Cambridge Springs, ranked second in the state in Class AA by the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association, will begin pursuit of its first-ever boys volleyball state championship against Conneaut Valley in the opening round of the District 10 Tournament at Meadville High School.

That, however, is about as much that is known for sure with less than a week remaining until the start of the tournament.

Cambridge Springs and Conneaut Valley will meet as the fourth and fifth seeds, respectively. Three other seeds have been determined with Cochranton owning the sixth seed, Farrell the seventh seed and Rocky Grove the eighth seed.

The remaining three seeds have yet to be determined. That will change tonight.

Maplewood, Meadville and Saegertown are all competing for one of those top three spots.

The Tigers (11-2) hold the upperhand for the No. 1 seed with complete control over their fate. A win over Cambridge Springs would give Maplewood the top seed regardless of what Saegertown (11-2) or Meadville (10-3) do, because the Tigers own tiebreakers over the Panthers and Bulldogs.

Maplewood is the only team with such luxury.

“I don’t have to sit back and wait for a phone call to see what someone else did,” Maplewood coach Sheila Bancroft said. “When we walk out of the gym (today), we’ll know where we stand.”

Should the Tigers lose, though, the playoff picture becomes a bit more complicated. Here is a look:

n Maplewood can still clinch the top seed with a loss as long if the Panthers follow suit against Cochranton (3-10).

n Saegertown clinches the top seed with a win over Cochranton and a Maplewood loss. In that event, Maplewood would then become the No. 2 seed and Meadville the No. 3.

n Meadville can secure the second seed in the event of a three-way tie with Saegertown and Maplewood. The Bulldogs own the tiebreaker over Saegertown. The two teams split during the regular season, but the Bulldogs own a 4-3 advantage in games played.

n Meadville also takes the second seed with a win and a Saegertown loss.

n Saegertown would earn the second seed should all three teams finish out the season with wins today or with a Maplewood win and Meadville loss to Conneaut Valley (5-7).

It’s all a matter really of what Maplewood does against Cambridge Springs. The Tigers are treating the game like an early playoff contest not only because of the No. 1 seed being on the line, but the Region 1 title is also at stake.