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FAIRBORN -Offense has been the strength of the Madei*~';: ''°'~ z ~ra boys y basketball team, but it „ I was defense that was the difference Saturday in a Division III regional championship game., The Mustangs held Finney' town to 18 first-half points on The Cincinnati Enquirer/Saed Hindash their way to a 77-62 victory at Wright State's Nutter Center. Madeira's Ken Fields grabs a rebound over Finneytown's The victory advanced Ma- Bob Meitrott. Fields scored a game-high 21 points. deira to the state semifinals for us." 11 a.m. Thursday at Value City Arena in Columbus. The MusDuring the fourth quarter, tangs play Coldwater,` a68-57Madeira was perfect on 12 free Tickets for Madeira's state winner over Huron. throw attempts, eight by senior semifinal game against "We dug too deep a hole in P guard Ken Fields. The MusColdwater (11 a.m. Thursday the first half," Finneytown tangs were 16-for-16 in the coach Chuck Grosser said. Our at Value City Arena) will be on game. spacing was the biggest prob- sale in the school's main "When they got it down to lem in the first half, and we office this week: eight said." wasn't worried, didn't get many good shots."Monday:11 a.m. to 4 P.m. ► Fields said. "We're a good freeMadeira coach Jim Reynolds ► Tuesday and Wednesday: throw shooting team, and the also pointed to the Mustangs' g a.m. to 4 p.m. right guys u s were Shooting defense in the first half as cruAll reserved seats are $7. Pp. them." vial. Jon Newberry said he was . I "We not only played great I . defense but also„rebounded well Schlensker-said. srBut Finney- excited for the seniors. rrThree years ago, we were in the first half Reynolds said. town played hard and made Ya Y „ P Y that run but I We told the guys at halfsince, was never worried.„ one point away from going to on a 17re 0-52 run we Lionel Calhoun scored 11 state," Newberry said. "We failing 12 n the semifi lost to Springfield Central Cathg • ~~ and Phil Sweet eight points P g in olic by one Ppoint in the (regionnals and not to lose focus. g third qquarter when the al) The Mustangs 'trailed semifinals, but we'll now get Wildcats cut into the Madeira Bloom-Carroll 17-2 before rallyour chance." ing for the easy victory Thurs_ lead, narrowing the deficit to 14 "This means so much beat 56-42. day in the semifinals. cause Madeira lacks tradition in Finneytown coming kept in During the first 16 minutes sports," said forward Nate ParSaturday, Madeira made 19-of- the fourth quarter. A three- khouse. "Everyone at the Point field goal by Jason Gard34 from the field, with Todd school has rallied behind us, and Schlenker scoring 12 points, ner with 5:29 remaining cut the we re seeing a lot of new faces deficit to eight ht at 62-54. all during the second quarter That g when Madeira at the games." when the Mustangs went on a FINNEYTOWN (62) - Calhoun 6.11 0-0 12, switched to a 3-2 zone that Meitrott 26-10 run. a3 1.2 I, Thompson 8.10 3• d 19, Sweet 7.135.820, Gardner 1.103.46,Monterosso2.70-04, seemed to confuse the Wildcats. Madeira's aggressive Veser al 0. Totals: 24.55 12.18 62. "I forgof that we used a 3-2 man-to-man defense forced 14 MADEIRA (77) 1 Parklhouse 4.7 2.2 10, Newberry 2-5 0.0 4, Dinsmore 4-62.210,Schlensker Finneytown turnovers to put the second time we played 8.11 4•4 20, Cohen 1.6 0-0 2, Dooley 1.2 0-0 2, Fields the Wildcats behind 40-18 at them, Reynolds said of Madei- 6.15 8.8 21, Underwood 4.4 0-08. Totals: 30.56 16.16 ra's 77-73 victory at Finney- Finneytown___.__ ...._ere 24 20- 62 halftime. 14 26 16 21- 77 "We were told at halftime to town. "It was pretty effective, Madeira. _ Three-point field goals: M 1.10 (Fields). F 2.11 and that's why we decided to go keep our composure and not (Sweet, Gardner). Records: Madeira 25.1, Finney„ allow them to make a run, back to it, and I think it was big town 18.7.

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scored all 18 of his points after halftime and Moeller used a full-court press to erase a 14point deficit early in the third P gstaid Mike Monserez, quarter with a 14-0 run. had a clear look from the Moeller coach Carl Kremer Perimeter, perimeter, admitted it was too said he didn't doubt that his late. The win at UD Arena gives team could come back. "Look „at our season," Kreal DiMoeller (19-6) the regional vision I championship and sends mar said. Whenever it appears it to Friday's state semifinals at that we're done, we find a way Ohio State's Value City Arena We lost to St. X by 25 at home, against Mansfield Senior at 9 we lose (Brad) Hutzel (due to suspension) at La Salle for the P•n" first two tournament ggames,evI saw the pass to Hutzel thinks we're done. and he shot the reverse lay la uup,,, eryone , down by 14 points with We're . Sylvester said. "I thought for sure that was in, but it hit the three minutes left against Vanback of the rim and had a good dalia Butler, we find a way. Moeller's run was fueled by bounce out so that I could tip it. It happened at practically the its press and helped along by same time the horn went off." foul trouble that sent BeaverThe tip-in capped a remark- creek point guard Jamie Holden able second half for both Sylves- to the bench. ter and Moeller. Sylvester "That was kind of a wild man

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BY CAREY HOFFMAN Enquirer contributor DAYTON- Moeller sophomore Matt Sylvester's tip-in at the buzzer sent the Crusaders to a 59-57 victory over Beavercreek Saturday night and their first Final Four in school history. Sylvester's tip-in, which came off a missed reverse layup by teammate Brad Hutzel, was immediately ruled good by the official at the three-point line. Neither head. coach would comment on whether they thought the tip was late, but Sylvester termed the timing "questionable" and Moeller

press," Monserez said. "You trap out there when you want." ` "They were like lions looking at raw meat said ' HoldBeavercreek coach Larry en, Jamie's father. "They really came after us." Beavercreek (25-1) scored the first two baskets of the secand half to take a 36-22 lead. But the Beavers would only score one more basket the rest of the quarter while committing eight turnovers. Meanwhile, Sylvester was scoring g 11 of Moeller's 18 points in the quarter. WilliamsA6.9 2.2 19, K. Williams 2.4 0.04~Smith'3.4 7, Renner Eldridge Berke0 -0 000 i a ao ao0.Totals ; 22.405.7 57.

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BY CAREY HOFFMAN Enquirer contributor DAYTON - Every trick in the book has been tried in the dozens of meetings between Jerry Doerger and Joe Petrocelli's teams. So why did a 1-3-1 trapping zone defense applied bY Alter so dramaticallyY derail McNicholas' state tournament hopes Saturday? That's what Doerger was still struggling with in the wake a of McNick s63=60 overtime loss to Alter in the Division TT regional title game at UD AreI just J' could not believe 'v we weren't able to settle down a little bit, Doerger g said I tried three different times asksking, in , Lets rein this, and we just didn't do i McNick scored 13 of the game s first 15 points, s, lead 29-19 at halftime and 37-23 with 4:47 left in the third. "We should have been in the driver's seat," Doerger said. "and they took the driver's seat away from us." Alter was playing without suspended 6-foot-8 sophomore Adam Walesl{owski, who averaged 12.5 points in the previous two meetings:with McNick. But the Knights did have Mark Borland, a junior guard. Borland (24 points) followed Adam Berardo's three-pointer with one 'of his own, cutting

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Ryan Caldwell(42)and Steve Brink can't watch the closing minutes of McNick's loss. fouled and made both' free IIthrows. McNick had three atDIVISION tempts at game-tying threepointers, but missed all three. McNick's lead to 42-37. It was "(Borland's) a very gutsy Borland who sank two free kid a very gutsy player," Doerthrows for the final points of gar said. regulation - 53-53. McNick could point to severMcNick held for a final shot, al areas that killed its chances: but Brad Cupito s three-pointer 1-of-17 three-point attempts, was long. 20 turnovers, Alter shooting 66 With Alter ahead 61-60 with percent in the second half. 24.5 seconds left, Borland was The win was the third for

Alter in four regional title matchups with McNick. It also sends Petrocelli to the state Final Four for the sixth time. ALTER (63) - Borland 6.8 9.10 24, Berardo 1-2 Staub 2- 81-2 5, Waleskowski 6.12 3.4 15, 1 10.0? Thomas 0-0 0.0 0, Swason 1-4 5-6 Goings . e, Carter 1-10-2 2. Totals: 19.38 19.26 63. MCNICHOLAS (60) - oglelree 3.7 5.7 11, cupilo 4.15 3.6 11, Schmidt 0-5 1.2 I, Moore 4.5 5.6 Fullerton 1726n60 Alter---------toc-14 Three-point goals: A (6.14) - Borland 3.4, Adlo 7.3 3, , Staub Calees SchmSwanson oo 0.6,i ans 4 Caldwell 1.5. Records: A 18.6, M 19.6.

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Freshman COLUMBUS, Ohio Megan Duffy scored 16 points and Dayton Chaminade-Julienne's relentless fullcourt pressure forced 25 Lima Bath turnovers to .win the Division II state title 42-34 Saturday afternoon. Chaminade-Julienne became the first school to lose in a title game and then come back to win the championship in a different division. A year ago, the Eagles lost to Pickerington in the Division I finale, 44-27. After graduating four starters, including Ms. Basketball Tamika Williams, they won 26 of 28 games including their final 13. Elise Ryder, the only returning starter from last year's final-game disappointment, had 11 points.

Vikings' first trip to the state tournament. Regina Smith, a first-team All-Ohioan, totaled 21 points and seven assists, while Megan Flynt had 13 points all in the first half as VASJ(25-3) built a double-digit lead. Mandy Petry had 12 points to lead Casstown Miami East, which lost for the first time after 26 victories.

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COLUMBUS — Cleveland Benedictine coach Frank Novak will find out tonight if speed beats size in the boys' state basketball tournament. If it does, his Bengals will be just the third team to win three consecutive Ohio state championships. Benedictine (20-6) opens the tournament with a Division II semifinal against Philo (22-3) at 6 p.m. at Value City Arena. Benedictine starts three guards and two forwards. Philo features a starting lineup of two guards, two centers center and a forward — and that forward is about tall enough to play in the middle. Philo centers Chris Ballenger and Jason Trout are both 6-6 and start along with forward Pat Rush,a 6-5 senior who leads the team with a 14point scoring average. Novak said he hopes five returning starters, including three who average in double figures, can carry the Bengals into the championship game. Point guard Chris Leanza, who was selected Division II co-Player of the Year after averaging 17 points per game, Michael Woods (6-1, 18 points per game) and Curtis Matthews (6-2, 10 points) 1plag tap backcourt for Benedictine. "The good thing is those guys have been there for the last two (championships)," Benedictine coach Frank Novak said."We feel pretty good, but

you've still got to play." Benedictine is the only defending champion in this year's tournament. Three of the 16 teams in the 77th boys tournament are making their Final Four debuts and four are back for just the second time. Columbus Beechcroft (20-4) and Kettering Alter (19-6) are scheduled to meet at 9 p.m. in the other Division II semifinal. Beechcroft is making its tournament debut, while Alter is back in the Final Four for the sixth time. The Knights won their only state title in 1978. Today's other semifinals are in Division III, where the co-Players of the Year have a chance at meeting headto-head in the championship game.

in the other semifinal scheduled for 2 p.m. Chanel lost in the semifinals in1991 and 1996. Fort Frye is back in the tournament for the first time since its 1962 debut. The Division IV semifinals open Friday's schedule. Edgerton (21-4) faces Worthington Christian (22-3) in the early game, which features two teams back in the tournament for just the second time. Worthington Christian was runner-up .in 1994, but Edgerton hasn't been playing this late since 1959. Fort Recovery and Berlin Hiland play in the other Division IV semifinal at 2 p.m. Berlin Hiland (25-1), rankad NW. 3,has returned to Co1umbus for the second straight year and fifth overall. Coldwater (17-8) and Madeira (24-1) were to have kicked off the ValNo.5 Fort Recovery (24-1) is makue City Arena era of the boys' tourna- ing its third semifinal appearance. ment with a game at 11 a.m. The tour- The Indians won the state title in nament had been played at St. John 1971, their last trip to the tournaArena from 1957 to '98. ment. Madeira, ranked No.2 in the final Division I takes over Value City Associated Press poll of the season, is Arena Friday afternoon with the only a first-time qualifier for the semifitwo remaining ranked teams in the nals. The Mustangs are led by senior division facing each other. SecondTodd Schlensker, a 6-0 guard with a ranked Shaker Heights (24-1), which. 20.7-point scoring average, who was has never played in the semifinals, named co-Player of the Year in the di- takes on No.5 East Liverpool (23-1). vision. Friday night's semifinal features Bedford Chanel sophomore Brian Mansfield Senior (22-3), making its Swift, who averages 20.5 points, sixth tournament appearance, against shared the honor with Schlensker. He perennial football power Moeller will lead the No. 1-ranked Firebirds (19-6). Moeller is making its first ap(24-0) against Beverly Fort Frye (24-2) pearance.in the basketball semifinals.

Girls'Scholar/athlete®vs' Scholar/athlete JESSICA SCHLOMER, Northwest High School

KENNY HORNSBY, Goshen High School

■ SPORT: Volleyball. ;:i e ON THE COURT:Jessica has been ca captain of the P ^` ' ' `'A ~ volleyball team since her sophomore season. ! ">: s IN THE CLASSROOM:Jessica maintains a 4.1644 grade-point average on a 4.0 honors-weightedsystem' of advanced P placement courses. She is a member of the French Honor Society and has been on the honor ;r, roll each of her four years at Northwest. "> ' ■ COLLEGE PREFERENCE: Miami University, major •.... „^ in business. ® COACH'S COMMENT:"Jessica is a bright, dedicated young lady who works hard in the classroom and tfR ;j on the volleyball court. She is a go-to person who is not flashY but is extreme)Y efficient." — Rich Craig, " 9 F. Northwest athletic director. Coaches and student counselors may nominate Jessica Schlomer scholar-athletes Monday evenings. Call 352-2767. Hard worker

v SPORTS: Golf and baseball. s ON THE FIELD: Kenny,a junior, started for the Warriors' baseball team as a sophomore. He won All-Fort Ancient Valley Conference honors in golf as a sophomore and as a junior. ■ IN THE CLASSROOM: Kenny maintains a 3.12 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale of advanced placement courses. He ranks 66th in a class of 225. ■ COLLEGE PREFERENCE: Undecided. ■ COACH'S QUOTE:"Kenny is the best golfer at our school in the last 25 years. He was our first district qualifier in man ears, and since we have one from Division I to II, heeasily should qualify for state next year." — Geof Hart, Goshen varsity golf coach. Coaches and student counselors may nominate Kenny Hornsby scholar-athletes Monday evenings between 6:30 and Future state competitor 10 by calling 352-2767.

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CLASS AA RESULTS 1971-Canton Lehman 68, Warren Champion 63; 1972-Ready 59, Lexington 47; 1973Ready 79, Delphos St. John's 66, 1974-Akron Manchester 72, Hartley 52; 1975-Warsaw River View 77, Dayton Stivers 72, OT; 1976Dayton Roth 82, Lorain Catholic 81; 1977Cleveland Cathedral Latin 69, Mifflin 65; 1978-Portsmouth 63, Cleveland Cathedral Latin 62; 1979-Dayton Jefferson 65, Cleveland Cathedral Latin 63; 1980-Hamilton Ross 45, Portsmouth 44; 1981-Napoleon 60, New Lebanon Dixie 48; 1982-Dayton Roth 68, Youngstown Rayen 56; 1983-Bexley 77, Oak Harbor 58; 1984-Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 75, Wheelersburg 71; 1985-Youngstown Rayen 50, Linden 46; 1986--Oberlin 74, Enon Greenon 70; 1987-DeSales 71, Dayton Jefferson 64. DIVISION 11 RESULTS 1988-Portsmouth 54, West Geauga 47; 1989-Lexington 89;West Geauga 57; 1990Dayton Colonel White 71, Portsmouth 57; 1991--Lexington 55, Dayton Chaminade-Julienne 53; 1992-Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph_ 61, St. Charles 48; 1993-Girard 64, Whitehall 57; 1994-Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 73, Wauseon 59; 1995-Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 58, Cambridge 46; 1996Orrville 64, Ottawa-Glandorf 63; 1997-Cleveland Benedictine 71, Akron Buchtel 68; 1998Cleveland Benedictine 57, Dover 48. DIVISION III RESULTS 1988-Hamilton Badin 68, Tuscarawas Valley 63; 1989-Akron Hoban 52, North College Hill 49, 2 OT; 1990-St. Henry 71, Youngstown Liberty 60; 1991-Wayne.Trace 77, Chillicothe Unioto 55; 1992-Orrvllle 78, Patrick Henry 65; 1393--Campbell Memorial 47, Belpre 39; 1994-Youngstown Ursuline 55, Lima Central Catholic 53; 1995- Orrville 79, Wheelersburg 50; 1996-Miami East 58, Archbold 53; 1997Patrick Henry 63, Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 61; 1998-Highland 80, Cincinnati Indian Hill 61. CLASS A RESULTS 1923-Plattsburg 16, Belipoint 15; 1924Bellpoint 24, Archbold 20; 1925-Belipoint 42, Oberlin 24; 1926-Oberlin 32, Miamisburg 13; 1927-Kent State 20, Oberlin 16; 1928-Marshall 20, Manchester 17; 1929-Akron St. Mary 28, Bluffton 26; 1930-Lancaster St. Marys 34, Rome 3; 1931--Austintowh-Fitch 26, Lancaster St. Marys 24, 2 OT; 1932-Castalia Margaretta 26, Ostrander 24, OT; 1933-Springfield Lawrenceville 36, Henrietta 24; 1934-Waterloo 40, Mark Center 26; 1935-Waterloo 25, Oxford Stewart 22; 1936-Sandusky St. Mary's 25, Leesburg 22; 1937-Upper Arlington' 43, Lockland 25; 1938-Canal Fulton 42, Enon 21; 1939-North Canton 24, Sandusky St. Marys 23; 1940-New Carlisle 43, Canfield 26; 1941Glenford 48, Canfield 28; 1942-Somerset 49, Bremen 42; 1943-Yorkville 54, Tipp City 30; 1944-Akron Ellet 49, Lima St. Johns 39; 1945-Dayton Northridge 51, Columbiana 42; 1946--Farmer 36, Worthington 32; 1947-Columbiana 43, New Knoxville 34; 1948-Eaton 45, Lima St. Rose 36; 1949-Delphos St. John's 47, Lockland Wayne 43; 1950-Miller City 44, Eaton 36; 1951-Grand Rapids 52, Waynesburg 51; 1952-Lockland Wayne 56, Nelsonville 46; 1953-Mariemont 87, Philo 44; 1954-New Lexington St. Aloysius 65, Delphos St: John's 63; 1955-Lockland Wayne 64, Wilshire 56; 1956-Arcanum 72, St. Marys 71; 1957-Ayersville 74, Gratis 73, OT; 1958West Salem Northwestern 60, Bucyrus Holmes Liberty 56; 1959-Edgerton 57, Linwood Jacksontown 53; 1960-Salem Local 74, Frazeysburg 59, 19611-Ayersville 40, Youngstown Libonly 38; 1962-New Lebanon Dixie 74, Berlin Hiland 62; 1963-Dresden Jefferson 48, Jackson Center 46; 1964-Dresden Jefferson 71, Celina 61; 1965-West Salem Northwestern 55, Springhoro 45; 1966-New Lebanon Dixie 75, Rossford 63; 1967-Strasburg 54, Arcanum 47; 1968-Mansfield St. Peter's 73, Petersburg Springfield 50; 1969-Arcanum 84; Bridgeport 59; 1970-Cincinnati Lincoln Heights 62, Sebring McKinley 60; 1971-Fort Recovery 70, Pleasant 57; 1972-Indian Valley South 59, nidgedale 41; 1973-Pleasant 42, Indian Valley South 37; 1974-Lorain Clearview 74, Franklin Monroe 69; 1975-Maria Stein Marion 59, Indian Valley South 56, OT; 1976-Indian Valley South 63, Pettisville 53; 1977-Fort Loramie 63, Mansfield St. Peter's 50; 1978-Mansfield St. Peter's 78, Tipp City Bethel 60; 1979St. Henry 64, Mansfield St. Peter's 57; 1980- . Sandusky St. Mary's 62, Cincinnati Summit Country Day .56, OT; 1981-Kalida 58, Academy 44; 1982-Middletown Fenwick 64, Racine Southern 44; 1983-Delphos St. John's 55, Buckeye Central 48; 1984-Monroeville 66, Ir ehrle 62; 1985-Jackson Center 63, Graysvilie Skyvue 61; 1986-Wehrle 72, Dayton Jefferson 58;1987-Fort Loramie 68, Wynford 50.

DIVISION IV RESULTS 1988-Webrle 71, Kalida 54; 1989-Wehrle 83, Lima Central Catholic 81; 1990-Wehrle 67, Springfield Catholic Central 58; 1991-St. Henry 71, Tri-Village 45; 1992-Berlin Hiland 74, Gates Mills Gilmour 71; 1993-Fort Loramie 70, New Riegel 54; 1994-Upper Scioto Valley 56, Worthington Christian 54; 1995-Liberty Benton 70, Springfield Catholic Central 51; 1996-Springfield Catholic Central 75, Van Wert Lincolnview 52; 1997-Van Wert Lincolnview 76, Rosecrans 60; 1998-Dayton Jefferson 74, Delphos St. John's 71, OT.

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By Marls Ztnld ar6 Reporter Dispatch Sports At least on a miniature scale, East Liverpool point guard Danny Swoger knows what it's like to walk in the shoes of actor and heartthrob Leonardo DiCa rio. The day after the Pottersreached the Division I state boys basketball tournament with a victory over Springfield South, adoring grade schoolers swarmed Swoger and his teammates for autographs. Things like that happen in the Ohio River town of approximately 17,000, where there aren't any professional or college sports teams to embrace. "There have been a lot of congratulations, people saying, `Great job,' and a lot of great support," Swoger said. "Everywhere you go people have to tell you what we've done. Little kids come up to ask for autographs." The Potters (23-1), who will meet Shaker Heights (24-1) in a semifinal at 6 p.m. Friday, were the talk of the town long before qualifying for their first trip to Columbus since 1947. It's not uncommon for fans to drive a couple of hours to watch their football and basketball teams. Homeames are a hapg p peeing. The players realize their every move is being studied,especially by the little ones. "You have to be on your best behavior because you play for East Liverpool," Swoger said. "You hear little kids saying, `I'm No. 11,' or `I'm No. 44.' You have to be

pointto Brookhaven in a regional semifinal. "There were years when we thought Zanesville and East Liverpool were the two best teams in the state, Aloi said. It was just unfortunate that we had to meet in the sectional. Something just had to give for us. Now there isjust euphoria." Aloi, who came over from nearby -Midland High School in Pennsylvania, realized when he took the job that tradition, school spirit and superb feeder systems could take East Liverpool point guard the Potters only so far. In order for East Liverpool to reach its potential, Aloi began taking his players on responsible. We realize that." long road trips in search of stronger compeEast Liverpool might be hard to find on tition. East Liverpool has won the the last the map-it's 2 miles from the Pennsylva- nine River Valley League titles. nia border, an hour south of Youngstown "We're very isolated and we have to do a and 30 minutes northeast of Steubenville- lot of traveling to play Division I schools," but its talented basketball team stands out. he said. "Zanesville is 2% hours away and in Nick Aloi has coached the Potters to five the same sectional. We're an hour away 20-win seasons this decade and to 216 wins from Bridgeport. in 13seasons. "We also established a holiday tournaBut this group, led by Swoger, 6-foot-8 ment to bring in good teams. We brought in center Forrest Kirby, 6-5 forward Robert teams from Pennsylvania, from Trotwood Jackson, 6-foot forward Robbie Green and Madison and West from Columbus. You've 6-6 shooting guard Justin Kreefer, has been gotto do that if you're going to get better." Aloi's favorite. Don't expect the Potters to be deer in "I think this group has all the ingredi- the headlights when they reach Columbus. ents"Aloi said. They're ty lads, but they're somewhat y not city The Potters also got over a huge speed cocky and can play the city game. bump by beating Zanesville in the sectional. "We're on a mission now," Swoger said. When the Blue Devils were playing in "We're going to be OK(in Columbus)." state tournaments in 1995 and '97 and in a Jackson said the Potters fear no one. regional final in '96, East Liverpool was "Probably because of our athleticism," gnashing its teeth at home. Last year, the he said. "Five-on-five, we've got good talPotters got past Zanesville but lost by one ent. We know we can play."

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Gregg Collins was only in the early stages of gathering information about state tournament opponent Cincinnati Moeller, but the Mansfield Senior coach already had the book'` on Crusaders standout Mike Monserez. s "I'm a huge Notre Dame fan and I subscribe to Blue and Gold Illustrated," he said.RM "I've been reading detailed reports about this kid since he committed to the Irish his junior year. I've been very anxious I to see him play -just not against us. I hope all the rave, I reviews I've seen on him are all wrong,at leastfor one game." Mansfield Senior (22-3) meets Moeller (19-6) in a Division I state semifinal at9 p.m. Friday in Value City Arena [ Monserez, a 6-foot-5 point guard averaging 19.6 points and 6.2 assists per game, will be a player worth watching in a tournament largely devoid of big-name standouts. "Mike is not the quickest guy in the world and he doesn't jump out of the gym," Moeller coach Carl Kremer said. "He's hardly an unbelievable physical specimen. "He's just a kid who uses his size, work ethic, court awareness and understanding of the game to make up for his limitations elsewhere. The most important thing about Mike is the Ernest Coleman /cincinnati Enquirer other kids feed off him. He's a big reason why we're here." Monserez (Mike of Cincinnati Moeller, right, is a heady, allThe perimeter-oriented Tygers start three players 6 feet around player averaging 19.6 points a game as a point guard. and under,posing plenty ofconcerns for Collins. "We don't have much size to start with," he said."To match up with a quality 6-5 lad running the show is going to be sounded-to upset previously unbeaten Beavercreeli:!y6QU7 in difficult. They're pretty darn big and strong. No question; their a regional final. size is something we'll have to deal with." "We're completely overwhelmed to be here for the first Kremer, who goes 6-6 and 6-3 inside to complement Mon- time in school history," Kremer said. "These 10 seniors have serez, wondered whether Collins picked up a bogus scouting put themselves in a position to have this success." report. In turn, tradition-rich Mansfield Senior returned only one "Sometimes, you the hear the word Moeller and you expect starter in 6-foot senior guard Marquis Sykes - the Tygers' us to come out with a bunch of big, burly, 230-pound lineback- equivalent of Monserez. ers from the footballteam," he said. "As a third-year starter, Marquis means an awful lot to this "Our tall guys are pretty thin. We're not a great inside team, ballclub," Collins said. "He can handle the ball, shoot, defend to tell you the truth. Nobody has dunked for us all year. Not and is a great team leader. Plus, he's got a tremendous record. once. That's rare for a Division I team. Our strength is that we How can you argue with three conference championships?" play real smart and we're good at identifying and attacking our Collins won Division II state titles in 1989 and '91 at Lexingopponents' weaknesses." ton, but took a four-year sabbatical before resurfacing at Moeller also has carved a niche for pulling out tight games. Mansfield Senior. The Crusaders rallied from 14 points down in the final 1:40 "We thought we had done all we could at Lexington," he to defeat Vandalia-Butler 62-59 in a district final. On Saturday, said. "A big part of the coaching game is that you need chalMoeller got in a tip-in - many say after the final buzzer lenges. This was definitely a different kind ofchallenge."

