This installment of the Reader Speaks centers around one subject...our February 3rd column on the state of officiating in basketball, and how it impacted the recent Ohio State-Wisconsin game. Read more in the latest inside feature.
As defensive as you can imagine, Marion Local and Fort Loramie slugged it out for four quarters, finished tied, then went to overtime to determine who could outlast the other. Loramie prevailed in a preview of Division IV tournament basketball.
Ohio State's Carson Kharchla reversed a run of bad luck with a 3-2 victory that typified the close nature of more than a few matches that tilted the fourth-ranked Buckeyes' way Sunday in a 21-12 dual meet victory at No. 13 Northwestern. (PressPros file photo).
Olentangy Liberty's Gigi Bower drives past Marysville's Ava Wilkerson for two of her game-high 28 points, but it was Bower's fourth three-pointer of the night with 7.1 seconds in overtime that tilted the outcome to the Patriots. (PressPros Feature Photo by Sheri Hooley).
In a gym that Troy's student section had rocking on Friday night, the Trojans held off a physical challenge from Tippecanoe to jump back into the Miami Valley League's Miami Division title chase.
