Crazy buzzer-beater from central OhioThere are buzzer-beaters and then there are BUZZER-BEATERS. Max Martz of Upper Arlington (Columbus, OH) is the son of one of the greatest high school basketball players of all-time, Mike Martz.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 RegionalStowContenders: Cleveland Benedictine and Cleveland Central Catholic
Sleeper(s): Woodridge, East Tech, and CVCA
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Cleveland Central CatholicBoardmanContenders: Poland and Youngstown Ursuline
Sleeper(s): Struthers and Canfield
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Ursuline (Youngstown) Ashtabula Contenders: Mentor Lake Catholic and Edgewood
Sleeper(s): Jefferson Area and Hawken
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Lake Catholic (Mentor)Canton Contenders: Akron SVSM
Sleeper(s): Buchtel, Alliance, and Coventry
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St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) Toledo RegionalMansfieldContenders: Sandusky, Lexington, and Vermilion
Sleeper(s): Ontario, Huron, and Sandusky Perkins
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SanduskyBowling GreenContenders: Wauseon, Toledo Rogers, and Toledo CC
Sleeper(s): Rossford, Columbian, Woodward, and Napoleon
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WauseonAdaContenders: Ottawa-Glandorf, Upper Sandusky, and Wapakoneta
Sleeper(s): Elida
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Ottawa-GlandorfNorth Ridgeville Contenders: Holy Name and Bay Village
Sleeper(s): Buckeye, Clearview, and Padua Franciscan
District Champion Prediction:
Holy Name (Parma Heights)
Dayton Dunbar is looking for its sixth OHSAA state title.
Photo by Nick Falzerano
Athens RegionalWorthington 1Contenders: Columbus South, Columbus DeSales, and Eastmoor Academy
Sleeper(s): Jonathan Alder, Bishop Watterson, and Bexley
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St. Francis de Sales (Columbus)Athens 1Contenders: Miami Trace and Fairfield Union
Sleeper(s): Chilliocothe, Sheridan, and Athens
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ChillicotheAthens 2Contenders: Vinton County, Unioto, and Vincent Warren
Sleeper(s): Waverly, Gallia Academy, and Logan Elm
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Warren (Vincent) EastContenders: Steubenville, Meadowbrook, and New Philadelphia
Sleeper(s): John Glenn and Morgan
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Meadowbrook (Byesville)Kettering RegionalWorthington 2Contenders: Bishop Hartley, Johnstown-Monroe, and Bloom-Carroll
Sleeper(s): Heath and Columbus Beechcroft
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Bishop Hartley (Columbus)Dayton 3Contenders: Dayton Dunbar
Sleeper(s): Dayton CJ, Cincinnati Wyoming, and Cincinnati Woodward
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Dunbar (Dayton)Dayton 2Contenders: Cincinnati Hughes, Cincinnati Taft, and Kettering Alter
Sleeper(s): Indian Hill, Franklin, Ponitz, and Bishop Fenwick
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Taft (Cincinnati)Dayton 1Contenders: Trotwood-Madison
Sleeper(s): Urbana and Tippecanoe
District Champion Prediction:
Trotwood-MadisonRegional/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