The doctor who reconstructed Jon Higgins' left lamee last August was optimistic about a full recovery. Higgins, a 6-foot-3 senior point guard from Shaker Heights, had only one problem with the rehabilitation plans: He wasn't going to live without basketball until his freshiman season at the University ofTennessee. "I had never been hint like that before," Higgins said. "Oh, I had a broken finger and things like that. Then the doctor told me it would be the whole year. I said I'd come back for-at, least the playoffs." When the Red Raiders (24-1) meet East Liverpool (23-1) in a Division I state tournament semifinal at 6 p.m. Friday in Value City Arena,Higgins will be in the starting lineup. Coach Bob Wonson knew Higgins was running in a swin-; ming pool with a weighted vest, lifting weights and going through other rehabilitation exercises. But he was taken aback when Higgins was playing full speed almost six months to the day after having ligament surgery. He: suffered the injury landing awkwardly during an AAU game iii.; July in California. "I heard that Jon was hurt and said, `Well, there it; goes for us,'" Wonson said. "I thought we'd have a chance t:o go far in the tournament with Jon. Then he began practicing full timeDec. 24 and received clearance to play six weeks later. Jon just, wouldn't believe the doctor." Some have said Higgins' offense isn't up to speed. His soonn ing average is a modest 9.4 points per game, but he leads thehe team in assists (4.0) and steals (3.8) and has been running tkre offense flawlessly. "Shooting the ball is what Jon does best, and he hasn't shot-.. that well," Wonson said. "But he has been a great calmin , influence. He gets the team organized and has been a disrupting force. He had 31 steals his first nine games back. His value 94.9so sway beyond points." Shaker Heights was a state basketball power before F_iggirwarrival. The problem was the Red Raiders couldn't get pa'Ft Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph, Cleveland Heights or Akio! . . Buchtel during the tournament. -,: Higgins, who was rated the best player in Ohio with Brooks:. Hall of Troy in preseason, desperately wanted to get the' teamto its first state tomnanlent. "They told me about the rehab and I said,`Man, that's a-lot vf.. work,'" Higgins said. "But to be the best, I told myself, you' have to pay the price. It was a blessing in disguise. I have:a, much better work ethic." Higgins doesn't remember much from the night he returnel. to the lineup because there was so much going through his mind. People have told him the atmosphere in the gym was absolute bedlam. "I just kind of tools it in stride because I felt I could have played well before I actually played," he said. "I wasn't hyped or jacked up,just a little nervous. Myjob is to keep order on the floor and play tough `D.'"

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By Mark Znidar Dispatch Sports Reporter Bedford Chanel could have the weight of the world on its shoulders being ranked No. 1 in Division III and having the only spotless record in the state basketball tournament. But coach Greg Kraley said the players are almosttoo loose. "That, quite frankly, doesn't affect us," Fraley said of the 24-0 record and ranking. "The bottom line, the cliche everybody uses, is taking it one step (at a time). Our guys really think that. "The last time we were at state, in 1996, we were the same way, laughing and screwing around. They just play. They don't look at things as pressure."

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position behind the arc almost all the time. Almost everyone on our team has permission to shoot the three. "I've run this for years. To get to the level we're at now, this is the only way to beat the big teams. Our kids really get motivated offit." Fort Frye comes at teams with five guards. The team has made 236 of 608 three-point shots-an astounding 21 coming in a victory over Caldwell-and six players have made at least 26 treys. The Cadets have won 17 straight since a four-point loss to Waterford, but haven't seen a team with as much talent as Chanel. Firebirds guard Brian Swift, who averages 20.5 points, is rated the best sophomore in Ohio. His rum-Ling mate, Brandon Childress, also is a handful to defend.

But (history, not talent, could be Fort Fryes biggest problem. Chanel is motivated by its., regional final loss last season to Massillon Td.§ law. "Last year we got overwhelmed and said, `Hey, we're here and we're supposed to wiry it,'" Kraley said. "We learned a big lesson front' that. This year all they've talked about is the Tnslaw loss." Chanel also has thrived on playing a wide-: open game. Kraley demanded a business-like style until several players approached him. "They said, `Coach, can we have a littio: more freedom?'" Kraley said. "I've listened to; them more than any other team I've had. Now r, I've become kind of a loose guy. I've never hail. a team that has had so much flan playing to,. gether."

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DIVISION III First team: Brian Swift (Bedford Chanel), 5-foot-10, sophomore, 20.5 points per game; Todd Schlensker (Cincinnati Madeira), 6.0, sr., 20.5; Robed James (Newcomerstown), 6-5, sr., 27.2; Seth Hoyng (Highland), 6.2, jr., 19.1; Brooks Miller (Metamore Evergreen), 6.3, sr., 23.6; Doug Williams (Piketon), 6.5, sr.;21.8; Joe Wilson, Newton Falls, 6-3, sr., 24.6. Second team: Justin Wendel (Grandview), 6-1, sr., 220; Rollie Smith .(Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph) 6.0, sr., 15.0; Brandon "Bam" Childress (Bedford Chanel), 5-9, jr.. 17.2; Ralph Pugh (Martins Ferry), 6.5, sr., 17.1; Jason Allen (New Paris National Trail), 6.3, jr., 19.9; Jim Fisher (Huron), 6-6, ir., 18.2; Chris Adkins (Chillicothe Huntington), 6-3, sr., 25.; John King (Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary),6.4, sr., 18,0, Third team: Jeff Fishel (North Lima South Range), 6.5, sr., 24.0; Maverick Carter (Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary), 6-3, jr., 17.0; Chris Lovely (Chesapeake), 6-1, sr., 19.0; Lee Creager (Hamler Patrick Henry), 6.5, sr., 21.3; Mike Haynes (Sycamore Mohawk), 6.8; sr., 18.7; David Kalb (Bucyrus Wynford), 6-2, jr., 19.5; Adam Huwer (Coldwater), 6-4, sr., 15.5; James Spikes (Cincinnati St. Bernard-Elmwood Place), 6-3, sr., 16.1; Steven Matthews (Milton-Union), 6-7, sr., 18.0; Billy Mallamee (Sugarcreek Garaway), ", sr., 15.0; Jim Derzko (Brooklyn), 6-3, ,sr., 22.0; Brandon Norris(Heath), 5-11,sr., 25.0. Players of the year—Brian Swift (Bedford Chanel) and Todd Schlensker (Cincinnati Madeira). Coaches of the year—Dan Liedtke (Fort Frye) and Greg Kraley (Bedford Chanel). Special mention: Matt McCurdy (Springfield Catholic Central); Mike Gardner (Batavia); Ryan Green (Northridge); Scott McMullen (Granville); Brian Warren (West Lafayette Ridgewood); Brent Welch (Barnesville); Mall Vess (Fort Frye); Derrick Leach (Sarahsville Shenandoah); Tyler Schletch (Westfall); Tyler Barbee (Richmond Dale Southeastern); Jim Randolph (Belpe); Brett Dalrymple (Crooksville); Mike Leesburg (Wheelersburg); Antoine Dunklin (Cleveland Villa Angela St. Joseph); Jason Pecjak (Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph); Chris VanBuskirk (Rocky River Lutheran West); Scott Redford (Orwell Grand Valley); Percy Robinson (Bedford Chanel); Larry Penn (Bedford Chanel); David Jenkins (Warren Kennedy); Matt Cagan (Cortland Maplewood);Jason Murdock (East Palestine). Honorable mention: Jason Shared (Versailles); Kevin Chance (East Clinton); Phil Sweet (Finneytown); Reggie Moore (Cincinnati North College Hill); Jake Pelfrey (Springfield Northeastern); Nathan Beck (New Paris National Trail); Mark Adams (New Albany); Greg Gutter (Canal Winchester); Chris Hootman (Ready); Be Richardson (Bloom-Carroll); Scott Thrush (Fairbanks); Jeremy Dierick (Magnolia Sandy Valley); Jason Andreas (Sugarcreek Garaway); Zach Fait (Tuscarawas Valley); Angelo Canella (Steubenville Catholic Central); Chuck Byers (Woodsfield Monroe); Justin Tyler (Martins Ferry); Benji Hall (Ontario); Matt McCullough (Kenton); Seth Miller (Wayne Trace); Sal Sanchez (Millbury Lake); Tony Sondergeld (Genoa); Brad Miller (Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant); Greg Johnson (Proctorville Fairland); Lucas Singer (Chillicothe Zane Trace); Kevin Netter (Richmond Dale Southeastern); Ben Harlsock (Chillicothe Unioto); Ardo Armpalu (Wellston); Eric McClintock (South Webster); Nolan Crabtree (Lucasville Valley); John Karaba (Middlefield Cardinal); Dustin Kinney (Wickliffe); Clint Nageotte (Brooklyn); Mike Rieciuti (Brooklyn); Matt Wilhelm (Elyria Catholic); R.C. Clapham (Elyria,Catholic); Dan Augaitls (Columbia); Kyle Pycraft (Wellington); Scott Malls (Cleveland Villa Angela St, Joseph); Shawn Weingad (Louisville Aquinas); Lamont Jones (Doylestown Chip-

DIVISION IV FIRST TEAM: Ryan Snyder (Sebring McKinley), 6.2, sr., 28.1; Joe Bills (Rosecrans), 6.0, sr., 21.3; Aaron Levering (Card• Ington), 6-1, sr., 21.9; Aaron Fries (Norwalk St. Paul), 5.9, sr., 24.8; Joe Dressel (Ironton St. Joseph), 6-4, sr., 25.3; Josh Hollar (Triad), 6-0, sr., 24.2. SECOND TEAM: Sam Smith (Worthington Christian), 6.5, . Jason WeakleyY ( (Worthington Christian), 5-10 'r. Ir, 1 98, I , 9 15.3; Kendall Schlabach (Berlin Hiland), 5.11, jr., 18.0; Chuck Bihn (Fort Recovery), 6.4, jr., 17.0; Dan Vaughn (Dalton), 6.7, sr., 21.8; J.R. Atkinson (Richmond Heights), 5-10, sr., 24.8; Marcus Bixier (Franklin-Monroe), 6.0, sr., 13.5; Justin Best (Edon), 6.6, sr., 24.5. THIRD TEAM: David Thompson (Wellsville), 5-10, sr., 16.5; Doug Whiteman (Rosecrans), 5-8, sr., 18.5; Brad Rethman (Fort Loramie), 6.6, sr., 13.5; Kevin Knippen (Fort Jennings), 6.4, sr., 18.2; Brady Trace (Glouster Trimble), 6-3, sr., 20.0; Rick Upshire (Kinsman Badger), 6-2, sr., 17.8; Dan Walter (Tiffin Calvert), 6.5, sr., 20.1; Kent. Volkmer (Colonel Crawford), 63, jr, 18.4. Player of the year—Ryan Snyder(Sebring McKinley). Coaches of the year—Kevin Sheridan (Ironton St. Joseph), Rick Brook (Sebring McKinley), Perry Reese Jr. (Berlin Hiland) and Todd Rock(Rosecrans). Special mention: Jamar Shackelford (Dayton Jefferson); Scott Whitehead (Cincinnati Seven Hills); Matt Witt (Tipp City Bethel); Jeremy Chapman (Marion Catholic); Charlie Smith (Centerburg); Rick Kroll (New Matamoros Frontier); Justin Cooper (Toronto); Ryan Alexander (Bellaire St. John); Kyle Young (Mowrystown Whiteoak); Adam Weber (Peebles); Jason Barrett (Franklin Furnace Green); Brian Burns (Independence); Mark Sandidge (Ashtabula Sts. John and Paul); Tim Steadman (Elyria First Baptist); Dan Rubio (Grand River); Adam Juday (Kirtland); Tony Culotta (Newbury); Ben Maczuzak (Lake Ridge Academy); Brad Hluchan (Brislolville Bristol); Kevin Hershberger (Canton Heritage Christian); Rich Hudak (Southington Chalker); Chris Hignight(Kidron Central Christian). Honorable mention: Nathan Ware (Cedarville); Jack Cummins (Cincinnati Summit Country Day); Eric Crew (Cincinnati Seven Hills); Jason Blumenstock (Franklin-Monroe); Andy Rosenbeck (Russia); Chad Fires (Cedarville); Andy Lipp (Fisher Catholic); Aaron Minister (Tree of Life); Curtis Osborne (Centerburg); Adam Reynolds (Berne Union); Jeff Thiel (Rldgedale); Derek Madzia (Cadiz); Eric Leasure (Beallsville); Matt Miller (Berlin Hiland); Scott Stutter (Toronto); Thad Skinner (Waterford); Andy Dean (Freeport Lakeland); Brian Edgar (New Matamoras Frontier); Marcus Creature (Wellsville); Casey Lang (Waterford); Dave Dehart (McComb); Aaron Lammers (Miller City); Jim Conrad cridersville Perry); C.J. Short (Edgerton); Justin Riegsecker (Pettisville); Jeremiah Diebler (Gibsonburg); Josh Ralcliff (Podsmouth Clay); Chris McGraw (New Boston Glenwood); Nick Barrett (Leesburg Fairfield); Joey Barnett (Mowrystown Whiteoak); Dusty Mason (Nodh Adams); Josh Duce (Thompson Ledge. mont; Dale Piotrowski (Independence); John Hakolo (Fairport Harbor Harding); Mark Porath (Gates Mills Gilmour); J.R. Creveling (Kirtland); Nelson Colon (North Coast Christian); Tim Gill (North Coast Christian); Josh Smith (Elyria Open Door); Jason Janscura (Lorain Catholic); Bobby Wilson (Lordslown); Tanner Midlick (McDonald); Matt Lecon (Dalton); Drew Schneiders (Canton Heritage Christian); Cory Boyle (Salineville Southern); Josh Upshire (Kinsman Badger); Zach Kooker (Kidron Central Christian).

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SARASOTA, Fla. —Second baseman Carlos Baerga, g a former All-Star with the Cleveland Indians, reported to Ed Smith Stadium yesterday, put on a Cincinnati Reds uniform and went to work on rebuilding his reputation. Baerga, 30, signed a nonguaranteed minor= league contract with the Reds on Tuesday. He wants to erase the "out of shape" stamp the St. Louis Cardinals put on him when they released him March 17 after only 15 at-bats in six games. He would have made $1.25 million if he had made St. Louis' opening day roster, but the Cardi nals didn't think he was worth the investment. Baerga, who said he routinely carries more than 220 pounds on a 5-foot-11 frame in spring training,said the out-of-shape label is a bad rap. "They thought I was kind of heavy," Baerga said. "I've been like this all my life. I am no skinny guy. My body is like that. I know sometimes I come to spring training a little bit heavy. But I always lose it. That's why you have spring training. "In all my years in Cleveland, I always weighed from 220 or 225 and I started the season at 217 or 218. So I came down." He didn't shrink fast enough for the Cardinals. "It hurt a little bit," Baerga said. "It doesn't bother me that much. The only thing that bothered me is they decided to make a move after four (starts). I don't think that's fair." Baerga hit .314 for the Indians in 1995. After he was traded to the New York Mets in 1996, his career began to spiral downward. The Reds are

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IMUck rr,_'S --arre% of state awatd From stgffcrud hire reports Todd Rock, who guided Zanesville Rosecrans to a fourth straight Central Catholic League championship, was one of four sharing the Associated Press Division IV Ohio coach ofthe year honor. Rock shared the award with Kevin Sheridan of Ironton St. Joseph, Rick Brook of top-ranked Sebring McKinley and Perry Reese Jr.. of state qualifier Berlin Hiland. rvcic's senior standout, G-foot-1 guard Joe Bills, was first-team AllOhio along with Central District player of the year Aaron Levering of Cardington. Bills, Rosecrans' all-time leading scorer and a Wright State signee, averaged 21.3 points. Levering averaged 21.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.7 steals for a regional finalist. Juniors Sam Smith and Jason Weakley, who powered Worthington Christian to the state tournament, made the second team. The player of the year in the small-school division was 6-foot-2 senior guard Ryan Snyder, who scored 28:1 points a game in leading

Sebring McKinley to a unbeaten regular-season record. He accounted for 44 percent of his team's scoring. In Division III, Brian Swift of Bedford Chanel and Todd Schlensker of Cincinnati Madeira, who led their teases to the state tournament, were named co-players ofthe year. Swift, a 5-10 sophomore, averages 20.5 points a game for unbeaten and top-ranked Chanel. Schlensker, a 6-0 senior, also averaged 20.5 points for second-ranked Madeira. The Division III coaches of the year were state tournament-bound Dan Liedtke of Fort Frye and Greg Kraley of Chanel. In his 14th year at Fort Frye, Liedtke used a lineup packed with underclassmen to go 18-2 in the regi lnr season. Kraley survived a tough schedule and young lineup. The only area first-tealner in Division III was Central District player of the year Seth Hoyng of Highland, a 63 junior who averaged 18.7 points, 5.5 assists, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.5 blocks while shooting 55 percentfrom the field. Senior guard Justin Wendel of Grandview made the second team.

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"We're going to take a couple of days and see if I can't get 1 rid of it," Harnisch said. "The -^ next time I go on the mound,if it happens then, I'll be concerned." Bowden downplayed Harrdsch's problem. "No one has led me to believe it's going to get worse," Bowden said. "I think it's all a muscle thing and it will go away." He expects Harnisch to anchor the 10-man staff that opens the season. He is tempted, but won't bring more pitchers north. "I'd have 12 if I had my way," Bowden said. "You can't the way rosters go these days. But we've got to stay healthy." The Reds, he said, will open with six outfielders, seven infielders and two catchers. "That may change," said Bowden, who is trying to trade third catcher Brook Fordyce and seventh outfielder Jon Nunnally. Deals with the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox could be cooling.

duns in October, Regan called information helps, You can try it and it can tell you ~~ Cleveland to see if they would what not to do." - I be interested in having him Regan admits he doesn't have all the answers, but .".,' the 62-year-old has 13 years of experience as a majorback. " Regan had left Cleveland at- league pitcher and another 25 as a coach or manager. ter the strike-shortened 1994 "He really knows what he's talking about," said season to become the Balti- Steve Karsay, currently slotted to be a long reliever ` more Orioles' manager.Under for the Indians, "And sometimes it's just the little / Regan's tutelage in '94, the In- things he might notice. That's what it was with me, _ dians led the majors in com- just something with my mechanics that didn't require L plete gasmues, allowed the few- a big adjustment." est home rums and had to only Regan says he missed the teaching aspect of Phil Regan AL staff with four pitchers who coaching while managing the Orioles in '95. There won 10 or more games. were too many times, he said, when he felt like he Regan, who spent the past two seasons as pitch- was standing around doing nothing. i ng coach of the Chicago Cubs, was eager to be on But now Regan,a grandfather of 10,is back where Indians manager Mince IIargrove's staff again. he belongs. "We worked together well," Regan said. "And I "You kind of live and die with your pitchers," he knew they had some good young pitchers and they said."You feel bad when they feel bad, and you feel were a team with a good chance of winning the good when they feel good: But when you get them World Series. To me it was an ideal situation." over those humps it's real rewarding." Regan's hands-on approach is a departure from the way Wile; 2110ME,ihALPPY — Jim Thome, Travis Fry"Working with a new pitching coach is an adjust- man and rookie Alex Ramirez homered as the meat, but it's been real easy to get a feel for what Phil Indians totaled 12 hits in a 10-2 win over the Los is talking about," Wright said. Angeles Dodgers in Vero Beach,Fla. "With Mark it was more,`Come to me if you need Dave Burba of Cleveland allowed six hits and something.'Or he'd let you know if he saw something two runs in five innings. Karsay finished with onedrastic. Phil's got a lot of information. Even bad hit relieffor a save.

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It, oi;ho rurts'r moves, the Reds placed reliever Stan Belinda and starter Scott Winchester on the 15-day disabled list with sore aims. ANOTHER SCARE — Reliever Scott Sullivan pulled himself out of yesterday's game with Tampa Bay after delivering a 1-and-1 pitch to David Lamb with two out in the eighth inning. He said afterward that he strained a gluteal muscle on a pitchto former Reds catcher Joe Oliver. "It was clearly precautionary," Sullivan said. The Reds won the game 5-4. Pokey Reese had two hits and an RBI. Sean Casey had two RBI. Steve Avery (2-1) earned the win despite giving up three home runs. ® YOUNG SIGHTING — Right fielder Dmitri Young missed his seventh game since straining his left knee during an outfield practice session. He received electric stimulation on the injured knee and later hit in the batting cage and ran. He expects to play Saturday in Bradenton, Fla., against the Pirates. "I'll be fine," he said. "If I come back Saturday, I'll still have seven games."

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WINTER HAVEN,Fla.(AP)— Professor Phil Re gan's Pitching 101 class is taught most clays in the bullpen at Chain O'Lakes Park. On this morning, Jerry Spradlin, Cleveland's 6 foot-7 reliever with a 100 mph fastball, is Regan's student. Today's lesson: throwing from the stretch position. Regan, back this year for his second stint as the Tribe pitching coach, has detected flaws in Spradlin's delivery. He thinks Spradlin would have better con trot and more power if the right-hander would keep his elbows closer to his body and hold his hands higher when he comes to to set position. "Keep them right in here like this," Regan says, showing Spradlin the proper position. At first, Spradlin seems uncomfortable. His first pitch sails high and wide of the strike zone. After a few more erratic throws he stops for more instruction. "Try it up here," Regan says, now grabbing Spradlin's arms and placing them where he wants them. "Don't drop them down and let's see what happens." S pitcln pops the catcher's nett. 7. "That was pretty good, wasn't it?" Regan asks. The Indians hope Regan can have similar results with their other pitchers, especially young guns Bartolo Colon and Jaret Wright. After former pitching coach Mark Wiley, now with the Kansas City Royals, was reassigned by the In-

La'Toya Turner,Pickerington Turner, a 6-foot-4 senior center, powered Pickerington to its second straight Division I girls state basketball championship last weekend in St. John Arena. Turner had 29 points, five rebounds and two assists in the Tigers' 51-35 semifinal victory over Wadsworm on Friday. under heavy defensive pressure in the championship game, Turner was limited to 10 points and five rebounds but Pickerington hit 5 of 9 threepoint shots for a 46-30 win over unbeaten Mason. Turner, named co-Ms. Basketball earlier in the week, averaged 20.2 points, 10.6 rebounds, 4.0 blocks and 4.0 steals this season.

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gives us six weeks to get him into shape." The Reds didn't waste much time in contacting. Baerga after the Cardinals released him. "Cincinnati right away the next day called me," he said. "We wound uP talking. g I realized that f Cincinnati had been after me since November. That's why I decided to come here. ._ "I am no rookie. I ant not a guy that just started in the big leagues. I've been there for a long time. It's confusing when a guy calls you at your house eight times like (St. Louis manager) Tony LaRussa did. I felt like they really wanted me there. Sometines you don't listen to the right things." Baerga's chance to break into Cincinnati's starting lineup seems slim. The Reds are set at second base with Pokey Reese. Mark Lewis and Chris Stynes will probably be backups. Baerga didn't seem perturbed by that or the possibility of spending time with Class AAA Indianapolis. "Whatever," he said. "I know that I've been out for a week and half: I need to get some at-bats. I'll be back in the big leagues. Whatever it takes, I'm y going to do. Whatever they decide, I'm ready to go. I'm going to play hard." Assoc iutecI P,,,, Baerga knows many of the Reds from playing Cincinnati Reds newcomer Carlos Baerga is out with or against them. He shook hands with outprove he's not out ofshape. fielder Jon Nunnally, a former Cleveland farmgambling he can recapture the form he showed in hand, and John Hudek, a former teammate with the Mets. He also knows Reds manager Jack Cleveland. Reds general manager Jim Bowden said the McKeon from their days in San Diego. "He's one of the ones that signed me with the deal includes two key dates: April 20 and May 15. By April 20; "If he gets an opportunity to be on Padres," Baerga said. "I was 16. I know what he another 25-man roster, we have 48 hours to trade likes from you. He wants you to hustle every day him, bring him to the big leagues or release hum," and come prepared. I think this is the place- right here for me. This is a team that can be in the Bowden said. "On May 15, he can ask for his release. So that playoffs."

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SARASOTA, Fla. — On paper, the Cincinnati Reds starting pitching rotation looked strong when the team reported to camp ,in mid-Febtuia►y. With opening clay less than two weeks away, the paper is wrinkled and sporting a coffee-mug stain. The Reds announced yesterday that left-hander Denny ,Neagle, acquired in an off-season trade with the Atlanta Braves, will open the season on the 15-day disabled list because of muscle weakness in his left shoulder. Although the Reds were expected to disable Neagle, another bit, of news coming out of the clubhouse made the move appear more troubling. Pete Haunisch, a 14-game winner last season and the club's expected opening day starter, was scratched from his scheduled appearance Friday against Philadelphia because of back spasms. Neither Hasnisch nor Reds general manager Jun Bowden seemed worried. "I can move around pretty good," Harnisch said."But there's some discomfort."

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1,177 1 -7 COLDWATER 68, MADEIRA 61 Madeira Player 1g fga it to rb a pis Schlarnkar 5 22 3 4 5 1 13 Cohen 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 Parklauset 15 0 0 6 4 2 Dinsmore 3 7 2 2 10 0 8 Newberry 0 3 0 0 3 7 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 9 Fields 4 13 3 4 5 0 13 Underwood 7 10 2 3 4 1 16 Totals 23 69 10 13 39 13 61 Colawater Player fg fga it to rb a pis Ransrlel 2 9 2 5 1 3 6 6 9 1 6 5 4 13 Walls Gaerke 2 9 2 4 5 1 6 Vogel 1 2 2 2 7 0 4 Hover 11 13 4 5 62 26 Leleld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biersack 4 83 5 12 0 11 Benanzer 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 27 52 14 27 39 10 68 Madeira 15 13 1 17 16-61 Coldwater 19 119 19-8 3-point goals—Dooley 3. Fields 2. A14,664. BEDFORD CHANEL 93,FORT FRYE 55 Beverly Fort Frye Player 119 fga it fta rb a pia 4 9 7 10 8 4 15 Haawger Hayes 4 11 4 7 5 2 13 Voss 3 8 0 0 0 16 Richards 7 13 0 1 6 1 16 Sayre 0 1• 1 2 4 0 1 Boston 1 5 0 0 10 3 Buck 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 Walters Dmide, 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 Totals 19 50 13 22 29 9 55 Bedford Chanel Player fg fga it Ita rb a pis 9 21 0 1 3 8 20 Childress Swift 7 12 3 4 2 4 20 Robinson 4 9 2 2 4 8 11 Perm 6 7 0 0 12 2 12 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 Cargile Makowski 3 4 0 0 0 1 8 Sims 2 3 0 0 1 0 4 Johnson 0 2 2 2 3 1 2 Beg 3 3 0 1 2 0 6 Wembley 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 Shavers 2 4 00 0 0 4 Pugh 1 2 1 1 5 0 3 38 70 9 13 35 24 93 Totals Beverly Fort Frye 13 10 13 19-55 Becloud Chanel 12 29 30 22-93 3-poird goals—Richards Z Hayes, Boston, Robinson 3, Childress Z Makowski 2, Swift. A-14,355,

Winrlvs of the Ohio Associated Press Mr. 1999—Emmanuel Smith(Euclid),6fool senior; 1999—Wikgam 'Sonny" Johnson (Garfield Heights), 6.5 sr.; 1997—Kenny Gregory (Inde. pendence), 6.4 sr.; 1996—Jason Collier (Spring. field Catholic Central), 7-0 sr.; 1995—Damon Stringer(Cleveland Heights), 5.11 sr.;1994—Aaron Hutchins (Lima Central Catholic), 5.10 sr.; 1993—Gera Ford (Cambridge), 5.9 sr.; 1992— Greg Simpson (Lima Senior), 6.1 sr.; 1991—Greg Simpson(Lim Senior), 6.1 j.;1990—Bob Patton (Yolsgstolvn L81edy),6-0 sr.: 1989—Jim Jackson (Tol lido Macomber), 6.8 ar.; 1989--Jim Jackson -(TJTJD Macomber),"jr.

