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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Springfield beats Vandalia in D-1 sectional semis
Here’s a live blog from Springfield’s sectional victory over Vandalia Butler:
8:27: Vandalia Butler pulled to within four points at 63-59, but Springfield’s Letrell Leslie went six-for-six from the free throw line to give Springfield a 69-61 victory.
The Wildcats advanced to play Trotwood-Madison, a 77-48 winner over Troy, in a D-I sectional final game on Sunday, March 8 at 3 p.m. at UD Arena.
8:06: After three quarters, Springfield leads 54-49. The Wildcats led 47-39 early, but the Aviators went on an 8-0 run to pull within two at 49-47.
Butler’s 6-8 junior post A.J. Pacher had 10 points in the quarter.
7:41: At the half, Springfield leads 39-33. The Wildcats outscored Butler 18-13 in the quarter. Zack Burks has 11 points for Springfield.
7:25: After one quarter, Springfield leads 21-20. The Wildcats got off to a slow start and trailed 13-6. But they went on a 7-0 run to tie the score at 13, which was capped by an NBA 3-pointer by George Walker.
Robert Moss hit a layup as the buzzer sounded to give the ‘Cats the lead.
7:03: We’re about five minutes from tip here at UD Arena for Springfield High School’s first-ever tournament game.
Decent crowd for the game. There are a group of Springfield fans each wearing a shirt with a letter on it that spells out ‘W-i-l-d-c-a-t-s-!’
Springfield is 7-13, while Vandalia Butler is 6-14.
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Live from Kenton Ridge-Bellefontaine boys game
9:19 p.m.: Kenton Ridge loses 49-47 in overtime to Bellefontaine.
Nate Dodds of Bellefontaine hit two free throws 3.2 seconds left. He was fouled on a breakaway layup attempt that resulted from a Kenton Ridge turnover.
Kyle Morris missed a 3-pointer at the final buzzer for the Cougars.
Bellefontaine nearly won the game at the buzzer in the fourth quarter, but it missed a fast-break layup as time expired.
8:37 p.m.: Bellefontaine up 31-24 with 1:05 left in third quarter.
8:14 p.m.: Bellefontaine leads 18-12 at halftime.
8:12 p.m.: Bellefontaine leads 16-11 with 50.4 seconds left in the second quarter.
Kenton Ridge’s Randon McNeil is at the free-throw line after coming down hard under the basket. The thump echoed through the arena. He made 1-of-2.
8:05 p.m.: Kenton Ridge leads Bellefontaine 8-6 in this Division II boys sectional semifinal game at Troy High School. They’re at the 5:32 mark of the second quarter.
The Cougars led 8-2 after one quarter.
The winner of this game faces Shawnee on Saturday night.
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Live from Shawnee-Tippecanoe boys game
7:29: Shawnee is clutch at the line in the final minutes and wins 54-47.
Justin Williams leads the Braves with 18 points, and P.J. Howell scores 10.
David Moore leads Tippecanoe with 22 points.
7:13: It’s a game again. Shawnee leads 44-40 with 2:28 left. I’ll be back with the final score. I’ve got to film the final minutes.
7:03 p.m.: Justin Williams hit a jump shot as he’s falling to the ground and gtets fouled. He misses the free throw, but it’s Shawnee by nine, 38-29, with 6:10 left.
7:01 p.m.: Shawnee’s drought continues. A fast-break layup by Tippecanoe cuts the deficit to 36-29.
The Braves have two points in the last five minutes of play6:58: Shawnee leads 36-27 after three quarters. Tippecanoe outscored the Braves 15-10 in the third.
6:56 p.m.: Tipp has trimmed Shawnee’s lead to 36-27, the closest it’s been since the first quarter.
The Red Devils have the ball with 48 seconds left, and they miss a 3-pointer that would have really got them back in the game.
6:49 p.m. A layup by Justin Williams with 3:40 to go in the third quarter gives Shawnee a 34-18 lead.
Tippecanoe is running out of time. It needs to start a run soon if it’s going to mount a comeback.
If the Braves win, they will play Kenton Ridge or Bellefontaine in the sectional final at 7:30 p.m. Saturday here at Troy High School.
Many thanks to Shawnee’s video and stats crew up here. They printed out halftime stats for me, which isn’t often seen at high school games.6:37 p.m.: Shawnee leads 26-12 at halftime. The Braves are shooting 52 percent from the field, while the Red Devils are hitting 21 percent of their shots.
