OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ews elease 4080N Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214R • Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D. (614) 267-2502 • FAX (614) 267-1677 • www.ohsaa.org For Immediate Release March 19, 2006 Contact Bob Goldring, Dir. of Information Winter Release #5

OHSAA BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS (All Games at Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus) Thursday, March 23 Friday, March 24, Continued Boys Basketball-Semifinals Boys Basketball-Semifinals 10:45 Div. IV: Lockland (23-3) vs. South Webster (24-2) 5:15 Div. I: Canton McKinley (23-2) vs. Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 2:00 Div. IV: Windham (22-3) vs. Columbus Grove (20-5) (21-5) 5:15 Div. III: Archbold (21-4) vs. Cincinnati North College Hill 8:30 Div. I: Trotwood-Madison (21-5) vs. Lancaster (25-1) (24-1) 8:30 Div. III: Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (20-5) vs. Saturday, March 25 Wheelersburg (23-2) Boys Basketball-Finals Friday, March 24 10:45 Division IV Boys Basketball-Semifinals 2:00 Division III 10:45 Div. II: Wooster Triway (25-0) vs. Columbus St. Francis 5:15 Division II DeSales (19-6) 8:30 Division I 2:00 Div. II: Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (21-3) vs. Dayton Dunbar (24-2)

WHAT: 84th Annual Boys State Basketball Tournaments WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus (555 Borror Dr., corner of Lane Avenue and Olentangy River Rd.) TIME/EVENTS: Semifinals—Thursday in Divisions IV and III and Friday in Divisions II and I; Finals— Saturday in all four divisions. The complete schedule is listed above. TICKETS: $10.00 tickets remain for each session (each contest in the tournament is a separate session) and are currently on sale at the Ohio State Athletic Ticket Office in the southeast corner of the Schottenstein Center (1- 800-GO-BUCKS or 614-292-2624). Game day tickets can be purchased at the Value City Arena ticket office, which is located in the southeast corner of the arena. MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Fax requests to Bob Goldring, OHSAA Director of Information, at 614-267-1677 prior to noon Tuesday. If not already received, all credentials will be held at the Fred Taylor Room, located just off the Northeast Rotunda entrance (corner facing Olentangy River Road and the Fawcett Center). Information will be posted on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) regarding the status of your application. Once on the home page of the web site, go to “OHSAA News & Media,” and the information will be available on that page. A list will also be posted of those media members who have been approved for credentials. The approved list will be posted by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. MEDIA PARKING: If not already received, parking passes will be held for media members at an area hotel. Information will be posted on the OHSAA web site. Parking is at a premium and not all requests will be honored. FAN PARKING: Free parking is available at the lots around the Schottenstein Center, including the Buckeye lots, which are located at the north end of Fred Taylor Drive just off of Ackerman Rd. Free shuttles will transport fans who park in those lots to and from the arena. Additional information on spectator parking is posted on The Ohio State University Transporation and Parking Services web site: (www.tp.ohio-state.edu/alerts/OHSAA/ohsaaindex.shtml). DIRECTIONS: To get to Value City Arena, take State Route 315 to the Lane Avenue exit. If coming from the north, turn left (east) onto Lane Avenue; if coming from the south, turn right (east) onto Lane Avenue. At the first intersection, turn left (north) onto Fred Taylor Drive and you will see the arena on the right. A second route is to take State Route 315 to the Ackerman Road exit, located just north of the Lane Avenue exit. If coming from the north, turn left (east) onto Ackerman Road; if coming from the south, turn right (east) onto Ackerman. At the first main intersection, turn right (south) onto Fred Taylor Drive and you will see the arena on the left. HOTELS: A list of Columbus-area hotels along with telephone numbers is posted on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org). TELEVISION: The Ohio News Network will cablecast all four championship games live on Saturday. Tim Bray and Jay Burson will describe the Division II and IV games, with Dave Chudowsky providing sideline reports, and Paul Keels and Ron Stokes will call the Division I and III contests, with Arica Robbins providing updates from the sideline. ONN will also cablecast Friday’s Division I semifinals on a tape-delay basis, will provide live updates during the other semifinals and will have highlight shows at 11:30. The Ohio News Network is Ohio’s 24-hour cable news, weather and sports channel. For a complete ONN channel listing, visit the ONN web site at www.OhioNewsNow.com. Various stations throughout the state may telecast the semifinal games on a tape-delay basis. Check local list- ings for coverage details. — MORE —

OHSAA WINTER SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -2-2-2 RADIO: The following 10 stations are scheduled to cover all 12 state semifinal and final games live: WBNO-FM, Bryan; WKKI-FM, Celina; WFOB-AM, Fostoria; WIMA-AM, Lima; WMOA-AM/WJAW-FM, Marietta/ McConnelsville; ESPN 990 (WTIG-AM), Massillon; WNDH-FM, Napoleon; WPTW-AM, Piqua; WKSD-FM, Van Wert; and WQKT-FM, Wooster. In addition, Cleveland.Com, Struzzin.Net and MM Productions (Ottawa) will provide internet audio play-by-play from the tournament. Other radio stations around the state will also cover selected teams from their area on a game-by-game basis. Check local listings for coverage details.

