For those who can't get enough of the Carroll-Delphi boys' basketball county rivalry, the IHSAA Class 2A Sectional draw held Thursday night has made it very possible that the two schools could meet for a third time this season, but this time with tournament elimination at stake.

Pairings are out for the 99th Annual IHSAA Boys' Basketball State Tournament for 402 participating teams throughout Indiana. For the second time in as many years, Delphi and Carroll find themselves as potential oppositions in Sectional play at Clinton Central.

But unlike last season when the two drew each other right off the bat in the Friday night game, Carroll, the defending champion and prohibitive favorite this year, has to get by Fountain Central in the opening round game on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Delphi drew the bye and will face the Carroll-Fountain Central winner in the semi-finals on March 6 at 7:30 p.m, immediately following the Clinton Central- Seeger game, tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m.

The Sectional championship game featuring the semi-final winners will be March 7 at 7:30 p.m.

The two rivals have met twice already this season in the newly scheduled homeand home series, with the Cougars winning both contests, 62-48 at Carroll on Nov. 26 in the season-opener for both teams and 58-48 at Delphi on Feb. 6.

The Cougars also eliminated Delphi from last season's Sectional with a 53-38 victory en route to the first Sectional championship in school history and have won three straight over the Oracles since the 67-65 thriller that went down to the final buzzer last February at Carroll.

Carroll will enter Sectional 37 play with the best record, currently 15-3 at press time, followed by Seeger (11-8), Delphi (6- 13), Fountain Central (5-14), and the host team at 3-15.

The winner of the Fountain Central Sectional will advance to the Tipton Regional on March 14 and face the winner from the Manchester Sectional.