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

Crazy buzzer-beater from central Ohio
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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 I district, regional and state champion picks for JJHuddle senior basketball writer and resident guru Kurt Stubbs.

Enjoy.



Akron/Toledo Regional

Toledo
Contenders: Toledo St. John’s, Lima Senior, and Toledo St. Francis
Sleeper(s): Toledo Bowsher, Findlay, and Toledo Whitmer
District Champion Prediction: St. John's Jesuit (Toledo)

Elyria
Contenders: Lorain and Elyria
Sleeper(s): Olmsted Falls, Avon, Avon Lake, Berea-Midpark, and Strongsville
District Champion Prediction: Lorain

Canton
Contenders: Massillon Jackson and North Canton Hoover
Sleeper(s): Wooster, Copley, Massillon Washington, and Canton McKinley
District Champion Prediction: Jackson (Massillon)

Copley
Contenders: Hoban, Medina, and Brunswick
Sleeper(s): Stow and Wadsworth
District Champion Prediction: Medina

Cleveland Regional



Alliance
Contenders: Akron Ellet, Uniontown Lake, and Warren Harding
Sleeper(s): Boardman and Louisville
District Champion Prediction: Lake (Uniontown)

Solon
Contenders: Garfield Heights
Sleeper(s):  Maple Heights and Shaker Heights
District Champion Prediction: Garfield Heights

Strongsville
Contenders: Cleveland St. Ignatius and Lakewood St. Edward
Sleeper(s): Broadview Heights
District Champion Prediction: St. Edward (Lakewood)

Euclid
Contenders: Solon, Mentor, and Cleveland Heights
Sleeper(s): Brush 
District Champion Prediction: Cleveland Heights

Columbus Regional

Columbus 3
Contenders: Pickerington Central
Sleeper(s): Dublin Jerome, Dublin Coffman, and Westerville North
District Champion Prediction: Pickerington Central



Columbus 4
Contenders: Westerville South and Reynoldsburg
Sleeper(s): Columbus St. Charles and Hilliard Davidson
District Champion Prediction: Westerville South

Columbus 1
Contenders: Upper Arlington, Hilliard Bradley, and Columbus Northland
Sleeper(s): Groveport-Madison
District Champion Prediction: Upper Arlington (Columbus)

Columbus 2
Contenders: Newark and Pickerington North
Sleeper(s): Olentangy Liberty and Gahanna Lincoln
District Champion Prediction: Newark

Dayton Regional

Dayton 4
Contenders: Mason, Centerville, and Huber Heights Wayne
Sleeper(s): Lakota East
District Champion Prediction: Centerville

Dayton 2
Contenders: Cincinnati Moeller
Sleeper(s): Cincinnati Northwest, Walnut Hills, and Cincinnati Withrow
District Champion Prediction: Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) 



Dayton 3
Contenders: Clayton Northmont and Cincinnati LaSalle
Sleeper(s): Sidney
District Champion Prediction: La Salle (Cincinnati)

Dayton 1
Contenders: Springfield and Oak Hills
Sleeper(s): Dayton Fairborn
District Champion Prediction: Oak Hills (Cincinnati)

Regional/State Tournament Predictions

Columbus Regional vs. Dayton Regional

Pickerington Central over Cincinnati Moeller

Cleveland Regional vs. Akron/Toledo Regional

Massillon Jackson over Lakewood St. Edward

State Championship

Pickerington Central over Massillon Jackson