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Value City Arena "We're not surprised," 6-foot-6 center Chris Ballenger said."We just knew what wet had to do Todd Van Reeth prepared a checklist of all to beatthem." the ingredients his Philo basketball team needed Even when Benedictine cranked up its fullto upset two-time defending champion Cleve- court pressure and began trapping the ball on land Benedictine in a Division IIstate semifinal. every possession, Philo patiently worked the ball "We knew we needed to take care of the until getting a high-percentage shot. basketball, keep them off the boards, slow the "What did I do when they trapped;me? Look tempo down and keep the score in the 50s," Van for a big man," point guard Darren Tigner said. Reeth said. "We tried to reverse it real quick and coach told "That, and we knew if we could get through us to look for diagonal passes to keep1them from the first four or five minutes and not be in the stealing it" clouds,we'd be OK" The final outcome wasn't quite as tight as the Checkmate. score suggests. Taking full advantage of their mammoth front The Bengals (2(-7) did whittle an 11-point line, the Electrics set the pace early and shocked deficit to four with torrid three-point shooting by cold-shooting Benedictine 4846 before 15,357 in Michael Woods (24 points), but it was too little

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below its average. Ohio player of the year Chris Leanza hit 2 of 14 shots from the field (14.3 percent)and scored five points. "I'm sure some people in Cleveland have never heard of a place called Philo, and maybe they didn't think we could compete with them," Van Reeth said. Even Novak conceded that much. "These kids had an awful lot of pressure on them to win their third this year," he said. "I think everybody was looking forward to Saturday already. Maybe weforgot aboutPhilo." Ballenger had 13 points and 13 rebounds, 6-5 Rush added 12 points and 6-3 Evan Merckle 10 for the Electrics (23-4), who enjoyed a 35-23 advantage on the boards. "They did all the little things they needed to do to beat us," Novak said.

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pa+ By Mark Znidar and Steve Blackledge Dispatch Sports Reporters Marlene Bihn's stomach has been churning nonstop the last several weeks. But life has never been better for this frazzled basketball mom. She cheered some of the time yesterday as son Chris coached Coldwater to a 68-61 victory over Cincinnati Madeira in a Division M state tournamentsemZ: "Mom gets nervous," she said. "When everybody else stands, I'm sitting. It's hard to watch." Her nerves won't get a break because son Chuck; a 6-foot-5 junior forward, leads Fort Recovery against Berlin Inland today in aDivision N semifinal. Chris Bihn said he'll also be jittery watching his younger brother. He has scheduled Coldwater's practice and meeting around the Fort Recovery game. "I'll probably get more nervous for this game than ours," Chris said. "Sitting up in the stands, it's a situation that's totally outofyour control." He does have faith in Fort Recovery coach Joe Bruns. They were teammates at the school. Bruns said Chuck is the bestrebounder he hasseen since Chris. John Bihn, the father, plans to have fun no matter what happens. He started the family basketball way of life. In 1965, he was an honorable mention all-state selection at Fort Recovery. "You just don't want to get me hollering," he said. "We've been doing this a long time. We've always followed our high-school ballplayers. We're always at a high-school game. I never believed in sitting in front of the television. I put a court up in our yard a long time ago and we played for fun." The state tournament is nothing new, . for the family. Tina and Lynn.played in the girls state tournament in 1990 and Lynn returned in '91. Lynn, who played college ball at Xavier, coaches the Fort Recovery girls varsity. "I'm always talking with Chris about offenses and defenses, particularly during the summer and preseason," she said. "I'll tell you, someday I want to do what Chris is doing — coach in the state tournament I've been a spectator and a player.I wantto do all three." Another sibling couldn't make it yesterday. Doug, who coaches the girls junior varsity at Fort Recovery, will watch ChuckWday. ■ RANGE WAR — Although top-rated Bedford Chanel is the favorite to win the Division III title, senior guard Brandon Childress and his teammates wouldn't mind seeing a one-division state tournament like Kentucky has. Big-school favorite Shaker Heights and Chanel have been rated Nos. l and 2 in the Cleveland area all season. Shaker edged Chanel 76-73 in • a scrimmage in November. "That scrimmage was pretty intense for a game that didn't really count," Childress said. "We were both trying to win pretty hard for bragging rights up north "Sure, it's going to be nice playing for the state title, but if it came right down to it, I'd rather play Shaker Heights to see who the bestteam isin any division." ■ GOTTA HAVE HEART — Most Philo players have inspirational markings on the backs oftheir sneakers. Guard Darren Tigner chose hearts. "Early in the season, a lot of people doubted that we had heart when we didn't win by a lot and lost a close game," he said. "The hearts remind us to bush our butts and play hard for 32 minutes„ Center Chris Ballenger has "team" and "seniors"on his shoes. "It's because this could be our last game and it's real important for the seniors to come outand play hard," he said.

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Fort Frye coach Dan Liedtke feared Bedford Chanel's trademark ofputting together devastating runs. Liedtke thought so far, so good when the Cadets took a one-point lead after one quarter yesterday in a f ~d Division III boys y state basketball ~ semifinal before 14,355 in Value City Arena. ee~ Midway through the, second y quarter, however, the Firebirds were en .route to a 93-55 victory on the, strength of a 19-1 run that was full of -steals, fast breaks and perimeter v` shots. s "They're really a momentum team and when the momentum started 6= that made it really difficult for us," f Liedtke said."No doubt about it, the athletic ability,3of that team is superior. The. Firebirds (25-0), who will face Coldwater (18-8) for the chainpionship at 11 a.m. Saturday, matched the division .tournament re;' cord for points in a game set by St AirHenry against Richmond Dale Southeastern in 1990. . c~ Although Chanel wound up shoot ing 54 percent, it was a man-to-man 1 defense that did in Fort Frye. The ' Cadets were averaging nearly 10 -pointers per game but made ~r just 4 of 22 (18.2 percent) from be:`1 f hind the arc and 19 of 50 overall (38 ,(fl ' percent). "We saw the score, saw that it was a close game, and we had to buckle down defensively because that's what got us here," Firebirds " guard Brian Swift said. "Our defense ,%; ( was the big part for us getting the wT 1 '% lead because we couldn't.get our offense rolling. z. _.., .. "They were looking to take the W -1-fi; three-pointer and when they couldn't Jeff Hinckley/Di paich Brandon Childress,right,ofBedford Chanel passes over Adam Huck ofFart they had to change their game plan and do t1fts they weren't used to Frye in the Firebirds'93-55 victory.

doing." Shooting wasn't Fort Frye's only shortcoming. It committed most of its 26 turnovers before the offense gotset. Chanel used a three-pointer by PercyRobinson and two by Brandon during the run tat gave it Chilress a 31-141ead with 4:17 left before halftime. Fort Faye might have been too concerned about 6-foot-6 center Larry Penn underneath and sagged its defense. We surprised them because they thought we were a driving team and talked about our inside game,"' Childress said. "They zoned us and we shot the lights out Then when our big men get involved there's nothing you can do." The Firebirds, who were led in scoring by Childress and Robinson with 20 points each, were 8 of 18 (44.4 percent) from three-point range. The. inside game began to click early in the third quarter when Penn had two dunks off the fast break and two layups that boosted the lead to 49-25. "That was the most athletic team I've ever played against, even counting summer," Fort Frye guard Dan Richards said. Asked if he had any advice for Coldwater, Liedtke said, "Good luck." Coach Greg Kraley.has been trying to build a state championship team at Chanel for eight years with a challenging schedule and athletic players who play under control. The team reached the state.semifinals in 1991 and'96. "We play a variety of competition," he said."We played some good teams in the beginning, and in the long run that made usabetter team. "To' me, the biggest difference (from the last state team) is experience.We've been in the big games."

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S out Madeira 68=61* olds said. "We saw them on video and that's not the same as seeing them in person. Their speed and strength are a lot more impressive than we thought They're the real deal." Although the margin was close throughout, battle-tried Coldwater — which played in 10 games determined by six points. or less — seemed to have an answer for every Madeira flurry.

As a dominating tight end and defensive end on Coldwater's Division IV state runner--up football team, Adam Huwer became accustomed to handing out punishment and receiving it The 6-foot-3, 240-pound senior doled it out yesterday with little resistance as Coldwatipr bullied Cincinnati Madeira 68-61 in a Division Two free throws by Ken Fields with 2:46 III boys state basketball semifinal. remaining gave the Mustangs a 59-58lead. Seeing that second-ranked Madeira came in Immediately after a mandatory timeout for 241 and Coldwater (18.8) finished just .500 in a bloodied player, Jeremy •Gaerke fed Huwer its league, one might be inclined to call this an on the block for athree-point play. upset "It seems like we came up with big plays But it didn't take long for the 14,864 watch- whenever we needed them,". said Coldwater ing the first high-school game in Value City guard Keith Walls, an All-Ohio receiver in footArena to recognize the Cavaliers' edge in ath- ball."We've been through a lotof wars before." leticism,confidence and sheer bulk Fields converted a fourth-try basket with "Coming out for the tip, I thought I was kind 31.3 seconds left to make it 63-61, but Tyler of bigger than them — I mean stronger — and I Vogel and Huwer sank five straight foul shots thought I should be able to establish myself down the stretch to seal the outcome. inside,"Huwersaid. Madeira guard Todd Schlenker, the state "To tell you the truth, sometimes when I player of the year, was only 5 of 22 (22.7 perposted up and positioned myself, I wasn't even cent)and scored 13points. contested." "I expected this game to boil down to our Huwer, the classic wide-body, made 11 of inside game against their transition game and 13 shots from the field (84.6 percent) for a we did a wonderful job keeping them out of game-high 26 points as Coldwater established their game,"Bihn said. the tempo itsoughtfrom the outset "Any time a team has come out and pressed Madeira,.which pressed and fast-breaked us this year, they've found out that we have a opponents into submission while averaging 77 lot of good ball-handlers who run the floor points per game, simply ran into a team with well. We consciously wanted to take advantage superior athletes. of everything we could get when they "They're probably as physical as any team prey we played all year," Mustangs coach Jim Reyni~

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BY DAVE SCHUTTE Enquirer contributor Teams that win state champihampi onships are usually blessed with a leader, a player who earns the respectofteammates by actions on . and off the court. One such player is Mike Monserez, Moeller's 6-foot-5 senior guard who came through atcrunch d <: time to help the Crusaders win the s Division I state championship. t 2 Monserez, headed for Notre Dame,is The Enquirer's Division I Player of the Year. 4 `' During the fourth quarter in both the semifinal and championship games, n. Monserez hit key free throws ,... <«:, and scored from the field at crucial times. R. h : "Mike is the 3 . mostdedicated,~/.r► a ., » .•,.kri'! ',(c4 is a ,' driven kid, ............. Moeller coach The Cincinnati Enquirer/Michael Snyder Carl Kremer Monserez Moeller guard Mike Mononsaid. "He's serez(center), who's signed to attend Notre Dame next year, defined our program the last three averaged 19.8 ppg and nine assists this season. years." After Moe lost 25 points Feler o tr K emer won knew filling those shoes wouldn't game and provided leadership that carried the Mustangs to the CHI., dered the Crusaders weren't as be easy. Providing needed leadership, sectional, district and regional good as expected. But Moeller went on to win the Doliboa averaged 17.4 points and titles. Schlensker's coach, Jim final two regular season games. It eight rebounds for Springboro, trailed during the fourth quarter in which finished the regular season Reynolds, is Division III Coach of five of the seven tournament 20-0 for the second consecutive the Year for leading the Mustangs year. to the state semifinals for the first games,but rallied to win each. Springboro's Troy Holtrey, The time. For the effort, Kremer is The In Division IV,Seven Hills senior Enquirer's Division I Coach of the Enquirer's Division Il Coach of Year,led the Panthers to a second- Scott Whitehead led the Stingers in Year. scoring and defense to earn Player The obstacles Springboro's Seth straight league title. They won the Fort Ancient Val- of the Year. Doliboa, The Enquirers Division 11 After Cincinnati Country Day's Player ofthe Year,had to overcome ley Conference last year and the Mid Miami League this season. leading scorer quit the team at midthis season were monumental. In Division III, Madeira's Todd season,coach Howard Brownstein Doliboa's brother, Cain, was a Division II All-State player who Schlensker was a clear choice for overcame the loss and led the team to a Division rV sectional title. It earned a basketball scholarship player of the year. A6-foot senior,Schlensker aver- earned Brownstein The Enquirer's from Dayton two years ago. Seth aged.20.3 points and three assists a Division IV Coach of the Year.

PAUL BRANDON MCMILLAN HUNTER Aiken Withrow Senior Senior All-State Third team AllState. Averaged special mention 18.2 points and 10 rebounds per game

JOEL CORVETTE St. Xavier Senior First team GCL-South

STEVE ESTERKAMP La Salle Senior Averaged 16.6 points per game

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TROY SETH DOLIBOA HOLTREY `livision II Player of Year Coach of Year Springboro I'lpringboro Coached team Senior to second Averaged 17.4 straight unbeatpoints per en regular game season

JIM REYNOLDS TODD Division III SCHLENSKER Coach of Year Division III Madeira Player of Year Team finished Madeira 25-2 and State Player of Year. Averaged advanced to the 20.5 points per state semis game

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MATT BROERMANN Hamilton Badin Senior First team All-State. Averaged 17.5 ppg-

Mention Erik Crew,Seven Hills; Brett Potter, Woodward; Ryan Ogletree, McNicholas; Chip James,Sringboro; Trent Ingram, Little Miami; Shaun Evans, Hillsboro; Mike Gardner, Batavia; Reggie Moore, North College Hill; Jack Cummings,Summit Country Day; Bryan Walker, Indian Hill; Ken Fields, Madeira; Ron Swearingin, Kings; Jaime Cooper, Purcell Marian; Brian Lakes, Roger Bacon; Corey Sullivan, Springboro; Corey Grant, Georgetown; Jared Niesen, Roger Bacon.

~s ) f,P 7 ' JAMES SPIKES J.D. FOUST Norwood St. Bernard Senior Senior Third team All-State special mention All-State Averaged 23 Averaged ppg, 16,1 ppg•

HOWARD SCOTT WHITEHEAD BROWNSTEIN Division IV Division IV Player of Year Coach of Year Country Day Seven Hills Sectional All-State special champions mention. Averaged 17.3 ppg-

BRAD CUPITO McNicholas Senior All-State honorable mention Averaged 14 points and seven rebounds per game

PHIL SWEET Finneytown Senior Honorable Mention All-State

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: ne ofCincinnati's premiere softball players is also one ofthe area's extraordinary .A LaRosa's sends out a hearty congratulations to Covington Catholic's all-around athletes -- St. Ursula senior Chrissy Donovan,a three-sport super star. A Brad Knueven - honored last season as a LaRosa's Athlete ofthe Week - for his shortstop in softball Chrissy last season batted .533 for the Bulldogs while r>_,.:. _, ._.,r ti+...;•,-... .~.`;~~.'•,~`,~•.a. record-breaking performances recently at the Kentucky state high school kuocking:in an area-leading 45 rbi's and stealing 39 bases. She was named swimming championships. y.t.:.% .~I conference player ofthe year and 1st team all-state, ail-district and all-city. She's Knueven set two state records and won a third gold medal in leading the also a two-time 1st team all-state basketball player and Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio Colonels to a runnersup spot in the boys state tournament. Knueven's outstanding D11 player zfti e year. She is St. UrsuWa -, all-time career scorer with 1,114 points. In landed him Outstanding Sys imrler o;the Meet honor. L` Ir.•,T 1 volleyball, Chrissy is an all-city and all-Southwest Ohio player for the Bulldogs'squad ; `l.! The CovCath senior captured the 200-yard Individual Medley in a slate that won the DII girls' state championship each of her three years as a starter. Last year, record time of 1:49.26,came back and broke his own state record in the 100-yard + Top 100 Athletes and will play basketball in breaststroke(55.93)and then anchored the winningg 400-yard freestyle relay with Chrissy was named as one ofthe Enquirer's i t ! • ,s :' teammates Brett Hoersting.Evan Blom and Matt Bertke in 3:13.02. CovCath the fall at the Universityof Dayton. A. jcoach Steve Durkee was named the meet's Outstanding Coach. Coach's Quote--"Chrissy has great knowledge ofthe game, is an excellent leader and is + Andy Seitz flip-flopped positions in the •1 t .' Beechwood+s Tim Wera and Scotts r the best hitterTve seen."--Leo Osterday,Softball Coach 200 and 500 freestyles, as Wera captured the 500 title in 4:35.06(Seitz finished second); while Seitz won the 200 free title(1:41.6) with Wera as runnerup. On the girls'side, Dixie Heights'McKenze Murphy captured the state diving title with 434.80 points. Featured earlier this year as a LaRosa's Athlete of the Week, Murphy was the only local female to win a Kentucky state title. Location: East Walnut Hills. Atlletic Achievements: 13 state championships Founded:1910 since 1991 in soccer,volleyball, golfand •t Principal: Frances Romweber swimming • Mal ~I Athletic Director: Doug Tucker Enrollment/Faculty: 536/43 We have a strong tradition ofexcellent coaches ~xb..R Nickname/Colors Bulidngs/Blue & Ci6ld; att+l shlrl~nts dedictad a to sucteed'ing in Conference/Division.,Girls Greater Cincinnati athletics as well as academics" b League/Softball,l; oilier sports, I1. — Doug Tucker,Athletic Director

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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L OL T Pis GF GA x-Lowell ......_...........31 28 2 11 75 199 210 St. John's ..................30 34 4 6 70 226 259 Fredericton .............29 33 5 6 69 218 218 Saint John ................28 35 1 8 65 213 267 Portland ...................22 44 1 6 51 197 247 New England Division y-Providence ..........50 15 3 4 107 285 195 Hartford ...................33 28 6 5 77 226 230 Springfield ...............32 30 1 9 74 227 212 New Haven ..............31 29 5 7 74 219 217 Worcester ...............30 33 2 0 70 215 244 Western Conference Empire Division W L OL T Pts GF GA x-Rochester ............44 20 1 5 94 248 152 x-Albany ..................40 22 2 6 88 239 202 x-Hamilton ...............37 26 3 6 83 205 183 Adirondack ..............20 43 2 7 49 166 246 Syracuse .................. 16 45 2 8 42 196 292 Mid-Atlantic Division x-Philadelphia .........43 20 2 9 97 253 206 x-Kentucky .............40 22 3 7 90 246 188 x-Hershey ................32 30 1 10 75 220 207 Cincinnati .................32 36 1 4 69 201 224 x-clinched playoff berth y-clinched division title Note: Two points for a victory; one for tie or overtime loss. Overtime losses denoted in the OL column only. Wednesday's Games New Haven 3, Cincinnati 1 Adirondack 2, Hamilton 1 Albany 5, Hershey 3 Philadelphia 8, Worcester 7, OT Saint John 5, Syracuse 3 Rochester 5, Hartford 2 Thursday's Games No games scheduled Friday's Games Cincinnati at Springfield, 7:30 p.m. Kentucky at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Fredericton at Providence, 7:05 p.m. Syracuse at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m. Adirondack at Hartford, 7:35 p.m. St. John's at Lowell, 7:35 p.m. Albany at New Haven, 7:35 p.m. Worcester at Portland, 7:35 p.m. Saint John at Rochester, 7:35 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Suns 93, Warriors 78 Golden State — Jamison 6-13 4-6 16, Caffey 1-5 2.2 4, Dampier 1-4 1-2 3, Coles 6-12 2.2 14, Starks 1-11 2-2 4, Cummings 6-7 2.3 14, Marshall 1-7 0-0 2, Mills 1-11 0-0 2, Bogues 2.5 0-0 4, Foyle 1-4 1-4 3, Spencer 0-0 0-0 0, calk 5-11 2-3 12. Totals 31-90 16-24 78. Phoenix — Robinson 5.15 5-8 16, Gugliotta 7-13 7-9 21, Langley 5.12 3-7 13, Kidd 5-11 3-4 14, Bailey 3-9 1-3 7, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, McCloud 2.4 0.0 5, Manning 3-8 0-0 6, Morris 4.7 1-2 10, Garrity 0-4 1-2 1, Kleine 0-1 0-0 0. Tafals . 4-86 21-35 93. Golden State._..._.._.........-14 28 14 22-78 Phoenix......__._._...............24 24 29 16-93 3-Point Goals—Golden State 0-7 (Marshall 0-1, Dark 0-1, Bogues 0-1, Jamison 0-1, Starks 0-1, Mills 0-2), Phoenix 4-6 (Robinson 1-1, Morris 1-1, Kidd 1-2, McCloud 1-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Golden State 72 (Jamison 15), Phoenix 61 (Gugliotta 11). Assists—Golden State 12 (Coles, Bogues 4), Phoenix 24 (Kidd 8). Total fouls—Golden State 25, Phoenix 23. A-18,614 (19,023). Trail Blazers 100, Kings 86 Sacramento — Pollard 1-2 0-0 2, Williamson 5-14 3-4 13, Divac 7.13 5-6 20, AbdulWahad 1-8 1-2 4, J.Williams 3.14 2-2 8, Fun. derburke 6-12 0-2 12, James 1-3 0-0 2, Stojakovic 2-5 3-4 8, Maxwell 4-9 0-0 9, Michael.Hawkins 3-6 0-0 6, Barry 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 34-88 14-20 86. Portland — O'Neal 0.3 1-2 1, Grant 6-8 4-4 16, Sabonis 2.10 3-3 7, Jackson 3-11 0.0 7, Stoudamire 10-20 0-0 21, Wallace 4-13 4.4 13, Cato 2-4 1-4 5, Augmon 0-1 0-0 0, Anthony 7-10 0-0 16, W.Williams 5-8 1-1 12, Wells 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 40-90 14-18 100. Sacramento ..........................24 18 20 24— 86 Portland .................................26 28 19 27-100 3-Point Goals—Sacramento 4-23 (Stojakovic 1-3, Abdul-Wahad 1-3, Divac 1-3, Maxwell 1-4, Michael.Hawkins 0-2, J.Williams 0-8), Portland 6-14 (Anthony 2.3, Wallace 1.1, W.Williams 1-2, Stoudamire 1-4, Jackson 1-4). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Sacramento 66 (Divac 12), Portland 48 (Grant 9). Assists—Sacramento 17 (Divac 7), Portland 27 (Anthony, Stoudamire 5). Total fouls—Sacramento 21, Portland 15. Technicals—Maxwell, Augmon 2, Wallace. Flagrant fouls—Wallace. Ejected— Augmon. A-18,468 (18,538).

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TR,1 r® 7,: ~ 1®NR BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles—Sent OF Johnny Isom, OF Eugene Kingsale and INF Augie Ojeda to their minor-league camp. Reassigned INF Esteban Beltre, C Tommy Davis, P.HP Dave Evans and OF Mike Murphy to their minor-league camp. Boston Red Sox—Purchased the contract of LHP Rheal Cormier and 1B Brian Daubach from Pawtucket of the International League. Sent OF Jon Nunnally outright to Pawtucket. Signed RHP Ramon Martinez. Placed RHP Ramon Martinez and DH-1B Reggie Jefferson on the 15-day disabled list. Kansas City Royals—Sent OF Les Nor. man, OF Scott Pose and RHP Terry Methews to their minor-league camp. Placed RHP Hipolito Pichardo on the 75-day disabled list. New York Yankees—Released LHP Tony Fossas and RHP Jim Bruske. Optioned RHP Todd Erdos to Columbus of the Interna. tional League. Oakland Athletics—Released LHP .Mark Holzemer. Tampa Bay Devil Rays—Named John P. Higgins senior vice president-administra. Lion and general counsel. Placed RHP Rick .Gorecki on the 15-day disabled list. Optioned LHP Tyrell Wade and LHP Alan Newman to Durham of the International League. Toronto Blue Jays—Signed RHP Doug Sochtler to a minor-league contract. National League Cincinnati Reds—Purchased the contract of RHP Scott Williamson. Houston Astros—Optioned INF Daryle Ward to New Orleans of the PCL. San Diego Padres—Placed LHP Ed Vosberg on the 15-day disabled list. Optioned OF Mike Darr to Las Vegas of the PCL. Released LHP Mark Langston. Frontier League Cook County Cheetahs—Signed RHP Derek Mickelson. DuBois County Dragons—Signed RHP John Oestreich. eBASKETBALL

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National Basketball Association NBA—Suspended Indiana G Jalen Rose for one game and fined him $5,000 and fined New York C Patrick Ewing 52,500 for their actions during a game on March 30. FOOTBALL National Football League Cincinnati Sengals--Signed WR James Hundon to a one-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League Anaheim Mighty Ducks—Agreed to terms with G Gregg Naumenko on a multiyear contract. Florida Panthers—Recalled D Peter Ratchuk and D Jeff W are from New Haven of the AHL. Tampa Bay Lightning—Recalled C nd ^' Steve Ke:`;i 'ro`~" C'"-re.a^~ -~ "'e ~••- 1'rIL.. OLYMPICS USA Wrestling—Named John Smith and Greg Strobel co-head coaches for,the 2000 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team. COLLEGE Drexel—Named Steve Seymour men's basketball coach. Erskine—Named Kevin Nichols baseball coach. Georgia Southern—Named Carl Nash men's assistant basketball coach. Holy Cross—Named Ralph Willard men's basketball coach. Loyola—Announced the retirement of Chuck Schwarz, athletic director. Missouri—Announced the resignation of Norm Stewart, men's basketball coach. Nevada—Named Andy McClouskey men's assistant basketball coach. North Carolina-Greensboro—Named Fran McCaffery men's basketball coach. Pittsburgh—Named Lennie Parham and Pat Sandie men's assistant basketball coaches. Stanford—Named Tony Fuller men's assistant basketball coach. Vanderbilt—Named Kevin Stallings men's basketball coach. Wisconsin-Milwaukee—Named So Ryan men's basketball coach.

Scherer 2-2 (2 runs, RBI). Wis:River Falls 2, Hanover 1 Wis:River Falls............... 010 010 0-2 9 0 Hanover..............................010 000 0.1 7 2 WP—Coyle. LP—Manges. Hitting leaders: WRF—Burr 2-4 (RBI); H—Despain 3-3. Records: WRF 2-5-1, H 13-7.

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Turf ay resu[L THURSDAY NIGHT Weather cloudy. Track good. 1st-513,700, and, 3Yup,6f 4 Watch My Gold (J.Calo) 9.00 5.60 3.20 6.803.80 2Traversteed(S.Madrid) 2.20 1 Throw (W.Martinez) Off 7:01. Time 1:10.11. Also Ran—Fast Steppin Man, J D's Diamond, Captive Heart, Joyover Monte. Exacta (4.2) 544.20. Trifecta (4-2.1) 5101.40. 2nd-58,800, mcl, 3Yup F&M, lmi. 2 Wldn'tdrmofit (F.Torres) 9.40 5.00 3.40 7.60 4.60 8 Headin Home (J.Kagno) 2.80 5 Weld (J.Johnston) Off 7:25. Time 1:40 3.5. Daily Double (4.2) $54.80. Exacta (2.8) $63.60. Trifecta (2-8-5) 5209.20. Superfecta (2-8-5.1) $1,114.40. 3rd—$7,300, cl, 3Yup F&M,lmi 64.20 20.80 13.60 2 Avarita (J.Zunioa) 6.40 5.00 12 Rouge Amour (G.Birzer) 6.40 9 Miraga (W.Neagle) Ran—NoOff 7:55. Time 1:40.39. Also ble Annie, Holy Redeemer, Exciting Bucket, Stella's Flower, Kirkwood, Quiz Question, Brittiney Hope, L)I Lucy, Azucar Negra. Exacta (2.12) $531.40. Trifecta (2.12.9) $5,185.20. Superfecta (2.12-9-10) $29,926.20. Pick 3 (4-2-2) 3 Correct S 1,808.80. 4Th—$9,300, cl, 3Yup,61/2f

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KENTUCKY BASEBALL The Kentucky Baseball Coaches Association poll, with rank, team and total points: Pis Team 1. Harrison County..........._.............._........146 2. Boyd County............................................112 3. Pleasure Ridge Park....._......_._.......... ID4 ...98 4. Lou. Male................_._..._. 5. Butler.............._................._.......................86 6. Ballard..........._................_.........................64 7.Bryan Station............................................60 8. Franklin-Simpson......_._..._.....................52 9.Middlesboro............_................................50 70. Tates Creek..............._......__._._......_.....46 11. LexingtonCatholic........._._..._......:......_ 42 ......_38 12. Christian County....._......__. 13. Pulaski County..........................................36 14. Covington Catholic._...............................34 ..32 15. Webster County..............._._. 16. Henderson Couniy............_......_......_.....30 17. Lou. St. Xavier...._..._._......_................._.26 18. Apollo............................................_._........24 19.Southern.....................................................22 20. Perry Co. Central......................._...........18

'~ys tennis Wyoming 4, Summit 1 0. Reif(W)d. Fessler 6.1, 6.2; Fu(W) d. Krefting 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; Tochip (S) d. Clark 6-3,6-4; J. Reif-Rohs(W)d. Reynolds-Stern 6-0, 6-0; Dow-Lane (W) d. Abanto-Sullivan 6.3, 6.3. Records W 1.0, S 0.1. Anderson 5, Harrison 0 Knittel d. Neumann 6.0, 6-3; Porter d. Wittenbrook 6-1, 6-3; Tscheiner d. Agnew 6-1, 6.0; Riddell-Ragle d. Goshorn-Friermood 6-4, 6-7, 6-2; Smith-Huynh d. BibeeKluener 6.2, 3-6, 6.2. Records A 2-0, H 2.1. Colerain 5, Lima 0 Shultz d. Cusick 6-3, 7.6 (7.3); Laskey d. Nixon 6-0, 6-0; Suarez d. Ford 6-0, 6-0; Trueblood-Zavodsky d. Sims-Vezina 6-0, 6-0; Grear-Tidd d. Johnson-Vezina 6-0, 6-0. Records C 3.1, L 0-2. Taylor 3, Ross 2 Singles: Peters (R) d. Deffinger 6-0, (T) 6.1; Balser d. Bystrom 6.2, 6-1; Murheid (T) forfeit. Doubles: Aylward-Sturg)II Bry-Zeipfel 6.3, 6.4; Ison-Anser (R) (T) d. d. Correll-Stoneking 6.3, 6.1. Dayton Oakwood 3, Midd. Fenwick 2 Singles: Amatulli (F) d. Pinard 6.1, 6-1; Butt (F) d. Scheer 6-1, 6-1; Pierce (0) forfeit. Doubles: Putney-Kawai (0) d. Mosko-Katrus 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Pammer-Newman (0) d. Terrill-Noonan 6.1, 6.4. Records:0 2.1, F 1-1. New Richmond 5, Western Brown 0 Coslett d. Hensley 6-0, 7-5; Molar d. Dapper 6-0, 6=1; Brinkerhoff d. Hirons 6-3, 6-1; Burleson-Abbott by forfeit; FisherHorn by forfeit. Records: N 1-0, W 0.2. Ryle 5, Gallatin County 0 Zimmerman d. Work 6-0, 6.1; Levey d. Parker 6.1, 6.4; Parker d. d. Roberts 6.1, 6-0; Jackson-Tanabe d. Brown-Sullivan 6-4, 6.1; Gates-Levey d. Clos-Hendren 6-0, 6-0. Records: R 4-0, G 0.1.

