Ohio Division II basketball picks: who wins district, regional and state titles?

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The Ohio High School boys basketball season starts this week with sectional tournament play in divisions I-IV.

Below are the Division II district, regional and state champion picks for JJHuddle senior basketball writer and resident guru Kurt Stubbs.

Enjoy.



Canton Regional

Stow
Contenders: Cleveland Benedictine and Cleveland Central Catholic
Sleeper(s): Woodridge, East Tech, and CVCA
District Champion Prediction: Cleveland Central Catholic

Boardman
Contenders: Poland and Youngstown Ursuline
Sleeper(s): Struthers and Canfield
District Champion Prediction: Ursuline (Youngstown)

Ashtabula
Contenders: Mentor Lake Catholic and Edgewood
Sleeper(s): Jefferson Area and Hawken
District Champion Prediction: Lake Catholic (Mentor)

Canton
Contenders: Akron SVSM
Sleeper(s): Buchtel, Alliance, and Coventry
District Champion Prediction: St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron)

Toledo Regional



Mansfield
Contenders: Sandusky, Lexington, and Vermilion
Sleeper(s): Ontario, Huron, and Sandusky Perkins
District Champion Prediction: Sandusky

Bowling Green
Contenders: Wauseon, Toledo Rogers, and Toledo CC
Sleeper(s):  Rossford, Columbian, Woodward, and Napoleon
District Champion Prediction: Wauseon

Ada
Contenders: Ottawa-Glandorf, Upper Sandusky, and Wapakoneta
Sleeper(s): Elida
District Champion Prediction: Ottawa-Glandorf

North Ridgeville
Contenders: Holy Name and Bay Village
Sleeper(s): Buckeye, Clearview, and Padua Franciscan 
District Champion Prediction: Holy Name (Parma Heights)

Athens Regional

Worthington 1
Contenders: Columbus South, Columbus DeSales, and Eastmoor Academy
Sleeper(s): Jonathan Alder, Bishop Watterson, and Bexley
District Champion Prediction: St. Francis de Sales (Columbus)

Athens 1
Contenders: Miami Trace and Fairfield Union
Sleeper(s): Chilliocothe, Sheridan, and Athens
District Champion Prediction: Chillicothe



Athens 2
Contenders: Vinton County, Unioto, and Vincent Warren
Sleeper(s): Waverly, Gallia Academy, and Logan Elm
District Champion Prediction: Warren (Vincent)

East
Contenders: Steubenville, Meadowbrook, and New Philadelphia
Sleeper(s): John Glenn and Morgan
District Champion Prediction: Meadowbrook (Byesville)

Kettering Regional

Worthington 2
Contenders: Bishop Hartley, Johnstown-Monroe, and Bloom-Carroll
Sleeper(s): Heath and Columbus Beechcroft
District Champion Prediction: Bishop Hartley (Columbus)

Dayton 3
Contenders: Dayton Dunbar
Sleeper(s): Dayton CJ, Cincinnati Wyoming, and Cincinnati Woodward
District Champion Prediction: Dunbar (Dayton)

Dayton 2
Contenders: Cincinnati Hughes, Cincinnati Taft, and Kettering Alter
Sleeper(s): Indian Hill, Franklin, Ponitz, and Bishop Fenwick
District Champion Prediction: Taft (Cincinnati)



Dayton 1
Contenders: Trotwood-Madison
Sleeper(s): Urbana and Tippecanoe
District Champion Prediction: Trotwood-Madison

Regional/State Tournament Predictions

Toledo Regional vs. Athens Regional

Holy Name over Columbus DeSales

Canton Regional vs. Kettering Regional

Dayton Dunbar over Akron SVSM

State Championship

Dayton Dunbar over Holy Name