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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
St. X making three plans for Wayne
Tom Groeschen, seasoned preps reporter at The Cincinnati Enquirer, noted the view of the Wayne basketball situation from St. Xavier in a post on his blog.
St. X is scheduled to play Wayne in a Division I district final at 7 p.m. Saturday at UD Arena. The St. X athletic director, John Sullivan, said the school is aware Wayne officials will meet with the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Wednesday to discuss two Wayne transfer players and their eligibility.
This from Groeschen:
Sullivan said St. X coach Scott Martin and his staff scouted the Xenia-Wayne sectional game and thus have material on both teams.
“Scott said he’s going to proceed with three game plans,” Sullivan said. “He’s got the Wayne A team, the Wayne B team if those two guys are ineligible, and Xenia.”
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Celebrating area girls basketball in one fun weekend
How good has high school girls basketball been in the area this year?
Well, on Friday and Saturday, this quadrant of the state will have its Division I and Division II representatives in the state semifinals both decided between four Miami Valley teams.
In a momentous night, Fairmont (Princeton) and Vandalia Butler (Walnut Hills) won D-I regional semifinals at the Nutter Center while Chaminade Julienne (Columbus St. Francis DeSales) and Alter (Indian Hill) won D-II semifinals at Springfield High School on Tuesday, March 9.
That gives the area two strong regional finals and guarantees the Miami Valley both D-I and D-II teams in Columbus.
So here’s what we have: Fairmont and Butler will decide the D-I region at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Nutter Center, and a third Alter-CJ showdown will occur for the D-II regional title at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Springfield High School.
In another juicy twist, both games are also rematches. Butler topped host Fairmont 39-31 on Jan. 11 in a Greater Western Ohio Conference non-division game as two bench players — Butler’s Sami Baker and Fairmont’s Alona Skipper — each scored 13 points.
Alter and CJ, as members of the Girls Greater Cincinnati League Grey North Division, met twice. Alter won the first matchup at CJ 46-45 on Dec. 16, and CJ took the Jan. 29 meeting at the Nutter Center 50-42.
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Butler advances to regional final showdown with Fairmont
FAIRBORN — Kacie Cassell scored Vandalia Butler’s first 10 points and finished with 18 to help the Aviators take an early lead and hold off Walnut Hills 47-42 in a Division I regional semifinal on Tuesday, March 9, at the Nutter Center.
Butler (21-4) set up a regional final showdown with fellow Greater Western Ohio Conference member Fairmont at 7:30 p.m. Saturday to decide a spot in the state semifinals.
Early in the second half, that spot looked guaranteed, but Butler had to grind late in the fourth quarter. Leading 41-28 entering the final quarter, Butler watched its lead drop to 43-40 with 3:31 left.
But, after an intentional foul call against Walnut Hills’ Phylesha Bullard (who elbowed Butler’s Lianna Innocent in the face), Innocent sank two free throws with 2:32 left, and Walnut Hills made 1-of-6 shots for the rest of the game.
Brianna Innocent, Lianna’s twin sister, added 15 points for Butler, and Lianna Innocent scored 10.
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Fairmont advances to regional final
FAIRBORN — Holly Carey scored 15 points and Cassie Sant added 13 points, nine rebounds and six assists to help the Fairmont High School girls basketball team top Princeton 49-41 in a Division I regional semifinal on Tuesday, March 9, at the Nutter Center.
The Firebirds (21-2) advanced to the regional final for the second straight year, in large part because of offensive production from Carey and Sant, key ball-handling from freshman point guard Chelsea Welch and Princeton’s struggles from behind the 3-point line (7-of-24).
Fairmont led 24-20 at halftime and improved its advantage to 35-25 after three quarters, in part because Sant (the University of Dayton recruit who was held scoreless in the first half) scored nine straight points to end the quarter.
Against constant pressure bringing the ball up the floor, Welch steadily got the Firebirds into their offensive sets while adding six points, three steals and two assists in the best all-around performance of the game.
Princeton finished the season 21-3.
Fairmont will play the winner of the upcoming Butler vs. Walnut Hills regional semifinal (the teams are warming up now) in the regional final at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Nutter Center. The Firebirds will attempt to advance to the state tournament for the first time in school history.
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