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Friday, March 19, 2010
Fairmont falls 61-55 to Toledo Waite in D-I state semifinal
COLUMBUS — Toledo Waite, led by Ms. Basketball Natasha Howard, withstood a spirited fourth-quarter rally by Fairmont and won a girls basketball Division I state basketball semifinal at OSU’s Schottenstein Center on Friday, March 19, 61-55.
Howard, headed to Florida State University, scored 22 points and added three blocks. But she drew her fourth personal foul trying to defend a nifty inside move by Cassie Sant and with 1:00 finally left the game.
Sant led the Firebirds with 25 points and was particularily effective in the second half, scoring 17 after drawing a fourth personal foul on Howard with 1:00 left in the third quarter.
Fairmont trailed by as much as nine points in the second half, but pulled within 56-55 with less than 2:00 remaining on another inside power move by Sant. But Waite ended the game on a 5-0 run to earn a spot in Saturday night’s championship against the Canton McKinley/Reynoldsburg winner.
Holly Carey added 12 points for Fairmont, but was also saddled to the bench after she was tagged with three personal fouls in just three seconds of the second quarter.
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TweetFt. Loramie, Minster fall in D-IV girls state semifinals
COLUMBUS — Fort Loramie couldn’t maintain an 18-point second-half lead and Harvest Prep unloaded a game-ending 22-1 run over the last 10:23 to stun the Redskins 49-46 in their girls high school Division IV state basketball semifinal on Friday, March 19 at OSU’s Schottenstein Center.
It was a crushing meltdown by the Redskins, who led 45-27 when Janel Olberding hit a 3 with 2:47 left in the third quarter.
But Loramie attempted just two fourth-quarter shots and unraveled with 11 turnovers in the final eight minutes. Olberding’s free throw with 2:11 left was the only point Loramie could muster during Prep’s stunning run.
“As ESPN says, that’s one of those ESPN Classics,” beamed rookie Harvest Prep coach David Dennis.
“Everything was going our way, and then the wheels just kind of fell off the bus in the fourth quarter,” said Loramie coach Carla Siegal.
Olberding tallied 18 points to lead the Redskins and Clair Ruhenkamp and Brooke Turner each added 12. Burly junior center Shicole Watts was an inside force to the Warrriors, scoring 16 points to go with nine rebounds.
“You try to tell your players — and yourself — to calm down, regroup and just keep playing your game,” Olberding said.
“The more they started to take over in the fourth quarter, the harder it became to be calm. We tried our best.”
Nothing Loramie did in the fateful minutes worked, and everything Harvest Prep tried continued to work.
“In the fourth quarter things started going their way and everything spiraled out of control,” said Ruhenkemp.
Olberding raced to the top of the key and nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Fort Loramie a 34-24 halftime lead.
Fort Loramie scored the first nine points of the game and led 20-13 lead after the first quarter.
Berlin Hiland 49, Minster 48
Berlin Hiland’s Katelyn Stuckey hit a layup with 18.4 seconds left to beat Minster in Friday’s opening D-IV semifinal.
Hiland opened the second half with a 9-0 run to overtake Minster’s halftime advantage and lead 32-31 after three quarters.
Sarah Huelsman tallied six points for the Wildcats and Maria Dahlinghaus added 5 as Minster posted a 23-19 halftime lead.
Minster (18-8) was just 6-7 in the regular season before getting hot and bringing a 12-game win streak to Columbus. Hiland (25-2) is making its 11th final four appearance to go with four titles.
It’s the first of four games today at OSU’s Schottenstein Center. Up next is Fort Loramie (22-4) vs. Harvest Prep (25-1) in the other D-IV semifinal. That winner will play Berlin Hiland in Saturday’s 5:15 p.m. state championship.
Later tonight, it’s Fairmont (22-2) vs. Toledo Waite (23-2) in the first D-I semifinal. It’s the first state trip for the Firebirds, and they face a formidable task in Waite’s Ms. Basketball Natasha Howard.
The nightcap features Reynoldsburg (21-5) vs. Canton McKinley (23-3) in the other D-I semi. The winners all advance to Saturday’s four championship games.
On Thursday, Alter received a combined 25 points from Courtney and Ashley Christie to outscrap Washington Court House Miami Trace 57-46 in a rugged D-II semifinal. Middletown Madison was just as good, eliminating Ironton 50-43 in its D-III semifinal.
Alter draws defending state champ Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown in its 2 p.m. title game on Saturday. Madison will play Findlay Liberty-Benton at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday in a showdown of 26-0 perfect teams.
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