North Crawford held on for a 64-62 win in overtime over Ithaca in boys basketball Tuesday night.
The two teams met three times last season, with the Trojans winning the first game and the Bulldogs the next two including a regional semi final victory.
The conference co-champs met Tuesday night at North Crawford with the Trojans taking round one.
They were led in scoring by Zach Bender with 20, and Cullen Jacobus added 18. The Bulldogs Devin Ihm had 18, Sammy Clary scored 14, and Cody Byrnes totaled 10.