La Salle (Cincinnati) basketball coach Dan Fleming was on the road to a full recovery after suffering a heart attack last week. Fleming, who is in his 21st season of coaching La Salle, has more than 300 coaching wins. He was not able to coach in the Lancers' Division I district final game against Dayton Meadowdale on Saturday at the University of Dayton Arena.
La Salle defeated Dayton Meadowdale 60-41 and advanced to the Division I regional semifinals this week.
Fleming, 48, received several well-wishes last week. "(It) has been amazing the number of calls, visitors and texts," Fleming told the Enquirer.
MaxPreps Ohio boys basketball playoff bracketsMALOTT WINS GATORADE TOP PLAYER AWARDMiddletown Madison senior forward
Allyson Malott was the named the Gatorade Ohio Girls Basketball Player of the Year for this season. Malott, who has signed with Dayton, has already been invited to the McDonald's All-American Game March 31 in Chicago. Malott averaged 21.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.2 steals for Madison, which was a Division III district finalist this season.
MaxPreps Ohio girls basketball playoff bracketsTOP STANDOUTS* Chelsea Welch, Kettering Fairmont girls basketball: The sophomore guard had 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists in a 48-35 win over Mason in a Division I regional semifinal at Wright State.
* Kelsey Mitchell, Princeton girls basketball: The freshman had 20 points, four assists and three steals in the Vikings' 54-41 loss to Springboro in a Division I regional semifinal at Wright State.
* Whitney Wyckoff, Lakota East girls basketball: The junior guard had 12 points, eight rebounds and two assists in the Thunderhawks' 46-44 win over Reynoldsburg in a Division I regional semifinal.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE*
Fairmont (Kettering) vs. Start (Toledo), Division I girls basketball state semifinals: The first of the Division I state semifinals at Ohio State's Value City Arena takes place at 6 p.m. The winner plays either Twinsburg or Pickerington North in the championship game at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Columbus. Fairmont, ranked No. 4 in the final Associated Press poll, defeated Springboro 55-51 in the regional final last week.
* SWOWCA all-star wrestling meet, Wednesday: The seventh annual Southwest Ohio Wrestling Coaches Association Senior meet will be at 6:30 p.m. at Sycamore High School. There are expected to be 35 wrestlers and close to 20 schools represented.
* Division I boys basketball regional semifinals at Xavier University, Wednesday: It's an all-Cincinnati regional at Xavier University's Cintas Center this week.
Withrow (Cincinnati) plays
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) in the first regional semifinal game at 6:15 p.m., followed by
Winton Woods (Cincinnati) vs. La Salle at 8 p.m. The regional final is 7:30 p.m. Friday.
RECRUITING NEWSMason junior middle hitter Anna Carley has verbally committed to play volleyball at Wake Forest.
RANDOM THOUGHTSSaturday's Winton Woods vs. Huber Heights Division I boys basketball district final was one of the better games I have ever seen. Winton Woods defeated Wayne 80-76 in double overtime at the University of Dayton Arena. It was great postseason basketball …Track and field will start on March 26 – it is the spring sport in Ohio. Baseball, softball and girls tennis start March 28. … Anita Burke retired as
Hughes Center (Cincinnati) volleyball coach. In 13 years, she recorded more than 150 wins. She will continue to coach basketball at the school. …
McAuley (Cincinnati) junior Danielle Pfeifer is ranked No. 3 in the nation in the 800-meter distance event during the indoor season. She recorded a time of 2 minutes, 8.84 seconds earlier this year.
