One team’s drive to stay perfect…Some familiar names are at the top of the MAC Girls standings…three area teams make their season debuts this week…and there is a new single game scoring leader at Franklin Monroe. Joe Neves outlines area basketball on our weekly ‘This Week in Basketball’ page.
With football now closed for another year, the question now becomes…can any area school break through for a basketball title, boys or girls, as Minster (above) and Marion Local last March? Joe Neves offers insights on it in this week’s first edition of This Week In Basketball…today’s Press Pros feature.
It sounds a little silly to call the second game of the season a must win. For the Sidney Yellow Jackets and Bellefontaine Chieftans, however, two playoff teams from a year ago that struggled mightily in week one, Thursday night’s showdown was exactly that.
The Fort Loramie Redskins season seemed to be over after 4 innings, but a once in a lifetime performance by a Redskin junior saved the day and sent the Redskins to Columbus for the first time since 2010. Joe Neves was there, and writes about it in today’s Press Pros.
Two teams seeking to end their Final Four droughts met in the Regional Final Friday night…and an in-game drought proved to be decisive. Marion Local’s Tyler Prenger celebrates his game-high 23 points with some ‘net’ (above) Read more from Joe Neves inside today’s feature of Press Pros.
The Minster Wildcats had been disappointed the last two seasons when they lost in the Regional. Saturday night, the Wildcats put that misery behind them and claimed their first state tournament berth since 2010.
Winning Does Matter…Emotions portray the outcome, as Marion Local overcame a slow start, a variety of defenses, big shots by St Henry, and had some big plays of its own to win the District title. Read about the overtime nail-biter from Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros feature.
The hoped-for, denied….Justin Ahrens looks on as the district title Versailles had hoped for was awarded at the other end of the arena Wednesday to the Madeira Mustangs. Read more about the game and a disappointing loss from columnist Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Justin Ahrens scored 32 points as Versailles picked up a sectional title, while Anna moves to the district round with a come-from-behind win in Division Three. Read more from Joe Neves in Sunday’s Press Pros tournament updates.
The Russia Raiders beat the Jackson Center Tigers at their own game, shutting down the Tigers offense to win their first sectional title in three years. Read about Friday’s action from Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Anna used a blistering start to roll over Northeastern in the D-II Sectional @ Vandalia Butler. Next up: a date with Brookville for a District tournament berth. Read about Wednesday’s action from Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Two cataclysmic droughts meant the end of the line for Lehman and Fairlawn, while Russia and Jackson Center moved on to a third meeting Friday night…this time with a sectional title at stake in the Piqua Division IV sectional. Read about Tuesday’s action from Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Lehman took advantage of cold-shooting Covington before Jackson Center smothered Mississinawa Valley in the opening round of the Division Four sectional at Piqua High School. Read about the first round of the tournaments inside Press Pros feature by Joe Neves.
Lehman took advantage of cold-shooting Covington before Jackson Center smothered Mississinawa Valley in the opening round of the Division Four sectional at Piqua High School. Read about the first round of the tournaments inside Press Pros feature by Joe Neves.
It’s the most exciting time of the basketball season. High school tournaments move into the sectional semifinal round for the girls and the opening round for the boys…and nobody is taking anything for granted. Read more about this week’s tournament matchups on TWIB (This Week In Basketball).
The Troy Christian Eagles and the Bethel Bees tuned up for tournament action with a dandy of a season finale that took an extra session to decide. When the final horn sounded, it was the Eagles standing tall with their 16th consecutive win.
A miserable start turned into a game to remember as Sidney avenged an earlier loss and threw the GWOC American North race into a tie with one game remaining. Read more about the game from columnist Joe Neves in the latest Press Pros feature update.
The Shelby County League race will go down to the final night of the regular season as Anna dropped Fort Loramie (this time on the road) for the second time in 18 days. Read about the game from Joe Neve’s in today’s Press Pros Shelby County League feature.
A back and forth first half turned into a defensive clinic after the break, as the 5th-ranked Fort Loramie Redskins improved to 18-1 with a convincing win over Marion Local.
Andre Gordon scored a game-high 29 points and Sidney bested Tipp for a second time this season, 79-74. Read about the game from Joe Neves in the latest GWOC basketball feature on Press Pros.