STATE TOURNAMENT COACHES/MEDIA TELECONFERENCE MARCH 20: A State Tournament Teleconference featuring the head coaches of the 16 state qualifiers will be held on Monday, March 20. Each head coach will be on the teleconference for 15 minutes. The question-and-answer sessions begin at 10:00 a.m. and will conclude at 2:15 p.m. The OHSAA will provide a teleconference moderator. The exact schedule is listed below. 10:00 to 10:15 Div. IV - Lockland 12:10-12:25 Div. II - Wooster Triway 10:15 to 10:30 Div. IV - South Webster 12:25-12:40 Div. II - Columbus St. Francis DeSales 10:30-10:45 Div. IV - Windham 12:40-12:55 Div. II - Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 10:45-11:00 Div. IV - Columbus Grove 12:55-1:10 Div. II - Dayton Dunbar 11:05-11:20 Div. III - Archbold 1:15-1:30 Div. I - Canton McKinley 11:20-11:35 Div. III - Cincinnati North College Hill 1:30-1:45 Div. I - Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 11:35-11:50 Div. III - Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 1:45-2:00 Div. I - Trotwood-Madison 11:50-12:05 Div. III - Wheelersburg 2:00-2:15 Div. I - Lancaster

WEB SITE: The OHSAA will post box scores from the tournament immediately following each game. Once you access the web site (www.ohsaa.org), go to “Sports & Tournaments” followed by “ Basketball-Boys.” TV STATIONS PLANNING LIVE SHOTS: Regulations at the Jerome Schottenstein Center do not allow sta- tions to run cable in the arena since the arena has been prewired. Therefore, stations who plan to go live either must pay a connection fee to use one of the open connector positions, or you must be self-supporting (no con- nections into the arena) and go live from the parking lot west of the arena where a special area has been reserved for satellite trucks and there are production pedestals. A third option is that the Schottenstein Center has base- band fiber routing to two Satellite Teleports in the Columbus area for “C-Band” uplinking. Contant UNITS A/V Chief Engineer Chris Pezzutti (614-292-6990) for rates and scheduling details. If you plan on going live, please call Mark Smith, video coordinator at the Schottenstein Center, at 614-688-5359, to final- ize ALL plans. RETURNING TO VALUE CITY ARENA: For the eighth straight year, the state tournaments return to Ohio State’s Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center. This is the second of a three-year contract for the facility to host the OHSAA state wrestling, girls basketball and boys basketball tournaments. Of the 83 state boys basketball tournaments held prior to this year, all but nine have been held in Columbus. Between 1957 and 1998, 40 of the 42 state tournaments were played at Ohio State’s St. John Arena. The excep- tions during that period were in 1986 and ‘87 when the University of Dayton hosted the event at the UD Arena. The tournaments moved to Value City Arena in 1999. The $105 million Schottenstein Center was named after the late Jerome Schottenstein, a Columbus native whose leadership as chairman was the source of the growth and success of the Schottenstein Stores Corporation, Value City Department Stores and Value City Furniture. The arena, which is the largest in the Big Ten Conference, has a capacity of approximately 19,230 for the OHSAA state tournaments. ATTENDANCE FIGURES: Total attendance at the 12-session 2003 tournament set an all-time record with 193,880, an average of 16,073 per game. The Division II final game between Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary and Kettering Archbishop Alter set a state tournament single-game attendance record of 18,541. There have been eight sellouts during the state tournament while at Value City Arena: 1.) 18,541 (2003 Div. II final, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary vs. Kettering Archbishop Alter); 2.) 18,504 (2003 Div. II semifinal, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary vs. Canton South); 3.) 18,435 (2002 Div. II final, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon); 4.) 18,430 (2002 Div. II semifinal, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary vs. Poland Seminary); 5.) 18,307 (2004 Div. II final, Ottawa-Glandorf vs. Canal Fulton Northwest); 6.) 18,217 (2005 Div. II final, Upper Sandusky vs. Wooster Triway); 7.) 18,071 (2001 Div. III final, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary vs. Casstown Miami East); 8.) 18,033 (2001 Div. I semifinal, Columbus Brookhaven vs. Cincinnati Elder). PREVIEW: Six former state champions, including Division I defending champ Canton McKinley and Division III defending titlist Cincinnati North College Hill, comprise the field for the 84th annual OHSAA Boys State Basketball Tournaments, the eighth to be held in Ohio State’s Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center. Besides McKinley and North College Hill, other state qualifiers that have won past championships include Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, Columbus St. Francis DeSales and Dayton Dunbar in Division II and Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph in Division III. Two of the qualifiers are making their first state tournament appearances. Division I: Top-ranked and defending champion Canton McKinley (23-2) headlines the Division I field. The Bulldogs have made the most state tournament appearances of any Ohio school (28) and are the state’s all-time leader in basketball victories (over 1,700). Winners of its other title in 1984, McKinley is seeking to become the the sixth in the big-school division to win back-to-back state championships, the first in the big-school division since Cincinnati Elder in 1973 and ‘74 and the first ever in Division I. Headlining the Bulldog attack is 6-8 senior Raymar Morgan (24.3 ppg), who became the school’s all-time leading scorer this year with over 1,500 points. Head Coach Dave Hoover is after his third state crown after leading Westerville North to the 1994 Division I state title. McKinley’s opponent is unranked Toledo St. John’s Jesuit (21-5). The Titans are making their — MORE —

