SHELBY — If Alex Bruskotter’s senior year is any indication, Wright State may have gotten a steal. The North Central Ohio Player or the Year had a season for the ages while leading Shelby to its first Final Four berth in program history. He averaged 23.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists a game as […]
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Shelby’s Bruskotter selected Ohio’s Division II Player of the Year
SHELBY — Alex Bruskotter was honored in absentia. Shelby’s 6-foot-7 point guard, Bruskotter was announced as Ohio’s Division II Player of the Year when the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association unveiled the Division I and Division II All-Ohio teams Thursday morning. The Wright State-bound Bruskotter is playing in Italy this week on a team that includes […]
ANALYSIS: Lexington-Shelby rematch is the epitome of March Madness
Tournament time goes way too fast, especially at the local high school level. That’s what made Thursday night at Ontario High School must-see stuff for high school basketball junkies. It provided a fix so many of us crave. Rattling around the balcony were a couple of veteran north central Ohio coaches. Former Lexington boss Steve […]
Role players come up big as top-seeded Shelby rallies past No. 5 Mansfield Senior
ONTARIO — On a night when All-Ohioan Alex Bruskotter spent almost as much time on the bench as he did on the floor, Shelby’s role players rode to the rescue. Junior forward Karsen Homan came off the bench to score 13 points as the top-seeded Whippets rallied for a 60-55 win over No. 5 Mansfield […]
Seize the Day: Mansfield Sr. sophomore making most of opportunity
MANSFIELD — When an opportunity presented itself, D.J. Corbin seized it. Fifth-seeded Mansfield Senior will play in the Division II district tournament this week at Ontario thanks in no small part to the contributions of Corbin. The 6-foot sophomore scored 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting in last week’s 57-48 sectional final win at No. 4 […]
Lexington’s Fogle selected OCC Player of Year
LEXINGTON — The top player in the Ohio Cardinal Conference still has plenty of basketball ahead of him. Lexington sophomore Brayden Fogle was selected the OCC’s Player of the Year after leading the Minutemen to an outright conference crown. Lex (21-2, 14-0) is the first OCC boys team to go unbeaten in league play since […]
Road Warriors: Fifth-seeded Tygers close out No. 4 Bellevue for sectional title
BELLEVUE — Three stops and three buckets. It’s Mansfield Senior’s mantra and it served the Tygers well again Friday night. Fifth-seeded Senior High got stops and buckets in bunches during the final three-and-a-half minutes to escape with a 57-48 win over No. 4 Bellevue in a Division II sectional championship game. “In practice we put […]
5th-seeded Mansfield Sr. opens tournament by dismissing Ontario
MANSFIELD — Kyevi Roane and his Mansfield Senior teammates played Tyger basketball Tuesday night. Roane scored a game-high 24 points as fifth-seeded Senior High raced to an 81-46 win over 10th-seeded Ontario in a Division II sectional semifinal game at Pete Henry Gym. The Tygers (17-6) forced 17 Ontario turnovers and swiped 20 offensive rebounds, […]
Mansfield Senior survives ‘teachable moments’ in win against Madison
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Teachable moments are a good thing for a growing high school basketball teams prepping for the postseason. The Madison Rams gave Mansfield Senior coach Marquis Sykes a second-half full of those moments Friday night before the Tygers ultimately prevailed, 67-54. “We’re always looking for opportunities to teach and coach and get these […]
‘Motivated’ Tygers celebrate Senior Night with win over New Philadelphia
MANSFIELD — Marquis Sykes said his Mansfield Senior basketball team was not lacking for motivation Friday night in a 40-35 win at home against New Philadelphia. “It was really important for us to come out here and get a win … on top of it being Senior Night, on top of it being a conference […]