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Schuler named boys D-II co-player of the year
From the Associated Press:
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Big men — in height and accomplishments — dominate the 2009 Associated Press Division I and II All-Ohio boys basketball teams announced Monday.
Jared Sullinger, a junior from poll champion and state-bound Columbus Northland, is the player of the year in the big-school division. In Division II, the award is shared by Kenton’s Garrick Sherman and St. Paris Graham’s Josh Schuler.
Sullinger, a 6-foot-9 player who has already committed to Ohio State, averaged 19.9 points and 14.8 rebounds while shooting 67 percent from the field. He led Northland to the No. 1 ranking and will also be on display in the state semifinals this Friday against Warren Harding, which was represented on first-team All-Ohio by 6-5 Desmar Jackson.
The coaches of the year in Division I are Dublin Scioto’s Tony Bisutti, Cincinnati Princeton’s Josh Andrews, Al Stacey of Lorain Admiral King and Barberton’s Ken Rector. Sherman is a 6-10 senior headed for Michigan State who averaged 23.4 points, 16.4 rebounds and 3.4 blocked shots a game. Schuler, a 6-2 senior who will play at North Dakota, scored 24.1 points for the state’s top-ranked team.
Sharing coaching honors are Don Vogt of Cambridge, Circleville Logan Elm’s Doug Stiverson and Dru Joyce II of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary. Logan Elm and SVSM both made it to the state semifinals.
The all-state selections were based on the recommendations of a media panel. Click the jump for the complete All-Ohio boys teams in D-I and D-II.
The 2008-2009 Associated Press Division I and II boys All-Ohio high school basketball team, based on the recommendations of a state media panel:
DIVISION I
FIRST TEAM: Jared Sullinger, Cols. Northland, 6-foot-9, junior, 19.9 points per game; Orlando Williams, Cin. Princeton, 6-5, sr., 18.3; Carl Jones, Garfield Hts., 6-0, sr., 25.0; C.J. McCollum, Canton GlenOak, 6-2, sr., 28.9; Desmar Jackson, Warren Harding, 6-5, sr., 16.7; Bill Edwards, Middletown, 6-7, sr., 17.6; Luke Kraus, Findlay, 6-1, sr., 24.5; Desmar Jackson, Warren Harding, 6-5, sr., 16.7.
Player of the year: Jared Sullinger, Cols. Northland.
Coaches of the year: Tony Bisutti, Dublin Scioto; Josh Andrews, Cin. Princeton; Al Stacey, Lorain Admiral King; Ken Rector, Barberton.
SECOND TEAM: Tim Hausfeld, Sylvania Southview, 5-8, sr., 20.5; Jordon Crawford, Cin. La Salle, 5-5, sr., 17.3; Nate Tait, Lyndhurst Brush, 6-0, jr., 25.6; Jon Smith, Grove City, 6-7, sr., 18.8; Darius Glover, Tol. Waite, 6-3, sr., 18.1; Reggie Keely, Cle. Hts., 6-8, sr., 20.5.
THIRD TEAM: Joey Prati, Zanesville, 6-7, sr., 18.4; Tanner Furno, Cols. Whetstone, 6-9, sr., 23.1; Anthony Jackson, Galloway Westland, 6-1, jr., 22.6; Matt Kavanaugh, Centerville, 6-10, sr., 17.7; Anton Hutchins, Lima Sr., 6-4, jr., 19.6; Adrian Casey, Lorain Admiral King, 6-4, sr., 19.6; Jared Porrini, Canton Timken, 6-4, sr., 13.3; Terrell Lipkins, Canton McKinley, 5-9, sr., 17.9.
Special Mention
Josh Gouch, Cols. Beechcroft; Jordan Ayres, Dresden Tri-Valley; Bobby Capobianco, Loveland; Erik Stenger, Cin. St. Xavier; Patrick Angle, Logan; Randal Holt, Cle. Glenville; Robert Johnson, Bedford; Anthony Wells, Shaker Hts.; Nyles Evans, N. Canton Hoover; Mark Henniger, Mass. Jackson; Josh Egner, Mass. Jackson; Charles Hearn, Akron Kenmore; Andre Paulk, Kent Roosevelt.