OHSAA WINTER SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -3-3-3 fifth state tournament appearance and are seeking their first title after placing second in 1993, 1996 and 2004. St. John’s, led by 32-year Head Coach Ed Heintschel, is led by senior guard Jonathan Dunn, who scores 18.2 points per game. No. 3 Lancaster (25-1) meets unranked Trotwood-Madison (21-5) in the other Division I semifinal. Lancaster, whose only loss came to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, is making its third trip to the state tournament and is looking to reach the finals after falling in the 1966 and ‘91 semis. The Golden Gales feature four double- figure scorers, including senior forward Chris McKnight, who averages 14.5 ppg and is the school’s all-time lead- ing scorer, and his junior brother Brett, who adds nearly 11 points a contest. Trotwood-Madison, making its state tournament debut, is led by 6-7 junior forward Chris Wright, who averages 17 points a game. The Rams’ head coach, Ike Thornton, played for Dayton Roth’s Class AAA state championship team in 1981. Division II: Division II features an exciting foursome, led by two state qualifiers from last year and a four-time state champion. In the opening game, No. 4 Wooster Triway (25-0) returns after finishing as runner-up last year. The Titans, who battled undefeated Upper Sandusky to the wire in last year’s finale, are in their fourth state tournament and seek their first championship. The school is led by the one-two punch of senior guards Linc Rottman (16.7 ppg) and Jamie Breneman (16.6 ppg). Triway will take on unranked Columbus St. Francis DeSales (19-6). The Stallions won the Class AA championship in their only other appearance in 1987 and are led by 6-4 junior forward Elijah Allen (16.4 ppg) and 6-7 junior forward Alex Kellogg (15.8 ppg). Kellogg is the son of Ohio basketball legend Clark Kellogg, who prepped at Cleveland St. Joseph and was a standout at Ohio State and in the NBA. The other semifinal features top-ranked and four-time champion Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (21-3) meeting No. 3 Dayton Dunbar (24-2). St. Vincent-St. Mary is making its first appearance since 2003, when it won its third title in four years behind senior superstar LeBron James. The Fighting Irish, who also won a state crown in 1984, are led by senior guard Marcus Johnson, a 17.4 per game scorer. Dunbar has reached the state tournament for the fifth time after falling to Upper Sandusky in last year’s semifinals. The Wolverines won their only state crown in 1987 when they defeated Canton McKinley in the big school finale. Pacing the school is all- state guard Daequan Cook, who averages 24.5 points a contest. Division III: Defending state champion Cincinnati North College Hill (24-1) headlines the Division III semifinalists. The No. 1-ranked Trojans, whose only loss came to Oak Hill, Va., Academy, feature a pair of juniors regarded as two of the best players in their class nationally in 6-5 guard O.J. Mayo (28.5 ppg) and 6-6 forward Bill Walker (23 ppg). North College Hill will meet unranked Archbold (21-4), which is making its seventh trip to the state tournament and second consecutive. The Blue Streaks, who are looking for their first championship, lost 70-66 to Ironton in last year’s semifinals. Archbold, second behind Canton McKinley in all-time wins in Ohio, is led by sophomore guard Gene Goergin, who averages 18.7 points per game. The other semifinal pits No. 8 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (20-5) against unranked Wheelersburg (23-2). Villa Angela-St. Joseph is seeking its fifth state championship after winning consecu- tive titles in 1991 and ‘92 and again in 1994 and ‘95. The Vikings are led by senior all-state guard David Lighty, who scores 21 points a game. Wheelersburg has been to the state tournament four other times and hopes to cap- ture its first championship. The Pirates, runners-up in 1984 and 1995, have three double figure scorers, led by junior forward Camden Miller’s 17.8 average. Division IV: Four schools looking for their first state championship make up the small-school division. In the first semifinal, 10th-ranked Lockland (23-3) takes on No. 5 South Webster (24-2). Lockland is making its first state tournament appearance since 1937, when the Panthers defeated Olmsted Falls in the quarterfinals, Midvale in the semis but lost to Upper Arlington in the finals. Four players average in double figures, led by senior forward Dajuan Harris (19.6 ppg), junior guard Thomas Smith (17.1) and junior center Antoine Wilhite (16.6). South Webster makes its second showing in Columbus in three years after falling to Holgate in the 2004 semifinals. The Jeeps feature 6-7 senior forward Nick Aldridge (22.7 ppg), who has 1,956 career points, and senior guard Brigham Waginger (18.7), who helped Ironton finish as Division III runners-up last year before transferring. The other semifinal features two unranked teams in Windham (22-3) and Columbus Grove (20-5). Windham is making its third state tournament showing after falling in the 1976 and 1982 semifinals. The Bombers, under 31-year Head Coach Marty Hill, have four double figure scorers, led by senior guard Ian McGuire’s 20.9 average and senior forward Grett Apthorpe’s 16.6 mark. Columbus Grove is making its first appearance in the state tournament. The Bulldogs are paced by the scoring tandem of senior center Kyle Meyer (22.8 ppg) and junior guard Eric Maag (19.8). See page 7 of this news releases for additional information on the 16 state semifinalists. 2005 IN REVIEW: 83rd Annual State Tournaments, March 17, 18 and 19, 2005, Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Division I: Top-ranked Canton McKinley (26-1) added another highlight to its tradition-rich basketball pro- gram by defeating No. 13 Cincinnati St. Xavier 51-42, giving the Bulldogs their second state title in 27 state appearances. The game was tight throughout, with nine lead changes and nine ties, including a 27-27 score at halftime. McKinley was able to pull away with solid defense, holding the Bombers to 20 percent shooting in the second half. McKinley was led by junior forwards Raymar Morgan, Ricky Jackson and Todd Brown, who scored 18, 10 and 10 points, respectively. Senior guard Johnny Wolf led St. Xavier with 25 points, 17 coming in the first half. In the semifinals, McKinley held off stingy Mansfield Senior, 73-61. Brown collected 16 points and eight rebounds, while junior guard Marcus Parker contributed 15 points for the Bulldogs. Senior was led by junior guard Rashad Reed’s 16 points. In the other semifinal, St. Xavier hung on to beat conference rival Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller 43-41 behind Wolf’s 19 points. Sophomore guard Troy Tabler led Moeller with 12 points. — MORE —

