UPPER ARLINGTON DOWNS COFFMANAfter going 19-0 during the regular season last winter, the
Upper Arlington (Columbus) boys basketball team is off to a 10-0 start after beating Coffman (Dublin) 53-52 last Friday.
Brian Sullivan made a fadeaway jumper from the baseline with 17 seconds left and also blocked a shot on defense with 3.5 seconds to go to help seal the victory. He finished with 29 points.
TOP PERFORMERS* Jordan Marrow, Cleveland JFK boys basketball: The junior guard scored a career-high 30 points to lead the visiting John F. Kennedy boys basketball team to a 92-76 victory over Shaw (East Cleveland) on Saturday.
* Kyle Roddy, Brecksville-Broadview Heights (Broadview Heights) wrestling: Roddy beat West Branch (Beloit) senior Adam Lamancusa 4-3 in the championship match at 160 pounds to lead Brecksville to its third consecutive Bill Dies team tournament title last Saturday with 200.5 points. Lamancusa was the defending individual champ at 160.
* Malina Howard, Twinsburg girls basketball: Howard finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Twinsburg girls basketball team to a 69-42 victory over Myrtle Beach (S.C.) in the Classic in the Country last Saturday at Hiland (Berlin).
COMING THIS WEEK* Ohio Play By Play Classic, Saturday and Sunday: The ninth-annual Ohio Play By Play Classic will be held Saturday at Capital University and Sunday at Ohio State in boys basketball. The matchups for Saturday feature
Dublin Coffman against
Walnut Ridge (Columbus) at 2 p.m., followed by
Lincoln (Gahanna) vs.
Chillicothe at 3:45 p.m.,
Westerville South vs.
Life Center Academy (Burlington, N.J.) at 5:30 p.m. and
Northland (Columbus) vs.
St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) at 7:15 p.m. On Sunday,
Canal Winchester will play
Bishop Hartley (Columbus) at 12:15 p.m.,
Teays Valley (Ashville) will meet
Roger Bacon (Cincinnati) at 2 p.m. and
Fairfield will face
Peebles at 3:45 p.m.
* Maumee Bay Classic Invitational Wrestling Tournament, Friday and Saturday: Formerly known as the Waite Mary E. Kerr Memorial Tournament, the Maumee Bay Classic will be held this weekend at
Clay (Oregon). The host Eagles are the defending champion after scoring 251 points to win last year's tournament.
* Jackson (Massillon) at Hoover (North Canton) boys basketball, Friday: Jackson, which is ranked fifth in the Division I state poll, should have its hands full when it travels Friday to Hoover (North Canton). While the Polar Bears are 9-1, the Vikings are off to a 7-3 start.
BRIEFLYReynoldsburg track coach Denny Hammond recently received the 2011 Fred Dafler Girls Career Coach of the Year honor from the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches. The Raiders' girls track team has won the last two Division I state titles and has had 10 individual champions since 1999. …
Firestone (Akron) sophomore Katie Miller was a part of three meet-record performances at the seventh-annual Northeast Classic swimming and diving meet last Saturday in Canton's C.T. Branin Natatorium. She set the record in the 100-yard butterfly and 200 freestyle and also swam on the meet-record 200 medley relay.
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.
