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News Release - Winter No. 5 (of 6) Ohio High School Athletic Association 4080 Roselea Place Columbus, Ohio 43214 Main: 614-267-2505 Fax: 614-267-1677 www.ohsaa.org Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D. For Release: March 22, 2009 Contact: Tim Stried, Director of Information Services ... [email protected] OHSAA 2009 Winter Sports Weekly Tournament Calendar Week of SPORT March 22 Boys Basketball STATE OHSAA 2009 Winter Sports State Championships Information Thursday, March 26 Saturday, March 28 Boys Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU Boys Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 10:45 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. - Division IV Semis; 5:15 & 8:30 - Division III Finals: 10:45 a.m. - Division IV; 2:00 p.m. - Division III; 5:15 - Division Semis II; 8:30 - Division I Friday, March 27 Boys Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 10:45 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. - Division II Semis; 5:15 & 8:30 - Division I Semis Check out the OHSAA’s official online partner, OhioHSsports.com, for daily coverage of winter champi- onships. And tune in to the OHSAA’s official television partner, SportsTime Ohio, for TV coverage. OHSAA Sports Information Staff Bob Goldring, Associate Commissioner Tim Stried, Director of Information Services Brenda Murray, Coordinator of Publications/Web Site Brian Day and Scott Miles, Interns Main Office Phone: 614-267-2502 Fax: 614-267-1677 1 OHSAA Winter Release No. 5 - March 22, 2009 BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS WHAT: The 87th Annual OHSAA Boys State Basketball Tour- credentials. The approved list will be posted by noon Wednes- naments takes place Thursday-Saturday, March 26-28 at Value day, March 25. Some credentials will be mailed ahead of time to City Arena in the Jerome Schottenstein Center at The Ohio those media outlets who normally cover the entire state tourna- State University. ment. Those who do not have their credentials mailed will pick 2009 TOP-RANKED TEAMS (AP Final Statewide Media Poll): them up at the media entrance to the arena. The deadline for Division I - Columbus Northland (19-1) ... Qualified submitting a request is noon Tuesday, March 24. Division II - St. Paris Graham Local (20-0) ... Lost in Regional Semis 2008 REVIEW Division III - Smithville (20-0) ... Lost in Regional Final Division I - For the first time in 65 years, unranked Newark Division IV - New Knoxville (19-0) ... Lost in District Final (24-4) won the state title after defeating unranked Lakewood St. Edward (22-5) 65-52. Senior forward Greg Avery led the Wild- TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULED: The OHSAA will host cats, hitting 14-of-18 shots and scoring 33 points, which tied his a media teleconference featuring the head coaches of the career high. Avery also hauled down 11 rebounds. schools that have reached the boys basketball state tourna- Junior guard Rahlin Watson scored 10 points and senior ment. The teleconference will allow media members the op- center Dane Kopp had 11 rebounds, helping the Wildcats out- portunity to ask questions of the coaches whose teams will rebound St. Edward 36-29. The Eagles, who lost star forward play in the state tournament. The teleconference begins at Delvon Roe and starting guard Alex Sterba due to injuries earlier 10:00 a.m. and will conclude by 2:15 p.m. Mon., March 23. in the season, were led by senior guards Frankie Dobbs with 15 Coaches will be available for 15 minutes each, and the points and Mike Hartnett with 12. rotation will be Division IV first, followed by III, II, and I. Me- In a game that extended to overtime, No. 2 dia members interested in taking part in the teleconference Division II - Chillicothe (25-2) beat No. 4 Toledo Libbey (24-3) 70-69 to win should e-mail Tim Stried at the OHSAA office (tstried@ its first state title. Libbey led 69-68 in the final seconds of over- ohsaa.org) to obtain the telephone number and passcode. time when Chillicothe’s Anthony Hitchens raced down court and The schedule for the teleconference is as follows: dished a pass off to senior forward Ray Chambers for an uncon- Division IV: 10:00-10:15 Kalida’s Dick Kortokrax, 10:15-10:30 tested lay-up right before the buzzer. Cleveland Heights Luthern East’s Roger McClinton, 10:30-10:45 Hitchens led the Cavaliers with 24 points and Chambers was Ada’s Chris Sautter, and 10:45-11:00 Oak Hill’s Norm Persin. close behind with 23 points. Libbey senior guard and Mr. Bas- Division III: 11:05-11:20 Cleveland Central Catholic’s Kevin Noch, ketball recipient William Buford scored 29 points and forward 11:20-11:35 Piketon’s Jeff Lisath, 11:35-11:50 Dayton Christian’s