Columbus Grove threw the first punch and kept them coming as it built a 20-2 lead in the first quarter of Saturday’s Division VI girls basketball state championship. The lead grew to as many as 25, but Rootstown wouldn’t quit.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association girls basketball state finals are this weekend in Dayton. Here's the OHSAA championship game scoreboard.

Pickerington Central's girls basketball team won its OHSAA eighth state championship and first since 2018 Saturday night.

Perhaps the most dominant stretch in OHSAA basketball history closed its final chapter Friday. Senior forward Dee Alexander had 27 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the Cincinnati Purcell Marian Cavaliers took down the Avon Lake Shoregals,

Columbus Grove 65, Rootstown 46 Lady Bulldogs win state championship BY CHARLIE WARNIMONT Sentinel Sports Editor [email protected] DAYTON — Columbus Grove and

Pickerington Central's girls basketball team is getting contributions from more than its stars heading into Saturday's OHSAA Division I state final.

A district finals trip, a torn ACL and an avoidable, eye-opening loss turned a good season into a trip to the OHSAA Division VI girls basketball state championship for the Rootstown Rovers.

Pickerington Central guard Zoe Coleman breaks down a 47-44 win over Cincinnati Princeton in the OHSAA Division I girls basketball state final.

For the first time in seven years, Pickerington Central is at the top of the Buckeye State after the Tigers defeated Cincinnati Princeton 47-44 in the OHSAA Division I championship. Pick Central was down by as many as seven points in the final quarter before back-to-back three point jumpers by Zoe