Justin Williams has 11 points for Shawnee. P.J. Howell has six points and six rebounds.
Tipp’s top scorer, Mack Malarkey, has three points.
6:19 p.m.: Shawnee dominated the first quarter and leads 17-3.
The Braves led 9-0 at the 4:15 mark and then 14-1 on a 3-pointer by P.J. Howell at the 1:23 mark.
With 29.2 seconds left, Justin Williams converted a 3-point play to make it 17-3.
As I type, the Braves scored again and now have a 19-3 advantage. Williams has nine points.
5:50 p.m.: I’m sitting in the press area above the court at Troy High School. This Division II boys sectional semifinal tournament game will start in about eight minutes.
No. 3 seed Shawnee is taking on No. 4 seed Tippecanoe. The winner of this game will play the winner of tonight’s second game between No. 2 seed Kenton Ridge and No. 6 seed Bellefontaine.
Shawnee and Tipp split the regular-season series. Shawnee won at Tipp 40-39 on Dec. 27, and Tipp won 68-45 at Shawnee on Feb. 16.
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Kenton Ridge bowler blogging for Bowl.com
Kenton Ridge senior Ryan Dobie has a blog on Bowl.com. The Cougars compete in the state meet Saturday in Lancaster.
Breaking through to state
March 3, 2009
Last Friday was our District Finals. The top bowling schools from southwest Ohio were there, trying to earn a spot in the state finals. There were 24 teams and the top five would advance. We bowled three regular games, followed by six Baker games.
The shot didn’t play too hard. There were a lot of high scores, but the lanes transitioned and broke down a lot. I’m not sure, but I’m assuming the scores dropped as the day went on.
The first three games didn’t go exactly how we would have liked. All three games were consistent, each around 960. For the first three games, we shot 2,890. That put us in seventh place going into the baker games.
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JJHuddle previews state wrestling tournament
From JJHuddle.com:
So how popular is wrestling in Ohio?
Consider: Last year’s state finals session on Saturday night drew a crowd of 14,924 to Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. Three weeks later the Division II boys basketball state final between Chillicothe and Toledo Libbey was witnessed by 14,498. It was the highest attended basketball game at the state finals.
The kicker? Last year was the wrestling finals lowest attendance since moving to the Schott from Wright State’s Nutter Center in 1999. In 2007 the state finals session attendance was 15,685.
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Daily Tournament Fix — March 4
Here’s your daily tournament fix for Wednesday, March 4:
Tonight’s boys games: Division I — Springfield vs. Butler, 7 p.m., at UD Arena; Division II — Shawnee vs. Tippecanoe, 6 p.m., and Kenton Ridge vs. Bellefontaine, 7:30 p.m., at Troy High School.
Short Takes: Springfield is 7-13 this season. They didn’t play Butler (6-14) in the regular season. Akeem Freeman averages 13.7 ppg, while Zack Burks is scoring 12.1 ppg. … KR, Bellefontaine, Tippecanoe and Shawnee all play in the CBC Kenton Trail Division. … KR (17-3) swept the season series against Bellefontaine by a combined total of four points. … Shawnee and Tipp split their series, each grabbing wins on the road. On Dec. 27, Shawnee (15-5) beat Tipp 40-39, but the Red Devils beat Shawnee 68-45 on Feb. 16.
Key player: Justin Williams, Shawnee. The Braves senior forward leads the CBC Kenton Trail in scoring at 16.1 ppg. Williams, an athletic player who can score both in the paint and from the perimeter, will have to be at his best against a strong Tipp squad who beat the Braves in their last meeting just a few weeks ago.
Yesterday’s results: Mechanicsburg’s Kyle Bossetti hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Indians past Jackson Center. Yellow Springs led 30-13 at the half, but held on to beat Bethel. They’ll play D-IV fifth-ranked Southeastern, a big winner over Miami Valley, in a sectional final at 8 p.m. Friday at Vandalia Butler.
Live blogs: We’ll be live-blogging all three tournament games tonight, including Springfield, KR and Shawnee.
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Prosecutor: Kentucky coach in player death changed practice
From the Associated Press:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A high school football coach behaved recklessly by adding sprints to the end of practice on a blistering hot day, a prosecutor said, explaining for the first time why he was charged with reckless homicide in a player’s death.
Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney David Stengel cited the 50-yard sprints known as “gassers” — as well as Pleasure Ridge Park coach David Jason Stinson’s admonition that the players would run until someone quit — in a routine court document filed late Monday.
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On this date in area sports history …
Six years ago on this date, March 4, 2003, the Cedarville boys basketball upset No. 7 Yellow Springs in double overtime in a sectional final at UD Arena. Complete story on the jump.
Yellow Springs is still alive in this year’s tournament, and it will play Friday in the sectional final against Southeastern, which is now coached by the man who beat them in 2003, P.J. Bertemes.
Published March 5, 2003
INDIANS NEED TWO OVERTIMES
CEDARVILLE DEFEATS TOP-RANKED BULLDOGS
By DAVID JABLONSKI, News-Sun Sports Writer
DAYTON — Cedarville coach P.J. Bertemes claimed his team had no business beating Yellow Springs 64-61 in double overtime Tuesday.
The Bulldogs were ranked seventh in the state in Division IV.
They came into Tuesday’s sectional final at UD Arena with a record of 20-2, one of those victories coming 45-39 against Cedarville earlier in the season.
Of course, if the Indians had no business winning, they did believe — no matter what anyone told them.
“It’s great; I’m so happy for these kids,” Bertemes said. “We’ve kind of come in saying we’ve been told all year long what we can’t do. This is just another one on the list. We have no business beating a team ranked in the state, a team the caliber of Yellow Springs. These kids have taken the challenges all year long. I can’t say I’m surprised, but I’m real happy for them.”
Cedarville (17-6) is still in business. It advanced to Friday’s district final at UD Arena against Cincinnati Country Day (19-4). Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s game was tied at 55 after one overtime. In the second overtime period, the Indians scored all their points on free throws, making 8 of 11. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, began to suffer from foul trouble.
Andrew Richlen had fouled out in the first overtime period. In the second, Brent Robinson, who scored 18 points, collected his fifth. He was followed by Rory Hotaling and finally Jordan Skinner.
Still, the Bulldogs (20-3) had a chance to tie the score after Jon Kragel hit two free throws with nine seconds left to give Cedarville a 64-61 lead. But the Bulldogs’ Dustin Rudegeair, who had 25 points, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
At the end, Rudegeair and Anthony Brandon were the only starters on the floor for the Bulldogs.
“They want to play at a quicker pace,” Bertemes said. “We want to play at a slower pace. Something has to give. When our kids are patient, it forces them to be more aggressive and extend defenses, and that’s the type of thing that happens.”
Micah Harding led Cedarville with 19 points. Jason Cunningham had 14, Jared Yoakum had 12 and Kragel added 11.
Cedarville had led the majority of the game, 15-11 after one quarter, 28-18 at halftime and 35-29 after three quarters. In the fourth, Yellow Springs came alive. Brent Robinson scored 12 of the team’s 20 points in the quarter, making all four of his field-goal attempts and all four free throws. Overall, the Bulldogs made nine of 11 shots in the quarter.
Still, Cedarville led 47-41 with 1:38 left in the game only to see Yellow Springs mount another comeback. The Indians were up 48-47 when Micah Harding stepped out of bounds after taking an in-bounds pass with 19.4 seconds left. Robinson then drew a foul and made both free throws to put the Bulldogs up by one.
On the ensuing in-bounds pass, Jason Cunningham got the ball and was fouled by Yellow Springs’ Anthony Brandon. Cunningham tied the score by making 1 of 2 free throws, but Brent Robinson missed a shot at the buzzer.
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CEDARVILLE (64) — Cunningham 3 8-12 14, Spracklen 1 1-2 3, Yoakum 4 4-8 12, Harding 8 2-2 19, Kohstahl 1 0-0 2, Pitstick 1 0-0 2, Kragel 1 9-12 11. Totals 19 24 3-5 64.
YELLOW SPRINGS (61) — Richlen 2 1-2 5, Robinson 6 6-8 18, Rudegeair 11 3-4 25, Brandon 2 0-0 5, Skinner 1 0-0 2, Wallace 1 0-0 2, Hotaling 0 4-4 4. Totals: 23 14-18 64.
Cedarville15 28 35 49 55 64
Yellow Springs11 18 29 49 55 61
3-point goals: Cedarville 1 (Harding); Yellow Springs 1 (Brandon).
Records: Cedarville 17-6; Yellow Springs 20-3.
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