OHSAA WINTER SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -4-4-4 Canton McKinley has qualified for this year’s state tournament and meets Toledo St. John’s in the semifinals Friday. A win advances the school to the state finals Saturday. Division II: Top-ranked Upper Sandusky (27-0) completed its undefeated season with a record-breaking week- end and a 94-86 victory over Wooster Triway (22-3) in the finals to give the school its first state basketball title. The 94 points scored and the 180 combined points both set Division II state championship game records. The Rams jumped out to a 53-31 halftime lead before holding off the Titans, who crept within four points at 86-82 with 1:28 left. Sophomore swingman Jon Diebler led the Rams with 32 points and 14 rebounds, while senior senior wing Greg Micheli pitched in 21 points. Triway had four scorers in double digits, led by junior guard Jamie Breneman’s 25 that included a divisional final record-tying four three-pointers. Upper Sandusky outscored Dayton Dunbar 95-90 in the semifinals. The Rams were again led by Diebler, who had 29 points including seven three-pointers which set a divisional state semifinal game record. As a team, the Rams set the all divisions record for most three pointers made in a state tournament game with 16. Junior guard Daequan Cook’s 26 points led Dunbar, which set a Division II state semifinal game records with 37 points in the fourth quarter and 53 total rebounds. Triway reached the state finals via a 71-70 victory over Columbus Linden McKinley. The school erased a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and junior forward Linc Rottman hit a foul shot with eight seconds left to break a 70-all tie. Rottman finished with 25, while the Panthers were led by senior for- ward Shaun Gunnell's 25 points. Upper Sandusky advanced to the district finals in this year’s tournament before losing to Willard, 101-98, despite 55 points from Diebler. Division III: No. 1-ranked Cincinnati North College Hill (27-1) outbattled No. 2 Ironton 71-65 to give the school its first state basketball title. The Trojans outscored Ironton 23-14 in the second quarter to take the lead for good. Leading North College Hill were sophomores O.J. Mayo with 22 points and Bill Walker with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Sophomore center Keenan Ellis contributed five blocked shots. Ironton was led by senior center Cliffton Howard, who scored 28 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, a Division III state championship game record. NCH had little trouble defeating No. 11 Loudonville in the semifinals, 75-42. Mayo led the Trojans with 21 points and senior post Kyle Gillette led Loudonville with 27 points and 19 rebounds, a Division III state semifi- nal record. Ironton got past No. 7 Archbold in the other semifinal game, 70-66. Archbold cut a 15-point fourth quarter deficit to 68-66 with nine seconds left, but sophomore guard Chad Miller converted two free throws to seal the win. Junior guard Dennis Gagai led Ironton with 23 points, while Archbold was led by junior guard David Borcherdt's 20. North College Hill has advanced to this year’s state tournament and meets Archbold in the semifinals Thursday. A win advances the school to the state finals Saturday. Division IV: Unranked Cleveland Heights Lutheran East (22-5) was declared the state champion after Columbus Africentric Secondary School was forced to forfeit the championship for using an ineligible player. Top-ranked Africentric had defeated Lutheran East in the finals prior to the forfeiture, 74-66, to raise its record to 27-1. The Nubians, who sped to an 11-point first quarter lead and shot 60 percent from the field in the second half, had four players score in double figures, led by senior forward Donald Suel’s 20 points. Junior guard Jon Liggins turned in a record-breaking performance for Lutheran East when he poured in 42 points, setting the Division IV record for most points scored in a championship game and tying him for sixth for most points in a title game for any division. In the semifinals, it took two overtimes for Lutheran East to claim a come-from-behind victory over No. 13 Minster in stunning fashion. Senior guard Donnell Washington came off the bench and poured in 22 points for the Falcons, including a three-pointer in the final seconds to give the team a 86-84 win. Jon Liggins led Lutheran East with 24 points, while senior forward Dane Sommer scored 22 points to lead Minster. In the other semifi- nal, Africentric held No. 11 Continental to 27 percent shooting and 13 points in the first half to claim a 61-45 vic- tory. Senior forward LaQuawn Perry led the Nubians with 14 points, while Continental senior guard Kurtis Brown led all scorers with 16. Lutheran East advanced to this year’s regional semifinals before losing to Berlin Hiland. 2006 AP TOP-RANKED TEAMS (Associated Press Final Statewide Media Poll): Division I: Canton McKinley. See 2006 tournament information on the previous page. Division II: Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary has advanced to the state tournament and meets Dayton Dunbar in the semifinals Friday. A win advances the school to the state finals Saturday. Division III: Cincinnati North College Hill. See 2006 tournament information above. Division IV: Ottoville advanced to the district semifinals before losing to Columbus Grove. RETURNING STATE CHAMPIONS: Six of the 16 semifinalists are former state champions, including defend- ing champions Canton McKinley and North College Hill. Combined, the six schools have won 13 state champi- onships. The following shows the schools that have won state titles along with the championship years: Division I Canton McKinley 2 (2005-I; 1984-AAA) Division II Columbus St. Francis DeSales 1 (1987-AA) Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 4 (2003-II; 2001-III; 2000-III; 1984-AA) Dayton Dunbar 1 (1987-AAA) Division III Cincinnati North College Hill 1 (2005-III) Cleve. Villa Angela-St. Joseph 4 (1995-II; 1994-II; 1992-II; 1991-I) Division IV None TOURNAMENT CLASSES/DIVISIONS: As mentioned, this is the 84th year for the OHSAA state boys bas- ketball tournaments. The following is a divisional breakdown of the tournament over the years: 1909-22 — One-class state tournaments held at Ohio Wesleyan University not sponsored by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. — MORE —

