Tri-Village, Fort Loramie, Russia win D-IV district titles

The top-ranked Tri-Village High School girls basketball team steamrolled their way into the regional semifinals for the seventh straight season.

The Patriots routed Fayetteville Perry 71-29 to win a Division IV district title on Saturday at Troy High School.

Fort Loramie and Russia also won district titles as part of the tripleheader at Troy.

Tri-Village (26-0) remained undefeated and advanced to face the winner of fifthranked Marion Local and Minster in a regional semifinal game at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Vandalia Butler Student Activities Center.

“It never gets old (cutting down the net),” said Patriots coach Brad Gray.

Patriots senior Torie Richards scored a game-high 19 points, Rylee Sagester had 18 and senior Morgan Hunt added 14 in the victory.

The game was tied 4–4 early in the first quarter until the Patriots went on a 23-5 run to take a 27-9 lead.

Tri-Village hit 10 3-pointers in the game and led 44-14 at the half.

“Offensively, our kids are very willing to share with each other,” Gray said. “They move it really well, they zip it around to try to get the best shot they can on almost every possession. It was good to see them continue to do that.”

Tri-Village beat Fayetteville Perry (13-11) at Troy for the second straight season.

The Patriots now set their sights on breaking through the regional barrier for the first time since 2012. Fort Loramie 52, Covington 19: The Buccaneers hit their first two shots of the game, but the Redskins responded with a 25-3 run to end the first half en route to their sixth straight district title.

“At the end of last year, everybody said this was going to be a rebuilding year for us,” said Fort Loramie coach Carla Siegel, “and the way that we played this summer, I thought it was going to be a rebuilding year, too. But if you have great senior leaders and they know what the expectations of your program are, they can get the other girls to believe in the system.”

Redskins sophomore Avery Brandewie had a game-high 14 points, junior Skyler Albers had 13 and senior Ava Turner added 11 for Fort Loramie (24-2), which advanced to play rival Russia at 8 p.m. Thursday at Vandalia Butler.

Buccaneers sophomore Maggie Anderson had 10 points for Covington, which finished its season 14-11. Russia 57, Legacy Christian Academy 32: Raiders senior post Kate Sherman had a game-high 23 points as Russia pulled away in the second half to win a district title for the first time since 2017.

Raiders junior Roni Poling had 12 points, and senior Cece Borchers added 11 for Russia, which improved to 22-4 overall.