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Topic: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Topic: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

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C Money
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OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 9:28:52 AM

I gotta plug some upcoming H.S. games. If you're in Athens this weekend, there is a little bit of a fairy tale unfolding that you might want to enjoy.

My alma mater, Fairland, takes on Clay Saturday at 6 p.m., and Chesapeake plays Lucasville Valley at 8 p.m. In case you don't know, Fairland and Chesapeake are in little river towns right next to each other, and are HUUUUUUGE rivals across the board in everything. Chesapeake is a long-time basketball power in this part of the state, and Fairland has always been their little brother in boys basketball.

Well this year the tables are turned, and Fairland is having an amazing season, while Chesapeake is down a little bit (of course, for Chesapeake a down season is a #2 district seed, as opposed to #1). Fairland is extremely fortunate to be having ANY season whatsoever, as the entire athletic program was almost given the death penalty a year ago for some very stupid football recruiting violations.

If both Fairland and Chesapeake win Saturday, they'll face off in the Regional semi-final Wednesday evening at the Convo, in what will probably be the biggest game in either school's history.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 9:56:17 AM

Always great h/s action come tourney time at the Convo. Fans and players really look forward to this time of the year at an iconic venue. Never get jaded about what we have as our home court, it is a very special place.

"All my inside sources tell me I have no inside sources." Salvatore "money bucks" Mafiosiano.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 10:17:08 AM

Also keep an eye out for the New Philly district title game, Sugarcreek Garaway vs. Berlin Hiland. Two conference rivals and two great small school programs in Division 3. Winner advances to Athens next week.

Here's a look at the Division 3 Regionals which will come to Athens next week:

http://brackets.myohsaa.org/regionalbracket.aspx?t=6364&t...

Worthington Christian and Marion Pleasant round out the field.

Sidebar: New Philly is hosting two District title games this weekend. All four teams (Sugarcreek Garaway, Berlin Hiland, Tuscarawas Central Catholic and Malvern) are from the same conference. Garaway/Hiland face off in Division 3 and TCC/Malvern in Division 4. Each of the schools have had great success in the tournament and are all peaking this season. Malvern is the only one that hasn't made it to state.

Last Edited: 3/4/2016 10:18:34 AM by GoCats105

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 10:21:36 AM

My nephew is the starting Center as a sophomore for Fairfield Union Falcons(Lancaster) taking on Vinton County Vikings tonight in a Div 2. District championship game at the convo. Coach Solich should be all over this kid, he also is starting Middle LB for football team at 6'5 - 240 lbs. His dad was a four year starter for University of Cincinnati football, Made first team all district for basketball this year. If any one is in area tonight go check him out.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 10:39:53 AM

Go Dragons. As a fellow Fairland grad, I'd love to see them win. Brings back some fond memories of the old days.
BTW, Fairland was not the little brother in the early sixties. So not always.

Last Edited: 3/4/2016 10:41:33 AM by colobobcat66

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 11:02:30 AM

oldkatz wrote:

It absolutely is. My friend who lives down by Gallipolis comes up for 2-3 HS tournament games every spring. I love how to hear the stories about the place fills up for those games. To the kids from the area, that place is THE place they get excited to get to, according to what I've been told.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 12:31:27 PM

oldkatz wrote:

My brother's team went to Regionals in D3 at the Convo. One of the best basketball memories I will ever have.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 12:45:07 PM

You know when Sweet Lou is on the Mic that it's going to be a special event for the high school kids.

In DII looks like the #1 team in the State may be headed to Athens next week in John Glenn

Last Edited: 3/4/2016 12:46:12 PM by BillyTheCat

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 4:33:23 PM

An interesting matchup tonight on the girls' side has Newark meeting Reynoldsburg in a regional championship game as Newark tries to return to the state final four after making it that far last year for the first time in program history. Newark beat Pick Central in the regional semis earlier this week after losing to the Tigers twice during the regular season. They now face a Reynoldsburg team that also beat Newark twice during the regular season.

Newark made the state final four last year behind the program's all-time scoring leader Kim Royster, now playing for the IU Hoosiers. Their second-best player last year was freshman Addriene Crockwell. Crockwell began this school year at Newark but transferred to Reynoldsburg around October (lots of rumors as to why). Crockwell hit a 3 at the buzzer to beat Newark in the teams' first matchup this winter. She later led her team in scoring in the second win v. Newark later in the year.