OHSAA WINTER SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -5-5-5 1923-56 — OHSAA two-class tournament format (Class A—large schools; Class B—small schools) 1957-70 — OHSAA two-class tournament format (Class AA—large schools; Class A—small schools) 1971-87 — OHSAA three-class tournament format (Class AAA—large schools; Class AA—mid-sized schools; Class A—small schools) 1988- — OHSAA four-division tournament format (Division I—large schools; Division II—mid-sized schools; Division III—mid-sized schools; Division IV—small schools) TOURNAMENT SPECIAL ANNIVERSARIES: Listed below are the results of special anniversary tourna- ments: 1st Tournament (1923) — Class A: Lorain 15, Bellevue 14 at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum (Ben Garrett led the winners with 10 points); Class B: Plattsburg 16, Bellpoint 15 at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum (Dick Faris led the winners with 9 points) 25th Tournament (1947) — Class A: Middletown 47, East Liverpool 29 at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum (Shelby Linville led the winners with 18 points); Class B: Columbiana 43, New Knoxville 34 at Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum (Don Esenwein and Dick Perkins led the winners with 14 points apiece) 50th Tournament (1972) — Class AAA: Cleveland East Tech 78, Cincinnati Princeton 67 at Ohio State’s St. John Arena (Larry Bolden led the winners with 16 points); Class AA: Columbus Ready 59, Lexington 47 at Ohio State’s St. John Arena (Robert Taylor led the winners with 19 points); Class A: Gnadenhutten Indian Valley South 59, Morral Ridgedale 41 at Ohio State’s St. John Arena (Bob Huggins led the winners with 23 points) 75th Tournament (1997) — Division I: Cleveland Heights 60, Zanesville 52 (first state title for Heights; Zanesville was top-ranked); Division II: Cleveland Benedictine 71, Akron Buchtel 68 (first state tourney appear- ance for Benedictine); Division III: Patrick Henry 63, Cleveland Villa-Angela/St. Joseph 61 (Kris Gerken 24 points, Todd Smith basket with 48.8 seconds broke 60-all tie); Division IV: Van Wert Lincolnview 76, Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans 60 (No. 1 team defeated No. 2 behind Frank Kill’s 23 points, 11 rebounds). A LOOK BACK 50 YEARS AGO (1956): Middletown, the all-time leader in boys state basketball champi- onships with seven, won its sixth big-school title in 1956 when it defeated Cleveland East Tech in the semifinals, 99-78, and Canton McKinley in the finals, 91-69. The Middies were led by sophomore sensation Jerry Lucas, who set a two-game state tournament record by scoring a state tournament-record 53 points in the semifinals and adding 44 in the title game. Middletown, which finished 25-0, went 27-0 to win the state title in 1957 and reeled off 24 more in the 1958 season before falling to Columbus North in the 1958 state semifinals to end a state-record 76-game winning streak. TOURNAMENT LOCATIONS: Listed below are the locations of the state tournaments: Year(s) Class/Div Location Class Location 1923-32 A & B Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum 1933 A & B Ohio State University Gym 1934-41 A & B Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum 1942 A Kent State University Gym B Wittenberg College Gym 1943 A Columbus Public Auditorium B Ohio State University Gym 1944 A Columbus Public Auditorium B Ohio State University Gym 1945 A University of Toledo Fieldhouse B Wittenberg College Gym 1946 A University of Toledo Fieldhouse B Wittenberg College Gym 1947-52 A & B Columbus Fairground Coliseum 1953 A & B Cincinnati Gardens 1954 A & B Cleveland Arena 1955 A & B Cincinnati Gardens 1956 A & B Cleveland Arena 1957-70 AA & A Ohio State University St. John Arena 1971-85 AAA, AA & A Ohio State University St. John Arena 1986-87 AAA, AA & A University of Dayton Arena 1988-98 I, II, III & IV Ohio State University St. John Arena 1999-05 I, II, III & IV Ohio State University Value City Arena at Jerome Schottenstein Center ALL-TIME CHAMPIONSHIPS: One-hundred forty-two schools have won 219 state championships since 1923. The number of titles won and the schools: (7 titles/1 school)—Middletown; (5 titles/1 school)— Columbus East; (4 title, 7 schools)—Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph, Columbus Bishop Wehrle, Dayton Stivers, Hamilton, Portsmouth, St. Henry; (3 titles/10 schools)— Cincinnati Elder, Cleveland East Tech, Columbus Linden McKinley, Dayton Roth, Delphos St. John’s, Fort Loramie, Kettering Archbishop Alter, Newark, Orrville, Zanesville; (2 titles/26 schools)—Akron Central- Hower, Akron North, Arcanum, Bellpoint, Canton McKinley, Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, Cleveland Benedictine, Columbus Bishop Ready, Dayton Chaminade, Dayton Jefferson Twp., Dayton Roosevelt, Defiance Ayersville, Dover, Dresden, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley South, Lexington, Lockland Wayne, Mansfield St. Peter’s, Maria Stein Marion Local, New Lebanon Dixie, Oberlin, St. Bernard Roger Bacon, Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic, Springfield, Waterloo, West Salem Northwestern; (1 title/97 schools)—Akron Archbishop Hoban, Akron Ellet, Akron Manchester, Akron St. Mary’s, Akron West, Austintown-Fitch, Barberton, Bedford St. Peter Chanel, Bellevue, Bellville Clear Fork, Berlin Hiland, Campbell Memorial, Canal Fulton, Canton Lehman, Casstown Miami East, Castalia Margaretta, Cincinnati LaSalle, Cincinnati Lincoln Heights, Cincinnati Mariemont, Cincinnati North College Hill, Cincinnati Purcell Marian, Cincinnati St. Xavier, Cincinnati Woodward, Cleveland Cathedral Latin, Cleveland Heights, Cleveland Heights Lutheran East, Cleveland St. Ignatius, Columbiana, Columbus Bexley, Columbus Brookhaven, Columbus South, Columbus St. Francis DeSales, Columbus Walnut Ridge, Dayton Belmont, Dayton Colonel White, Dayton Dunbar, Dayton Northridge, Eaton, Edgerton, Farmer, Findlay, Findlay Liberty-Benton, Fort — MORE —