Julius Wells scored 13 points with 12 rebounds. Chip James, and 11:50-12:05 Defiance Tinora’s Rob Mahnke. Division III - No. 12 Ottawa-Glandorf (23-5) earned the state Division II: 12:10-12:25 Circleville Logan Elm’s Doug Stiverson, title after beating No. 3 Sugarcreek Garaway (24-4) 62-44. Se- 12:25-12:40 Dayton Thurgood Marshall’s John Ralph, 12:40- nior forwards Jake Meyer and Justin Schomaeker led the Titans 12:55 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary’s Dru Joyce II, and 12:55-1:10 with 21 and 15 points, respectively. Columbus St. Francis DeSales’ Blair Albright. Leading scorers for the Pirates were senior guard Tyler Ger- Division I: 1:15-1:30 Warren Harding’s Steve Arnold, 1:30-1:45 ber with 15 and freshman center Paul Honigford with 12. Honig- Columbus Northland’s Satch Sullinger, 1:45-2:00 Cincinnati ford and junior center David Gerber led the team in rebounds Princeton’s Josh Andrews, and 2:00-2:15 Toledo St. John’s Je- with 12 each. O-G limited Garaway to just 16-of-51 (31.7 per- suit’s Ed Heintschel. cent) shooting for the game. PREVIEW POSTED: A complete preview of the 16-team field Division IV - No. 1 New Knoxville (27-0) finished its perfect is included on page 3 of this release and is posted on the boys season after beating No. 3 Worthington Christian (26-2) 74-52 basketball page at www.ohsaa.org. in the championship. All five starters for the Rangers finished in COMPLETE STATEWIDE BRACKETS AVAILABLE: Complete double figures, led by junior center Brad Piehl with 16 points and statewide brackets for all divisions — beginning at the section- sophomore Ryan VanderHorst with 13 points and a game-high al tournament level — are available on the OHSAA Web site seven assists. (www.ohsaa.org) by going to the “Sports” dropdown box in the The Rangers were also consistent from the foul line, shooting left-hand corner of the home page followed by the “Basketball- 88 percent. For the Warriors, sophomore guard Zach Joseph Boys.” The Web site will also include score updates the day fol- had 18 points and senior guard Tyler Joseph had 16 points. lowing each game. OhioHSsports.com COVERAGE AT STATE: The OHSAA’s of- ficial online partner will provide live audio streaming of the semi- finals and live video streaming of the championship games. In addition, the Web site will have in-game stats, chat rooms, pho- tos and recaps of every contest, along with pregame, halftime and postgame analysis. S.T.O GOOD TO GO: SportsTime Ohio will televsise the four championship games live Saturday. MEDIA CREDENTIALS FOR STATE TOURNAMENT: Fax re- quests to Tim Stried at the OHSAA at (614) 267-1677. Informa- tion 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 “News & Media,” and the information will be available in that section. The OHSAA will post a list on its Web site of those media members who have been approved for 2 OHSAA Winter Release No. 5 - March 22, 2009 PREVIEWING THE BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS Division I Division III Warren Harding (23-2) vs. Columbus Northland (25-1), Friday at 5:15 Cleveland Central Catholic (22-3) vs. Piketon (24-2), Thursday at 5:15 p.m. p.m. Cincinnati Princeton (24-1) vs. Toledo St. John’s Jesuit (20-5), Friday Dayton Christian (22-4) vs. Defiance Tinora (22-3), Thursday at 8:30 at 8:30 p.m. p.m. Championship Game: Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Championship Game: Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Division II Division IV Circleville Logan Elm (24-1) vs. Dayton Thurgood Marshall (21-4), Kalida (22-4) vs. Cleveland Lutheran East (23-2), Thursday at 10:45 Friday at 10:45 a.m. a.m. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (21-4) vs. Columbus St. Francis DeSales Ada (22-3) vs. Oak Hill (23-2), Thursday at 2:00 p.m. (22-3), Friday at 2 p.m. Championship Game: Saturday at 10:45 a.m. Championship Game: Saturday at 5:15 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS PREVIEW The 87th Annual State Boys Basketball Tournaments tips off Thursday at Value City Arena in the Jerome Schottenstein Center. The boys basketball state tournament tips off Thursday inside niors and a senior, with Staten and Gainey leading the team in scor- Value City Arena, which hosts 16 teams that all are different from the ing. Marshall won the state title in its only other appearance in 1990, 2008 state tournament field. when it was known as Dayton Colonel White. Senior guard Daylen Harrison led Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (21- Division I 4) with 18 points and eight rebounds, and the third-ranked Irish re- Eighth-ranked Warren Harding (23-2) forced 20 turnovers in its turn to the state tournament for the ninth time after defeating Hunting 53-38 regional final win over North Ridgeville.