MONROE - After losing four straight games and five of their past six games, the Monroe boys basketball team's fate in the regional tournament will have to be road warriors.

Monroe (8-13, 3-8 Badger South) received a No. 5 regional seed and will play at fourth-seeded Oregon Tuesday, Feb. 25 when the tournament tips off. The WIAA released the regional tournament seedings Sunday. The Cheesemakers are the No. 5 seed in a five-team regional grouping that includes No. 1 ranked Mount Horeb. If Monroe can beat Oregon, they will play Mount Horeb.

"Our regional is as tough as anyone in the state," Monroe coach Pat Murphy said. "Come tournament time, you have to be playing your best or you will go home. I don't think what is down the road. If you don't take care of the present step it doesn't matter."

The other local teams, seeds and their first-round regional games set for Tuesday, Feb. 25 are as followed:



Division 3 Middleton sectional

No. 12 Brodhead at No. 5 Evansville

Division 4 Baraboo sectional

No. 9 Belleville at No. 8 New Glarus

No. 12 Brookwood at No. 5 Darlington



Division 5 La Crosse Logan sectional

No. 9 Seneca at No. 8 Pecatonica



Division 5 Kettle Moraine sectional

No. 8 Juda at No. 1 Catholic Central

No. 5 Monticello at No. 4 Williams Bay

No. 6 Faith Christian at No. 3 Albany

No. 7 Argyle at No. 2 Black Hawk