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Jennings, Fort Recovery, Girard, Glenford, Grand Rapids, Hamilton Badin, Hamilton Ross, Hamilton Taft, Haviland Wayne Trace, Hillsboro Marshall, Holgate, Jackson Center, Kalida, Kent State, Lakewood St. Edward, Lancaster St. Mary’s, Lawrenceville, Lorain, Lorain Clearview, Marion Pleasant, Martins Ferry, McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley, Middletown Bishop Fenwick, Miller City, Monroeville, Napoleon, New Carlisle, New Lexington St. Aloysius, New Philadelphia, North Canton, Ottawa-Glandorf, Patrick Henry, Plattsburg, Reading, Salem Local, Somerset, Sparta Highland, Springfield Catholic Central, Strasburg, Tipp City Bethel, Toledo Macomber- Whitney, Toledo Scott, Toledo St. Francis DeSales, Upper Arlington, Upper Sandusky, Van Wert Lincolnview, Warrensville Heights, Warsaw River View, Westerville North, West Chester Lakota, Worthington Christian, Xenia Central, Yorkville, Youngstown Rayen, Youngstown Ursuline. MORE STATE TOURNAMENT NOTES: 503 different schools have participated in the OHSAA basketball tournaments in its 84 years, including two new qualifiers in 2006 . . . Canton McKinley has made the most state tournament appearances with 28. The school has two state titles and eight runners-up . . . McKinley holds the record for most state championship game appearances with 10, while Middletown is next with nine . . . Cleveland East Tech holds the record for most consecutive state tournament appearances and state champi- onship game appearances with six (1958-63) . . . Columbus Wehrle (1988-90) and Dayton Stivers (1928-30) hold the record for most consecutive state championships with three, while Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (2000- 01), Bellpoint (1924-25), Cincinnati Elder (1973-74), Cleveland Benedictine (1997-98), Cleveland East Tech (1958-59), Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (1991-92 and 1994-95), Columbus Bishop Ready (1972-73), Columbus East (1968-69), Dresden (1963-64), Middletown (1946-47, 1952-53 and 1956-57), Orrville (1995-96), St. Henry (1990-91) and Waterloo (1934-35) have all won back-to-back state crowns . . . In the 1990s, Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph won four state championships and Orrville three . . . There have been nine schools that have been state runners-up one year and come back to win the championship the next: Akron Central-Hower (1979-80), Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (2002-03), Columbus Wehrle (1985-86), Gnadenhutten Indian Valley South (1975-76), Mansfield St. Peter’s (1977-78), Middletown (1945-46), Springfield Catholic Central (1995-96), Van Wert Lincolnview (1996-97) and West Chester Lakota (1991-92) . . . Dayton Roth (1976, ‘81 and ‘82) is the only school that has made three state tournament appearances and won titles each year, while Dresden (1963 and ‘64) is the only school that has made two state tournament appearances and won state titles both times. LAST WEEK’S REGIONAL RESULTS: Division I-Akron Division III-Bowling Green SF-Canton McKinley 75, Barberton 52 SF-Archbold 76, Gibsonburg 34 SF-Solon 72, Mentor 65 SF-Johnstown-Monroe 62, St. Henry 48 F-Canton McKinley 68, Solon 38 F-Archbold 57, Johnstown-Monroe 54 Division I-Toledo Division III-Dayton SF-Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 74, Mansfield Senior 65 SF-Versailles 75, Cincinnati Madeira 53 SF-Strongsville 65, Lakewood St. Edward 63 SF-Cincinnati North College Hill 94, Carroll Bloom-Carroll 54 F-Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 57, Strongville 53 F-Cincinnati North College Hill 97, Versailles 52 Division I-Cincinnati Division III-Canton SF-West Chester Lakota West 58, Cincinnati St. Xavier 53 SF-Bedford St. Peter Chanel 77, West Salem Northwestern 72 SF-Trotwood-Madison 52, Cincinnati Princeton 32 SF-Cleve. Villa Angela-St. Joseph 57, Youngs’n Ursuline 48 F-Trotwood-Madison 71, West Chester Lakota West 68 (ot) F-Clev. Villa Angela-St. Joseph 78, Bedford St. Peter Chanel 64 Division I-Columbus Division III-Athens SF-Lancaster 57, Columbus Brookhaven 56 SF-Ironton 62, Beverly Fort Frye 45 SF-Cincinnati Elder 64, Reynoldsburg 45 SF-Wheelersburg 62, Chesapeake 53 F-Lancaster 52, Cincinnati Elder 49 F-Wheelersburg 57, Ironton 54 Division II-Canton Division IV-Oxford SF-Wooster Triway 76, Cleveland Benedictine 63 SF-Lockland 74, Russia 67 (ot) SF-Painesville Harvey 63, Salem 57 SF-Houston 54, New Bremen 53 F-Wooster Triway 64, Painesville Harvey 50 F-Lockland 55, Houston 47 Division II-Athens Division IV-Columbus SF-Cols. St. Francis DeSales 70, Cadiz Harrison Central 46 SF-Worthington Christian 80, Morral Ridgedale 53 SF-Zanesville 63, Circleville Logan Elm 58 (2 ot) SF-South Webster 82, Plymouth 37 F-Columbus St. Francis DeSales 60, Zanesville 53 F-South Webster 81, Worthington Christian 68 Division II-Toledo Division IV-Canton SF-Willard 75, Wapakoneta 65 (ot) SF-Windham 83, Mineral Ridge 74 SF-Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 61, Rocky River 51 SF-Berlin Hiland 79, Cleveland Heights Lutheran East 73 F-Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 65, Willard 63 F-Windham 77, Berlin Hiland 69 Division II-Dayton Division IV-Bowling Green SF-New Albany 56, Tipp City Tippecanoe 53 (4 ot) SF-Columbus Grove 48, Continental 42 SF-Dayton Dunbar 68, Cincinnati Woodward 55 SF-Bucyrus Wynford 33, Holgate 32 F-Dayton Dunbar 77, New Albany 54 F-Columbus Grove 68, Bucyrus Wynford 63

