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Orrville, Lima Central Catholic advance to boys state hoop D-III final
COLUMBUS — Sam Miller swished two free throws with 01.8 left to lift Orrville over Columbus Bishop Ready 50-48 in a Division III boys state high school basketball semifinal at OSU’s Schottenstein Center on Thursday, March 25.
That puts Orrville (21-5) into Saturday’s D-II final vs. Lima Central Catholic (22-4), which began the three-day final four tourney with a 59-48 defeat of Chesapeake in the other D-III semi.
Jacob Bolyard and Zach Wasson each scored 13 points and Miller added 12 to lead balanced Orrville attack. Joe Graessle led Ready (19-7) with 16 points.
LCC unloaded a 17-4 second-quarter blitz to defeat Chesapeake 59-48 in the first of 12 games Thursday. Desi Kirman led the Thunderbirds (22-4) with a game-high 22 points.
Nathan Copley led Chesapeake (22-4) with 16 points and Austin McMaster added 15. It was the first final four for the Panthers, located at the farthest point south of Ohio and just across the river from Huntington, W.Va.
Two D-II semi’s will wrap up Thursday’s play, including Dunbar (23-3) vs. Cleveland Benedictine (22-4) at 5:15 p.m. today.
The D-IV and D-I semi’s are Friday. All the winners return for four championships on Saturday.
Once a Red Rider …
Orrville’s most celebrated alum is Bobby Knight, the former Army, Indiana, Texas Tech coach and current ESPN college basketball analyst. Knight was all-world at Orrville, excelling in football, basketball and baseball before landing a scholarship to play hoops at Ohio State and was a sub on the Buckeyes’ national championship 1959-60 team.
“He’s always busy, but he’s always keeping tabs of what’s going on in Orrville,” said red Riders coach Sly Slaughter following the semifinal defeat of Ready.
“He’s donated different monetary amounts for different things and our gym. We just built a brand new multi-purpose facility, and he donated money there. So, even though he’s far away, he’s still watching and wants to know what’s going on in Orrville.”
Orrville, tucked between Wooser and Massillon in Wayne County, won three D-III boys state hoop titles 1996, ’95 and ’92 and was a final four participant in ’08.
What’s the difference?
Look no further than the attendance for the difference between the girls and boys state tournaments.
The best attended girls final last Saturday was Middletown Madison’s 66-44 loss to Findlay Liberty-Benton, which drew 6,098. None of the other three finals drew more than 4,529, and Alter’s 48-35 loss to Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown was the least attended (3,686).
By comparison, Orrville’s D-III boys semifinal defeat of Columbus Bishop Ready drew 10,823. Ready being a home-town team didn’t hurt, but the draw difference between the boys and girls is likely more than that.
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