Jackson County Central has been seeded first for the Section 3AA South Sub-Section girls basketball tournament, it was announced Monday morning.
The Huskies have won 16 straight and are 19-6 overall.
The seven-team tournament starts Friday with three games.
Top-seeded JCC will have a bye into the sub-section semifinals on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at a neutral site to be determined.
SECTION 3AA GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Sub-Section
Numbers in parenthesis indicate seed number
Friday, Feb. 21
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Jackson County Central (1) has bye
St. James Area (5) at Redwood Valley (4), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Luverne (7) at Fairmont (2), 7 p.m.
Pipestone (6) at Windom (3), 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Semifinals
At TBA
Jackson County Central (1) vs. St. James-Redwood winner, 6 p.m.
Fairmont-Luverne winner vs. Windom-Pipestone winner, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 27
Championship
At SMSU
Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.
North Sub-Section
Numbers in parenthesis indicate seed number
Friday, Feb. 21
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Eden Valley-Watkins (8) at New London-Spicer (1), 7 p.m.
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (5) at Montevideo (4), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Litchfield (7) at Minnewaska Area (2), 7 p.m.
Paynesville (6) at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (3), 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Semifinals
At Willmar H.S.
Upper bracket winners, 6 p.m.
Lower bracket winners, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 27
Championship
At SMSU
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.
Section 3AA championship
Thursday, March 6
At SMSU
South Sub-Section champion vs. North Sub-Section champion, 5 p.m.\
JCC vs. Section 3AA
Jackson County Central went 9-1 vs. Section 3AA teams during the regular season.
All the games were vs. teams from the South Sub-Section. The Huskies did not play a team from the North Sub-Section.
The records vs. each sub-section team for JCC:
Fairmont 1-1
Luverne 2-0
Pipestone 2-0
Redwood Valley 2-0
St. James Area 0-0
Windom 2-0
Section records
Here are the records for each Section 3AA team vs. other teams from the section through Saturday.
South Sub-Section
Jackson County Central 9-1 .900
Fairmont 6-2 .750
Redwood Valley 9-5 .643
Windom 7-5 .583
St. James Area 5-4 .555
Pipestone 4-8 .333
Luverne 0-12 .000
North Sub-Section
New London-Spicer 7-0 1.000
Minnewaska Area 7-1 .875
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 5-2 .714
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 4-4 .500
Montevideo 3-6 .333
Litchfield 2-6 .250
Paynesville 2-6 .250
Eden Valley-Watkins 0-8 .000
JCC schedule/results
Monday, Nov. 25: Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, W 76-51
Tuesday, Dec. 3: at Blue Earth Area, W 84-27
Thursday, Dec. 5: at Pipestone, W 84-44
Friday, Dec. 6: New Ulm, L 69-68
Tuesday, Dec. 10: Estherville Lincoln Central, L 82-42
Friday, Dec. 13: at Tri-City United, L 61-51
Tuesday, Dec. 17: St. Peter, L 70-62
Friday, Dec. 20: at Fairmont, L 68-48
Friday, Dec. 27: Marshall at SMSU, L 76-56
Saturday, Dec. 28: MACCRAY at SMSU, W 65-31
Friday, Jan. 3: Belle Plaine, W 89-70
Tuesday, Jan. 7: Redwood Valley, W 77-68
Friday, Jan. 10: at Windom, W 91-83
Monday, Jan. 13: Luverne, W 76-62
Tuesday, Jan. 14: at Worthington, W 93-58
Thursday, Jan. 16: Blue Earth Area, W 82-40
Tuesday, Jan. 21: Tri-City United, W 80-47
Friday, Jan. 24: Fairmont, W 68-63
Monday, Jan. 27: at Maple River, W 95-78
Tuesday, Jan. 28: Pipestone, W 80-58
Friday, Jan. 31: at Belle Plaine, W 86-82
Tuesday, Feb. 4: Windom, W 67-64
Friday, Feb. 7: at Waseca, W 60-21
Tuesday, Feb. 11: at Luverne, W 91-55
Friday, Feb. 14: at Redwood Valley, W 73-44