Girls basketball: Fort Loramie dominates Fayetteville-Perry, wins 7th straight district title
TROY — Fort Loramie is accustomed to its tournament path including lopsided wins on the way to a district championship. This season was the same.
Girls basketball: Shappie’s buzzer-beater lifts Russia over Botkins in district final
TROY — Russia players give their coaches cards before each game with funny, non-serious “most likely to,” predictions.
Boys basketball: Russia dominates Newton, advances to second straight district final
TROY — Russia completed its tournament run through Troy High School with another running-clock win on Friday. The victory earned the Raiders a spot in a district final for the second straight year.
Video: Russia vs. Newton boys basketball highlights
Boys basketball: O’Leary big in Lehman Catholic’s rally against Southeastern
TROY — Lehman Catholic senior forward Donovan O’Leary had the biggest night of his career on Wednesday. The Cavaliers needed it to make a huge rally in a Division IV sectional final.
Boys basketball: Botkins looking for more consistency against Lehman Catholic
TROY — Botkins pulled away in the fourth quarter and beat Triad 60-26 in a Division IV sectional final on Wednesday at Troy High School’s Trojan Activities Center.
Tourney roundup: Botkins girls beat Jackson Center in OT
VERSAILLES — Botkins battled back to force overtime, then outscored Jackson Center in the extra period to win a Division IV district semifinal 36-33 on Wednesday at Versailles High School.
Boys basketball: Olding buzzer-beater lifts Lehman over Southeastern, Botkins dominates Triad
TROY — Lehman Catholic played terrible in the first half of a Division IV sectional final. It didn’t exactly play well in the second half, but it played well enough to make a tremendous comeback.
Girls basketball: Russia beats Covington, Fort Loramie dominates Lehman Catholic in district semifinals
SIDNEY — With one lone returnee on the court, Russia struggled in the first half of the season but has played strong in the second half.
Photos, videos: Sidney’s Payne wins two events in state swimming meet
Sidney senior Jarrett Payne, pictured above, won two events in the state swimming meet this weekend at C.T. Branin Nataorium in Canton. Payne finished first in the Division I boys 100 Backstroke in 46.78 seconds, nearly one second ahead of the second-place finisher. Payne also finished first in the boys 200 Medley in 1:48, over a second ahead of second place. They were the first individual state titles for Payne, who finished fourth in two events last year. He signed to compete for the University of Alabama in late December. More photos and videos from Payne’s weekend are below.
