Not many upsets
There weren’t a lot of upsets on the first night of the girls basketball tournament around Northwest Ohio last night.
Probably the biggest upset came at the Division IV Sectional at Tiffin Columbian where 3-17 Old Fort knocked off 12-8 Danbury 58-54.
I couldn’t be happier for the Stockaders.
They have a new old coach in former New Riegel coach Rick DeMoss who has probably forgot more basketball than most people can even remember. He took over a program that was down on their luck just because he wanted to continue coaching basketball.
He’s a good guy and good coach and if OF’s girls stick with it, I’m pretty sure that they’ll get it turned around and they’ll be more competitive in girls basketball.
Like many small schools they have to fight that battle with volleyball. Old Fort has one of the best small school volleyball programs in the state but good volleyball and basketball can co-exist Hopewell-Loudon is an example of that.
Sure Old Fort is now just 4-17 but just maybe that one tournament win is a step in the right direction and a harbinger of better things to come in the future.
NOTEWORTHY:
TIGERS GET A WIN: Huron’s girls basketball was 0-19 heading into the sectional tournament. The Tigers put their winless season to rest by crushing Edison 64-35 in a Division II sectional opener last night. My question is if they beat Edison by 29 in the tournament how come they didn’t beat them in their two meetings during the regular season.
L-B WINS POLL: Congrats to the Liberty-Benton boys basketball team for finishing atop the Division III AP boys basketball poll. No we’ll see if it translates into a real championship on the court. They are a very good basketball team and should make a deep run into the tournament so I’ve been told. Kudos to Van Buren for finishing sixth in the Division IV poll the Black Knights should have a lengthy tournament run as well. Upper Sandusky was 10th in the Division II poll while Continental finished 10th in Division IV.
BENTLEY OUT: According to the Plain Dealer former Ohio State standout LeCharles Bentley won’t be playing center for the Browns in the 2007 season. His knee injuries are in fact career threatening. You can read about the bad news here. Looks like it will be another season of me sitting in my seat and dropping F-bombs about how pathetic Hank Fraley is for the Browns at center.
NEWSWORTHY:
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BG holds off Ottawa-Glandorf boys
Fast start lifts Elmwood boys past Oak Harbor
BG Sentinel Tribune basketball roundup
Bucyrus area prep roundup
Ottoville boys shoot down Marion Local
Late run lifts Lima Perry past Fort Jennings
Defiance Crescent News Sports
3-pointers vault Gibsonburg boys past Lakota
Galion girls finish 0-20
Fostoria Review Times Wednesday Sports
Allen East say no to soccer
Mansfield area prep roundup
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Probably the biggest upset came at the Division IV Sectional at Tiffin Columbian where 3-17 Old Fort knocked off 12-8 Danbury 58-54.
I couldn’t be happier for the Stockaders.
They have a new old coach in former New Riegel coach Rick DeMoss who has probably forgot more basketball than most people can even remember. He took over a program that was down on their luck just because he wanted to continue coaching basketball.
He’s a good guy and good coach and if OF’s girls stick with it, I’m pretty sure that they’ll get it turned around and they’ll be more competitive in girls basketball.
Like many small schools they have to fight that battle with volleyball. Old Fort has one of the best small school volleyball programs in the state but good volleyball and basketball can co-exist Hopewell-Loudon is an example of that.
Sure Old Fort is now just 4-17 but just maybe that one tournament win is a step in the right direction and a harbinger of better things to come in the future.
NOTEWORTHY:
TIGERS GET A WIN: Huron’s girls basketball was 0-19 heading into the sectional tournament. The Tigers put their winless season to rest by crushing Edison 64-35 in a Division II sectional opener last night. My question is if they beat Edison by 29 in the tournament how come they didn’t beat them in their two meetings during the regular season.
L-B WINS POLL: Congrats to the Liberty-Benton boys basketball team for finishing atop the Division III AP boys basketball poll. No we’ll see if it translates into a real championship on the court. They are a very good basketball team and should make a deep run into the tournament so I’ve been told. Kudos to Van Buren for finishing sixth in the Division IV poll the Black Knights should have a lengthy tournament run as well. Upper Sandusky was 10th in the Division II poll while Continental finished 10th in Division IV.
BENTLEY OUT: According to the Plain Dealer former Ohio State standout LeCharles Bentley won’t be playing center for the Browns in the 2007 season. His knee injuries are in fact career threatening. You can read about the bad news here. Looks like it will be another season of me sitting in my seat and dropping F-bombs about how pathetic Hank Fraley is for the Browns at center.
NEWSWORTHY:
Findlay Courier Wednesday Prep Roundup
BG holds off Ottawa-Glandorf boys
Fast start lifts Elmwood boys past Oak Harbor
BG Sentinel Tribune basketball roundup
Bucyrus area prep roundup
Ottoville boys shoot down Marion Local
Late run lifts Lima Perry past Fort Jennings
Defiance Crescent News Sports
3-pointers vault Gibsonburg boys past Lakota
Galion girls finish 0-20
Fostoria Review Times Wednesday Sports
Allen East say no to soccer
Mansfield area prep roundup
Lima News Wednesday Sports Roundup
Labels: Girls Basketball
posted by --J-- @ 7:31 AM
1 Comments:
At 8:15 AM,
Anonymous said…
No offense to the programs in the Fremont and Sandusky area, but the quality of basketball has left something to be desired over the years. I'm originally from Sandusky and feel qualified to make such a comment. I played in the Sandusky Bay Conference and it occurs to me that the only conference that has played good basketball has been the Northern Ohio League. Castalia Margaretta has had some good girls teams and I'm sure that I'm forgetting some good squads, but it comes as little surprise that an Old Fort team with a lackluster record could beat Lakeside, despite their 12-8 record.
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