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OHSAA WINTER SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -7-7-7 A QUICK LOOK AT THE 2006 BOYS BASKETBALL STATE SEMIFINALISTS DIVISION I State Appearances: 2006, 1987 F20Ashen Ward, 63, So., 8.0 ppg Canton McKinley (23-2) Hd. Coach: Blair Albright F30Daryl Rushton, 6-5, Sr., 12.0 ppg Location: Canton School Rec.: 31-16 (2 yrs.) C45Maurice Haynes, 6-4, Jr., 7.0 ppg Nickname: Bulldogs PPG: 65.0; OPP: 55.0 G12Erich Leden, 6-1, Sr., 7.0 ppg Boys Enrollment: 819 F1Elijah Allen, 6-4, Jr., 16.4 ppg G35David Lighty, 6-5, Sr., 21.0 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: 1st F00Alex Kellogg, 6-7, Jr., 15.8 ppg State Appearances: 28 overall, including C14David Knapke, 6-5, Sr., 7.5 ppg Wheelersburg (23-2) 2006, 2005, 1984, 1987, 1974, 1969, 1956, G13Dane Johnson, 6-0, Jr., 8.0 ppg Location: Wheelersburg 1943, 1940, 1931, 1928 G2Andrew Thomas, 6-2, Sr., 8.0 ppg Nickname: Pirates Head Coach: Dave Hoover Boys Enrollment: 181 School Rec.: 207-59 (11 yrs.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (21-3) Final ‘05 Ranking: Not Ranked PPG: 77.9; OPP: 46.8 Location: Akron State Appearances: 2006, 1995, 1989, F 21 Todd Brown, 6-5, Sr., 10.1 ppg Nickname: Fighting Irish 1984, 1982 F5Raymar Morgan, 6-8 Sr., 24.3 ppg Boys Enrollment: 234 Head Coach: Tom Barrick F 33 Ricky Jackson, 6-6 Sr., 10.8 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: 1st School Rec.: 232-54 (12 yrs.) G11Marcus Parker, 5-8, Sr., 11.5 ppg State Appearances: 2006, 2003, 2002, PPG: 66.9; OPP: 47.2 G3Sedelle Broyles, 6-1 Sr., 4.8 ppg 2001, 2000, 1987, 1984, 1983 F24Gary Salyers, 6-4, Jr., 9.0 ppg Head Coach: Dru Joyce II F31Camden Miller, 6-7, Jr., 17.8 ppg St. John’s Jesuit (21-5) School Rec.: 108-20 (4 yrs.) G15Seth Cowgill, 6-1, Jr., 10.0 ppg Location: Toledo PPG: 68.3; OPP: 57.2 G14Nick Carrington, 6-0, Sr., 8.0 ppg Nickname: Titans F15Greg Preer, 6-2, Jr., 7.8 ppg G23Drew Spradlin, 6-4, So., 15.3 ppg Boys Enrollment: 605 C33Anthony Anderson, 6-5, Jr., 8.2 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: Not Ranked G32Marcus Johnson, 6-3, Sr., 17.4 ppg State Appearances: 2006, 2004, 2003, G3Cameron Joyce, 5-7, Jr., 8.4 ppg DIVISION IV G14Patrick Nygaard, 6-1, Sr., 7.8 ppg Lockland (23-3) 1996, 1993 Location: Lockland Head Coach: Ed Heintschel Nickname: Panthers School Rec.: 481-143 (32 yrs.) Dunbar (24-2) Location: Dayton Boys Enrollment: 91 PPG: 65.0; OPP: 51.0 Final ‘06 Ranking: 10th F 21 Andrew Taylor, 6-7, Sr., 12.5 ppg Nickname: Wolverines Boys Enrollment: 396 State Appearances: 2006, 1937 G5Mike Floyd, 5-10, Sr., 6.0 ppg Head Coach: Paul Andrews G 33 DeAndre Ware, 5-8, Sr., 5.8 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: 3rd State Appearances: 2006, 2005, 1987, School Rec.: 23-3 (1 yr.) G11Joe Jakubowski, 6-1, Jr., 10.4 ppg PPG: 76.0; OPP: 52.0 G 3 Jonathan Dunn, 6-3, Sr., 18.2 ppg 1984, 1971 Head Coach: Peter Pullen F 33 Dajuan Harris, 6-3, Sr., 19.6 ppg School Rec.: 46-7 (2 yrs.) F15Mack Ogletree, 6-1, Sr., 10.8 ppg Trotwood-Madison (21-5) C 41 Antoine Wilhite, 6-6, Jr., 16.6 ppg Location: Trotwood PPG: 77.1; OPP: 55.1 F 1 Mark Anderson, 6-8, Sr., 13.0 ppg G 1 Thomas Smith, 5-8, Jr., 17.1 ppg Nickname: Rams G31Sheldon Johnson, 6-0, Sr., 6.6 ppg Boys Enrollment: 500 C00Aaron Pogue, 6-8, Jr., 15.0 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: Not Ranked G14Daequan Cook, 6-5, Sr., 24.5 ppg State Appearances: 2006 G 13 Darran Powell, 5-11, Sr., 3.3 ppg G2Norris Cole II, 5-11, Jr., 7.7 ppg South Webster (24-2) Head Coach: Ike Thornton Location: South Webester School Rec.: 67-27 (4 yrs.) Nickname: Jeeps PPG: 69.0; OPP: 55.0 DIVISION III Boys Enrollment: 124 F 33 Chris Wright, 6-7, Jr., 17.0 ppg Archbold (21-4) Final ‘06 Ranking: 5th F 15 Armond Darby, 6-2, Jr., 10.0 ppg Location: Archbold State Appearances: 2006, 2004 C 32 Ibrahim Marone, 6-6, Sr., 13.0 ppg Nickname: Blue Streaks Head Coach: Marc Kreischer G5Jerrell Leak, 5-8, Sr., 2.0 ppg Boys Enrollment: 190 School Rec.: 69-8 (3 yrs.) G 34 Patric Hill, 6-0, Jr., 4.0 ppg Final ‘05 Ranking: Not Ranked PPG: 73.4; OPP: 43.2 State Appearances: 2006, 2005, 2003, F32Josh Campbell, 6-0, Jr., 8.3 ppg Lancaster (25-1) 1996, 1979, 1924, 1923 F 24 Nick Aldridge, 6-7, Sr., 22.7 ppg Location: Lancaster Head Coach: Doug Krauss C42Evan DeCamp, 6-4, Sr., 8.4 ppg Nickname: Golden Gales School Rec.: 341-151 (22 yrs.) G 13 Brigham Waginger, 6-3, Sr., 18.7 ppg Boys Enrollment: 750 PPG: 57.5; OPP: 47.0 G10Jordan Lower, 5-10, Sr., 9.3 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: 3rd F20Tyson Fruth, 6-1, Jr., 3.1 ppg State Appearances: 2006, 1991, 1966 F32Gene Goering, 6-2, So., 18.7 ppg Windham (22-3) Head Coach: John Cofman G5Josh Wyse, 5-11, Jr., 12.0 ppg Location: Windham School Rec.: 56-17 (3 yrs.) G4David Borcherdt, 6-0, Sr., 11.7 ppg Nickname: Bombers PPG: 62.3; OPP: 44.5 G23Josh Johnson, 6-1, Jr., 3.1 ppg Boys Enrollment: 114 F 32 Chris McKnight, 6-5, Sr., 14.5 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: Not Ranked F54 Brett McKnight, 6-6 Jr., 10.7 ppg North College Hill (24-1) State Appearances: 2006, 1982, 1976 C 50 Brant Leitnaker, 6-10, Sr., 12.4 ppg Location: Cincinnati Head Coach: Marty Hill G 44 Kevin Carr, 6-1, Sr., 14.0 ppg Nickname: Trojans School Rec.: 463-240 (31 yrs.) G24 Jordan Lucas, 6-0, Jr., 3.0 ppg Boys Enrollment: 224 PPG: 76.8; OPP: 59.4 Final ‘06 Ranking: 1st F20Brett Apthorpe, 6-2, Sr., 16.6 ppg DIVISION II State Appearances: 2006, 2005, 1989 F 32 Zach Jacobson, 6-3, Jr., 11.5 ppg Triway (25-0) Head Coach: Jamie Mahaffey G 23 Ian McGuire, 6-0, Sr., 20.9 ppg Location: Wooster School Rec.: 73-21 (4 yrs.) G10Phil Workman, 5-11, So., 13.8 ppg Nickname: Titans PPG: 86.0; OPP: 56.0 G 13 Matt Heller, 5-10, Jr., 7.2 ppg Boys Enrollment: 260 F 15 Bill Walker, 6-6 Jr., 23.0 ppg Final ‘06 Ranking: 4th F40Paul Leary, 6-4, Sr., 8.0 ppg Columbus Grove (20-5) State Appearances: 2006, 2005, 1991, 1988 G 21 Damon Butler, 5-11, So., 17.1 ppg Location: Columbus Grove Hd. Coach: Keith Snoddy G 32 O.J. Mayo, 6-5, Jr., 28.5 ppg Nickname: Bulldogs School Rec.: 80-19 (4 yrs.) G4Nathaniel Glover, 6-0, Jr., 5.0 ppg Boys Enrollment: 106 PPG: 75.6; OPP: 53.4 Final ‘06 Ranking: Not Ranked F 30 Jock Rottman, 6-3, Jr., 8.6 ppg Villa Angela-St. Joseph (20-5) State Appearances: 2006 P50 Sebastian Weber, 6-10, Jr., 6.5 ppg Location: Cleveland Head Coach: Troy Schwemley G 34 Linc Rottman, 6-2, Sr., 16.7 ppg Nickname: Vikings School Rec.: 62-53 (5 yrs.) G10 Jamie Breneman, 6-0, Sr., 16.6 ppg Boys Enrollment: 174 PPG: 66.9; OPP: 56.3 G22 Jeff McCartney, 6-0, Sr., 13.5 ppg Final ‘05 Ranking: 8th F15Cory Meuleman, 6-4, Jr., 4.5 ppg State Appearances: 2006, 1997, 1995, C 40 Kyle Meyer, 6-5, Sr., 22.8 ppg St. Francis DeSales (19-6) 1994, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1987, 1979 G 21 Eric Maag, Jr., 5-11, 19.8 ppg Location: Columbus Head Coach: David Wojciechowski G32Tyler Kohls, 6-3, Jr., 7.6 ppg Nickname: Stallions School Rec.: 116-50 (7 yrs.) G 4 Jordan Darbyshire, 6-0, Sr., 6.4 ppg Boys Enrollment: 320 PPG: 67.0; OPP: 58.0 Final ‘06 Ranking: Not Ranked

