Findlay High School boys have to play better

I’ll give the Findlay High School Trojans credit --- they survived.
Call it a sloppy win, but it was a win nonetheless for the FHS team who went to 18-3 on the season.
They were lucky. Lima Senior couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn Thursday night the Spartans had many chances to get back in the game against Findlay but couldn’t get anything going on offense there were several occasions they got a couple or even three shots off during single possessions and didn’t make any of the shots.
Now is the time for the boys to start picking it up. Getting to the district finals has been a chore for FHS over the years, according to head coach and FHS basketball historian Jim Rucki, FHS has only been to the finals maybe three times since 1981. These chances don’t come around every day so you have to seize the moment when they do.
Up next is a very good Mansfield Senior team. Just for comparison some common opponents.

Findlay (18-3)
Dec. 8 Sandusky W 67-50
Dec. 14 at Marion Harding W 54-42
Jan. 19 at Sandusky W 65-58
Jan. 25 Marion Harding W 75-57
Feb. 8 Lima Senior W 60-52
Feb. 23 at Lima Senior W 62-51
March 8 Lima Senior W 51-43

Mansfield Senior (20-2)
Dec. 2 Sandusky W 65-57
Dec. 16 Lima Senior W 63-46
March 8 Sandusky W 70-60

What does that mean? Hell if I know. But Findlay needs to play better offensively to beat Mansfield Senior and secure a spot in next week’s regional that much I do know that much.

BOYS BASKETBALL
Findlay gets past Lima Senior
Hyde carries Eagles past New London
All-Northwest Ohio Basketball Selections
Fliers done in by Diebler
Ty Ray steps down as Woodmore basketball coach
Upper star gets to 3,000
Lima Senior season comes to an end
Wapak, Van Wert to renew rivalry in district final
Spencerville survives Crestview
Wauseon nipped by Van Wert
No.1 Liberty-Benton ousts New London
With Diebler seeing is believing
Wauseon falls short against Van Wert
Late run keys Mansfield Senior’s boys team
Sandusky falls to Tygers
New London falls to top-ranked Liberty-Benton
Western Reserve upends Elmwood
Spencerville knocks off Crestivew
Wapak reaches district final

GIRLS BASKETBALL
St. John, Columbus Grove slide by in regional semis
Mansfield St. Peter’s girls ousted in OT thriller
Ottoville cruises past Liberty Center
Stryker comes up big against H-L; Ottoville rolls