Six Ohio kids win Ironman titles; Brittenham reaches 1,000-point mark; Two West Virginia commits back away.
Graham Local (St. Paris),
which has won the last 10 Division II state wrestling championships,
scored 198 points to capture the title at the Walsh Ironman last weekend
at Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls). Monroeville finished fifth (99), St.
Edward (Cleveland) was sixth (93.5) and Perry (Massillon) placed eighth
(88.5).
Individual winners from Ohio included Nathan Tomasello (103
pounds) of
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (Cuyahoga Falls), George Dicamillo (112) of
St. Ignatius (Cleveland), Hunter Stieber (135) of
Monroeville, Bo Jordan
(145) of Graham Local (St. Paris), Ian Miller (152) of
Oak Harbor and
Chris Phillips (171) of Monroeville.
TOP PERFORMERS* Kaysie Brittenham, Lake (Millbury) girls basketball: Brittenham finished with 25 points and 10
rebounds to lead the Flyers to a 49-41 win over Anthony Wayne
(Whitehouse) on Dec. 8. She passed the 1,000-point mark for her prep
career with her 17th point.
* Brian Sullivan, Upper Arlington (Columbus) boys basketball:
Sullivan scored 31 points to lead his team to a 65-39 victory over Thomas Worthington in the opening
night of OCC-Central Division play Dec. 7. Sullivan has signed with
Miami University.
* Andrew Malone, University School (Hunting Valley) swimming: Malone won the 100-yard
breaststroke (56.8 seconds), the 50 freestyle (21.31) and swam on the
winning 200 medley relay and 200 free relay. Malone's time in the 100
breast broke the meet record set by two-time Olympic gold medalist Mark
Gangloff of Firestone (Akron) in 1998.
COMING THIS WEEK
* Reynoldsburg at Pickerington North, girls basketball:
In a rematch of a Division I regional championship girls basketball
game won by Reynoldsburg 45-35 last season, the Raiders will travel to
North (Pickerington) on Friday. Reynoldsburg lost its top three
scorers from last season but has been boosted by the addition of
Zanesville transfer
Shiloh Murphy. North is led by Villanova-recruit
Kavunaa Edwards.
* Thornton Park Tournament, ice hockey:
The defending Division I state-champion
St. Ignatius (Cleveland) ice
hockey team is among the eight-team field at the 40th-annual Thornton
Park high school hockey tournament which begins Wednesday. The
championship will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday.
* Hilliard Invitational, gymnastics:
Several of central Ohio's top gymnastics teams, including
St. Francis de Sales (Columbus),
Thomas Worthington (Worthington),
Worthington Kilbourne (Columbus) and
Upper Arlington (Columbus) will be in attendance for
the Hilliard Invitational at Saturday at Hilliard Bradley. DeSales,
Thomas and Kilbourne all made it to the state meet last season.
RECRUITING NEWSMarion-Franklin (Columbus) junior basketball player
Elijah Macon
recently re-opened his recruiting after previously verbally committing
to West Virginia. The Mountaineers still are high on the 6-foot-8 post
player's list, along with Cincinnati, Dayton, USC, Xavier and Wisconsin.
… Northland (Columbus) junior
Jalen Robinson, a 6-9 post player, also
has de-committed from West Virginia after verbally committing to the
school during his sophomore season.
Jarrod Ulrey covers Central and Northern Ohio for MaxPreps.com. He
covers prep sports for ThisWeekSPORTS.com and can be reached at
julrey@thisweeknews.com.