Honorable Mention
Bryce Barnes, Grove City Central Crossing; Rob Brandenberg, Gahanna Lincoln; Ryan Cosgray, Grove City; Bradley McDougald, Dublin Scioto; Terrance Watkins, Cols. Brookhaven
Aaron Robinson, Trotwood-Madison; Danny McElroy, Cin, La Salle; Zach Brown, Mason; Jordan Sibert, Cin. Princeton; Evan Yates, Cin. Walnut Hills; Allen Roberts, Middletown
Mason Mays, Logan Jor’gio Alexander-Lacey, Lakewood St. Edward; Chris Kimbro, Lorain Admiral King; Alex Pandrangi, Westlake; Cole Krizancic, Mentor; Dan Heidenreich, Madison; Jaron Crowe, Mentor
Charlie Hughes, Perrysburg; Anthony Henderson, Tol. Start; Darrin Harris, Mansfield Sr.; Jordan Mottayaw, Mansfield Madison; David Hieber, Perrysburg; Shawn Dyer, Marion Harding
Fred Williams, Warren Harding; J.T. Moore, Youngs. Boardman; Cam Howard, Canton Timken; Connor Groot, Uniontown Lake; Jacob North, Barberton; Laquon Smith, Akron Kenmore; Storm Sanders, Canton GlenOak; Cory Veldhuizen, N. Canton Hoover; Tyler Ferrell, Brunswick.
DIVISION II
FIRST TEAM: Zack Joseph, Lewis Ctr. Olentangy Orange, 5-11, jr., 18.7; Dave Brown, Coshocton, 5-11, jr., 22.8; Josh Schuler, St. Paris Graham, 6-2, sr., 24.1; Brandon Amann, Circleville Logan Elm, 6-1, sr., 22.0; Cameron Wright, Cle. Benedictine, 6-5, jr., 20.2; Garrick Sherman, Kenton, 6-10, sr., 23.4; Robert Wilson, Streetsboro, 6-4, sr., 23.2.
Players of the year: Josh Schuler, St. Paris Graham; Garrick Sherman, Kenton. Coaches of the year: Don Vogt, Cambridge; Doug Stiverson, Circleville Logan Elm; Dru Joyce II, Akron SVSM.
SECOND TEAM: Thomas Norris, Cambridge, 5-8, sr., 22.8; Alex Falk, Upper Sandusky, 6-3, sr., 32.6; Nick Kellogg, Cols. DeSales, 6-1, jr., 16.7; Juwan Staten, Day. Thurgood Marshall, 5-10, jr., 20.4; Courtney Avery, Lexington, 5-11, jr., 18.9; Kristopher Frazier, Cle. E. Tech, 6-7, sr., 21.6; Derek Jackson, Cle. Benedictine, 6-0, jr., 19.0; Daylen Harrison, Akron SVSM, 6-6, sr., 16.0.
THIRD TEAM: Eastin Lewellen, Zanesville Maysville, 6-2, sr., 18.0; Quinten Rollins, Wilmington, 5-10, jr., 15.0; Jorian Hudson, St. Bernard Roger Bacon, 6-3, jr., 14.2; Tim Congrove, Circleville Logan Elm, 6-0, 16.6; Richard Morrow, Hunting Val. Univ. School, 6-2, jr., 13.9; Caleb Knights, Chillicothe, 6-1, sr., 12.4; Wes Paramore, Painesville Harvey, 6-1, sr., 17.5; Brian Harp, Minerva, 6-3, jr., 20.3.
Special Mention
Eugene Cannaday, Sunbury Big Walnut; Darian Cartharn, Canal Winchester; Ryan Davis, Hebron Lakewood; Josh Osborn, Zanes. W. Muskingum; Todd Williams, Philo; Joe Rine, Rayland Buckeye; Corey Lisowski, Dover; John Stephenson, New Philadelphia; Ryan Siggins, Kettering Alter; Richard Harris, Cin. Taft; Harrison Martin, Waverly; Seth Dawes, Chillicothe; Anthony Tabler, Marietta; Brian Crader, Thornville Sheridan; Jake Prater, McArthur Vinton County; Hank Leslie, McDermott Northwest; Kyle Slone, WCH Washington; Kevin Fentner, Elyria Cath.; Joe Gutowski, Perry; Shon Alexander, Sandusky Perkins; Bruce Huntley, Tol. Cent. Cath.; Marquez McLendon, Alliance; Kurtis Drummond, Hubbard; Niko Fatimus, Poland Seminary; Jacob Bolyard, Orrville; Steve Hargrove, Akron Buchtel.