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OHSAA WINTER SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -8-8-8 GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS REVIEW: 31st Annual State Tournaments, March 16, 17 and 18, Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Division I: Fourth-ranked Cincinnati Mt. Notre Dame (25-3) held unranked Solon (23-4) to a tournament record-low one point in the first quarter and went on to win its second state championship in three years, 56-36. The Cougars, state runners-up in 2005, were led by senior guard Katie Paganelli’s 15 points, senior guard Lee Stephens’ 12 and freshman forward Kendall Hackney’s 12. Senior forward Kourtney Brown had 13 points and sophomore center Erin Wisner 12 for Solon, which shot 29.7 percent from the field. The Comets were in the state tournament for the first time. In the semifinals, Mt. Notre Dame and Pickerington Central went back and forth before Mt. Notre Dame pulled out a 54-51 win. Stephens and Paganelli each had 18 points for the Cougars. Freshman post Emilee Harmon and junior post Veronica Wilson had 16 and 14 points, respectively, for Central. Solon shot just under 60 percent and held Wadsworth to eight points in the first and fourth quarters and hung on for a 66-62 win. Brown had 31 points and Wisner added 18 for the Comets. Junior guard Cassie Schrock had 21 points and junior center Jen Uhl 16 for Wadsworth. Division II: No. 3 Warsaw River View (26-1) held Mentor Lake Catholic (17-11) to 10 points in the first half and went on to post a convincing 48-29 win. It was the third state title for the Lady Bears, who won their other titles in 1977 and 1982. Freshman center Kari Daugherty had 21 points and her junior sister Kristin added 14 for the winners, who shot 55 percent from the field. The sisters, whose mother, Caroline, is the school’s head coach, combined to go 16-of-22 from the field. Senior center Alexis Karel was Lake Catholic’s lone double figure scorer with 12. The Cougars were seeking their first championship. In the semifinals, River View fought back from a six-point fourth quarter deficit to force overtime, then outscored Copley 11-4 in the extra session to win 51-44. Kari Daugherty had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Kristin added 14 points and 11 boards for the Lady Bears. Senior forward Carrie Dyer led Copley with 24. Lake Catholic held previously unbeaten and top-ranked Morrow Little Miami to 25 percent shooting and overcame 29 turnovers to pull out a 51-44 win. Senior guard Courtney Schuster had 14 points and junior forward Jill Mohr 15 rebounds for the Cougars. Junior guard Missy Ramsey’s 10 point paced Little Miami. Division III: Second-ranked Plain City Jonathan Alder (26-2) used a 13-0 run in the third quarter to erase a 33-25 defict and went on to defeat Youngstown Ursuline (22-5), 55-49. The title was the first for the Pioneers, who outscored Ursuline 22-8 in that third stanza. A balanced attack saw three players reach double figures for Jonathan Alder, with junior forward Lauren Prochaska leading the way with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Senior forward Tyra Grant, Ohio’s Ms. Basketball, was Ursuline’s only double figure scorer when she set a division finals record with 30 points, including five 3-point field goals. Ursuline was looking for its second state title in three years. In the semifinals, Jonathan Alder outscored Castalia Margaretta 20-12 in the third quarter to carry it to a 63- 52 win. Prochaska led the way with 25 points and tied a division state semifinal record with 18 rebounds for the Pioneers. Senior forward Michele Kuns led Margaretta with 20 points. Ursuline had trouble shaking Sugarcreek Garaway but hung on for a 39-31 win. Grant was the only double figure scorer with 17 points, while sophomore guard Laura Bardall had 17 to pace Garaway. Division IV: No. 4 Berlin Hiland (26-2) defended its title from 2005 and won its third crown overall when it outlasted seventh-ranked East Canton (24-3), 59-54. The Hawks overcame a 12-point first-half deficit and trailed by six at halftime before outscoring the Wizards 32-21 in the second half. Sophomore guard Jena Stutzman had 24 points, including a division state finals record five 3-pointers, and senior guard Lindsay Stuckey added 17 for the winners, who shot 53 percent from the field. Sophomore guard Caitlin Sharp had 23 points and senior forward Katy Arick 16 for East Canton. In the semifinals, Hiland broke a 41-all tie with 4:58 left by outscoring Fort Loramie 8-6 down the stretch to hang on for a 49-47 win. Stuckey had 18 points and senior forward Rachel Thomas 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Hawks. Senior guards Courtney Reed and Mallory Albers led the Redskins with 16 and 15 points, respec- tively. East Canton erased a 12-point third quarter deficit to force overtime and went on to defeat previously unbeaten and top-ranked Patrick Henry, 65-63. Sharp had 31 points and tied a division semifinals record with four 3-pointers, and Arick added 17 points. Senior guard Stacie Coressel led Patrick Henry with 20. BOX SCORES AVAILABLE ON WEB SITE: State tournament box scores are posted on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org). Once you access the web site (www.ohsaa.org), go to “Sports & Tournaments” followed by “ Basketball-Girls.”

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