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Hot shooter foils Versailles in state final
Kyle Ahrens’ superb play helped carry streaking Versailles into the state basketball championships. But on Saturday he was asked to do the impossible: stop Ottawa-Glandorf’s TJ Metzger.“You wanted to get a hand in his face at all times because he was going off non-stop,” Ahrens said following Versailles’ crushing 67-46 ...
Alter’s Petrocelli goes out a winner
The pay is better elsewhere. The players, passion and program second to none.That’s what some lucky coach will inherit when Alter High School fills its vacant boys basketball head coach position sometime this spring.If you’ve followed area boys hoop at any time during the last 50 years, you know all ...
Troy Christian overwhelmed by VASJ
Up against it? That doesn’t come close to describing the challenge that awaited Troy Christian.“They were so long range, they could just get up over us,” said senior Christian Salazar following TC’s 67-36 thumping by Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph in a boys high school basketball Division IV state semifinal on ...
OHSAA replaces public/private split with new residential formula vote
A vote by Ohio High School Athletic Association members on whether or not to split into separate public and private state tournaments has been replaced by a proposed new multiplier formula that will determine a team’s division.OHSAA Commissioner Dan Ross announced the switch on Friday during the boys state high ...
Alter falls in state semis, ending Petrocelli’s career
Fingers crossed, Alter was geared up for one unlikely final push through the boys high school state tournament to send beloved coach Joe Petrocelli out a winner. Columbus Watterson just said no. “We’ve had days like this, but this is the wrong day to have it,” sighed Alter senior Jaaron ...
Richard, Ahrens lead Versailles into title game
It figured that Damien Richard would be locked into getting Versailles off to a great start. That’s the way it’s been for the Tigers during their impressive postseason run.“I was dialed in pretty good,” the junior said. “Once I hit a few shots, I got a lot of confidence and ...
Versailles family roots run deep
Family means everything to Versailles boys basketball.Coach Scott McEldowney’s nephew Josh Langston coaches the freshman team. McEldowney’s son Brett is a JV player who dresses for the varsity. Brett’s younger brother Noah is the team manager.Scott’s older brother Roger McEldowney was Versailles’ head coach when the Tigers last played in ...
Knights rally around Simmons, coach
There are three good reasons Jaaron Simmons has taken over as Alter’s showtime player: Sophomore starters Dean Lemon, Michael Schwieterman and Kraig Howe.With that many underclassmen, coaches always rely on seniors to take on leadership roles. Simmons and Michael Spencer have done just that.Those five have made this final season ...
No returning to Rams this time for Green
The last time Bill Green stepped away from coaching, he returned to Greeneview to kick-start a proud boys high school basketball program. There won’t be another return.“You have a different perspective the second time around,” said Green, who retired from coaching following the Rams’ exit from the postseason earlier this ...
Greeneview’s Bradds first team All-Ohio
Greeneview High School senior basketball player Evan Bradds was named first team All-Ohio Division III on Tuesday by the Associated Press. Tri-Village coach Josh Sagester and St. Henry coach Eric Rosenbeck shared D-IV coach of the year honors. Bradds, a 6-foot-9, four-year starter, averaged 23.1 points in leading the Rams ...
Kennard, Morgan, Petrocelli land top All-Ohio honors
Luke Kennard of Franklin High School and Springboro’s Maverick Morgan were both named first team All-Ohioans in boys high school basketball, with Kennard sharing state player of the year honors, and Alter’s Joe Petrocelli was named a coach of the year by the Associated Press.The Division I and II teams ...
2003 Alter/SVSM title game on TWC
This week marks the 10th anniversary of Alter’s Division II boys high school basketball state championship loss to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary and LeBron James.Time Warner Cable will reach into its vault and show that 2003 game at 7 o’clock tonight (TWC Channel 311 and 1311 HD). Why? Because if ...
Unbeaten Sharks shut down Drillers, 55-12
Emotional leader and statistical stuffer are just two ways of describing Dayton Sharks inside linebacker Santino Turnbow. He is the immovable force of indoor arena football.“When they come in the Shark Tank, we just smell blood all over and we gotta do what we do,” said Turnbow after the Sharks ...
Two big reasons why Fairmont should be favored to repeat
Losing two straight state championship games was tough enough. A third? Don’t even think about it. “It’s amazing,” said senior wing Alona Skipper after helping Fairmont defeat rival Twinsburg 62-58 in Saturday night’s girls high school basketball Division I state championship at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center. “It’s not just ...
Fairmont wins girls D-I championship
Makayla Waterman was back from knee surgery, but her game was still hurting. “I’ve been struggling all season,” said Fairmont’s junior frontliner. “My teammates helped me prove to everybody that I could really come back.” Waterman picked the perfect time for her breakout effort, putting up a season-high 24 points ...
Fairmont braces for Twinsburg again
It’s been four straight years of girls basketball excellence at Fairmont High School. But there remains one final hurdle for the Firebirds to clear: Beat Twinsburg. That’s what Fairmont hasn’t been able to do in the last couple of Division I state title games. They’ll get their third straight chance ...
Fort Loramie beats No. 1 Ottoville in OT
They were decked out in the correct colors and the faces were familiar, but that wasn’t much help to Fort Loramie girls basketball coach Carla Siegel. The team that had forged its way to the program’s seventh final four high school state tournament was missing in action.“I was like, this ...
Alter, Dunbar to meet in regional final
Anyone game for Alter vs. Dunbar? An unlikely Division II area boys high school basketball postseason turned surreal on Thursday when Alter and Dunbar posted regional semifinal wins at Trent Arena. That pits the storied programs against each other in Saturday’s 3 p.m. final also at Trent. At stake is ...
Springboro bows in Walnut Hills rematch
If Springboro and Walnut Hills were to meet again, it figured to be deep in the Division I boys high school basketball postseason. That’s why the two titans didn’t have a rematch until Wednesday’s regional semifinal at Xavier University’s Cintas Center. And just like that first meeting way back in ...
Troy Christian next for unbeaten Tri-Village
With four starters back and a ton of potential, the boys high school basketball team at Tri-Village in rural New Madison figured another good season was a given. But going unbeaten? That’s the stuff of program history. “We knew we had something special, but we didn’t know if it was ...
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