Editorial note:  Class 2A semifinals are actually the morning session for Friday.  All the ‘clever’ stuff from the beginning of my previous post?  Pretend I said ‘2A’…

Here’s a look at the 2A match-ups on Friday…

BROCK (35-2, Region II) vs JEWETT LEON (25-6, Region III)

Brock is approximately 15 miles southwest of Weatherford (and approximately 50 miles west-southwest of Fort Worth), off of I-20 on FM 1189; Jewett is roughly 15 miles northwest of Centerville (10 miles southwest of Buffalo) on US Hwy 79, just west of I-45.

Brock is making its sixteenth tournament appearance.  The Lady Eagles are such a regular fixture in the tournament, it almost seems as if its Brock basketball’s birthright to be there.

Brock, champions of District 9-2A, is a dominant program in its classification.  This season, their only two losses came at the hands of 5A schools Weatherford and Georgetown.  The Lady Eagles’ average margin of victory was 26.4 points.  They allow an average of just over 30 points per game.

In short, Brock will be stiff competition for any team they face.

Welcome to your first-ever state tournament, Leon. 

The Cougars finished as the runner-up in District 20-2A behind Marlin.  They knocked off a pair of district champs (Daingerfield and Trinity) in the regional playoffs before defeating another Cinderella, New Waverly, in the championship game.

Leon averages 55.4 points per game and allows 45.8. 

If there is a way to beat Brock, Peaster may have given Leon a glimpse of it last weekend in the Region II championship game.  Peaster let the air out of the ball and basically played a four-corner offense the entire game to keep Brock from running away with the game.

Peaster took the Lady Eagles to overtime before losing, 27-25.  If Leon was paying attention, perhaps the second time is the charm.

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WALL (34-3, Region I) vs POTH (28-5, Region IV)

Wall is approximately 15 miles southeast of San Angelo; Poth is 8 miles south-southeast of Floresville (and roughly 40 miles southeast of San Antonio) on US Hwy 179.

This is a match up of two solid 2A programs.  Wall makes its fifth tournament appearance and Poth makes its tenth.  But both schools were absent last year and Wall is making its first return trip since the 2006 season.  So the current squads may not be familiar with the tournament experience.

Like Brock, Wall’s three losses this season have been to larger-classification schools (Lubbock Coronado, 3A semifinalist Abilene Wylie and Canyon).  In the process, they picked up several wins over bigger schools too.

The Lady Hawks, District 7-2A winners, have sailed through the playoffs, with an average margin of victory of 24 points.  Wall has good size on the front line, with four players 5’11” or taller.

But Poth can match Wall in size, with 6’2″ junior Tara Dunn and 6’0″ sophomore Jordan Kotara.

Poth survived a scare from District 28 runner-up Nixon-Smiley in the Region IV championship to win, 43-41, and advance.