LOCAL SCOREBOARD
HIGH SCHOOLS
Boys basketball
State Tournament
AT UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
Division I
Saturday’s semifinals: Pickerington Central vs. Centerville, 5:15 p.m.; Tol. St. John's vs. Akr. Hoban, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday’s final: Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.
Division II
Friday’s semifinals: Day. Chaminade Julienne vs. Rocky River Lutheran West, 10:45 a.m.; Akr. Buchtel vs. Ready, 2 p.m.
Sunday’s final: Semifinal winners, 10:45 a.m.
Division III
Saturday’s semifinals: Africentric vs. Ottawa-glandorf, 10:45 a.m.; Cle. Heights Lutheran East vs. Harvest Prep, 2 p.m.
Sunday’s final: Semifinal winners, 5:15 p.m.
Division IV
Friday’s semifinals: Convoy Crestview vs. Berlin Hiland, 5:15 p.m.; Richmond Heights vs. Russia, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday’s final: Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.
ALL-KMAC
First team: Matthew Bland (Mount Gilead); Grant Bentley (Northmor); Spencer Payne (Danville); Colton Martin and Grayson Reynolds (Centerburg); Brady Lester and Kaid Carpenter (Fredericktown). Second team: Jaxson Wenger (Northmor); Walker Weckesser (Danville); Journey Williamson (Cardington); Carter Wesney (East Knox); Teegan Ruhl and Luke Bean (Fredericktown). Aaron Gannon (Mount
Gilead). Player of the year: Bland. Coach of the year: Derek Dibling (Fredericktown).
Ohio Mr. Basketball
2023: Devin Royal (Pickerington Central)
2022: Gabe Cupps (Centerville)
2021: Malaki Branham (Akron St. Vincent-st. Mary)
2020: Voncameron Davis (Walnut Ridge)
2019: Samari Curtis (Xenia)
2018: Dane Goodwin (Upper Arlington)
2017: Kaleb Wesson (Westerville South)
2016: Xavier Simpson (Lima Senior)
2015: Luke Kennard (Franklin)
2014: Luke Kennard (Franklin)
2013: Marc Loving (Toledo St. John's)
2012: Justin Fritts (Mentor)
2011: Trey Burke (Northland)
Girls basketball
ALL-KMAC
First team: Madilyn Elson (Mount Gilead); Cally Carpenter (Fredericktown); Kayla Larimore (Centerburg); Sydney Opfer (East Knox); Ella Proper and Jaylyn Workman (Danville); Abigail Hardwick (Cardington); Riley Johnson (Northmor).
Second team: Emily Zeger (Northmor); Grace Sipes (Fredericktown); Faith White (Mount Gilead); Kylee Hess (Danville); Lydia Hess (Cardington); Ella Divan (East Knox). Player of the year: Elson. Coach of the year: Nick Vukovich (Mount Gilead).
Boys volleyball
Whetstone def. Centennial 25-13, 25-10, 25-7
Westerville South def. Eastmoor Academy 25-18, 25-16, 25-15
Briggs def. Big Walnut 25-20, 25-19, 26-24 Licking Heights def. Watterson 25-23, 23-25, 25-17, 22-25, 15-7
New Albany def. Gahanna 25-11, 25-22, 14-25, 26-24
Thomas Worthington def. Dublin Scioto 25-22, 25-20, 25-18
Olentangy Berlin def. Westerville North 25-14, 25-17, 25-23
Olentangy def. Pickerington Central 25-14, 25-10, 15-10
Olentangy Orange def. Westerville Central 3-2
Boys bowling
ALL-KMAC
First team: Will Jensen and Dylan Reed (East Knox); Silas Horton and Zane Everly (Cardington); Cole Postell (Northmor); Zachary Jagger (Centerburg); Cody Griffin (Crestline); Jaxon Tinch and Graham Sherbourne (Mount Gilead).
Second team: Jordan Moore and Ryan Zollars (Fredericktown); Wyatt Irwin (Mount Gilead); Wesley Hammond and Owen Philpot (Northmor); Jayden Reynolds (Ridgedale); Andrew Weber (Cardington); Hunter Gibbons (Crestline). Player of the year: Jensen. Coach of the year: Chip Pozderac (East Knox).
Girls bowling
ALL-KMAC
First team: Payton Goodman and Alexis Crone (Cardington); Kourtney Rinehart (Northmor); Aubrie Smith (Ridgedale); Olivia Nastasi (East Knox); Marissa Black and Tayla Dillard (Crestline); Ana Kraus and Grace Mcmahon (Fredericktown).
Second team: Chloe Stevens (East Knox); Emma Rinehart and Taylor Cantrell (Northmor); Abby Raber and Miranda Kintz (Cardington); Faith Brenzo (Ridgedale); Lily Riddle (Crestline); Shay Irwin (Mount Gilead). Player of the year: Goodman. Coaches of the year: Angela Adams (Cardington) and Chip Pozderac (East Knox).
COLLEGES
Men’s basketball
Tuesday’s games
NIT
Hofstra 88, Rutgers 86, OT Michigan 90, Toledo 80 Wisconsin 81, Bradley 62
Thursday’s game
NCAA Division III Tournament
Wis.-whitewater vs. Mount Union at Fort Wayne, Ind., 8 p.m.
Women’s basketball Thursday’s games
NCAA Tournament
Purdue vs. St. John's at Value City Arena, 7 p.m.
NIT
Liberty at Bowling Green, 6 p.m.
Softball
Ohio Wesleyan 13-2, Marywood 2-1
Men’s hockey
NCAA Division I poll
1. Minnesota (38 first place votes) 988; 2. Quinnipiac (12) 956; 3. Denver 903; 4. Michigan 834; 5. Boston U. 797. Also: 8. Ohio State 587.
Women’s hockey
NCAA Tournament
AT DULUTH, MINN.
Friday’s semifinals
Northeastern vs. Ohio State, 3:30 p.m. Wisconsin vs. Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s final
Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.
Men’s golf
Barton Intercollegiate
AT WILSON, N.C.
Top team scores: Barton 869, Barton ‘B' 896, Emmanuel 900. Also: 9. Ohio Dominican 941.
Men’s lacrosse
Ohio State 19, Detroit 6
Cabrini 12, Ohio Wesleyan 8 Denison 10, St. Mary's, Md. 4
Women’s lacrosse
Oglethorpe 11, Ohio Wesleyan 10
Men’s tennis
Denison 7, Skidmore 2 Denison 5, Niagara 2 Macalester 9, Ohio Wesleyan 0
Women’s tennis
Denison 8, Coe 1
Denison 5, Southwestern 3 Macalester 9, Ohio Wesleyan 0
Honors
Mason Lohrei, Jake Wise, Stephen Halliday, Jakub Dobeš (Ohio State): All-big Ten men's hockey
Vince Daher (Capital): OAC men's golf Mariah Cotsamire (Capital): OAC women's golf
Erin Storrer (Otterbein): OAC women's tennis
Mason Spaulding (Capital): OAC men's lacrosse
Weston Melick (Muskingum/east Knox): OAC baseball
Kendyll Cahill (Mount Union/groveport): OAC softball Laine Hursh (Denison): NCAC women's golf
Kyler Archual (Tiffin/worthington Kilbourne): GMAC baseball