L asell"19 Batavia 12, Williamsburg 0 Batavia ...._...»..........200 013 6-12 13 0 Williamsburg.........000 000 0— 0 3 2 WP—Schr.urr (12 K's). LP—Poole. Hitting leaders: B—Miller 2.3; Kent 3-5, 3 Fugate 3B; Wilson 3.4, 2 28; Fdwards 2B; 2-4, 2 2B. W—C. Poole 3B. Records: B 2-1 (SBC 1-0), W 1-1 (0-1). Summit 8, New Miami 1 Summit.......»......_........106 010 0-8 9 4 New Miami .................010 000 0-1 5 3 WP—Matteuci (6 K's). LP—Lena. Hitting leaders: S—Bailey 2.4, 2B; Sheldon Sheckels mi 2RBI; Hein 2B, 2RBI. 2B; Summit 1, New Miami 1 New Miami...................000 010 0-1 1 3 Summit ........_..............301 120 x-7 9 2 WP—Schwietering (9 K's). LP—Spicer. Hitting leaders: S—Sheckels 3.3, 2B; Fry 2-2, 2B, 2RBI; Soellner 28; Hein 3RBI. Records: NM 0-2(MVC 0-2), S 2-1 (2-0). Harrison 5, Oak Hills 2 Harrison .......................110 021 0-5 9 1 Oak Hills ....... ley.......200 ss. 0-2 e 3 WP-Dooley. LP—Cress. Hitting Leaders: H—Payne 2-4, HR, 2RBI; Hall 2-2, 2B. -, OH—Ransack 2B, Raven 213, Dwyer 22 Stevens 2B. Records: H 2-2,0 2-2. Withrow 16, Woodward 0 Withrow ..................__.......610 54-16 8 1 Woodward ........................000 00— 0 1 8 WP—D. Williams (9 K's). LP—Bovne. Hitting leaders: With—Gilyard 2-3, 3B. Records: Wi 2-1 (QCCM 2-0), Wood 0-2 (0-2). Fairfield 16, Princeton 0 Fairfield ..........................326 05-16 15 0 Princeton .......................000 00— 0 3 3 WP—Myles. LP—Teufel. Hitting leaders: F—Myles 4-4, 3RBI; Newton 3-4; Meade 2-4; Squibb 2-2; Carpenter 3B; Pettit 2RBI,.2 runs. Records: P 0-3(GMC 0-3), F 3-0(M). An derson 10,W-mton Woods l Anderson .........._.......410 221 0-10 8 2 Winton Woods ..........000 010 0— 1 2 5 WP—Lux. LP—Evans. Hitting leaders: A—Jackson 2RBI; Steever 2B; Stock 2.4. W W—O'Hera 2.3, 3B. Records: A 4-0, WW 0.2. Norwood 10, Walnut Hills 0 Norwood.__._................._.026 11-10 8 2 Walnut Hills .»._......_.......000 00— 0 2 3 WP—Runion. LP—Manchester. Hit. ting leaders: N—Tedford 2.3, 2 2B; Foust 2RBI; Easter HR, 2RBI. Records: N 3.0, W 1.2. North College Hill 3, St. Bernard 2 St. Bernard ................100 001 00-2 6 0 North College Hill ....101 000 01-3 6 0 ' WP—Hartwig. LP—Hazelbaker (e I K's). Hitting leaders: SB—Kramer 2.4, 3B; Braden 2.3. NCH—Meyer 2.3; Hoeffer RBI. Records: NCH 3-1 (MVC 1-1), SB 1-2 (1-1). Madeira 14, Felicity 1 Felicity..._._.........................001 00-1 2 3 Madeira ...........................019 4x-14 14 4 WP—Crawford (11 k's). LP—Moran. Hitting leaders: M-Ramirez 2.3; Cohen 2.3, 2B; Fields 2B; Elfring 2B; Parkhouse 2B; Messer 2B; Novakov 2B; McConnaughey 2B. Records: M 4-0, F 1-2. Cincinnati Country Day 7, Madeira 5 Madeira _...................220 000 1-5 8 4 CCD ..............».......,.....200 220 x-7 11 2 WP—Allen (1.0, 6k's). LP—Hnock. Hitting leaders: C—Mayne 2-2; B. Smith 2.4; Torlone 2-4; Maundrell 2RBI. M—Fields 4-5; Elfring 2-4 2RBI. Records: C 3-0, M 3.1. Carlisle 11, Dixie 4 Dixie le ......_..._.... 1 )O 020 1— 1 5 6 Carlisle._......_._.....(10's) 100 oop 4 4 WPers: C— owar. LP—Cooper. Hitting leaders: C—Howard 2RBI; Brown 2.2; Tipton 2B, 2RBI. Records: C 3-1, D 0-3. Turpin 14, Bethel-Tate 8 Bethel-Tate......20 2 013 0-8 7 4 Turpin ..................00(10) 301 x-14 12 4 WP—Hussey. LP—Daria. Hitting leaders: T—Harrel 2-4 2RBI; Nesbitt 3-4 2HR, ear 2 Hussey HR. Recor s: 1 ,B 0-4. hear 2.3; Todd HR. Records: T ore 1 0-4. Lakota East 20, Sycamore 14 Lakota East ........_127 202 06-20 20 3 Sycamore ..............632 300 00-14 16 2 WP—Kropp. LP—Bailey. Hitting leaders: L—Rabin 5-6 5RBI, 2B; Steger 2.5 4RBI, 2B; Courier 2-5 2B; Walsh 2-4 2 2B; Kropp 3-4 28, 3RBI; Hill 2.3 4R;Smith 2.4 2B; Baker -. 2-4 HR; Day 3-6 4RBI. S—Weber 2.5; 1 Shrimpton 2.4 2B; Purdom 2-4 2B; Siemers : 3.5 IG Futsch, 4.4; Bailey 2-5. Records: L .2-1 (GMC 2-1), 5 2H l 3, S North College Hill 3, St. Bernard 2 51. Bernard ._.............100 001 Op-2 6 0 NCH..........._..._......»....101 000 Ol-3 6 0 WP—Hartwig. LP—Hazelbaker (6k's). Hitting leaders: N—Meyer 2-3. S— Kramer 2.4 3B; Braden 2-3. Little Miami 14, Felicity 3 Little Miami ......._._...»....170 42-14 9 0 Felicity ................_............001 20— 3 6 5 WP—Cupe. LP—Egner. Hitting leaders: L—Dane 2B; Davila 2-5; Sheader 2B; Freed 2B; Ramsey 2B; Baker 2-4. F—Buob 2-3; Evans 2B. Records: L 1.3, F 1-3. Colerain 8, Middletown 2 ' Colerain ......................330 011 0-8 13 1 Middletown......_...._000 020 0-2 1 0 WP—Ewald. LP—Andrews..Hitting leaders: C—Klotz 3-4 2B, 3R; Dorrmann 3-4 2B, 2R, 2RBI; Ferris 2B, 2RBI; Craig 2-2; Niehaus 2-3. Records: C 3-1 (GMC 2-1), M. 2.1 (2-1). Leesburg Fairfield 12, Cedarville 6 Fairfield.........»........000 520 5-12 14 3 Cedarville ...............303 000 0— 6 12 2 WP—Bennington. LP—Haynes. Hittang leaders: F—Cannon 2.3 HR,3RBI; Kiesk ing 2.4; Eakins 2.4 2RBI; Wiggelt HR. CMoore 3.4; Haynes 2-4. Lloyd 10, Beechwood 4 Beachwood .................011 On 0— 4 9 4 Lloyd ..........................400 150 x-10 9 2 WP—Mullins. LP—Dearwater. Hitting leaders: B—Sketch HR; Reeves 3-4, 2B, 3B; Dearwater HR; Stowers 2-4. L—Collins 2B, 2RBI; Mullins 3-4, 2 2B,3B,5RBI. Records: L 3.2, B 1-7. Hamilton 11, Lakota West 1

Lakota West ........................100 00-1 4 3 Hamilton ...............................413 3x-17 8 0 WP—Morris.LP—Rhoads. Hitting leaders: H—Morris HR, 3RBI; Grissom HR; Stitsinger 3B, 2RBI; Jones 2-2 3B. Records: H 3-0 (GMC 3-0), L 1-3 (1.2).

~L ;ill FAST-PITCH Finneytown 12, Withrow 2 Withrow ............._._.........000 11— 2 2 6 Finneytown ...._...............800 4x-12 11 2 WP—Brookbank (6 K's). LP—Williams. Hitting leaders: W—Letcher 2B. F— Kimberlain 2-3; Riesenberg 2.3; Klein 2-3, 2B. Finneytown 9, Withrow 2 F)nneytown .._....................001 44-9 7 3 Withrow........_.....................001 10-2 5 4 WP—Brookbank. LP—Jones. Hitting leaders: F—Brookbank 3B,3RBI; Geary 3B. W—Letcher 2-2; Williams 2B. Records: W 0-5, F 2.1. Western Hills 23, Hughes 16 Hughes ........................018 510 0-16 4 9 Western Hills .........001 598 x-23 16 4 WP—Poulos. LP—Anderson: Hitting leaders: W—AI. Luke 3.5 2RBI; Poulos 4-6; Goodrich 4-6 2 3B, HR, 7RBI; Siegel 2-3. H—Harris 2-3 2RBI. Records: W 2-2, H 0.2. New Richmond 4, Western Brown 3 New Richmond ..........001 021 0-4 7 3 Western Brown ..........010 071 0-3 4 0 WP—Stroub (6k's). LP—Wallace. Hitting leaders: N—Burleson 3-4 28; Robinson 2B, 2RBI; Beckelhymer 2.4. W—Hanlon 2B. Records: N 1.1 (SBC 1-0), W 1-3 (0-2). Fairfield 4, Princeton 0 Princeton ...................000 000 0-0 2 2 Fairfield ......................100 120 x-4 6 3 WP—Fatheree. LP—Scherl. Hitting leaders: F—Bultman 2RBI; Owens 2B; Breitholle 2B; Fatheree 2-3 2B. Records: F 3-1 (GMC 3-0), P 3-1 (2-1). Colerain 14, Middletown 3 Middletown ............000 201 0— 3 8 3 Colerain........._..........011 282 x-14 15 1 WP—Joecken. LP—Combs. Hitting leaders: C—Riehle 3-5 HR, 3RBI; Hibbard 3-4 3RBI; J. Trinkle 2-4; A. Trinkle 2-4, Roberts 3B. M—Balez 2.3; Males 2.3, Morris 3-3 2RBI. Records: C 1.0 (GMC 1-0), M 0-1 (0.1). Blanchester 11, Xenia 6 Blanchester .............104 022 2-11 13 3 Xenia .._......_............010 400 1— 6 7 2 WP—Saylor (7k's). LP—Claybaugh. Hitting leaders: 8—Combs 3-3 2 38; Saylor 2.4; Barnes 4.4 2B. X—Claybaugh 2-3 28; Haddix 2-3. Records: B 3-1, X 0.7. Clermont Northeastern 18, North College Hill 3 NCH .....»...........................000' 03— 3 1 4 CNE ...................................336 33-18 13 0 WP—Smithers. LP—Smith. Hitting leaders: C—Hopper 3-4; Green 2.2 3RBI; Opp 2-3; Kinser 2-4 3RBI. Felicity 6, Norwood 4 Norwood ........_.............111 010 0-4 4 0 Felicity .........................121 000 2-6 3 2 WP—Cas. Hall. LP—Jennings. Hitting leaders: F—Can. Hall 2-4; Lanham 2B,2RBI. N—B. Paul 3B; K. Paul 3B; Monahan 2-4. Records: F 1-2, N 1.1 Harrison 6, Oak Hills 4 Harrison .............._._....002 300 1-6 6 1 Oak Hills ......................100 001 2-4 6 6 WP—Esterman(7 K's). LP—Werkne. Hiftine leaders- H—R.dnsick 36; Brpfherton ,-:,e;•, .. ,...._.:ik. eecoY&- H 2B. 3-1,0 1.2.E Hamilton 1, Lakota West 0 Hamilton ..................... 001 000 0-1 2 0 Lakota West ..............000 000 0-0 2 4 WP—K. Halcomb. LP—Beck (9 K's). Hitting leaders: H—K. Halcomb 2B. LW— Burlew 3B. Records: LW 0.3(GMC 0.3), H 3-0 (3-0). Notre Dame 10, Holy Cross 0 Holy Cross ..............000 000 0— 0 3 3 Notre Dame............332 002 x-10 13 0 WP—Birkenhauer (13 K's). LP—Eggleme)er. Hitting leaders: HC—Contreras 2-3. ND—Wulfeck 2-3, 26; Birkenhauer 2.3, 2B; Duncan 3-4; McEvoy 2-2, 2B. Records: ND 4.0, HC 0-7. Simon Kenton 12, Holmes 1 Holmes ................................001 0— 1 1 2 Simon Kenton ...................022 8-12 11 '1 WP—Wood (10 K's). LP—S. Miller. Hitting leaders: SK—Sester-3B, 2RBI; Kijinski 28, 2 runs; Klaine 2RBI. Talawanda 6, Mt. Healthy 3 Mt. Healthy ................100 000 2-3 4 2 Talawanda .................003 300 x-6 7 7 WP—Clark (13k's). LP—Mahlerwein. Hitting leaders: T—Christian 28; Doan 2B, 2RBI; Clark 2.3 28; Barnes 2RBI. M—Sargo 2B. Records: T 1-1, M 0-2. SLOW-PITCH Dayton 7, Newport 3 Newport .....................010 100 1-3 7 4 Dayton ........................201 022 x-7 14 1 WP—Brickler. LP—Mills. Hitting leaders: D—Freeman 2-4; Huebner 3-3 2RBI; Ferris 2-3; Stocion 2-3 2RBI; Workman 2-3 3B. N—Beatsch 2-2; Mills HR; White 2-3 2B. Records: D 3-1, N 3-1.

bays track Ross Relays Team standings: 1. Eaton 92, 2. Mason 89, 3. Harrison 74, 4. Wyoming 70, 5. Ross 47, 6. Fairfield 40, 7. Little Miami 6, 8. Taylor 5. Event winners: SP—Mason 89-0; Disc—Eaton 242-3; LJ—Harrison 36-0'/4; LJ—Wyoming 10-6; TJ—Mason 72-5'h; PV—Eaton 23-6; Shuttle Hurdles—Harrison 1:07.2; BOOR—Eaton 1:34.7; Distance Medley—Wyoming 11:11.1; Sprint Medley— Mason 1:37.7(Meet record); 1600MR—Eaton 3:48.4; Throwers Relay-51.4; 40oR— Eaton 44.5; 32OOR—Eaton 8:29.5; 160oR— Mason 3:30.3. Fairfield Relays Team standings: 1. Colerain 88, 2. Princeton 73, 3. Anderson 71, 4. Oak Hills 67, 5. Fairfield 45, 6. Hamilton 43, 7. Mt. Healthy 42. Event winners: 640ORelay—Colerain 19:29; Shuttle Hurdles—Anderson 1:05.9; 80ORelay—Princeton 1:33.6; 3200Relay— Oak Hills 8:30.3; 40ORelay—Princeton 44.2; 160OMedley-3:47.6; 320OMedley—Colerain 8:47.6; Sprint Medley-1:39.4; 160ORelay— Hamilton 3:33.7; Disc—Colerain 289-101/2; SP—Mt. Healthy 89-6; LJ—Colerain 42.31/2; HJ—Fairfield 12-2; Pole—Anderson 25-1.

Girls track Ross Relays Team standings: 1. Mason 86, 2. Harrison 83, 3. Ross 56, 4. (tie) Eaton 37, Fairfield 37, Wyoming 37, 7. Little Miami 21, 8. Taylor 10. Event winners: SP—Harrison 66-0~/2; Disc—Harrison 206-6; LJ—Mason 28-03/4; HJ—Ross 9-2; Shuttle Hurdles—Ross 1:13.5; 80OR—Mason 1:54.1; Distance Medley— Fairfield 14:04.5 (meet record); Spring Medley—Wyoming 2:00.6; 1600MR—Harrison 4:43.2; Throwers Relay—Eaton 1:06.9; 40OR—Mason 54.7; 3200R—Mason 11:04.2; ':6_ ,RK_;^;.:-ring: u:"'. Fairfield Relays Team standings: 1. Colerain 106, 2. (tie) Princeton, Fairfield 63, 4. Anderson 61, 5. Oak Hills 56, 6. Mt. Healthy 39, T Hamilton 11. Event winners: 640ORelay—Colerain 22:33.0; Shuttle Hurdles—Colerain 1:10.3; 80ORelay—Princeton 1:49.9; 320ORelay— Colerain 10:14.7; 40ORelay—Mt. Healthy 52.3; 160OMedley—Colerain 4:30.6; 320OMedley—Colerain 10:22.6; Sprint Medley—Colerain 1:57.1; 160ORelay—Anderson 4:19.4; Disc—Colerain 198-0; SP—Fairfield 61-5; LJ—Colerain 30-6; HJ—Fairfield 9-4.

Scheule BASEBALL Friday's Games (Games begin at 4:30 p.m. unless noted) Greater Miami Conference Lakota East at Sycamore Southern Buckeye Conference New Richmond at Western Brown, noon Non-league Bethel Tate at Amelia (DH), 11 a.m. Hughes at Clermont Northeastern Clinton-Massie vs. Whiteoak at Wilmington College 1 Little Miami at Madeira, 10 a.m. Goshen at Madeira, 1 p.m. Withrow at Oak Hills, 4 p.m. Walnut Hills vs. Woodward at Roselawn Western Hills at Campbell Co.(KY),7 p.m. Kentucky Gallatin Co. at Bishop Brossart, 5 p.m. Cinti. Western Hills at Campbell Co., 7 p.m. Owen County•at Dayton, 5 p.m. Holmes vs. Highlands at Scott Pendleton County at Clark County, 5 p.m. Ryle at Carroll County, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL Saturday's Games Clay at Western Brown, noon Lynchburg

AFC schedules BALTIMORE RAVENS 1 p.m. at St. Louis 1 p.m. Pittsburgh 1 p.m. Cleveland 1 p.m. at Atlanta 4:15 p.m. at Tennessee Open Date 8:20 p.m. Kansas City 1 p.m. Buffalo 7 p.m. at Cleveland 4:05 p.m. at Jacksonville 4:05 p.m. at Cincinnati 1 p.m. Jacksonville 1 p.m. Tennessee 1 p.m. at Pittsburgh I p.m. New Orleans 1 p.m. Cincinnati 1 p.m. at New England BUFFALO BILLS 1 p.m. at Indianapolis Sept. 12 N.Y. Jets 8:20 p.m. Sept. 19 1 p.m. Philadelphia Sept. 26 9 p.m. at Miami Oct. 4 Pittsburgh 1 p.m. Oct. 10 1 p.m. Oakland Oct. 17 4:15 p.m. at Seattle Oct. 24 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at Baltimore 1 p.m. at Washington Nov. 7 Miami 1 p.m. Nov. 14 1 p.m. at N.Y. Jets Nov. 21 1 p.m. New England Nov. 28 Open Date Dec. 5 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants Dec. 12 0:20 p.m. at Arizona Dec. 19 1 p.m. at New England Dec. 26 1 p.m. Indianapolis Jan. 2 CINCINNATI SENGALS 1 p.m. at Tennessee Sept. 12 1 p.m. San Diego Sept. 19 I p.m. at Carolina Sept. 26 1 p.m. St. Louis Oct. 3 1 p.m. at Cleveland Oct. 10 Pittsburgh 1 p.m. Oct. 17 1 p.m. at Indianapolis Oct. 24 1 p.m. Jacksonville Oct. 31 4:15 p.m. at Seattle Nov. 7 1 p.m. Tennessee Nov. 14 4:05 p.m. Baltimore Nov. 21 1 p.m. at Pittsburgh Nov. 28 1 p.m. San Francisco Dec. 5 1 p.m. Cleveland Dec. 12 Open Date Dec. 19 1 p.m. at Baltimore Dec. 26 1 p.m. at Jacksonville Jan. 2 CLEVELAND BROWNS Pittsburgh 8:20 p.m. Sept. 12 4:15 p.m. Sept. 19 at Tennessee 1 p.m. at Baltimore Sept. 26 1 p.m. New England Oct. 3 1 p.m. Cincinnati Oct. 10 1 p.m. at Jacksonville Oct. 17 7 p.m. at St. Louis Oct. 24 1 p.m. Oct. 31 at New Orleans 1 p.m. Baltimore Nov. 7 1 p.m. Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh 1 p.m. Carolina Nov. 21 1 p.m. Tennessee Nov. 28 4:15 p.m. at San Diego Dec. 5 7 p.m. at Cincinnati Dec. 12 1 p.m. Jacksonville Dec. 19 1 p.m. Indianapolis Dec. 26 Open Date Jan. 2 DENVER BRONCOS 9 p.m. Miami Sept. 13 4:15 p.m. Sept. 19 at Kansas City I p.m. Sept. 26 at Tampa Bay Oct, 3 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Jets 4:15 p.m. al O~Jaarnl Oct. 10 4:15 p.m. Green Bay Oct. 17 1 p.m. at New England Oct. 24 4:15 p.m. Minnesota Oct. 31 4:15 p.m. Nov. 7 at San Diego 8:20 p.m. at Seattle Nov. 14 9 p.m. Nov. 22 Oakland Open Date Nov. 28 p.m. 4:15 Kansas City Dec. 5 9 p.m. at Jacksonville Dec. 13 p.m. 4:15 Seattle Dec. 19 4:15 p.m. at Detroit Dec. 25 p.m. 4:15 Jan. 2 San Diego INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 7 p.m. Buffalo Sept. 12 1 p.m. at New England Sept. 19 4:05 p.m. at San Diego Sept. 26 Open Date Oct. 3 4:15 p.m. Miami Oct. 10 1 p.m. at N.Y. Jets Oct. 17 1 p.m. Cincinnati Oct. 24 1 p.m. Oct. 31 Dallas 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Kansas City 1 p.m. at N.Y. Giants Nov. M 1 p.m. Nov. 21 at Philadelphia 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Jets Nov. 20 1 p.m. Miami at Dec. 5 1 p.m. New England Dec. 12 I p.m. . Washington 19' Dec. 7 p.m. at Cleveland Dec. 26 1 p.m. at Buffalo Jan. 2 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 4:15 p.m. San Francisco Sept. 12 1 p.m. at Carolina Sept. 19 4:05 p.m. Tennessee Sept. 26 1 p.m. at Pittsburgh Oct. 3 9 p.m. at N.Y. Jets Oct. 11 1 p.m. Cleveland Oct. 17 Open Date Oct. 24 1 p.m. Oct. 31 at Cincinnati 1 p.m. at Atlanta Nov. 7 4:05 p.m. Baltimore Nov. 14 8:20 p.m. Nov. 21 New Orleans 1 p.m. at Baltimore Nov. 28 8:20 p.m. Dec. 2 - Pittsburgh Denver 9 p.m. Dec. 13 at Cleveland 1 p.m. Dec. 19 at Tennessee 1 p.m. Dec. 26 Cincinnati 1 p.m. Jan. 2 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 7 p.m. at Chicago Sept. 12 Denver Sept. 19 4:15 p.m. Detroit 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at San Diego 4:15 p.m. Oct. 3 New England I p.m. Oct. 10 Open Date Oct. 17 Oct. 21 at Baltimore 0:20 p.m. San Diego Oct. 31 1 p.m. at Indianapolis 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Tampa Bay 1 p.m. Nov. 14 Seattle 1 p.m. Nov. 21 at Oakland 4:15 p.m. Nov. 28 at Denver 4:15 p.m. Dec. 5 Minnesota 8:20 p.m. Dec. 12 Pittsburgh 12:40 p.m. Dec. 18 at Seattle Dec. 26 4:05 p.m. Oakland 1 p.m. Jan. 2 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. l0 Oct. 17 Oct. 21 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec. 26 Jan. 2

