#13 Hoosac to Play at #4 Wahconah in Western Mass Playoffs
2/22/2020by iBerkshires
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Every winter brings an all-Berkshire County playoff game or two at some point during the Western Mass tournaments.
 
The only one we know for sure comes Tuesday night when No. 13 Hoosac Valley (10-10) visits No. 4 Wahconah (15-5) in the first round of the Division 3 tourney.
 
"Round 3 against Hoosac," Wahconah coach Dustin Belcher said after the seeds were released Saturday at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum. "That's kind of what we thought going in. It should be fun and good for Berkshire County basketball."
 
Wahconah enters the game having won five of its last six, including last Tuesday's regular season finale at Hoosac Valley, a 56-42 Wahconah win.
 
The victory evened the series after the Hurricanes won in a 55-54 squeaker in Dalton back on Jan. 22.
 
"They're a good team, for a 13 seed, they're a very good team," Belcher said. "They have some really good players.
 
"For us, it's going to be about focusing on ourselves and what we have to do to make ourselves successful. We're going to put a lot of our energy more on us than them in preparing for the game."