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.
The 174th meeting between the Anna Rockets and Fort Loramie Redskins was a doozy…as the Rockets rallied from an early 13 point deficit to take down the state’s #1 Division Four team in overtime. Read Joe Neve’s story on Anna’s overtime win over Loramie inside today’s SCL feature page.
The Versailles Lady Tigers wiped out three years of bad memories and bounced back from their only loss at the same time, using their height and experience to dominate Fort Loramie.
Sidney had Vandalia Butler on the ropes for most of three quarters, but the Aviators never panicked and used a big fourth quarter to stun the Jackets and remain unbeaten. Read more GWOC basketball inside today’s GWOC feature by Joe Neves.
Not Enough Trojans…The Vandalia Butler Aviators started hot and finished hotter in thumping Troy for its fifth straight win, the Aviators best start in 14 years. Read about the game from Joe Neves in our latest update on Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) basketball.