MIAMI DOLPHINS 9 p.m. at Denver Sept. 13 7 p.m. Arizona Sept. 19 Open Date Sept. 26 9 p.m. Buffalo Oct. 4 4:15 p.m. at Indianapolis Oct. 10 1 p.m. at New England Oct. 17 Philadelphia 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. Oct. 31 8:20 p.m. Tennessee Nov. 7 at Buffalo 1 p.m. Nov. 14 New England 1 p.m. Nov. 21 4:15 p.m. Nov. 25 ' at Dallas 1 p.m. Indianapolis Dec. 5 at N.Y. Jets 4:05 p.m. Dec. 12 San 1 p.m. 19 Diego Dec. N.Y. Jets 9 p.m. Dec. 27 at Washington 4:15 p.m. Jan. 2 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 1 p.m. at N.Y. Jets Sept. 12 Indianapolis 1 p.m. Sept. 19 8:20 p.m. N.V. Giants Sept. 26 1 p.m. at Cleveland Oct. 3 1 p.m. at Kansas City Oct. 10 I p.m. Miami Oct. 17 Denver 1 p.m. Oct. 24 4:05 p.m. at Arizona Oct. 31 Open Date Nov. 7 9 p.m. N.Y. Jets Nov. 15 1 p.m. at Miami Nov. 21 I p.m. at Buffalo Nov. 28 8:20 p.m. Dallas Dec. 5 1 p.m. at Indianapolis Dec. 12 1 p.m. at Philadelphia Dec. 19 1 p.m. Buffalo Dec. 26 1 p.m. Baltimore Jan. 2 NEW YORK JETS 1 p.m. New England Sept. 12 8:20 p.m. at Buffalo Sept. 19 Washington 1 p.m. Sept. 26 4:15 p.m. at Denver Oct. 3 9 p.m. Jacksonville Oct. 11 1 p.m. Indianapolis Oct. 17 4:15 p.m. Oct. 24 at Oakland Open Date Oct. 31 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Arizona 9 p.m. Nov. 15 at New England I p.m. Buffalo Nov. 21 4:15 p.m. at Indianapolis Nov. 28 I p.m. at N.Y. Giants Dec. 5 Miami 4:05 p.m. Dec. 12 4:15 p.m. at Dallas Dec. 19 9 p.m. at Miami Dec. 27 I p.m. Seattle Jan. 2 OAKLAND RAIDERS 1 p.m. at Green Bay Sept. 12 7 p.m. Sept. 19 at Minnesota Chicago 4:15 p.m. Sept. 26 8:20 p.m. at Seattle Oct. 3 Denver 4:15 p.m. Oct. 10 1 p.m. at Buffalo Oct. 17 N.Y. Jets 4:15 p.m. Oct. 24 Miami 4:05 p.m. Oct. 31 Open Date Nov. 7 4:05 p.m. San Diego Nov. 14 9 p.m. at Denver Nov. 22 4:15 p.m. Kansas City Nov. 28 4:15 p.m. Seattle Dec. 5 8:20 p.m. at Tennessee Dec. 9 Tampa Bay 4:05 p.m. Dec. 19 4:05 p.m. at San Diego Dec. 26 7 p.m. at Kansas City Jan. 2 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 8:20 p.m. at Cleveland Sept. 12 7 p.m. at Baltimore Sept. 19 7 p.m. Seattle Sept. 26 1 p.m. Jacksonville Oct. 3 1 p.m. at Buffalo Oct. 10 1 p.m. at Cincinnati Oct. 17 9 p.m. Atlanta Oct. 25 Open Date Oct. 31 4:15 p.m. at San Francisco Nov. 7 1 p.m. Cleveland Nov. 14 I p.m. Nov. 21 at Tennessee 1 p.m. Cincinnati Nov. 28 8:20 p.m. at Jacksonville Dec. 2 1 p.m. Baltimore Dec. 12 12:40 p.m. at Kansas City Dec. 18 1 p.m. Carolina Dec. 26 4:15 p.m. Tennessee Jan. 2 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Open Date Sept. 12 1 p.m. at Cincinnati Sept. 19 Indianapolis 4:05 p.m. Sept. 26 4:15 p.m. Kansas City Oct. 3 1 p.m. at Detroit Oct. l0 4:05 p.m. Seattle Oct. 17 4:05 p.m. Green Bay Oct. 24 I p.m. at Kansas City Oct. 31 4:15 p.m. Denver Nov. 7 4:05 p.m. at Oakland Nov. 14 4:15 p.m. Chicago Nov. 21 1 p.m. at Minnesota Nov. 28 4:15 p.m. Cleveland Dec. 5 4:05 p.m. at Seattle Dec. 12 1 p.m. at Miami Dec. 19 4:05 p.m. Oakland Dec. 26 4:15 p.m. at Denver Jan. 2 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Detroit 4:15 p.m. Sept. 12 1 p.m. at Chicago Sept. 19 I p.m. at Pittsburgh Sept. 26 8:20 p.m. Oakland Oct. 3 Open Date Oct. 10 4:05 p.m. at San Diego Oct. 17 4:15 p.m. Buffalo Oct. 24 9 p.m. at Green Bay Nov. I 4:15 p.m. Cincinnati Nov. 7 Denver 0:20 p.m. Nov. 14 1 p.m. at Kansas City Nov. 21 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay Nov. 28 4:15 p.m. at Oakland Dec. 5 4:05 p.m. Dec. 12 San Diego 4:15 p.m. at Denver Dec. 19 4:05 p.m. Kansas City Dec. 26 1 p.m. at N.Y. Jets Jan. 2 TENNESSEE TITANS I p.m. Cincinnati Sept. 12 4:15 p.m. Sept. 19 Cleveland at Jacksonville 4:05 p.m. Sept. 26 4:15 p.m. at San Francisco Oct. 3 4:15 p.m. Baltimore Oct. 10 '1 p.m. Oct. 17 at New Orleans Open Date Oct. 24 1 p.m. St. Louis Oct. 31 8:20 p.m. Nov. 7 at Miami I p.m. Nov. 14 at Cincinnati 1 p.m. Nov. 21 Pittsburgh I p.m. at Cleveland Nov. 20 I p.m. at Baltimore Dec. 5 8:20 p.m. Oakland Dec. 9 Atlanta 1 p.m. Dec. 19 1 p.m. Jacksonville Dec. 26 4:15 p.m. at Pittsburgh Jan. 2

WIMMING National Champ. EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Leaders Thursday from the National Championships (All distances in meters): MEN Team Standings-1, Irvine Novaquatics, 128. 2, Ocean State Squids, 127. 3, Nassau Long Island, 115. 4, Cincinnati Marlins, 111.50. 5, Auburn University, 93. 6, Texas Aquatics, 88. 7, Hillenbrand, 80. 7,

Santa Clara, 80. 9, Auburn Aquatics, 74. 10, Team TYR,63. 50m Freestyle-1, Bill Pilczuk, Cape May Point, N.J., 22.58. 2, Brett Hawke, Australia, 22.82. 3, David Fox, Raleigh, N.C., 1500m Freestyle-1, Chris Thompson, Roseburg, Ore., 15:14.11. 2, Erik Vendt, North Easton, Mass., 15:31.17. 3, Klete Keller, Phoenix, Ariz., 15:43.38.

HARNESS RACING Lebanon results THURSDAY NIGHT 1st-Pace 1:59.4 Primrose B(Wilder) 2.80 2.10 2.40 Sugarinthemorning (Newton) 2.20 2.80 Megan Monroe(Haynes) 5.00 Perfecta (1-2) $7.00 2nd-Trot 2:02.1 Gran Debonair (Deacon) 33.60 16.60 4.80 White Wall Crown (Tharps) 14.60 9.00 Chicanery (Beatty) 4.40 Perfecta (3-6) $104.60 Trifecta (3.6.1) $1,166.10 Daily Double (1/3) $39.40 3rd-Pace 1:57.0 Rainy Day Viking (Collins) 5.60 3.60 3.20 Sharp Fannie Mae (Mouser) 5.40 3.00 E-Mail(Wilder) 2.80 Perfecta (1.2) $13.40 Tri (1-2-4) $40.40 4th-Pace 2:01.1 Sunny Sally (Noble) 10.40 9.00 10.20 Small Minority(Sieck) 14.20 6.20 Georges GypsyRose(Harper) 4.00 Perfecta (9.1) $62.00 Superfecta (9-1-3-5) $488.20 5th-Pace 1:58.0 Siedy Dare (Dailey) 4.60 3.40 2.20 She's A Farm Girl (Essig) 5.40 3.40 Daddvs Little Pro(Neff) 2.20 Perfecta (5-4) $31.00 Trifecta (5.4.1) $124.40 Pick 3 Wagering (1/9/5) 576.00 6th-Pace 2:00.1 PrkLanePrncss (Mousr) 5.20 3.20 5.60 Classy Mink Coat (Essig) 8.60 11.00 Shocking Sara (Hiteman) 20.00 Perfecta (3.1) 551.80 Superfecta (3-18-ALL) $1,355.60 7th-Pace 2:00.2 Bennie Wabbit (Mcquinn) 5.80 5.00 3.40 Look Cinja(Wilson) 10.60 5.40

3.00 Cincy Jackie (Noble) Perfecta (1-9) $23.80 Trifecta Exchange (1-9-5, 4 exchanges) 577.80. 8th-Pate 2:00.4 Linn-SideLiz(Wilder) 7.40 3.60 3.20 Quizzical (Dailey) 4.20 4.40 4.60 Jingle Jangle (Haynes) Perfecta (4-6) 583.00 Superfecta (4-6-1ALL) 5211.50 9th-Pace 1:59.0 Marie Claire(Tharps) 7.20 4.60 4.00 3.60 3.20 Linda La'nel (Essig) High Pressure (Harper) 8.80 Perfecta (9.1) 511.80 Twin Trifecta (9-1-2, 1 ticket) $2,033.00 10th-Trot 2:01.3 Narrows Arrow(Steck) 20.20 10.40 6.80 18.20 9.80 Wiggle Room(Konesky) 9.80 Sky Tune(Mc Nabb) Perfecta (4-2) $235.80 Trifecta (4.2-5) S473.60. 11th-Pace 2:00.1 Dragon's Evidence(Tharps)6.80 3.60 4.60 Mountain Range(Williams) 8.00 51.80 9.00 BunnyLeggs(Dailey) Perfecta (3.2) $47.00 Trifecta (3-2-4) $603.60 12th-Pace 2:01.1 FarmtownGirl(Deaton) 10.00 3.60 220 2.40 2.10 Rosie's Scooter(Wilder) 2.20 GLookettme(Noble) (3-4) 530.80 Trifecta (3-4-1) Perfecta S71.40 13th-Pace 2:00.0 KatiesNobleLdy (Troute) 9.00 6.80 10.20 Rashima(Winters) 14.00 4.20 2.60 Lady of The Town (Deaton) Perfecta (5-4) $53.80 Superfecta (5-4-3ALL)5280.60 Late Daily Double (3/5) 537.20.

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Crusaders adopted stuffed lamb BY DAVE SCHUTTE Enquirer contributor COLUMBUS — When a team has won five tournament games in which it was considered the underdog to reach the state finals, it is bound to pick up a little superstition. In Moeller's case, it's been hard to miss — an oversized stuffed Iamb that occupies a place of honor on the Moeller bench. The lamb has quite a history.

City Arena on Saturday when the players began shooting warmups before the Crusaders championship game against Shaker Heights. "The players plan to shave it if we win the championship," Moeller Athletic Director Dick Beerman said. BIG SOPHOMORE: Sophomore Matthew Sylvester's important role in Moeller's drive to the state championship game comes as no surprise to his father, Mike, a 1970 graduate. "I've worked with Matthew since he was 2 years old," Mike Sylvester said. "I knew it was more difficult to

MOELLER NOTEBOOK learn the perimeter skills so he's worked at guard because I wanted him to learn to pass, catch and shoot." Although Matthew was born in Cincinnati (1983), he spent much of his life in Italy where Mike played 17 years for a professional team following graduation from the University of Dayton (1974). "Every day before practice and after practice, I worked an hour with Matthew," Sylvester said. "I also coached him the second through the

sixth grade in Loveland." Matthew's only brother, Mike, was killed in an automobile accident in Italy at the age of four. "Matthew is a source of pride for me and my wife, Lisa, for obvious reasons," Mike said. "He would have been in that car with his brother but stayed home with me because of sickness." Most of the major colleges, including Kentucky, Xavier, UC, Dayton, Indiana and Ohio State have already expressed interest in Sylvester, who is expected to grow at least four more inches to 6-foot-10. "I can tell you this," Syl-

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vester said. "Matthew will attend school within 200 miles of Cincinnati because we want to watch him play." Mike pointed to Matthew's 18-point second-half effort against Beavercreek, including the winning tip-in, as indicative of his potential. "Against Beavercreek, he showed great potential and he will get better," Mike said. NO SURPRISE: The fact that Moeller qualified to the Division I state championship game did not surprise, Eric Thomas, former coach of the Aiken Falcons. "We played all the top teams in Cincinnati and I told

everyone that Moeller was the best," Thomas said. "They have two good guards (Mike Monsorez) and Jeremy Duncan) and a great coach (Carl Kremer)." I'LL TAKE MOELLER: In the prediction department, Oak Hills coach Mike Price favored Moeller over Sly 'cer Heights in the Division!state championship game or Saturday. "Moeller should be able to penetrate against Shaker Heights and get the easy layup," Price said. "Shaker Heights also showed a little nervousness and Moeller's crowd could unnever them.

Moeller,* claims division I title CONTINUED FROM PAGE Dl Then Monserez added another three with 1:41 to play that pushed the lead to 59-50. A 12-2 run by Shaker Heights made the ending a scramble, as the Raiders pulled to within 51-48 with 3:30 to play. But Shaker Heights would never get any closer, thanks to Monserez's heroics. The second half opened with a 5-0 Moeller spurt, as Jeremy Duncan made a three and then two possessions later threw an alley-oop for a dunk by Sylveslo-, Moeller had its lead, 38-24, with 6:10 left in the third. They matched that margin again on a three by Chris Welsch that made the score 41-27. Two long passes by Monserez over pressure produced layups by Duncan and Hutzel, pushing the lead to 45-28 with 3:15 left in the third. At quarter's end, Moeller still led 49-36, although Shaker Heights was beginning to have more success producing turnovers with its pressure defense. Moeller was further pinched for its stretch run when Sylvester went out with his fourth foul at 7:30 with Moeller ahead 49-39. In the first half, Moeller made the first move to take control of the game by employing a 1-2-2 zone in the second quarter which put the brakes on Shaker Heights' offense. Shaker Heights led 20-19 5:17 before halftime, but only scored two fast-break baskets

the rest of the half. Moeller meanwhile got eight straight points from forward Brad Hutzel in the final three minutes, after he returned from an extended period on the bench with three fouls. Meanwhile, 6-6 Moeller sophomore continued to be completely unfazed by his surroundings, leading Moeller with 14 first-half points. Moeller was shooting 64 percent at halftime, compared to 35 percent for Shaker Heights. MVP: Monserez was ,nm,:d MVP of the Division I tournament. The Notre Dame-bound Monserez, scored 13 points in Friday's victory over Mansfield. In the championship game, Monserez sank two cluch three-pointers and two free throws during the final two minutes to clinch it for the Crusaders. Sylvester and Duncan were also named to the all-tournament team along with Sidney Williams from Shaker Heights and Danny Swonger from East Liverpool.

The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Keith Waleskowski's 5-foot jump shot with 1.1 seconds to play in overtime lifted Kettering Alter to a 49-47 win over Philo in the Division II state championship game. The 6-foot-9 senior finished with 17 points, his younger brother Adam had 12 and Mark Borland scored 11, including a desperation three-pointer that sent it into overtime. The win gave the Knights (21-6) their second state title.

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with 21 points. Darren Tigner scored 11 and Chris Ballenger finished with 10 for the Electrics, who were making their third appearance in the tournament. Philo has never won a state championship. Alter shot just 37 percent for the game (17-for-36), but made them when they counted most. With time winding, down in the extra period, Borland fed Keith Waleskowski in the lane. His shot bounced off the rim twice before falling with 1.1 seconds left. Philo had one final chance, but Keith Waleskowski blocked a shot from the 6-foot-5 Rush. Waleskowski raised his arms and yelled as his teammates mobbed him during a midcourt celebration at Value City Arena.

MOELLER (67) — Duncan 5.10 2.4 13, Welsch 2-5 0.0 6, Monserez 4.9 1.2 13, Sylvester 8.9 0.0 16, Hutzel 7.8 2.2 16, Byrnes 0-0 3.4 3. Totals: 26-418-12 67. SHAKER HEIGHTS (62) — Finley 3.8 2.2 10, Smith 4.11 1.3 9, Higgins 4.10 2.4 12, Williams 8.14 7.9 24, Tucker Id 2.4 4, Beringer 0.2 3.4 3, Barnes 0.2 0-0 0, Foster 0-10.0 0. Totals: 20.52 17.28 62. 17 16 18-67 Shaker Heights .._._..._..................14 10 12 26-62 Three-point field goals: M (1-17) Duncan, Welsch 2, Monserez 4. SH (5.20) Finley 2, Higgins 2, Williams. Rebounds: M 20 (Duncan 5, Monserez 5, Sylvester 4). SH 26(Williams 9). Assists: 18(Monserez 10, Duncan 4) SH 8 (Baringer 3). Turnovers: M 18, SH 13. Steals: M 3, SH 10. Records: Moeller 213, Shaker Heights 25-2. Officials: Robert Schloemer, Williams Flick, Robert sagers, Sr. Attendance: 14,018.

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STATE in the third quarter, as Bedford Chanel pulled away from Coldwater. The Firebirds (26-0) then gathered to celebrate their first state championship and an undefeated season. Brandon Childress scored 18 points, Percy Robinson had 12 and 6-6 center Larry Penn finished with 10, six of which came on thundering dunks in the second half. Chanel, which was No, l in the AP poll all season, is the fourth Ohio team since 1991 to finish the season undefeated. It was the Firebirds' third appearance in the tournament and first in the championship game.

Division IV ® Worthington Christian 95, Fort Recovery 90(30T) — Sam Smith scored 28 points and Dan Weston forced a third overtime with a blocked shot as Worthington Christian (24-3) outlasted Fort Recovery. Worthington Christian was able to clinch its first state title in just its second tournament appearance. The Warriors were runner up in 1994. Jason Weakley scored 19 points, David Taylor had 17 and Weston finished with 10. Chuck Bihn led Fort Recovery (25-2 ) with 34 points and 15 rebounds. ® Bedford Chanel 72, The 185 points were the Coldwater 54 — Brian Swift most for a Division IV tournascored 22 points, including 10 ment game.

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It's time for the Ohio High School Athletic Association to shed its conservative image and begin the 1999-2000 school year on a positive note by lifting the ban on pep bands, noise makers and banners at all boys' and girls' basketball tournament games. Rather than having a dull atmosphere, the Ohio tournament would be more like those in Indiana and Kentucky where school bands create a festive mood. Moving the boys' state basketball tournament to Ohio State's recently completed. 19,500-seat Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center was a decision by the OHSAA to be applauded. It would have been easy to justify keeping the tournament at nearby St. John Arena (13,323 seats) rather than assume the added cost of higher rent and increased security at the new facility.

Wake up, OHSAA. Add some excitement to an experience the players and fans will remember for a long time. The Value City Arena is plenty big and can handle a few musicians. Ticket prices have escalated to $7, but the same dull atmosphere existed at this year's tournaments. BAD SEATS: The most common gripe voiced at this year's boys' tournament concerned the seating arrangement. Students and fans from the

High school iosi o Dave Schutte But now, with more than 6,000 additional seats, OHSAA officials cannot argue that pep bands would take up valuable seats and keep interested fans from seeing the game. Played last week at St. John Arena, the girls' tournament also will be moved to the new arena in 2000. Yet a change in the band rule isn't likely unless pressure is nut on Commissioner Clair Musearo and the seven members of the Board of Control, the governing body of the OHSAA. Muscaro has always been against the lifting the ban. "This is something we review from year to year," Muscaro said. "We'll take a look at it, but I won't make any promises."

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schools have claimed the 191 state championship trophies awarded. Middletown is the leader with seven state championships, followed by Columbus East with five. Other Cincinnati schools to win multiple titles are Elder (3), Hamilton (3) and Lockland Wayne (2). . Local schools with one championship are LaSalle, Lincoln Heights, Mariemont, Purcell Marian, Roger Bacon, Woodward, Hamilton Badin, Ross, Hamilton Taft, Hillsboro, Middletown Fenwick and Lakota. Besides Madeira and Moeller, two other schools made a first appearance this year. They were Shaker Heights and Columbus Beechcroft. Canton McKinley has made the most appearances (24), with the Tigers winning once and finishing second eight times. Middletown and McKinley share the record for

most appearances(nine)in the championship game. St. John Arena hosted the boys' tournament for 39 years, beginning in 1957 until last year. Due to a conflict, the tournament was moved to the University of Dayton Arena in 1986 and '87. The boys' state championships were contested at Cincinnati Gardens in 1953 and '55 and at Cleveland Arena in 1954 and '56. A three-year contract was signed for use of the Value City Arena, with an option for three additional se c,n n_ s through 2004. AIKEN COACH OUT: The announcement by Eric Thomas that he won't return to coach the Aiken boys' basketball team is a major loss to the community. "(Principal) Tom (Higgins) and I talked, and there were a few things he wanted done differently," Thomas

said. "Consequently, I like where our basketball program was, but our principal wanted to go in a different direction." A disciplinarian off and on the court, Thomas had complete control while demanding excellence. His players never questioned a call and displayed a high level of sportsmanship, which was a credit to Thomas and the school. "I have seen very at-risk men latch on to our basketball program and eventually come to realize that there is a future _..__ hem," T!lomas said. "Above any victory or trophy, to help a kid develop into a positive and contributing man is my reward." In three seasons at Aiken, the Falcons went 52-18 under Thomas. They claimed the 1996-97 city championship with a 17-3 regular-season record.

COACHES NEEDED: Ursuline has the following coaching openings: varsity field hockey, freshman and reserve volleyball and assistant varsity basketball. Call Diane Redmond at 791-8143. Galion needs a head football coach. Call Jim Ruth at 419-468-6500. New Miami seeks a football gaine the 10th week of the 1999 season. Call Kevin Dunnette at 863-4917. Milford has openings for three assistant volleyball coaches and one junior high volleyball coach. Call Jim Prather at 831-2990, ext. 119. HALL OF FAME:Joe Petrocelli (619-187 record), a 1956 Purcell graduate and coach at Kettering Alter since 1964, will be inducted into the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

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It's official: Final Four survival of the rittest, . By Aaron Portzline Dispatch Sports Reporter

the paint It's always been that way come tournament time, said Duke coach ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — By the Mike Krzyzewski, and he should time the big dance reaches its ulti- know. Krzyzewski has the Blue Devmate cha-cha — this weekend's Fi- ils in the Final Four for the eighth nal Four — it is best performed to a time. "As you get later in the season, constant melody of back-and-forth action rather than the disruptive into the conference tournaments and then the NCAA Tournament, it starts staccato of whistles. Thus, the old playground belief to get a little more physical," KrzyConnecticut coach "no harm, no foul" will likely be ob- zewski said. "It doesn't show up on served inside a state-of-the-art play- the perimeter, because they always ground named Tropicana Field, do a good job of calling the contact champion, but it'll be a good game if It's a difficult balance for offiWhere Ohio State, Connecticut, fouls outthere. "But you want to know that the the men in stripes still are unknown cials, something that can't be taught Michigan State and Duke will battle with a handbook or at the many clinfor college basketball's national players inside are going to have free- aater the game. "There's a reason you see the ics they attend in the off-season. It's championship. dom of movement and the officials 'A word of wisdom to those who will allow a little more contact Let same guys calling these games every only acquired through years of pracmake a living under the basket: Get the strongest player, let the best year," Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien tice. said. "They know the situation. They "Hopefully at the Final Four, the ready to rumble. When the season playershow through." The NCAA won't announce until keep control of the game, but yet officials are advanced enough, capareaches this point, officials tend to swallow their whistles unless a Saturday which officials will call the they let the players play. As a coach, ble enough to allow the kids to determine the national championship," fourth-degree felony is committed in three games that will determine a that's what you want"

"Hopefully at the Fnal Four, the officials are advanced enough, capable enough to allow the kids to determine the national championship." JIM CALHOUN

Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said. ing to see everything called," Cal"That's . how it's been when I've houn said. "The officials know the watched in the past, and that's how it NCAA is evaluating, and they try so should be done." hard to call the perfect game that Ohio State center Ken Johnson, they reactalittle quicker sometimes. "By the time you reach this point, meet Jake Voskuhl, the Connecticut middle man with whom you'll do bat- they're no longer being evaluated, so tle starting at5:42 p.m.Saturday. they can go out and call a game as Elton Brand, say hello to Michi- they normally would, without worrygan State's three-headed frontcourt ing about who's watching." of Antonio Smith, Andre Hutson and In other words, play ball and play Jason Mein. Brand, the unanimous hard. May the best man,and the best All-American from Duke, faces quite team,win. a challenge when the teams tip off at "The officials that do the Final about8:15 on Saturday. Four are the best of the best and By the process of elimination, believe me,they know the situation," only the best of the best survives the Krzyzewski said. "It's a one-shot deal field of 64 to reach the Final Four. for these teams,these players, "You don't want it to come down Likewise, the NCAA weeds out the lesser officials in the early rounds, to free throws and the officials don't using the opportunity to evaluate want to be the deciding force in this who is worthy ofthe Final Four. type of game. They do their jobs, but "We all know that when you're at they try to stay out ofthe way and let the first or second round, you're go- the players hash it out"

Duke turns opponents inside out Teams have devil ofa time stopping diversified offense By Tim May Dispatch Sports Reporter

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Michigan State has won 22in a row with Mateen Cleaves,left,running theshow.

Dogged competitor m Mateen Cleavesof Michigan State hasdeveloped a knackfor helping his team prat the bite on opponents. By Rob oiler Dispatch Sports Reporter Mateen Cleaves runs the Michigan State offense like one tough mutt, which may explain-.`why Y his career DOW-11. Roil pa- , cal. ~ue Ikuppeii ~n, lulu wura& over. Up. The All-American point guard has been on a high lately, the pinnacle playing out this week as the Spartans revisit the Final Four for the first time since 1979, when they won the national title with Magic Johnson barking the orders. Cleaves, a 6-foot-2 junior from Flint, Mich., is no Johnson, which should be a relief to Duke, the Spartans' semifinal opponent Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla. But Cleaves does share certain qualities with Johnson, namely the ability to get the ball to the right player in the right situation, and the ability to make a huge play at crunch time. "When the game is on the line, Mateen finds a way to get the ball in the basket or come up with a big steal," MSU coach Tom Izzo said. Outside crunch time is where the Cleaves/Johnson comparison truly separates. Cleaves is not the world's greatest shooter, which means he's also not an exceptional scorer. In four NCAA Tournament games, he was 17 of47(36.2 percent)from the field. "It's no secret that his shot is missing in action once in a while,"Izzo said. Fortunately for MSU, Cleaves doesn't need to pour in points because the Spartans have enough other offensive weapons. All they expect from their floor general is victory, and he has a knack for it. MSU has won 22 straight with Cleaves atthe controls.

"He not only is my best defensive player but also my hardest worker, and that's what all coaches hope for," Izzo said. The work paid off last season as Cleaves earned fast-team All-American status in leading MSU to a Big Ten co-championship. Down. Earlier this season, Cleaves behaved as if he were a dog tied in the back yard. He looked pained, his enthusiasm unable to match that of his teammates. The problem reached its peak in back-to-back losses to D-an wlc: ,&zziectcut ;n early December, when he shota combined 5for32(15.6 percent)from the floor. One person who noticed that Cleaves lacked his usual energy and enthusiasm was Johnson, who pulled him aside and offered simple advice:have fun. "If Magic says I'm not shooting enough then I'm not shooting enough," said Cleaves, who has struck up an almost brotherly relationship with Johnson. "If he says I'm not running the team then I'm not running it. His advice to me was to have fun while rm doing this." Cleaves snapped from the doldrums near midseason and the Spartans have not lost since a 66-51 setback to Wisconsin on Jan.6. "People keep bashing you until you win games," he said. "When you win, it blocks everything else out All anyone can say about me now is that I'm a winner." A tough one at that. Cleaves describes MSU's style of play as smash mouth, although for him it turns out to be more smash head. Among the most replayed moments of the NCAA Tournament occurred when Cleaves collided with Oklahoma forward Eduardo Najera, sending both men to the floor in a motionless heap. Cleaves suffered a bruised head, Najera a concussion and cutchin, but both returned to the game. "Mateen is very tough. As soon as I saw him get to his feet I knew he was going to play," Spartans forward Jason Klein said. "That's just how he is. Knock him down and he gets back up, and by doing that it carries overto the restofthe team.

"I think a lot ofitcomesfrom Flint" Flint is a blue-collar city that has a bad reputation as a hotbed of violence and hopelessness. Cleaves and three teammates — Morris Peterson, Antonio Smith and Charlie Bell — comprise the Flintstones. They don't deny that their hometown has problems, but they prefer to see the brightside. "A lot of what people know of Flint is the violence or the plant closings ... we want people to see there are positive things, like all the athletes we have in the pros," Cleaves said. "I want people to realize that Flint is a nice place." Roll over. As much as Cleaves has shown leadership skills during games, his decision-making off the court has been questionable. Cleaves found trouble before he even arrived on campus from Flint Northern High School. While on an infamous recruiting visit to Michigan in 1996, Cleaves was a passenger in the sport utility vehicle driven by former Wolverines player Maurice Taylor. The vehicle left the highway and rolled over when Taylor apparently fell asleep atthe wheel. Following the accident, Cleaves struggled with a lower back injury that caused him to gain weight and lose ground hisfreshman season. Cleaves found trouble again last season after Michigan State defeated Michigan for the first time in three years. In the early morning hours after the win, police arrested him and teammate Andre Hutson on alcoholrelated charges. Cleaves acknowledge he has made plenty of mistakes, but he added that he has learned from them and become a better person through the hardships. Others have noticed the positive changes. "He's been through hard times and it has built character," Klein said. Up, down and roll over. Cleaves has not only survived but thrived through it all. One thing this tough breed won't do is play dead.