Honorable Mention
Julian Coleman, Cols. Bexley; Taylor Rieger, Lewis Ctr. Olentangy Orange; Chase Sutton, New Albany; Doug Thorpe, Cols. Eastmoor Acad.; Josh Williams, Cols. East
Daniel Dunlevy, Wintersville Indian Creek, Ethan Shriver, Byesville Meadowbrook; Shayne Leggett, Cambridge; Charlie Karling, New Concord John Glenn; Dom McCluskey, Coshocton; Wade Smith, Zanes. W. Muskingum; Marcus Mamarella, Dover; Jason Dickey, E. Liverpool
Adolphus Washington, St. Bernard Roger Bacon; Sam Hendricks, Cin. Indian Hill; Austin Jones, St. Paris Graham; Jordan Berlin, Wilmington; Kyle Blackford, Franklin; Geron Johnson, Day. Dunbar
Myles McGlone, Lancaster Fairfield Union; Ron Smith, Chillicothe; Lucas Polley, Greenfield McClain; Frank Valentour, Athens; Kyle Mitchell, Gallipolis Gallia Acad.; Jonathan Hebb, Vincent Warren; Dylan Newsom, Jackson; Airic Steagall, Hillsboro; Emanuel Turner, Hillsboro; Adam Blake, Circleville Logan Elm
Eric Allen, Cleveland E. Tech Tom Berlekamp, Parma Hts. Holy Name; Jamil Brooks, Warrensville Hts.; Nolan Thompson, Hunting Val. Univ. School; Matt Diles, Chagrin Falls
Bo Mathias, Elida; Micah Hyde, Fostoria; Alex Keel, Defiance; Joel Hunter, Napoleon; Derek Gagle, Celina; Clay Rolf, Pemberville Eastwood
Jordan Jones, Ravenna; Cyle Strouble, Alliance Marlington; Jake Mays, Tallmadge; Kyle Spence, Warren Howland; Zach Wasson, Orrville; Ben Donlow, Poland Seminary; Carrington Hanna, Streetsboro; Michael Bickley, Akron East.
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Cedarville University announces move to NCAA Division II
Cedarville University held a news conference Monday afternoon to announce its intent to move from NAIA Division II to NCAA Division II.
The school will submit its application for membership to the NCAA no later than June 1, 2009.
If the application is accepted, Cedarville will remain active in NAIA and the American Mideast Conference in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years. In 2011-12, it would drop its NAIA affiliation.
At this point, it is unknown what it’s conference affiliation will be in that third year. The hope is that enough schools from the current AMC will have made the switch to NCAA or have planned to make the switch that a new conference will be formed from those schools.
Urbana University and Ohio Dominican are already in the process of moving to the NCAA. Malone and Walsh announced earlier this year they will make the switch, and Notre Dame College also announced Monday their plans to move to NCAA Division II.
Cedarville is a charter member of the AMC, which formed in 1949 as the Mid-Ohio League. It has been a member of the NAIA since 1952.
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On this date in area sports history …
Thirteen years ago on this date, March 23, 1996, the Catholic Central boys basketball team captured the Division IV state championship in Columbus with a 75-52 victory over Lincolnview. Jason Collier, then a 7-foot senior, scored 22 points in the final. Collier went on to play in the NBA and died in 2005. Below is a YouTube video paying tribute to Collier.
On the jump, read the News-Sun’s story on the 1996 championship game.
Published March 24, 1996
BANNER SEASON FOR IRISH
CENTRAL FINISHES BUSINESS
By Cindy Horner, News-Sun Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Everyone looked at Catholic Central on day one of the basketball season and said they expected nothing less than a state championship.
Central’s players heard all the talk and eventually came to expect nothing less of themselves. And now, 28 games later, the goal has become reality.
The Irish are Division IV state champions after knocking off No. 1-ranked Van Wert Lincolnview, 75-52, Saturday night in front of 12,712 fans at St. John Arena.
“Now I have everything I wanted this year,” said a smiling Jason Collier, the 7-foot senior who led the team with 22 points and 18 rebounds. “This just makes the season complete. It means we put in a lot of hard work and it’s all paid off.”
“It came down to defense, and that’s what won the game for us,” said Coach Tony Ricciuto, whose team winds up 24-3. The Irish lost at this stage last year to Findlay Liberty-Benton, giving them plenty of incentive.
“We got some key breakaways on some of their missed shots and some steals that really helped us,” he continued. “I think we got the last run. They didn’t want to have that same feeling that they did last year.”
Another part of the reason was Jon Powell. The senior, who transferred in from Middletown Christian this season, was the missing ingredient. He scored 16 points and had four assists, two rebounds and a steal.
“He’s been a big sparkplug off our bench all season,” said senior point guard Jason Ronai, who tossed in 18 points to go with seven assists and two rebounds.
“He’s a scoring weapon for us,” he added. “Just his presence has helped us.”
The Irish, who stayed in a sticky man-to-man defense throughout, led by just two points at the half, then allowed Lincolnview to go on a 16-6 run to take a 35-34 lead with 6:09 remaining in the third quarter.