Last Edited: 3/4/2016 4:36:13 PM by bobcatsquared

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/4/2016 5:33:00 PM

oldkatz wrote:

Amen. Having worked in the many schools in the east and southeast districts since 1984, getting to the Convo is on every team's list. Used to be the same way with American Legion baseball - win the district and advance to the state tournament at OU. Here's to hoping the powers that be continue to understand how important having this tournament in Athens is.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/5/2016 9:41:08 PM

Do they still have the marathon days in the Convo for this? I remember when I lived there as an RA (06 or 07) that they did SIX games for the price of one (11am to 9pm, tipoff every 2 hours), I think I caught 3 or 4 of them. I thought they had cut back to 4 in a day, but it was still awesome to go and watch.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/6/2016 9:45:34 AM

Division II regional matchups next week (Thursday, March 10):

Steubenville vs. Columbus DeSales, 6:15
Vinton County vs. New Concord John Glenn, 8:00

(Winners play Saturday, March 12 at 3:00)

John Glenn is #1 in the state with a 24-1 record (only loss is to a team from New Jersey in a holiday tournament in Orlando), and they have scored 100+ points in a game seven times this season.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/6/2016 11:57:41 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

oldkatz wrote:

Less the powers that be, Al, but more than likely the element that can derail the continuation would be Parking Services. Those short sighted buffoons can ruin 100 years of tradition in the name of avarice with no conscience whatsoever.

"All my inside sources tell me I have no inside sources." Salvatore "money bucks" Mafiosiano.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/6/2016 1:14:14 PM

oldkatz wrote:

We can only hope this post draws Fake Marty Paulins back on to the board to tell us how wrong we are ...

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/6/2016 1:17:48 PM

One other thing about the D-II Tournament:

John Glenn will be a little emotional, as longtime athletic director Dan Adams died last week after a five-month battle with colon cancer. He was only 48. Some of the more local posters on this board may remember him as the athletic director at New Lexington and prior to that the assistant AD at Alexander before he eventually returned to his alma mater at John Glenn.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/6/2016 6:36:38 PM

Ray Woodside was an absolute beast for Fairfield Union. If I remember correctly he was a state runner-up in wrestling. Son has gone the basketball route but still a nice athlete. Also think he is going to be bigger than Ray. Would be real surprised if Solich even looked his way. Don't see us recruiting central ohio as much as we used to.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/6/2016 7:04:53 PM

Long Train Runnin' wrote:

Dan was also a former manager for OHIO Baseball and then later an Athletic Department employee

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 10:18:44 AM

Division 2 Sweet 16 bracket:

http://brackets.myohsaa.org/regionalbracket.aspx?t=6379&t...

Division 3 Sweet 16 bracket:

http://brackets.myohsaa.org/regionalbracket.aspx?t=6380&t...

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 10:20:16 AM

Long Train Runnin' wrote:

I read somewhere that John Glenn beat Akron SVSM on their own court earlier this year. It's possible they could meet for the State title. That would be a helluva game to see.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 2:47:40 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

Long Train Runnin' wrote:

I read somewhere that John Glenn beat Akron SVSM on their own court earlier this year. It's possible they could meet for the State title. That would be a helluva game to see.

Yes, John Glenn beat Akron St.Vincent-St. Mary by a score of 54-51 at ASVSM. They could possibly meet again in the state finals.

JG's only loss was to Linden (NJ) in the finals of a holiday tournament at Walt Disney World, 54-49.

Last Edited: 3/7/2016 2:49:57 PM by Long Train Runnin'

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 3:08:15 PM

Because I am a dork, I would watch every high school game played in the Convo as a student in the early/mid 2000s, even when they'd play six games in a day.I had no connection or reference to any of the teams. I went in completely cold. That made it fascinating to me.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 3:25:57 PM

Brian Smith wrote:

You, my friend, are not a dork. You are obviously someone who recognizes that a single high school basketball game might be THE event that many of the participants will ruminate on later in life as a highlight of their youth. It is a gift that some of us receive that, as mere spectators, we are able to extract some of that essence from the experience for ourselves.

Nothing beats a high-stakes high school basketball game for raw emotion.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 4:19:12 PM

Long Train Runnin' wrote:

With that record and that kind of scoring, you'd think the ghost of Jay Burson was playing again.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 4:34:45 PM

Alan Swank wrote:

Long Train Runnin' wrote:

With that record and that kind of scoring, you'd think the ghost of Jay Burson was playing again.

This team is much more balanced. Their leading scorer averages 21.5 ppg, and then they have two other players each averaging 15 ppg, a player with 10.5 ppg, and a player with 9.5 ppg.

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RE: OT: Upcoming High School Tourney Games in the Convo

Posted: 3/7/2016 9:12:23 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

Division 2 Sweet 16 bracket:

http://brackets.myohsaa.org/regionalbracket.aspx?t=6379&t...

Division 3 Sweet 16 bracket:

http://brackets.myohsaa.org/regionalbracket.aspx?t=6380&t...

I believe the Division IV games are also there.

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