It was during a timeout midway through the South west Missouri State game last Friday when a perturbed. Mike Krzyzewski addressed his players. "Forget the jump shots," the Duke coach said, among other things. And for a while, the smoothest, most talented and: best shooting team left in the NCAA Tournament did as it was told. The Blue Devils took the ball to the hoop, took control and earned aspotin the Final Four. Duke did so without making a substitution. It went from a finesse perimeter game to an inside attack at the whim of its coach. That, said Temple coach John Chaney.. — whose team lost to Duke on Sunday in the East, Regional title game — is the beauty of the machine Krzyzewski has wrought The Blue Devils did the same thing against Temple's zone defense. One possession they were attacking the middle, the next they were clearing guard T -4an Langdon for wide-open shotsfrom the outside. "He hit a few shots and that opened it," Chaney said. "Then you look up and you see five of their guys on the outside and nobody in. Then there's one guy inside and four guys out "I don't know how to tell other teams to prepare for that. This team is equipped to play at the highest level of basketball right now. Not just physically, but their will and their skill — believe me,there is something here that teaches them a little bit more. "They've got wisdom." The Blue Devils'individual talents are a given Fifth-year senior Langdon and sophomore point. guard William Avery are a formidable backcourt. Sophomore Elton Brand has been incomparable down low. Junior forward Chris Carrawell is a defensive stalwart: and offensive swing player. Sophomore Shane Battier, can do a little ofall ofthe above. And that's just the starting lineup. Consider that the man who flew in for a monster put-back dunk at the end of the first half against Temple, freshman Corey Mag-, gette,is looming on the bench. "He's one of the best athletes in the nation," Langdon said."And for him to be the sixth or seventh man coming' offthe bench,I think he has done a greatjob in thatrole. "I think it shows how strong we are. It also shows what kind ofplayer he is,to be able to accept that role." Maggette figures his time is coming, as do sophomores Nate James and Chris Burgess, the enforcer who spells Brand on occasion. The question continues to be whether the Blue Devils can be stopped, especially on offense, where they average 92.9 points per game.

"When Trojan was hurt, I'd say zone us," Carrawell said. "I wanted to keep that a secret, but he's back now: So take away thatzone stuff. "So if you go into a game plan saying you're going to double-team Elton Brand, well, who are you going to double-team off of? You can't double off Will or Trojan. And I don'tthink you can double off me or Shane. "Corey Maggette is coming in, Nate James is coming in. I don't think there is any kind of perfect game plan to really stop us." Chaney doesn't think there is. "I think its pretty difficult to plan to beat 'em," he said. "They execute out of a very strong team concept, and yet you have a lot of `I's' out there, a lot of guys who have great individual ability, who can dribble, pass, shoot and see." It's the kind of team that should make even its own coach shake his head in lucky amazement "For me, I've shaken my head for 19 years, saying, 'How can I be so lucky to be at Duke,' because I get an. opportunity to get kids like this," said Krzyzewski, who won national titles in 1991 and'92. charter flight to St. Petersburg, Fla., tending the Final Four to find downtown With this team in particular, "I shake my head a little where it will meetOhio State on Saturday. shuttle stopsfor this weekend's tourney. bit because they are still improving," he said. "They are Seven hundred lucky fans were able to So workers posted signs — to the really a good group. I mean, I'm lucky, there's no quesbuy tickets to Saturday's game in a lottery "NCCA'event tion about it, to be coaching these kids." Tuesday, some camping out days for a Ofcourse,they should say NCAA Chaney can imagine. He's a fan of Krzyzewski bechance. Those staying home will be able And actually,they shouldn'tsay either. cause he coaches with the same attention to detail and. to watch the matchup on a big screen The city learned it's not allowed to use discipline. television atthe campusstudent union. the association's acronym. It's a trade"You don't see his team ... standing over people mark, and the NCAA planned to use it on celebrating when the ball is going up at the other end," ® A BAD SIGN — St. Petersburg its own Final Four transportation system Chaney said."There is a class aboutthatteam." wanted to make it easier for people at- for officials.

5,000 Connecticut fans give Huskies big sendoff Associated Press About 5,000 Connecticut fans filled their home court yesterday in Storrs, Conn., to give the Huskies a rousing sendoffto the Final Four. After losing in three regional finals in the past 10 years, coach Jim Calhoun told the crowd the Huskies are not satisfied with just making it to the national semifinals.

"We have the best fans in America, and that's the truth," Calhoun said to thunderous applause. "What we're going to Florida for is to match you and to bring home the national championship." Gampel Pavilion reverberated with the cheers and stomping feet during the players' brief appearance, which was broadcast live on three local television stations. After the rally, the team left for a

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Friday East Liverpool(23-1)vs. Shaker Heights(24-1),6 p.m.

Today Cleveland Benedictine (20-6) vs. Philo(22-3),6 p.m.

Today Coldwater(17-8) vs. Madeira (24-1),11 a.m.

Friday Worthington Christian (22-3)vs. Edgerton (21-4),11 a.m.

Cincinnati Moeller(19-6)vs. Mansfield Senior(22-3),9 p.m.

Kettering Alter(19-6) vs. Beechcroft(20-4),9 p.m.

Bedford Chanel(24-0)vs. Beverly Fort Frye(24-2),2 p.m.

Berlin Hiland (25-1)vs. Fort Recovery(24-1),2 p.m.

Saturday Championship,8:30 p.m.

Saturday Championship,2 p.m.

Saturday Championship, 11 a.m.

Saturday Championship,5 p.m.

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DIVISION II

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61-year-old topped 600 wins this season

By Mark Zeidw Dispatch Sports Reporter Beechcroft coach Joe Dudas confesses that the control freak inside him used to break outlike a Tasmanian devil ifone ofhis players got too cute with the basketball. Five years on the job and a team full of marvelous athletes have mellowed Dudas to the point where ifa pass sails into the stands or a dunk clangs off the iron, he'll smile through gritted teeth. It's the price tag that comes with loosening the reins. His kinder, gentler demeanor and an emotionally tight senior class have led the Cougars(20-4)to the Division II state basketball tournament. They'll face Kettering Alter(19-6)at 9 tonight in the semifinals in Value City Arena. "When these guys were.sophomores, I tried to run some patterned offense," Dudas said."Then I talked to some people last year and they said sometimes youjust have to let the players go play. "Some coaches want to keep a thumb on them at all times.These kids are at their best when they're explosive.Ifthere's something I don't like seeing, I'll bring it to their attention.Butthis is their tournament. When they get this far, you let them play." While the Cougars do love to play their explosive style, they are quick to point out that they don't flaunt their dunks or take great pleasure in intimidating opponents. "We don't showboat," Woods said. The senior starting five — 6-foot-8 Delano Thomas,forward J.C. Zimmerman and guards Marchello Cox, Damien Lee and Lamar Woods — even keeps the talk to a minimum. In a district championship game victory over Eastmoor, Cox used his 41-inch verticaljump to throw down a thundering onehanded dunk on a breakaway. Rather than celebrate as the crowd roared, Cox motored back to play defense. "When we alley-oop against teams and surprise them, we just act like it's a regular situation," Lee said."We do that on a daily basis." Showtime or not, the players are given freedom to create no matter the situation. That was never more evident than in a re-

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Marchello Cox,J.C.Zimmerman,Damien Lee,Delano Thomas,Eric Bell,Lamar Woods and coach Joe Dudas haveformed quite a team. gional final against Lima Shawnee when the time for a rebound." Lee(13.1)are right behind. Indians took a 48-47 lead with 27 seconds Plays such as that may make Beechcroft "We've played together so long things get seem like a team that survives on style over to be automatic," Lee said. "We've played left. Rather than halting his team's flow by substance, but a closer looks shows a more pickup ball during the summer,atlunchtime calling a timeout, Dudas watched as Woods fundamental side. The Cougars made 6 of8 and during the season. We know what a cerdribbled the length of the floor and hit a free throws down the stretch to win the dis- tain person does at a certain time." jumperjust inside the free throw line with trict title and threw a defensive net over That closeness has helped the Cougars 12.5 seconds left for the winning points. Shawnee. overcome the loss of 6-6 senior Eric Bell — Dudas is so confident in his team's half- a high jumper headed to the Ohio State "I've talked to Lamarfor four years about , c73ffereq a Season-ending, time on the clock and scoring. and it paid off court defense that he seldom presses or track team — ;,;h there," Dudas said. "fie did the same thing double-teams the ball. knee injury Jan. 12. against Eastmoor in the game we lost. He "We don't do anything too tricky," Dudas Although Zimmerman isn't nearly as athsaid,'Coach,I wantthe shot.'So let him take said."Wejust keep the score down." letic as his teammates, he has been much the shot." In addition to a solid chemistry on de- more than a fill-in. Woods said,"I have a lot ofconfidence in fense, the players also have an uncanny "It's a trust," Bell said."We trust that our my game. I can go to the hole against any- knack of knowing who's hot offensively. teammates can score, rebound, play body.There was plenty oftime on the clock. Thomas is the scoring leader at 16.8 points defense. You just know they can come I just wanted to make sure we had enough per game, but Woods(15.3), Cox (13.8)and through."

DIVISION IV

Reese at home in Amish country Atfirst, black coach was stranger in a strange land By Steve Bladdedge Dispatch Sports Reporter It's The Andy Griffith Show, Hoosiers and The White Sliadow all rolled into one. How could Hollywood possibly miss out on such a gem ofa story line? An urban-raised black man becomes a high school basketball coach in the largest Amish community in the world, building a state powerhouse team and gaining flocks ofonce skeptical admirers along the way. Berlin Hiland coach Perry Reese even offered a catchy title for the yet-to-discovered movie about his life: The Original BlackAmiskman.The Adopted Son. The plot would include turmoil, triumph and many lessons aboutlife. A Canton native who never played high school basketball, Reese began his coaching career at Guernsey Catholic near Cambridge, Ohio. The school closed and he accepted a position as an assistant under legendary Charlie Huggins at tiny Berlin Hiland in eastern Holmes County. "To tell you the truth, this was an area I wasn't familiar with

at all," he said."I needed ajob,I had some contacts and I thought Charlie wasa good person to learn under." One season later, Huggins moved on and Reese was appointed head coach in 1985-86. Despite returning only one letterman and adapting to an entirely new style of play, the Hawks advanced to the state tournamentin Dayton. "Even though we were successfulright away, I must admit I had my problems Perry Reese thosefirstfewyears,"he said."Ithad nothing to do with the kids. It was strictly a social thing.This was a completely differentsituation for me." Reese, a Catholic, was the only black citizen in a county comprised almost exclusively of Amish and Mennonites. "At fast, people had a problem with me because I brought in a city-type game, so to speak, with pressing and running," he said. "Before, it was like a four-corner slowdown." The hoops-crazy fans eventually warmed to Reese. Now he's one ofthe mostadmired citizens in the community. "Atrust,it was like mixing oil and water," he said. "I'm a very demanding individual and the background and makeup of these kids is that they're extremely hard workers," he said. "That was the connection we needed. Everything clicked from there. A certain number of people

sortofadopted me and here I am 15 years later." This will mark the Hawks'second straight trip and fourth overall to the state tournament under Reese, who has racked up 279-82 record (a .773 winning percentage). They were DivisionIV champsin 1992. Even before Reese arrived, Hiland was a hard-core basketball town. The girls team, 157-32 in eight seasons under Dave Schlabach, also is flourishing. It has qualified for the state tournament four times, including this season when it lostto Hopewell-Loudon in the semifinals. This marks only the ninth time in history that boys and girls teams from the same school qualified for the state tournamentin the same year. "Basketball is the only thing everybody has in common around hele," said Keith Troyer, a former player under Reese and now his assistant. Hiland doesn't crank out Division I talent, just hardworking, hard-nosed players. "Unlike most schools our size, we don't have three-sport athletes. We have basketball players," Reese said Many are surprised Reese has stuck around this long. Large, prominent schools throughout the Akron-Canton area reportedly have pursued him for several years. "He could make a lot more money somewhere else," Troyer said. "The only thing that keeps him here is the kids. There's a bond between Perry and his players that's hard to put into words. He just loves these kids to death and they feel the same way about him."

Career victory No.600 for Kettering Alter coach Joe Petrocelli was a big deal. The Knights presented him with a plaque marking the accomplishment, City Council proclaimed a "Joe Petrocelli day" and the school renamed the gym in his honor. But there was one thing Petrocelli didn't appreciate — all the hoopla was interfering with his work on win No.601. "Coach liked everything that was done, but it was like, 'All right, let's get going. We've got to play the game," " center Keith Waleskowski said. The players wanted so much to win No.600 for Petrocelli that they 3 played poorly and lost ~= i to Cincinnati St. Xavier and Cincinnati McNi i cholas to fall to 1-2. Rival fans chanted, "599, :y. 599,599"afterward. The Knights finally Joe Petrocelli did it in game four, vs. Dayton Char inade-Julienne on Dec.20. Winning the Division H state tournament — Alter (19-6) meets Beechcroft(204) in a semifinal at 9 this morning — will be a much higher mountain to climb. Petrocelli, who is maldng his sixth trip to the tournament and fourth this decade, has faith in this bunch. "This team just seems to have a lot of heart," he said."When we started the tournament we didn't have great expectations. Now it has been a little magical, to tell you the truth. "They just think they're never going to get beat. I do. I'm always asked what I said at halftime when WO Will. I s..' a:::-.`t ;uxi make just a few adjustments. Most of it is them. We've gotten the ball to go in just when we've needed it the most and gotten on rolls." That has been the story for most of Petrocelli's 35 seasons as the school's only basketasket ball coach. Jim Paxson led Petrocelli's fast tournament team in 1975, and three years later John Paxson directed the Knights to their only championship. Petrocelli had modest expectations when he accepted the Alter job coming out of the U.S. Army. Now he has an eye on the state high school victory record of 695 held by Paul Walker at Portsmouth and Middletown. Next month, Petrocelli, 61, and Dick Kortokrax of Kalida will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. Petrocelli's record is 617-187. "I was just trying to win a tournament game when we started, and then in the '70s we got a lot of sons of ex-Dayton Flyers who could really play," Petrocelli said. "It reached the point where every year I think we have ashotat the state finals." The Knights reached the tournament this season by winning two overtime games in the regional. Waleskowski, a 6-foot-9 senior who has signed with Dayton, said the Knights win because Petrocelli has instilled toughness in the team. "I've played on varsity all four years at Alter, and I've learned that he cares about his players a lot," Waleskowski said. "The younger guys, he tends to get on them more in practice. That's how he gets more out of them. He'll help them through things. As you get older he trusts you more. "As a sophomore it seemed like he was picking on me. It wasn't personal. He just wants you to learn." Beechcroft coach Joe Dudas has told his players to expect a smart, fundamentally sound opponent. He finds it difficult to fathom the success Petrocelli has had. "Think about it, 617 wins," he said, laugh- e ing. "I've got 245 wins, but 617? Do you realize how good you've got to be and how long you've got to do it?Just amazing."

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KETTERING ALTER (19-6)

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 10 Richard Paul G 5-10 Sr. 12 Paul Owens G 6-2 Jr. 14 William Bruce G 6-3 Jr. 20 Michael Woods G 6-1 Sr. 22 Chris Leanza G 6-0 Sr. 24 Curtis Matthews G 6-2 Sr. 30 Derrick Easley F 6-2 Sr. 32 Brew Story G 6-3 So. 34 Jason Kaiser F Sr. 6-6 40 Jermaine Crosby F 6-6 Sr. 42 Brian Cecil F 6-5 Jr. 44 Rashad Hagler F 6-4 Sr. 50 Jason Halley F 6-4 Jr. 54 Sean Coffey F 6-3 So. Coach: Frank Novak (210-81, 12th season). Starters: Woods, 18.0 points per game; Leanza, 17.0; Matthews, 10.0; Kaiser, 7.0; Crosby,5.0. Fast facts: Located on Cleveland's near southeast side, Benedictine is gunning for its third straight state title. It defeated Akron Buchtel for the 1997 championship and Dover last season. ... Leanza, co-player of the year in Ohio, is third on Benedictine's career list with 1,177 points. With a 4.3 grade point average, he has committed to Yale.... Ninth-ranked in the final state poll, the Bengals, who started 7-6, are averaging 72.8 points and yielding 56.6.... Woods and Crosby joined player of the year Leanza as first-team district choices.... Crosby leads the team in rebounding (8.2), Leanza in assists (4.0), Woods in steals (2.7) and Kaiser in blocks (2.5). . The Bengals have captured five state titles in athletics over the past two years. . Notable alumni of Benedictine include Chuck Noll, Tom Weiskopf and James Trueman.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 11 Mark Borland G 5-10 Jr. 22 Chris Thomas G 6-2 Sr. 24 Greg Kohis G 6-2 Jr. 32 Matt Swanson G 6-0 Sr. 33 Adam Berardo G 6-1 Sr. 34 John Staub G 6-1 Jr. 35 Justin Cetone G 5-11 Jr. 40 Dan Adamson F 6-3 Sr. 41 Andy Carter F 6-4 Jr. 44 Keith Waleskowski F 6-9 Sr. 50 Chris Goings F 6-6 Jr. 51 Adam Waleskowski C 6-8 So. 55 Tony Franz C 6-10 Jr. Coach: Joe Petrocelli (617-187, 35th season). Starters: K.Waleskowski, 18.6 points per game; A.Waleskowski, 10.5; Staub, 8.7; Berardo, 8.3; Borland,8.2. Fast facts: Located southwest of Dayton in Montgomery County, Alter is making its sixth trip to the state tournament and fourth this decade. The Knights won the championship in 1978 behind John Paxson, who became an All-American at Notre Dame and a key player on several Chicago Bulls championship teams.... Alter finished a disappointing 11-10 last season, but quickly reloaded with . players from an 18-1 junior varsity team. Keith Waleskowski, who averages 9.5 rebounds and 2.7 blocks, has committed to Dayton.... The younger Waleskowski missed both regional games for drawning a two-technical ejection in a district final.... The Knights are wearing black armbands to honor former player Kurt Murnen, 19, who died of cancer on March 4.... Berardo was a standout on Alter's state championship soccer team.

PHILO(22-4)

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No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 10 Darren Tigner G 5-11 Sr. 12 Aaron Wahl G 5-10 Jr. 14 Ju::;r iv *Qkia,%,do F 6-2 Jr. 20 Ben Fleming G 5-10 Jr. 22 Brock Walden F 6-2 Jr. 24 Devin Barnhouse F 6-4 So. 30 Nick Cassady F 6-3 Sr. 32 Mike Offineer G 6-0 Sr. 34 - Jason Trout C 6-6 So. 40 Pat Rush F 6-5 Sr. 42 Chris'Ballenger C 6-6 Sr. 44 Evan Merckle G 6-3 Jr. Coach: Todd Van Reeth (68-23, 4th season). Starters: Rush, 14.0 points per game; Ballenger, 10.5; Merckle, 9.2; Trout, 8.3; Tigner,5.1. Fast facts: Located southeast of Zanesville in Muskingum County, Philo is making its third appearance in the state tournament. The Electrics, named after a local power plant on the Muskingum River that employed and served many residents, were runners-up to Cincinnati Mariemont in their last trip in 1953.... Philo returned all five starters from last season's team that finished 20-5 and lost the regional final by one point to eventual state finalist Dover.... Unranked in the final state poll, Philo was runner-up in the Muskingum Valley League at 15-3.. . Ballenger and Rush made first-team AIIMVL and All-Eastern District. ... Ballenger, the school's all-time leading rebounder, hauls in 8.0 boards per game. Van Reeth served stints at Tri-Valley, Sugarcreek Garaway and Freeport 1 before coming to Philo. Lak

21 Maurice Tuff F 6-4 Jr. 22 Damien Lee F 6-3 Sr. 23 J.C.Zimmerman F 6-4 Sr. 25 Matt Jones F 6-4 Jr. 34 James Leigh G 5-11 Jr. 35 James Graham G 6-1 So. 41 Eric Bradley F 6-3 Sr. 45 Eric Bell C 6-6 Sr. Coach: Joe Dudas (59-56, fifth season). .Starters: Thomas, 16.0 points per game; Lee 14.3; Cox 13.0; Woods 12.9; Zimmerman 3.8. Fast facts: Located on the north side of Columbus, Beechcroft is making its first appearance in the state tournament. Last season, the Cougars reached a regional semifinal before falling to Cincinnati Roger Bacon.... Beechcroft was runner-up in the City League North Division with an 11-3 record, falling twice to champion Brookhaven.... Thomas and Cox earned first-team all-league. Thomas, who averages 12.8 rebounds and 6.8 blocks, made first-team all-Central District and second-team All-Ohio.... Except for Zimmerman, every starter has led the team in scoring at least three times. ... Cox, who boasts a vertical leap of over 40 inches, has dunked more than 60 times this season.... Lee has signed to play football at Akron.... Dudas coached the Beechcroft girls team to the state tournament in 1992. The Cougars fell to eventual champion Urbana.

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BERLIN HILAND(25-1)

No: Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 5 Mike Hill G 5-8 Jr. 14 Jon Raymond G 5-10 Jr. 20 Aaron Sweigard G 5-8 Jr. 22 David Taylor G 5-10 Jr. 30 Mike Easley F 5-10 So. 31 Steve Short F 6-1 Sr. 32 Jason Weakley G 5-10 Jr. 33 Sam Smith G 6-5 Jr. 34 Adam Heath G 6-0 Sr. 40 Scott Hadley F 6-5 So. 44 Andrew Mathias C 6-5 So. 45 Brian Bumgarner F 6-2 Jr. 50 Dan Weston C 6-4 Jr. Coach: Ray Slagle (408-164, ninth season). Starters: Smith, 20.6 points per game; Weakley 16.8; Hadley 9.2; Weston 7.5; Taylor 3.6. Fast facts: Located in the northern suburbs of Columbus, Worthington Christian is making its second state tournament appearance. The Warriors fell to Upper Scioto Valley 56-54 in the 19-9 state final.... Slagle, who substitutes freely, has juggled his starting lineup frequently. ... Smith and Weakley each made first-team All-Central District and second-team All-Ohio. Smith has committed to Dayton. Weakley's brother Kevin was point guard on the '94 state finalist.... The Warriors, who have hit 235 three-point goals, are shooting 34 percent beyond the arc and 46 percent overall.... Worthington Christian's schedule included five Division I opponents and three Division 11 foes.... Slagle won a state championship in Michigan.... The eighth-ranked Warriors, who have dropped just one Mid-Buckeye Conference game in five seasons, average 79 points per game and allow 57.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 11 Jason Mishler G 5-10 Jr. 15 Errol Kandel .G 5-9 Jr. 21 Jordan Schrock G 5-9 So. 23 Matt Miller G 5-10 Jr. 25 Fred Yoder F 6-0 So. 31 Cliff Sprang F 6-2 So. 33 Pat Kaufman G 5-10 Jr. 35 Kellen Miller F 5-11 Jr. 41 Kendall Schlabach G 5-11 Jr. 43 Mark Beechy F 6-3 Jr. 45 Joe Miller G 6-2 Jr. 51 Erik Miller F 5-11 Jr. 53 Nate Hershberger F 5-10 Jr. 55 Josh Mullet G 6-0 Jr. Coach: Perry Reese (279-81, 15th season). Starters: Schlabach, 18.7 points per game; M.Miller, 15.0; Mishler, 11.3; Mullet, 9.6; E.Miller, 6.6 Fast facts: Located in Holmes County, 30 miles southwest of Canton, Berlin Hiland is making its second straight ap-

EDGERTON (21-4) i4o. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 4 Ross Casebere G 5-11 Sr. 11 Corey Leppelmeier G 5-10 Sr. :13 Austin Imm F 6-1 Sr. 21 Matt Potter G 6-1 Jr. 22 Derek Sito F 6-1 So. 23 C.J. Short G 6-1 Sr. 30 Josiah Wilmot G 5-11 Fr. 31 Heath Baker F 6-1 So. 33 Brent Van Horn G 6-0 Jr. 40 Chris Sanchez G 5-10 So. 45 Scott Hartley F 6-1 So. 50 Benji Wilmot F 6-4 So. Coach: Steve Lamberson (37-10, second season). Starters: Short, 18.2 points per game; Sito, 16.0; Van Horn 13.5; Wilmot, 9.5; Casebere,4.3. Fast facts: Located in Williams County only five miles from the Indiana border and 20 from the Michigan border, Edgerton is making its second state tournament appearance. The Bulldogs defeated Lynnwood Jacksontown 57-53 for the Class A crown in 1959.... Third-year starter Short, a second-team all-Northwest District choice, is the driving force of Edgerton. He leads the team in scoring, steals (4.1), assists (3.9) and is second to Wilmot(5.9) in rebounds (5.5).... The Bulldogs, who outscored their opponents by an average margin of 65.4-53.8, won a share of the Green Meadows Conference by beating rival Wayne Trace in the next-to-last game of the season.... The Bulldogs, who upset No. 4 Fort Jennings 49-43 in the regional final, play strong half-court defense and handle full-court pressure adeptly.

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third-appearance this decade and fifth overall. Hiland won the 1992 championship with a 74-71 victory over Gates Mills Hawken. Last season, the Hawks lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Dayton Jefferson 76-67. ... Hiland, which graduated all five starters, is averaging 80.5 points per game and allowing 56.0.... The Hawks press full-court and have made 220 three-pointers, with 37 percent accuracy.... Hiland won the Inter Valley Conference with a 15-1 record. . Mullet leads the team in rebounding (6.0) and Mishler leads in assists (6.1) and steals (2.5).... Schlabach was East District player of the year and secondteam All-Ohio. ... None of the four Millers are related. FORT RECOVERY(24-1) No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 14 Josh Dilworth G 6-0 Sr. 15 Collin Bechtol G-F 6-1 Jr. 20 Nick Wehrkamp G 5-10 Sr. 23 Aaron Bruns G 5-6 Jr. 24 Steve Roessner G 5-10 Jr. 30 Ross Wendel F 6-2 So. 32 Clark May G 6-5 Sr. 33 Chris Rammel F 6-3 Jr. 40 Erik Brunswick F 6-2 Jr. 42 Chuck Bihn C 6-4 Jr. 44 Chris Guggenbiller F 6-2 Sr. 45 Brent Niekamp F 6-3 Sr. Coach: Joe Bruns (41-24, 3rd season). Starters: Bihn, 16.7 points per game; May, 12.6; Guggenbiller, 9.7; Wendel, 9.5; Dilworth, 9.3. Fast facts: Located in Mercer County only a couple miles from the Indiana border, Fort Recovery is making its third appearance in the state tournament. The Indians won the state championship by defeating Marion Pleasant in 1971.... Fort Recovery was 5-17 in Bruns' first season and improved to 14-7 the following season.... Guggenbiller, Bihn and May all weigh between 210 and 235 pounds.... Dilworth tops the team in assists (7.2) and steals (3.4) per game The Indians shouldn't lack for a cheering section. They brought 2,000 fans for the regional games at the University of Dayton Arena.... Bihn, whose brother Chris is head coach at Division III semifinalist Coldwater, averages 12.1 rebounds and 2.2 blocks. He made second-team All-Ohio. Bruns and Chris Bihn were Fort Recovery teammates in 1987.