But Central was up for a comeback and went on its on run — a 15-7 one to take a 49-42 lead at the end of three. From the 6:09 mark of the third quarter, the Irish outscored the Lancers, 41-17, to win the game.
“When they took that lead on us, we looked up at the scoreboard and said that we are not going to let this happen to us again,” senior forward Tyson Yirak said. “That’s when we made our run at them. Everyone was saying, `Central is going to choke again,’ but we all came through. Everybody was making the key plays.”
Lincolnview managed to put only one player in double figures and that was Brandon Pardon, playing with stitches in his eyelid after getting elbowed the night before, with 21 points.
The Lancers’ second-leading scorer, Wes Dudgeon, missed much of the game after complaining of dizziness. Dudgeon suffered a concussion Friday night in the Lancers’ state semifinal win.
“We had T-shirts made up this year that say, `Unfinished Business,’ and that’s what inspired us,” Powell said. “We didn’t want second place this year. We wanted first, and that’s what we got.
“There’s a banner in our gym that says state finalists. We saw that banner every time we practiced and we wanted one that said state champions.”
It showed. The players really started feeling like state champions with one minute to go.
Ricciuto called a timeout to get his subs in, and the hugs broke out en masse. Everyone got their hugs in, including Ronai who was sitting on the floor during the jubilation. The senior was suffering from leg cramps off and on during the fourth quarter and was glad to take a seat. Soon after, Collier joined him on the floor as the two exchanged hugs.
“Thank God, we finally got it,” Ronai said. “I’m not going to take this gold medal off.”
“It’s just a great feeling,” said senior Tom Hannon, who stepped up in the fourth quarter and buried two three-pointers. “It just makes everything worth it.”
“Defense has definitely been our motto,” said senior Tony Silvers, taking his last looks at St. John Arena’s court.
“We came out and apllied the pressure. Our defense is what makes our offense go. This is a great way to go out. Now we are just going to celebrate.”
The Irish had always heard they were champions. They had to prove it to themselves. Now they have.
Collier, who added a state championship to his individual honors, is the outstanding player on the 1996 Associated Press Division IV all-tournament team.
The 7-foot senior guided Springfield Catholic Central to the title by hitting 20-of-34 shots from the field.
Earlier this week, Collier was selected as the 1996 Associated Press Mr. Basketball in Ohio.
Collier was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Ronai (38 points, 16 assists) and Powell (31 points, six assists); Dalton’s Randy Endsley (36 points, 6 rebounds) in a semifinal loss; and Lincolnview’s Pardon (39 points, 12 assists) and Shawn Thatcher (25 points, 7 rebounds).
CATHOLIC CENTRAL (75) — Yirak 1-4 0-0 2, Silvers 2-2 0-0 6, Collier 10-21 0-0 22, Ronai 5-11 5-7 18, Hannon 2-2 1-2 7, Powell 8-12 0-0 16, Talbott 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 1-2 0-0 2, Evilsizor 0-0 0-0 0, Shutte 0-0 2-4 2, Weber 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 29-54 8-13 75.
LINCOLNVIEW (52) — Thatcher 2-6 1-1 5, Dudgeon 2-4 4-4 8, Pollock 3-5 1-1 7, Kill 1-4 2-2 4, Pardon 8-13 0-0 21, Rabe 2-6 3-7 7, Kemler 0-2 0-0 0, Longstreth 0-0 0-0 0, Wise 0-2 0-0 0, Webb 0-0 0-0 0, Owens 0-0 0-0 0, Welch 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-42 11-15 52.
Catholic Central20 32 49 75
Lincolnview15 30 42 52
Three-point goals: Catholic Central 9-17 (Ronai 3-5, Hannon 2-2, Silvers 2-2, Collier 2-5, Yirak 0-1, Powell 0-1, Moore 0-1), Lincolnview 5-13 (Pardon 5-9, Rabe 0-1, Wise 0-1, Thatcher 0-2). Shooting percentages: Catholic Central .537, Lincolnview .429. Rebounds: Catholic Central 29 (Collier 18), Lincolnview 22 (Thatcher 5). Total fouls: Catholic Central 17, Lincolnview 18. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None. Assists: Catholic Central 13 (Ronai 7), Lincolnview 4 (Pardon 2). Turnovers: Catholic Central 9, Lincolnview 15. Blocked shots: Catholic Central 4 (Collier 2), Lincolnview 0. Steals: Catholic Central 3, Lincolnview 2. Officials: Carl Jordan, Steve Trout, Mike Vaschak. Records: Catholic Central 24-3, Lincolnview 26-1. A: 12,712.
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