BARBERTON — Ohio has a new high school basketball scoring king. Hillsdale got an up-close look at Quinn Kwasniak on Tuesday night in Barberton, when his Willoughby Cornerstone Christian team eliminated the Falcons at the Division VII regional semifinal. Kwasniak goosed his career scoring total to 3,245 points in the Patriots’ 81-59 Sweet 16 victory. […]
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Mansfield Sr.’s 2005 storybook run came during Golden Age of Ohio high school basketball
I didn’t realize it at the time, but I landed in Mansfield during a Golden Era of boys basketball. I inherited the Mansfield Senior basketball beat in 2000 and sat courtside as the Tygers won four district championships in my first six seasons as the lead reporter. Senior High reached the Sweet 16 in 2002, […]
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Boys state basketball tourney marks 50th anniversary of Ohio’s greatest team — 1969 Columbus East Tigers
COLUMBUS — The argument is purely subjective, and includes boundless fun. It triggers memories and arguments, and will never be done. But as the boys state basketball tournament dawns this week, the reflection begins anew. Which is Ohio’s greatest high school basketball crew? The early standard set by Dayton Stivers? The small-school Waterloo Wonders? Maybe […]