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ball player and who can cause a lot of problems Worthington Christianufor people when he's in the flow. "Dave Taylor, Brian Bumgarner, Dan Weston j,, and a handful of other kids have given us big awaits with young tea~rt contributions at times. My goal would be to see all these other guys step up and take some of the By Steve 131ack1 burden offSam and Jason." Dispatch SportsReporterLanberson said he was concerned how to guard Worthington Clu-isstian. During a meeting with the 16 state tournament "Some of their big lads like to play on the qualifiers on Sunday, Ohio High School Athletic perimeter and shoot three-pointers," he said. "I'm Association commissioner Clair Muscaro inadvernot sure we've played anybody quite hike this tently mispronounced the name of a Division IV team." school unknown to many. While the Warriors rely on their press to fuel "It's Edge-er-ton," coach Steve Lamberson the transition game and create open three-point chimed in. "The way to remember it is we're way shots, Edgerton's forte has been its ability to take outthere on the edge ofthe world." ; care ofthe ball and play stingy defense. The rural Williams County community of 1,900, "We have five or six kids that can handle the is a three-point shot away from Indiana in thefar,, ball very well and we've shown a lot of discipline -----_ northwestern edge of Ohio. ----- ---- - in that area," Lamberson said. Jamie Scwaerow h b /Dispatch ` I can't begin to describe how excited our cornPoint guard C.J. Short, athird-year starter, munity is," Lamberson said. "T-shirts are selling Worthington Christian coach Ray Slagle is looking leads the Bulldogs in scoring (18.2 points per for Scott Hadley(40)to have some big games. like hot calves around here. game), steals (4.1) and assists (3.9) and is second "It's hard to get a gauge on how the kids are down to the younger ages now," coach Ray Slagle in rebounding (5.5). Derek Sito (16.0 points) and reacting to this. hi the gym, they're all business. said. "We've got 170 lids involved from grades 4 Brent Van Horn(13.5)are solid contributors. Outside of practice, they're probably up in the through 12. We're hoping we can establish ourMany considered it a significant upset when clouds." selves as a program than can be very successful Edgerton (214) defeated once-beaten Fort JenMeanwhile, Edgerton's semifinal, opponent at on a consistent basis." rings 49-43in a regional final Friday. 11 a.m. Friday - young, talented i Worthington For Worthington Christian to bid for a state "The night we scouted them, they completely Christian - hopes it is on the verge of being title now, Slagle wants to see more players step up controlled the tempo of the game with C.J. Short recognized statewide for years to come. to complement standouts Sam Smith (20.6 points ruri ing the show very well," Slagle said. The Warriors (22-3) have just two seniors on per game)and Jason Weakley(16.8). "That's going to be a big Ivey to the game. We'll their roster and both play supporting roles. "I strongly believe Scott Hadley has big games do whatever we can to create the tempo and "Our philosophy has been implemented way in him," Slagle said. "He's a very talented basket- they'll do whatever they can to slow things down."

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■ Sam Smith and Jason Weakiey watched as youngfans and now are leading the Warriors back to the state tournaments By Steve Blacklefte Dispatch SportsReporter' During Worthington Christians a only other trip to the state basketball ` tournament, sixth-graders Jason if Weakley and Sam Smith rode shotgLm"I was one of the first people in I r when they opened the doors," Weak-' ley recalled. "I was going to get in the front row of the bleachers no matter what."„ Still developing the explosive first step he has now, Smith wound up in row 6 of the same student section behind the basket in St. John Arena j "By the time the last few minutes came around, I was on the floor, too, right near Jason," he said. ~. Weakley and Smith watched the Warriors fall to Upper Scioto Valley ~'n 56-54 in the Division IV title game, then made a pact to return one day as players. The route has changed ever so slightly, but the two childhood pals indeed have steered Worthington Christian (22-3) back to another Tom Dodge lDisparch state tournament, this time in the Lifetime friends Jason Weakley,left,and Sam Smith put up big numbersfor Worthington Christian. brand-new Schottenstein Center and its massive Value City Arena "I remember seeing Sam in mid- Brother Bryan, the only shooting heard the buzzer go off," Sunith said. "We dreamed a lot back then," dle school with those spindly legs, guard of the clan, is now at NAIA "I'd pretend I was Tony Patterson Weakley said, "and this was always but he was really, really quic?r.," B- -1, Ur_~,ersity in U1;1/lirada, Ct1;4. or some other player. Jason was althe ultimate, playing in the state coach Ray Slagle said. "God gave "Dad was definitely a big influ- ways his brother Kevin. That went tournament." him some gifts and because he's ence, but I picked up a lot from my without saying. All those guys really Smith, a 6-foot-5 swingman, and such a diligent worker, he took that brothers,too," Weakley said. got us excited about the game and Weakley, a 5-10 point guard, form raw ability and improved his skills Slagle remembers Jason being a beingjust as successful as them." one of the most potent tandems in dramatically." gym ratfrom day one. Smith also recalled with some Ohio-and they're onlyjuniors. Smith poses matchup difficulties "In the middle of the winter, he'd trepidation the youngsters practicing An extraordinary slasher, Smith is with his combination of size, quick- go to the Capital games in a pair of ball-handling drills in the church averaging 20.6 points, 8.8 rebounds ness and aggressiveness. Despite be- shorts with a basketball tucked un- parking lot before chapel services. and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting the team's tallest player, he rare- der his anu and wait for the game to "They had to make a rule about ing 53 percent from the field and 75 ly plays with his back to the basket. end so he could go out on the floor no basketballs in chapel just because percent from the line. He has comWeakley, on the other hand, was and shoot," he said. ofus," he quipped. nutted to the University ofDayton. reared on basketball. Inseparable since kindergarten, Recognizing the importance of A deluxe quarterback and defendAmong many stops, his father Smith and Weakley always loved those memories, Smith and Weakley er, Weakley contributes 16.8 points, Scott was a former head coach at Worthington Christian basketball. are eager to serve as role models 6.0 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 Worthington Christian and Capital "We'd go to the varsity games within the school and conunuruty. steals per game. He shoots 53 per- University. Older brother Kevin when they played at the old Olen"This nurturing process with the cent from the field, including 50 per- played on Worthington Christian's tangy High School and as soon as younger kids that idolize them is one cent from three-point range, and 84.9 state finalist and just concluded a halftime came, we'd go play one-on- of the big reasons we've become the percentfrom the line. stellar career at Otterbein College. one on the baskets outside until we program we are," Slagle said.

.~ "''Thave biate By Mark Znldar Dispatch Sports Reporter During most games - and especially in the state tournament - Fort Recovery coach Joe Bruns would have tunnel vision from his spot on the sideline. But who can blame him if he were to cast an occasional glance into the stands on Friday during a Division IV semifinal against Berlin Hiland? His wife, Denise, is due to give birth any day, but will attempt to watch Fort Recovery go for its first championship since 1971. Bruns said he'll make eye contact with Denise at points during the game, Two doctors will be at the team's hotel and will sit near her on game day. Denise, however, has balanced child birth and basketball before - the couple's 15-month-old boy, Chase, was born in December as the 1997-98 season was heating up. Plus, she said, she's not the type who will be screaming her lungs out.

"I'm pretty quiet. I've been told I'm too quiet to be a coach's wife," she said. "I'm not one to stand and holler. "It has been a great season, real exciting. I'm looking forward to being at the tournament. I know I don't have to go up and down too many steps. That's good." March Madness has been so hectic that Joe, a mathematics teacher, has had trouble keeping up with his classroom duties. "I've been keeping myself pretty busy," he said. "Our grading period just ended and we've been taking everything one day at a time. It's )and of overwhelming. It's hard to stay focused and do your bestjob in the classroom. "When all this basketball is over, we'll let out a big sigh and rest a little bit. Then we'll be able to look back and see all that we've done." The prospects of building a state tournament team didn't look too bright when Fort Recovery finished 5-17 in Bruns' first season. He started

three sophomores: forwards Chris Guggenbiller i and Clark May and guard Scott Dilworth. The trio helped the Indians improve to 14-7 last season and to 24-1 this year. "It has been fun to watch these seniors," Bruns said. "They gave us a good, solid framework when I took thejob. "People talk about us not having been to state since 1971. Heck, we hadn't been to a regional since 1971. This group has been special." Fort Recovery won the Midwest Athletic Conference title and its first sectional in five ,years. "Once we made it to the regional - after playing that great schedule and winning a lot of close games - the kids have that mentality of refusing to lose," Bruns said. The Indians hardly resemble a small-school r team. Guggenbiller is 6 feet 2, 235 pounds and May s andjunior Chuck Bihn stand 6-5. "Playing in our league, you just have to be physically strong to compete," Bruns said. 1 F

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■ Jermaine Crosby and 197l Cleveland Benedictine teammates have shown up the SlCepticS® E By MarkZnidar-1` Dispatch Sports Reporter 1 Jermaine Crosby was so caught up i in the thrill of winning a state basket! hall championship as a sophomore - .. that, ironically, he can't recall a lot of what went on. ;t But there is one moment that i Crosby, now a 6-foot-6 senior center tf for Cleveland Benedictine, has freeze framed in his mind. d "I'd like to see that newspaperman I talked to after our first championship and see what he has to say," Crosby i 1 said. "I promised him that we'd be back and he had this look of `Yeah, rt sure, right.' Well, we're back again." _. The Bengals , ~ ~ g (20-6)will ttry to make "r' 1 it three straight Division II championships beginning with a semifinal clash '` f against Philo (22-3) at 6 tonight in Value City Arena. Crosby has come to understands ' why the reporter expressed doubts Getting to the state tournament cnc, __ let alone winning two pressurepacked games in one weekend,is hard enough. "We really didn't understand what we had done until we won again last year," Crosby said. Now comes the hard part for Benedictine. Only two teams, Dayton Stivers from 1928-30 and Wehrle from -, 4 1988-90, have won three straight state titles in basketball. Bengals coach Frank Novak, who > <:`'' was the model of calm the previous`'' `' I two state tournaments admits his ~' ' ( heart is racing. "To be honest, there's a lot of pressure," Novak said. "People almost expect us to get there. I think it's mostly from the alums. We have the nick-_ __ T;_ _ _ __ name,`Home of Champions,' and they Ghrls Rr s~,I _,h expect a lot." Chris Leanza of Benedictine is after his third state title before heading to 'tale. The drive for the three-peat almost ended in a regional final against nervous time," Novak said. "Hopeful- guys match up." Struthers before the Bengals escaped ly, we got that out of our system. We're Benedictine won its first title bewith a 60-53 victory. experienced and we have some real hind senior guard Rashon Brown, now "We had trouble, and that was a good guards. We're hoping our big at Western Kentucky. Last year, the

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BEDFORD CHANEL(24-0)

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 11 Danny Swoger G 6-0 Sr. 12 Jerren Walker G 5-8 Jr. 15 Brett Green F 6-1 Fr. 21 Brandon Reed G 5-9 Sr. 24 Jake Walgate F Jr. 6-2 25 Nate Conley G 6-0 So. 32 Adam Reuter F 6-1 Jr. 34 Justin Kreefer G Sr. 6-6 40 Robbie Green F Jr. 6-5 41 Jake Stansbury F 6-3 Sr. 42 Forrest Kirby F 6-8 Sr. 44 Robert Jackson F 6-5 Sr. Coach: Nick Aloi (217-71, 13th season). Starters: Kirby, 17.2 points per game; Jackson 15.6; Kreefer 13.5; Swoger 9.6; Green 8.3. Fast facts: Located 18 miles northeast of Steubenville in Columbiana County, East Liverpool is making its fifth appearance in the state tournament. The were runners-up to MiddletownPot-ers in their last trip in 1947.... East Liverpool has won nine straight River Valley League titles with a 76-2 record in that span.... Swoger, who averages 8.9 assists and 3.3 steals, was named East District player of the year and first-team All-Ohio.... Kirby, a nephew of former Chicago Bulls guard Norm Van Lier, is one of several players who live in nearby Midland, Pa. That city's high school closed several years ago. ... Fifthranked in the final state poll, East Liverpool has the fewest number of boys (472) among Division I teams in the tournament.... The Potters shoot 48 percent from the field and limit opponents to less than 37 percent.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 3 Jeremy Duncan G 5-11 Sr. 4 Scott Byrnes G 5-11 So. 10 Mike McHugh G 5-10 Sr. 11 Chris Welsch G 6-0 Sr. 14 Tom Luther F 6-5 Jr. 15 Danny Eigel G 6-2 Sr. 22 Mike Monserez G 6-5 Sr. 23 A.J. Kramer G-F 6-3 Jr. 24 Ryan Weitzel G 6-0 Sr. 25 Ryan Hamby F 6-4 So. 33 Trey Hughes F 6-2 Sr. 40 Matt Sylvester F 6-6 So. . 42 Michael Currin C 6-6 Sr. 44 Brad Hutzel F-C 6-3 Sr. 50 Steve Rosfeld C 6-4 Jr. 55 Aaron Shurts C 6-6 Sr. Coach: Carl Kremer (148-71, ninth season). Starters: Monserez, 19.6 points per game; Hutzel, 11.3; Sylvester, 9.4; Welsch 8.6, Duncan,8.4. F,.:f 1? long-time d baseball power, Moeller is making its first state tournament appearance in basketball since the school opened in 1960.... The Crusaders returned five of their top seven players from a team that went 184 last season.... Hutzel, who anchors the post at 6-3, leads the team with 5.6 rebounds per game.... Moeller, which outscored its opponents by an average of 66.5-56.9, lost four games in the rugged Greater Catholic League, which has claimed two big-school champions since forming in 1992.... Monserez, a Notre Dame signee, was first-team All-Southwest District and was co-player of the year in the GCL.... Notable alumni of Moeller include Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Larkin, Byron Larkin and Buddy Bell.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 13 Jeff Lefeld G 6-2 So. 21 Kyle Hoyng G 5-10 So. 22 Matt Biersack F 6-4 Sr. 23 Ryan Rammel G Jr. 6-0 31 Mike Klenke G Jr. 5-10 32 Keith Walls G 6-1 Sr. 33 Dylan Feltz F 6-3 Sr. 34 Jeremy Gaerke F 6-0 Sr. 40 Tyler Vogel C 6-5 So. 41 Todd Benanzer F 6-4 Sr. 44 Jason Laux F 6-2 Jr. 45 Adam Huwer F 6-3 Sr. Coach: Chris Bihn (27-20, second season). Starters: Huwer, 15.0 points per game; Rammel, 14.0; Walls, 13.0; Gaerke,8.0; Vogel,8.0. Fast facts: Located in Mercer County about 20 miles southwest of Lima, Coldwater is making its second appearance in the state tournament. In 1993, the ~,_✓,l~~r; capped a 4-16 regular-season record with an amazing tournament run that ended with a 58-55 semifinal loss to Belpre.... Seven players, including four starters, played on the Division IV state runner-up football team.... A third-team All-Ohioan, Huwer leads the team in rebounds (11.0 per game) with Walls tops in assists (9.0) and steals (5.0).... The Cavaliers, who average 65 points and allow 57, went 4-4 in the rugged Midwest Athletic Conference. ... Bihn's brother Chuck is the star center for state qualifier Fort Recovery. Their sister, Lynn, paced Fort Recovery to state crowns in 1990 and '91 before playing at the University of Cincinnati.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 10 Brian Makowski G 5-10 Jr. 12 Brandon Childress G 5-9 Jr. 14 Robert Sims G-F 6-1 Jr. 20 Percy Robinson G-F 6-0 Sr. 22 Jermel Johnson F 6-0 Jr. 24 Brian Swift G 5-10 So. 32 Darrick Bell F 6-2 So. 34 Jeremy Wimbley F 6-1 Jr. 40 Larry Penn C 6-6 Sr. 42 Rahman Shavers G-F 5-11 Jr. 44 Steve Cargile F 6-2 Jr. 52 Rahman Pugh F-C 6-1 Sr. Coach: Greg Kraley (165-27, 8th season). Starters: Swift, 20.5 points per game; Childress, 15.5; Robinson, 15.0; Penn, 12.5; Cargile, 3.0. Fast facts: Located south of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Chanel is making its third trip to the state tournament, all in the '90s. In their last appearance, the Firebirda: lost to Archbold 83431 in the semifinals on a last-second shot. ... Swift, the top-rated sophomore point guard in Ohio, was named co-player of the year in the Ohio. He also was MVP of his league and district.... Robinson is regarded as an outstanding defender. . The Firebirds, top ranked in the state poll from start to finish, are averaging 78 points per game and allowing 57. ... Penn leads the team in rebounding (13.5 per game) and blocks (5.0) while Childress is tops in assists (6.9) and steals (4.2).... Kraley said defeating Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph in the regional final "was a changing of the guard." The Vikings have dominated Division III in Cleveland for many years.

MANSFIELD SENIOR (22-3) No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 4 Jevar Hudgens G 5-8 Sr. 10 Deshon Hilliard G 6-1 Sr. 12 Rod Burtin G 5-8 Sr. 20 Rudy Wolf G 5-10 Jr. 22 Marquis Sykes G 6-1 Sr. 24 Rick Minard F 6-3 Jr. F 30 Rafeal Clemons 6-4 So. 32 Herman Davis F 6-5 Jr. 34 Dwaine Chapman G 5-11 Fr.. 42 Lance Hood C 6-7 So. 44 Ali Thompson F 6-2 Sr. 50 Jeremee Butts C 6-4 Sr. 52 Adam Molyet F 6-2 So. 54 Maurice Bradley G 5-11 So. Coach: Gregg Collins (184-57, third season). Starters: Sykes, 19.0 points per game; Burtin, 9.8; Butts, 9.4; Hilliard 8.5; Thompson 8.1 Fast facts: Mansfield Senior is making only its second state tournament appearance. The Tygers fell to Cincinnati Purcell-Marian in the 1985 Class AAA final. ... Sykes, a third-year starter who averages 4.9 assists, was named Northwest District player of the year and secondteam All-Ohio.... Butts leads the team in rebounding (4.5 per game), Burtin in steals (3.8) and Davis in blocks (2.1).... Minard (7.5 points per game), Wolf (5.2) and Davis (4.9) are valuable contributors off the bench.... Three-time Ohio Heartland Conference champ, Mansfield Senior outscored opponents by an average margin of 71.2-56.5.... Collins won Division II titles with Lexington in 1989 and 1991. His star player was Jamie Feick, who now plays for the New Jersey Nets.

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By Steve -lackledge Dispatch Sports Reporter It has been done-19 times over the last three seasons, to be exact. Two-time defending Division H champion and prohibitive favorite Cleveland Benedictine can be beaten. No doubt,Philo coach Todd Van Reeth has been drumming the message into his players'heads all week. "I consider it a tremendous honor to play a _ team ofthis caliber because you should always respect your opponent," he said."But if we come out in awe ofthem at 6 o'clock Thursday in the I Schottenstein Center,it will be all over by 6:15." Van Reeth will be the fast to concede that his Electrics (22-3) need to control the tempo and a establish their bruising inside game to repel ' Benedictine(20-6). "We don't have the quickness to pressure Benedictine like we have some teams, but we have some pretty good big lads who move well ----- -" and can shoot it," he said. Todd Van Reeth "The bottom line is we're going to have to take care ofthe basketball to keep them from running up and down thefloor with it." Philo returned all five starters from a team that lost by a point to Dover in a regional final last season. "it was so frustrating to be that close," -Va-a Reeth said,"but my father was a coach for a long time and he explained to me a long time ago that it takes a little luck to get there, too. I'm really glad these seniors are getting this opportunity." Van Reeth's father, Jack, enjoyed an illustrious career, most notably with the Millersburg West Holmes girls. Third-year senior starters Art Rush (6-5) and Chris Ballenger (66) pace the balanced Electrics. Rush averages 14 points per game and Ballenger 11 points and 8.0 rebounds. In turn, Benedictine returned four starters from its state championship team, including guards Mike Woods and Chris Leanza,. who average 18 and 17 points per game, respectively. Leanza, coplayer ofthe year in Ohio, has committed to Yale. "Leanza's probably the best we've ever had here, not skill-wise but all-around," coach Frank Novak said. "He's a great leader out there and makes super decisions with the basketball." With dominating 6-7 center Albert Wilson having taken his talents to the University of Toledo, this guard-based Benedictine squad has a decidedly different look. At times, the Bengals bombarded opponents with three-point shots. Benedictine tackled a brutal schedule and came away 7-6 before discovering its `A'game. "Playing an independent schedule really benefits us because we can handpick opponents a year or so in advance and let our guys develop gradually for the tournament," Novak said. "This schedule was definitely the toughest we've ever played. It prepared us for big crowds and a lot of different styles of ball."

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No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 10 Todd Finley G 5-9 Sr. 14 Jameson Evans F 6-3 So. 20 Matt Baringer G 5-11 Jr. 22 Tyson Baines G/F 6-2 Sr. 24 Eugene Dumas G 5-11 Jr. 32 Tim Reese G/F 6-1 Sr. 34 Anton Smith F 6-4 Sr. 40 Cullen Buie F 6-2 Sr. 42 Jon Higgins G Sr. 6-3 44 Sidney Williams F Sr. 6-5 50 Marcus Nash F 6-3 Jr. 52 Kevin Foster G/F 6-3 Sr. 54 Michael Tucker C 6-6 Sr. Coach: Bob Wonson (229-85, 14th season). Starters: Williams 14.4 points per game; Tucker, 13.3; Higgins, 9.4; Finley, 9.2; Smith,8.0. Fast facts: Located eight miles east of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Shaker Heights is making its first state tournament appearance.... The Red Raiders, who were ranked second in the final state poll, have won 20 straight games since losing to Delaware St. Andrews in a tournament. They went 12-0 in the Lake Erie League and defeated notable teams such as Cleveland St. Ignatius, Cleveland Benedictine, Cleveland Heights, Euclid, Mentor, East Cleveland Shaw and Bedford. . Williams, the team's top rebounder at 7.3 per game, is a transfer from Cincinnati Western Hills.... All five starters and two top reserves are seniors.... The Red Raiders average 78 points and allow just 51.... Shaker went 22-2 last season but was eliminated in regional play by long-time nemesis Cleveland Heights.

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CINCINNATI MADEIRA(24-1) No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 10 Todd Schlensker G 6-0 Sr. 12 Adam Burch G 5-7 So. 15 A.J. Scheuer F 6-2 Jr. 20 Tim Dooley G 5-10 Jr. 21 Jeff McConnaughey F 6-1 Jr. 22 Chris Tudor G 5-7 So. 23 Josh Cohen G 5-9 Sr. 24 Ken Fields G 6-0 Sr. 33 Nate Parkhouse F 6-3 Sr. 35 Jon Dinsmore C 6-2 Sr. 40 Jon Newberry G 6-1 Sr. 42 Robb Hem F 6-2 Fr. 44 Bret Underwood C 6-4 So. Coach: Jim Reynolds (178-117, ninth season). Starters: Schlensker, 20.7 points per game; Dinsmore, 10.2; Parkhouse, 8.3; Cohen,7.1; Newberry,4.8. Fast facts: Located in the northeast suburbs of Cincinnati, Madeira is making its first state tournament appearance.... Ranked No. 2 in the final state poll, the Mustangs won the Cincinnati Hills League with a 13-1 record. Their one loss came to Little Miami 78-77. . Schlensker, the co-Ohio player of the year, also averages 3.2 assists and 3.1 steals. He has been selected to play in the North-South all-star game. . Playing a key role off the bench will be Fields, who averages 17.2 points. He missed the final five games of the regular season for a training rule violation and lost his starting spot.... The Mustangs, who prefer a disciplined up-tempo style, average 76.9 points per game while allowing 60.1. ... Newberry leads the team in assists per game (6.1) while Parkhouse (6.0) and Dinsmore (5.9) are the top rebounders.

FORT FRYE(24-2) No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 11 Eric Henniger 6-1 G So. 15 Mitch Hayes G 5-10 Jr. 21 Bryan Boston G 5-10 Jr. 23 Matt Vess G 6-0 Jr. 31 Dan Richards G 5-10 Jr. 33 Adam Huck G 6-0 Sr. 35 Jason Hart G 5-10 So. 41 Nate Walters G Sr. 6-0 45 Tony Long F 6-0 So. 51 T.J. Dowler F 6-1 Jr. 53 Joe Sayre F 6-2 Sr. 55 Matt Dunn G 6-0 So. Coach: Dan Liedtke (219-97, 14th season). Starters: Vess 12.0 points per game; Hayes 12.0; Richards, 12.0; Henniger, 10.0; Sayre, 4.0. Fast facts: Located in Washington County near Marietta, Fort Frye is making its second trip to the state tournament. The Cadets were semifinalists in 1962, when they fell to Berlin Hiland.... Fort Frye finished 14th in the final state poll.... Tournament fever hit Fort Frye early. More than 1,200 tickets and 800 commemorative T-shirts were sold the first day.... Hayes is the brother of Clint Hayes, a first-team All-Ohio point guard for Fort Frye three years ago.... The Cadets, who average 70 points per game and allow 53, finished 12-0 in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference. . Vess made first-team All-East District. ... Hayes leads the team with 50 threepointers, followed by Richards (43), Vess (34), Henniger (32) and Boston (29).... Henniger suffered a cut nose in the regional final victory over Grandview, but wound up with 12 points.

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from anyone, anytime,anywhere." Running, pressing Madeira (24-1) is averaging 76.9 points per game enSome high-school basketball tering a Division III state semifinal at coaches operate their pre-installed 11 this morning against Coldwater. systems so rigidly only names and The small-but-quick Mustangs are faces change from year to year. excellent ball-handlers, passers and its much simpler adapting shooters. Leading the charge is senplayers to a system than re-working for guard Todd Schlenker, who avthe system to erages 20.7 points. Switched from accommodate a the point, Schlensker has scored in certain individdouble figures in all but one game. ual's skills, they "He kind of looks like Opie Taylor insist. out there, but he makes tough, Now that his clutch shots when we need them Cincinnati Mamost," Reynolds said. deira squad has Like the 1993 team that qualified advanced to its I for the state tournament with a 10-16 first state tourrecord, Coldwater (17-8) might apnament, veteran pear to be bringing another Cindercoach Jim Reyn--- -ella to Columbus. Don't believe it, olds can admit Jim Reynolds coach Chris Bihn said. he was some"This team can play with anywhat myopic in continuing to run the body," he said. "Those losses came same offense regardless of his talent. to quality teams. There's nothing "A fellow I held a lot of respect wrong with losses if they help you, for and had coached a lot of our kids down the road. A lot of those losses in the summertime talked to me on were close ones to outstanding the side and told me he thought this teams." group would benefit from a new The Cavaliers didn't begin pracstyle," Reynolds said. tieing until Dec. 12 because seven of "We had always been a half-court their players were on the football team in a true motion offense. We team that lost the Division TV footbelieved in passing it four, five, six ball final to Orrville. Eight games times before taking a shot. We usual- were postponed because of football ly scored in the neighborhood of 60 or snow. points. He suggested an up-tempo, With four football players in its pressing style would fit these lads starting lineup, Coldwater thrives on better." aggressive half-court defense and After re-evaluating the program, picks its spots on offense. Reynolds hired that summertime "I think our strong point is that coach - Sonny Tudor - as an as- we show a lot of composure and sistant and decided to dive into the leadership on the floor," Bihn said. switch headfirst. Adam Huwer (15 points, 11 re"There were a few factors that bounds per game), Ryan Rammel(14 provided the impetus for making points) and Keith Walls (13 points, such a drastic change," Reynolds nine assists, five steals) key a balsaid. "We'd had a disappointing '98 anted attack for the Cavaliers. season with many of these same kids "I know Madeira likes to get up and a lot of what Sonny said made and down the court and the more sense. possessions they get, the better off "Sometimes you can get caught they are," Bihn said. "The key for us. up in doing things the same way and is to make them take tough shots, fail to look at the big picture. Hey, not run down the floor and hit my ego is very small. You can learn layups."

