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Boys state final hoop
COLUMBUS — All four boys state hoop finals will be held today, March 28 at OSU’s Schottenstein Center.
Division IV
Oak Hill 48, Kalida 43, double-OT
• Oak Hill’s Ryan Borden scored 13 points, and his two clutch 3-pointers kept OH in the game. The first in the closing seconds of regulation forced an OT. His second bomb at the end of the first OT forced another extra session.
• Kalida coach Dick Kortokrax (785) and Oak Hill’s Norm Persin (574) own a combined 1,359 career wins. Kortokrax, the state’s all-time win leader, has amassed most of his total at Kalida. Persin collected most of his wins at Chesapeake before taking the OH challenge. In the three prior years (2004-06) before Persin took over, the Oaks had won a combined 10 games. Since then, they’ve won three straight district titles and their first state championship.
Division III
Cleveland Central Catholic 45, Defiance Tinora 38
• Tinora picked the wrong time to lose its shooting touch and trailed 11-0 after the first quarter. That all but sealed the deal for CCC, which withstood Tinora’s methodical comeback.
Chall Montgomery scored 14 points to lead CCC (24-3); Gregg Gerken paced Tenora (23-4) with 17 points.
Division II
Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 59, Thurgood Marshall 53
SVSM (23-4) went on a game-ending 10-1 run to ruin Marshall’s (22-5) upset bid. Juwan Staten was brilliant in defeat, scoring a game-high 28 points, including 20 in the first half. DeAngelo Gates added 15 points and was equally effective for the Cougars with 10 rebounds. Tremayne Scott added five points and Christian Delemos 4. Greg Gainey, hobbled by two ankle sprains, didn’t play for Marshall.
Daylen Harrison led SVSM with 17 points and hugs from favorite alum LeBron James. The Cavs star sat behind SVSM’s bench the entire game, constantly urged his former team on and donned a green SVSM jacket afterward.
Division I
Columbus Northland 60, Cincinnati Princeton 58
Mr. Basketball Jared Sullinger converted a couple free throws in the final seconds and Northland withstood Princeton’s fourth-quarter rally to win its first state title.
J.D. Weatherspoon tallied 18 points and Sullinger 17 for Northland (27-1). Its only loss was to San Diego Senior at Flyin’ to the Hoop. Jordan Sibert led the Vikings with 21 points and Orlando Williams 19. Princeton finishes 25-2.
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