of conference play. Later in the season, Midpark knocked off Olmsted Falls again with the Lady Bulldogs ranked as the #19 team in the Plain Dealer Top 25 poll. Midpark also erased a 19-point deficit at halftime late in the season against Amherst on Senior Night to come back and win 53-52 in front of the home crowd. The Lady Meteors finished the regular season with a thrilling overtime win over rival Berea, 72-67 on the final Wednesday of the regular season.

Magnificat is typically one of the top teams in the area in girl’s basketball. There schedule is full of top 25 teams in Northeast Ohio including Hathaway Brown, Trinity, Lakewood, VASJ,  Mentor  and St. Joes. The Lady Blue Streaks finished the regular season 11-9 after defeating Bay 56-54 in the final game of the regular season. They have won the 6 of their last 7 games despite falling to Mentor 66-35 in late January.

This will be the first meeting between the two schools. The winner will advance to the second round and will take on the winner of the Strongsville/Lakewood game. The second round game will take place on Saturday, February 16 at 2:30 PM at Valley Forge.