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West star lands top.h.onor ei Isaac Jefferson,the do-it-all man who powered the Cowboys to a 21-2 season,is the player of the year. By Steve Blackledge Dispatch Sports Reporter s Kent Burgert nearly choked when asked how his West boys basketball team might have fared the last twoseasons withoutIsaac Jefferson. u ~4 "Oh, goodness gracious, I can't imagine that," Burw ,! gert said of the 6-foot4 guard-forward who averaged 18.1 points, 17.9 rebounds, 7.O assists and 3.8 steals per — game this season. "We'd have been nothing without Ike. Well, I take that back. We'd be nowhere close to this. He was the a catalyst to everything we did." i For his value to West's 21-2 season, Jefferson, a senior, was selected DispatchAgonis Club player of the year. Players in Franklin and its six contiguous counties are eligible for the team. A Hampton University signee, Jefferson was the tallest starter in the Cowboys' guard-oriented lineup. He played all five positions. "Ike was the driving force, the main cog, the heart and soul ofour team the lasttwo years," Burgert said. "He's ,probably the most intelligent player I've ever been around in all my years as a coach. The. thing is, Ri a he's very unselfish with the ball." _' : In Jefferson's three seasons as a starter, West went c 61-7and won two City League championships. ` The coach of the year is Wally Vickers, who guided Hilliard Darby to the Ohio Capital Conference Central Division championship and a Division I Central District title in the school's second year. "Once we saw some of the players we had, we thought we could be competitive in our second year, The Dispatch Agonis Club team: from left, Charles and we setour goals accordingly Vickers said: Warren (Whitehall), Isaac Jefferson (West), Adam " The Panthers entered tournament play as the No. 10 seed but continually amazed observers with staunch defense,fundamentalsand discipline. coach Ed Calo said. "Although our team had a disap"Only once all -year did I feel we were physically pointing season this year, he came to practice with a overmatched to the point where everything was going great attitude every day. I expect him to have,a great to have to go our way to win, and that was the East future in the Big Ten." Liverpool game," Vickers said, referring to a 7143 re✓ Miami University-bound Larry Drake, who became gional semifinal loss. "I'm getting a little bit of attention the career scoring leader at Groveport with 1,176 here for the success we had, but the credit should go to points,changed his game.. our staff and the players. They did everything we asked Previously only a perimeter shooter, the 6-5 Drake — ofthem and more." who averaged 20.9 points and 5.1 rebounds and shot 54 I The rest of the fast team consists of seniors who left percentfrom the field — became an adeptslasher. indelible marks on their schools'record books: "When the recruiting process started, he was told he „✓ With 1,209 points, 6-8 forward-center Adam Wolfe needed to work on getting to the basket or he'd be seen departs as the career scoring leader at Westerville as one-dimensional," coach Mike Beck said. "Larry has South. He helped the Wildcats win three league chain- made unbelievablestrides." Eddie McMillian made a ' pionshi 'guard ps m fourseasons as astarter. ✓ Six-foot Newark Wolfe, who has committed to Michigan State, aver- similar transformation, developing a solid outside aged 22.7 points and 10.2 rebounds as a senior. jtunper to complementincredible athletic skills. "Adam's role changed dramatically each year," McMillian, who averaged 19.1 points, 4.0 rebounds

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Wolfe (Westerville South), Wally Vickers (Darby), Larry Drake(G'roveport)and Ed McMillian(Newark). and 2.5 assists for the OCC Ohio Division champion, is the school's No.5careerscorer with 1,007 points, 'At Newark, they measure you as to how good your team was, and this was a big comeback year for us," coach Gary Walters said. "Eddie was a big-time go-to player who has always put his team fast. He's really made himselfa better player." ✓ Charles Warren leapfrogged his coach, Van Gregg, then Scott Tedder, in Whitehall's Division R district championship run to become the scchoors career scoring leader with 1,466 points. The 6-1 guard averaged 22.0 points, 5.1 assists and 4.6rebounds and wasafour-year starter for the Rams. "Obviously, the kid can shoot lights out and is a fine passer, but people wouldn't begin,to understand his value to us," Gregg said. "His character on the floor, desire at practice and ability to lead by example made him specialto me."

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SPECIAL MENTION Mark Adams(New Albany), Greg Barnes (Groveport), Frank Cardwell (Brookhaven), Marchello Cox (Beechcroft), Preston Dean (Mifflin), Ryan Green (Northridge), Greg Guiler (Canal Winchester), Chris Hootman (Ready), Craig Jackson (East), Ish Kamara (Dublin Scioto), Lonnie Kosch (Bloom-Carroll), Jeff Lane (Marion-Franklin), Damien Lee (Beechcroft), Joe Loudenslager (Hilliard Darby), Todd Lovegrove (Grandview), Ryan Lucas (Hilliard Darby), Scott McMullen (Granville), Brandon Norris (Heath), Robby Owens (Brookhaven), Josh Patterson (Delaware), Keiwan Ratliff (Whitehall), Bo Richardson (BloomCarroll), Tyler Schleich (Westfall), Matt Seibert (Watterson), Kory Sharp (Bexley), Scott Thrush (Fairbanks), Tim Walker (West), Jason Weakley(Worthington Christian). HONORABLE MENTION Andrea Bethea (Northland), Dustin Blake (West Jefferson), Markkus Brown (Linden) Andrew Buckingham (Whetstone), Jake,Campbell (Lancaste,), toVc;s Cassidy (Logan Elm), Matt Castle (Grove City), Mark Church (Westland), Anthony Clark (Gahanna), Mario Collins (Westerville North), Marcus Colvin (Licking Heights), Anthony Diggs (Independence), J.R. Duffey (Bexley), Stefon Dunn (Independence), Mike Enright (Watterson), Jim Flaherty (Watterson), Brennan Gilbert (World Harvest), Justin Habash (St. Charles), Tim Harlin (Eastmoor), Josh Harmon (Newark), Josh Harris (Westerville North), Todd Henry (Hilliard Davidson), Matt Hilbert (Jonathan Alder), Ricky Jordan (Canal Winchester), John Kullum (Walnut Ridge), Kenny Langhorne (Hartley), Damien Lee (Beechcroft), Andy Lipp (Fisher Catholic), Brad Lohr (West Jefferson), Jon Mann (Worthington Kilbourne), Ryan McIntyre (Heath), Bobby Miller (Westerville North), Aaron Minister (Tree of Life), Matt Nelson (Grove City), Eric Norris (Hartley), Zach Parr (Lakewood), Mike Payne (Upper Arlington), Darron Peake (Marion-Franklin); Nathan Pooe (Grove City), Chris Quinn (Dublin Coffman), Jabari Ray (Ready), Adam Reynolds (Berne Union), Aron Rolsen . (Watterson), Mo Ross (Big Walnut), Art Ruffin (World Harvest), Josh Skeese (Whitehall), Eric Slocum (Mifflin), Justin Smith (Pickerington), Mitch Stafford (Upper Arlington), James Sterling (Centennial), Clint Stickdorn (Liberty Union), J.J. Sullinger (Hartley), Mike Swihart (North Union), Willie Thomas (Eastmoor), Josh Thompson (Reynoldsburg), Nilzarrel "Boo" Townsend (Brookhaven), Benn Wallis (Liberty Union), Brandon Wheeler (London), Aaron Woods (Whetstone), Nathan Wright (Utica), Billy Younger (Reynoldsburg), Lamar Woods (Beechcroft).

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ABovE:Josh Fudge,left,and .Jonathan Hardin,both juniors at Worthington Christian,watch the Warriors rollinto the Division IV state championship game. RIGHT:Dan Weston,left,of Worthington Christian and Brent Van Horn ofEdgerton wantthe same thing— a rebound.

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of DIVISION I: SemifinalsShaker Heights 71, East Liverpool 63; Cincinnati Moeller 71, Mansfield Senior 63. 13 DIVISION IV: SemifinalsWorthington Christian 77, Edgerton 48; Fort Recovery 68, Berlin Hiland 55.

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In leading Berlin Hiland to three state tournaments, coach Perry Reese Jr. has schooled his players on the game's finer points, such as position defense and blocking out undemeath the boards. Unfortunately for the Hawks, Reese can't teach height. Chuck Bihn, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound junior center, bulled inside to score 31 points and grab 11 rebounds in leading Fort Recovery to a 68-55 victory over Hiland yesterday in a Division IV boys state semifinal before 16,326 in Value City Arena The Indians (25-1) will go for their first championship since 1971 against Worthington Christian (23-3) at 5 p.m. today. Hiland's tallest starter was 6-1 guard Josh Mullet. The tallest frontcourt player was 5-11 forward Erik Miller. It didn't matter if the Indians double_r_ teamed Bilul or picked him up got a chance to set up down low. "Chuck had a great matchup for us to exploit," Fort Recovery coach Joe Bruns said. "Our plan going into the game was using Chuck Bihn to the fullest. Our plan was to get the ball inside." Bihn scored Fort Recovery's first 13 points, but Hiland led 19-18 after one quarter by hitting three treys and getting some baskets offfast breaks. The Indians slowly began to take over when Bihn hit a short bank shot and followed his own miss and knocked in a short jumper to provide a 32-25 halftime lead. "We had bodies on him. It wasn't as if he got uncontested layups," Reese said. "He was just bigger and stronger than

Bihn averaged a team-high 16.7. points, but he didn't think he'd have such a big game. "It just worked out that way," he said "I didn't :':rant them to overemphasize it. _---It was a lot of fun. This was about the' best time you could do it." z~ After Bihn had a putback that made it 42-28 with 2:37 left in the third quarter, I `Hiland figured to step up its three-point l l attack. But Fort Recovery's 3-2 zone, with 6-5 Clark May playing middle man out top, never gave the Hawks a chance to setup.__Hiland was 9 of 25 (36 percent) behind the arc, including 4 of 14 (28.6 percent) in the second half. "I felt with our size we didn't match up well," Bruns said. "I start three guys who are 240 pounds who are trying to match up end line to end line. Ninetypercent of the time we like to match up man. (The zone) took away their gene tratton, and that was the bottom line." =-a T d saw a sinular zone in splitting two games with Sugarcreek Garaway, J which has players6-10 and 6-8. "We got looks," Reese said. "It's just that we didn't (hit the) shots when we -, got the looks." Forward Kendall Schlabach, who led the Hawks with 21 points, said the zone did make a difference. "Every time we went to shoot, there â&#x20AC;&#x17E; wassomebody there," he said. Fort Recovery's size also negated Hiland's full- and half-court presses. The Indians' big men took their time and ?` passed over the defense.' -. "The main thing was to be strong and don't be tentative," guard Scott Dilworth Alysla Peyton IDispatch said. "We had to pass over it and don't Chuck Bihn of Fort Recovery,shooting over Josh Mullet of Berlin try to dribble through it." Hiland,scored 31 points and had 11 rebounds.

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Cincinnati Moeller Player Duncan Welsch Monserez Sylvester Hutzel Byrnes Curtin Shuds Totals

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FORT RECOVERY 68, BERLIN HILAND 65 Fort Recovery Player Dilworth Wendel May Bihn Guggenbiiler Bechtol Wehrkamp Brunswick Niekamp Totals

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y Mark Znldar Dispatch Sports Reporter Shaker Heights center Michael Tucker, a 6foot-6 shot-blocking and rebounding machine, rates with the best high-school big men in Ohio. Coach Bob Wonson is just thankful that Tucker doesn't limit his game to the paint. In the Red Raiders' 71-63 victory over East Liverpool in a Division I boys state tournament semifinal last night before 16,807 in Value City Arena, Tucker was a catalyst in the fourth quarter with two dunks off steals and a slick pass in the open courtto Anton Smith for a layup. His athleticism propelled Shaker Heights (251)to its 21st straight win and into the charitpionship game at 8:30 tonight. "Mike thinks he's a guard," Wonson said. "He has the body of a big man and the heart and soul of a guard." After making two free throws to forge a 55-52 lead with 4:51 left, Tucker picked off passes in front of the East Liverpool bench on two straight jAr':',=::' ,r,;.:,; :I !Jrjbbl,:d the 1": o.sC Of Me i'OOy, for thundering,one-handedjams. "I just so happened to be there," Tucker said. "I went there and took it. I didn't anticipate anything." Tucker said he had to make up for a poor first half. He did more than that in finishing with a game-high 18 points, nine rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots. "This was a big game for me," he said. "I had a lot of intensity and I just had to get my game right."

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Ty Mwk Znldar and Steve Blackledge Dispatch Sports Reporters Breakfast yesterday was more than the usual eggs,toast and orangejuice for David Taylor. Taylor, a 5-foot-10 junior guard who usually comes off the bench for Worthington Christian, was told he would start the Division IV state semifinal against Edgerton. Coach Ray Slagle places little emphasis on who starts and has had many starting lineups this season. But Slagle had a hunch that Taylor and junior forward Brian Bumgarner might help the Warriors get off to a solid start in a pressure-packed situation. The strategy couldn't have worked any better. Taylor hit two three-pointers and Bumgarner's defense took Derek Sito, Edgerton's secondleading scorer, out of the game as Worthington Christian grabbed a 27-14 lead with 4:42 left in the second quarter en route to a 77-48 victory. "David has been to the state tennis toumament two years in doubles and is the kind of player who can come in here and do it," Slagle said. "Brian Bumgarner is a great golfer, and just

to be in a setting like this he has the kind of (mind-set)ofbeing in control." Taylor scored a career-high 13 points on 5-of8shooting from the field and had two steals. "I was just thinking I'm getting a chance to start in the Schottenstein Center and I want to help the team," he said. "You have to block the crowd out of your mind. I just came in here and focused. We took a long warm-up to get used to the shooting background.It worked forme." Bumgamer scored four points, but his value was on defense. Sito, a 6-1 sophomore who was averaging 15.3 points, was 0 of 4 from the floor and didn't score. "That was an awesome team game," Slagle said. "I thought we had a lot of contributors today. It is nice to have this kind of depth. We started out the year playing almost every kid in every game.That has been our philosophy." FAMILY BUSINESS - Plenty of ties to this season's Division IV state finalist remain from Fort Recovery's 1971 Class A championship team. The defensive stopper on the '71 team was

Ron May. His son, Clark, plays the same role now. "He's just as proud as a father can be," the younger May said. "He talked to me a little about the atmosphere, but he didn't give me any advice except tojust go out there and enjoy myself." The elder May has his jersey displayed in a glass case at home. Fort 'Recovery principal Ed Snyder also played on the 1971 team. He was head coach at nearby Minster before returning to his alma mater. a MIGHTY MAC - Mercer County neighbors Coldwater and Fort Recovery will bid for Division III and IV titles today. Both are members of the nine-team Midwestern Athletic Conference, perhaps the finest small-school league in Ohio. Since its formation in 1973-74, the MAC has claimed 49 boys and girls state team championships, including five in boys basketball-three by St. Henry, one by Maria Stein Marion Local and one by Delphos St. John's. Other schools in the western Ohio league are New Knoxville, New Bremen, Minster and Rockford Parkway. "I think it's just unbelievable that two us are

Closing 13-0 run tops Tygers 4943 y9~3ve-lack) e Dispatch Spores Reporter Those who have seen Cincinnati Moeller pull rabbits from hats throughout the tournament will say that a sense of urgency has nothing to do with the Cri saders'penchantfor incredible rallies. "It's become so standard lately, you lose track how far behind you are and how much time is left," Moeller coach Carl Kremer said. "We know we'll find "a way. We always do." All the Crusaders did this time was on( score Mansfield Senior 13-0 during the final three minutes of a Division I state semifinal for a stunning 4943 victory before 16,690 in Value City Arena Moeller has won its six tournament games by a total of 13 points. In the dis= trict and regional finals, the Crusaders etna:ed 14-point fourth-quarter deficits. "Believe it or not, fellas, I've seen a fern games just about like this the last few weeks," Kremer said nonchalantly. "We just seem to make plays when we have to.,, Senior guard Jeremy Duncan, who played a big role in the rally, said the time and the score are insignificant to the Crusaders (20-6), who face Shaker Heights (25-1)for the state title at 8:30 tonight. "It's not like a sense of urgency for us," he said. "It's more a sense of `just win;,'; We've had some many of these, I guess; we're desensitized now." Mansfield (22-4), which had led since late in the second quarter, seemed ready to spread the court with a 43-38 lead when Ali Thompson was fouled. He missed both foul shots. Matt Sylvester, a 6-foot-6 sophomore, then scored on a nifty backdoor pass from 6-5 point guard Mike Monserez. Moeller's Michael Currin stole the iubounds pass and passed to Sylvester, who buried a three-pointer from the top of the key to tie it at43-all with 1:36 left. "As soon as I shot it, I couldn't believe 1 shot it," Sylvester said. "I don't Imow what was going through my mind." The Tygers proceeded to fall apart at the seams, throwing the ball out of bounds. Monserez then took the inbounds and patiently went coast to coast for the go_ ahead basket with 1:20 to go. After the wheels completely fell off for Mansfield, Monserez sank 4 of 4 free throws in the final 34 seconds to seal the deal. "We've adopted a never-say-die, att-' tude and it's carried us right straight to the state championship game," Monserez said. Mansfield Senior coach Gregg Collins was even more shellshocked than the crowd. "I'm not sure it was so much our mis= takes that made the difference than it was the big plays they made down the stretch," he said. Duncan scored 15 points to pace Moeller, which is in the state tournament lor Lite first time. Monserez and Sylvester, had 13 each. More important, they ac= counted for all of the points in the closing 13-0 rum. The Tygers, who shot only 30.9 percent from the field, played with a heavy heart. The mother of standout guard Marquis Sykes, a second-team All-Ohion averaging 19 points per game, suffered a massive' heart attack on Wednesday night and remains in critical condition. Sykes man-aged just five points on 2-of-11 shooting.

going for titles in the same day," Fort Recovery. coach Joe Bruns said. "The MAC really prepares you to be tough. It's an extremely physical' league, and you can never overlook anybody you, play,regardless whatsport you're playing." Brims also has ties to Coldwater: His brother teaches there, and Fort Recovery's standout, player, 6-foot-4 junior center Chuck Bihn, is a brother of Coldwater coach Chris Bihn. in NOT QUITE THERE - Shaker Heights coach Bob Wonson regrets fans congregated at the state's biggest show aren't able to see the' real Jon Higgins. Higgins, a 6-foot-3 senior guard headed to the? University of Tennessee, is nowhere near 100 percent after returning prematurely from torn ligaments in his left knee. "I only wish you could see the Jon I watched for three years," Wonson said. "He's a whole lot, better basketball player than this." Higgins, who missed the first 15 games, esti'mated he is playing at 90 percent but didn't say it with a whole lot of conviction. "When I'm shooting my jumper, my leg isn't; s strong enough to jump as high as I normally would," he said. "It takes a little while to get your confidence back,too."

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Fans go wild at the State Championship game this past weekend at the Value City Arena.

The SAT: always Kurt McGinnis How important are the SATs and ACTS in being accepted into one's college of choice? Many people see these as being- the sole factor used by the acceptance boards in colleges. This isn't quite the case. There are a number of other factors taken into account other than one's SAT or ACT scores. For starters colleges look at the quality ofthe curriculum a student is taking, and his GPA in accordance to this curriculum. Colleges also look at the extra-curriculars such as clubs and sports that students take part in. All colleges like People who get involved in their

morning homerooms, galvanizing support among the students for their ultimate trip to the final four. Such emotional leadership had an immediate impact, as the "flock" grew and the faith flourished. And the victories mounted. Perhaps it is appropriate

that in this season the school itself experienced a kind of resurrection—of pride, of unity,. and of faith in the Moeller family. At last Thursday's send-off rally, Gerry Faust, Moeller's legendary football coach, returned to Moeller to "wake

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school. Many will also look at letters ofrecommendation to see what other people say about a student. The more a college is interested in the personality of a person, the less the straight numbers ofthe SAT and ACT scores really influence the decisionof acceptance. These colleges will still look at the grades received on the SAT and ACT, but they understand that numbers don't often tell the whole story. Some of the best ways to find out the potential ofthe students is a more one on one type atmosphere such as an interview, or a test given by the college. The problem with the SAT and ACT is that it is often used as an entrance test by a lot ofcolleges. These

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This resurgence began in the sectional playoffs when the Crusaders beat a St. -X team had put them away twice. After that the march was on. Senior .hoopsters Mike McHugh, Tre Hughes, Aaron Shurts, and Ryan Weitzel began their sweep of

Ah, Spring, when a young man's fancy turns lightly to thoughts _ of...HOOPS BABY! Moeller's state championship run to the title has shaken the Moeller Stutu dent body from its pre-spring break stupor. This team has given back to Moeller a sense of pride and purpose, blowing away the apathy and lethargy ofa long winter's hibernation. Truly,this 1999 state championship basketball team has been not only a team of destiny, but also one ofresurrection. This team battled back from its less than ideal regular season, marred by disappointment and letdowns, to bring home its first ever state .title. In doing this, these young men injected new life into this building, For the first time since the end ofthe-football season, there was positive energy in the school.

are the ones that have very impersonal admissions application: Using these standardized tests as entrance exams is really not the best way to handle such admission into a college. For one thing the colleges can't be aware of the circumstances on any given test day. Outside of the normal test anxiety, a.person could be feeling ill or have some personal problems on his mind and not be able to perform up to his potential. There are also students who just don't perform well on standardized tests, but perform well in the classroom. This is why it is important for colleges to know students' GPA in correlation to the quality of classes taken. What is the best things to do before taking the SAT or ACT? Initially find

up the echoes" of a tradition left too long dormant, the feeling that this place is special, not because of victory, but because of its spirit and dedication.-His message for the men of Moe was simple: we are part of something special. Coach Kremer echoed these sentiments as he addressed the Moe Madness crowd packed into the gym: "This is not just about basketball...this is about Moeller!" The crowd responded with its staccato chant, "CK-CK-CK"—a moment in time when the all too often adversarial relationship between the student body and its Deari of Students (Discipline) broke down in a wave of unity and pride. Both of-these men inspired the Moeller Family—reminding us of the reason why we are here at Moeller—to attam excellence in all areas.

answers out what.importance the SAT and ACT are to the colleges that one looking into. Then,in terms ofpreparation there are two things that should be done. These are to do homework and to read a large variety of material. These are the best ways to prepare for such standardized testing: The biggest complaint about the SAT deals with the verbal section. Environmental factors such as socioeconomic class, educational levels, and interaction with adults, play a role in a student's language development. This will be reflected on the test, since many students have limited 'exp.erience with higher levels. of languag. It isn't a matter oftrying to make the test easier for one type of (Continued on Back Page)

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In this season oftriumph,disap +3j { pointment, and unforeseen turbu~ 'Sid lence, the Moeller Crusader Basketball team has pressed on past ; all expectations and delivered some great play in route to the first Final Four in Moeller history. This unprecedented run has spawned a string of terrific memories: the stifling defense and near domination against Troy, the ever popular win over arch rival St. Xavier, and the thrilling victories over Vandalia Butler, Beavercreek,and Mansfield. Not to mention, the monumental win over Shaker Heights. Indeed, this has been a ground breaking season. However, there is more to this team than just their game play. There are certain intangibles which warrant further attention. One trait is the tremendous amount of heart that this team plays with. Several times this year, particularly during the post season, Senior Brian Boroffleads morning cheers as freshmen arrive on busses. they've found themselves in a situa- Moeller was down over ten points. only one instance among many where tion which seemed nearly impossible However, the team refused to give Moeller stood out over their opponent, for them to recover from. For ex- up. Within a minute, the deficit was not only for their play;but also for ample, the Vandalia Butler game. cut in half, and with fifteen seconds their determination and will to win. Another quality exemplified by the With nearly two minutes to play, left, Moeller was up by one. This is basketball team this year is team~rork. Every win this year has been, P mofeJh_an above.all else, a team win.'-While certain individuals have had a stand

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out game here or there, it has been through the efforts of every member of the team that they've managed to make it this far. Again, take the performance against Vandalia Butler for proof The selfless play of every member ofthe team combined with the individual performanes, including senior Danny Eigel's gutsy performance late in the fourth quarter, combined to win Moeller the Sectional title for the fifth time in its ex-. istence. The Moeller basketball team has been Crusaders this year in more than just name. Through their excellent play and good fortune, they have carried the Moeller tradition of excellence further than any other team in our basketball history. Moreover, their outstanding run to the State Championship has broughtthe school together in a way that is unique to basketball and March Madness. For that they are to be congratulated. 'ham true strength,though,is not their play. It is those rare and immeasurable quantities which have made this year's basketball team truly stand out.

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What do you get when you have a lot of $uYs dancing g around, and no girls their age? Well there are a couple of possibilities. I guess, but the answer I'm looking for is the "Mom Prom'. Over six hundred moms and sons stuffed themselves in the AC on Friday,March 12th for a very exciting evening. Fun was had by all as the DJ played aye some oldies and some new songs. Some fathers were on hand to keep p the beverages flowing and things under control, while Brother Ron got down with the moms and the students. Brother Habjan greeted everyone with his friendly smile at the entrance, but when asked why he wasn't out on the dance floor"getting jiggy with it" he replied,"One needs rhythm to dance,and I lent all mine to Brother Ron tonight." As teenagers, we sometimes lose sight of how important our families are, and sometimes we fail to show our love livnrMR /N

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an appreciation for our parents and '' T ''t~ -Action their sacrifices. Mom Prom,though a small event,isan importantone â&#x20AC;˘ -. KS t 4 because it makes us rememberthis. senior. Mom Prom offered all of us a chance to demonstrate our appreciation. The , challenge presented to the students is Prer/iously,.11. wrote an article~n the, 4pposutg std do& _lion It to allow the spirit ofthe evening to of senior leadership at the bas : to men that earlier.this year, many o spread to other aspects is oftheir lives. etball games this _ymif wrote this the poorly attended or :support A successful Mom Prom will help students to remember the importance â&#x20AC;˘cle after having.attetlded allofthe:. games Wined outto bp,losses for th .. oftheir families and encourage them to ethall games myself. Unfortu- team. on the other hand, the -se act on their feelings throughout the lately,when I wrote thearticle roany . tours have energized the entire Y~ es were poorly attended. On top dent body, including the team, an Special thanks should be given to fthat, the games that were well at- now the garries are ending witt Cathy Doggan,the event's chair, and nded had cheering sections that Moeller-the victors. The seniors have all the moms who made this event ere definitely not living up to done a great job rallying the rest ol possible. The success of the event oeller's standards. Lately, how- the school behind them. I have at made it obvious that copious amounts theteam has had a huge amount tended these games and it. Lver, oftime were spent preparing the uccess and the seniors in the amazing seeing the type ofhasr evening's festivities. All ofthe parentsand staff who helped that ting sections have. made a 180 sections GCL teams are notorious studeni. evening contributed to the overall Icgree turn. for. The Moeller students and the success of the evening. Thanks! The games have gone from having seniors have brought back, and.furur Finally,I'd like to make one i scattered group ofstudents all sit- thered, a pride in Moeller athletic suggestion about next year for the ng and watching, to a mass of ma- worthy ofbeing called a tradition. juniors,sophomores,'and freshmen: acal Moeller students standing on teach you moms something other than Anonymous heir feet chanting out cheers at the the Electric Slide. That was real/Y getting out of hand! _ in the body of the ietter. The mdalbaia - /hie tmri%r voll be called in by the edtor] gdft"Policy I

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oeller seeks to further marianisttradition Tim Ernstes There is a tradition at Moeller that reaches far deeper than any fight song or pep rally cheer. The Marianist brothers have been a part of this school since 1960, but seem to be an unrecognized presence to the student. body. Who are the Marianists? The Society of Mary was established in the United States in 1849,in Dayton, Ohio. The Marianist spirit is for all people, both lay and religious. At the core ofthis is Mary. This dedication to Mary is modeled on Jesus' love for his mother. Mary is the great model offaith, a person who doesn't. question God's ways, a person who leads others to faith in Jesus, and a person who prayed with others. The Marianists ask Mary, through the Holy Spirit, to form them into other Christs, to continue his saving mission. With Mary as the model, the Marianists strive to become faithful followers ofJesus. Seeing everything with the eyes offaith, a faith notjust ofthe mind ,but ofthe heart that affects and directs our lives, leads us to greater simplicity and attentiveness to God. The Marianists see community as a primary means of bringing people to faith in Je's"us through and with Mary. Building community is the principal form of their mi sion. "Family Spirit," the term they se to describe their hospitality and we coming, mark their communities.In faith they come together in communities to form a spiritual family to be of "one heart and one mind" as the early Church

sometimes we need to revisit the origins of our traditions to experience the passion and love which underlie. our actions. I believe this process ofrediscovery will ground each ofus firmly in the Marianisttradition ofeducation." While at the conferences the faculty attended numerous presentations to increase their knowledge.and enthusiasm for teaching in the Mr.Hodgson,Bro. Wanda,Mr.Ledford,Mrs. Griffith,and Mr. Ward relax in California Mariamsttradition. Somememof denounce of spiritual family justice God and opbers the Moeller entourage also and community. This both supports and nourishes us and chal- pression. Fifth, they seek to educate were responsible for making presenfor adaptation and change. The tations at the conference. Upon their lenges us to live fully the Gospel. of Marianists attempt to educate stu- return, the cohorts shared the infordiscipleship equals-exThe presses an equality among all mem- dents to shape a hope-filled future, mation they had gleaned at the conbers ofthe Marianist Family,ordained develop critical thinking skills in the ference with their fellow faculty and non-ordained, lay and religious, search for truth, and respond to the members. Mr. Ledford also stated the same women and men. Father Chaminade signs ofthe times in faith. used the term "Mixed Composition" What were the Marianist Confer- type of personal motivation for attending the conference. "I believe to described this unique characteris- ences? tic ofequality among the brothers and As the Marianist tradition grows the CME Program has the possibility older so do its members. We have of making every program (at priests, unheard ofin his day. reached a point at Moeller where the Moeller)more rooted in the Marianist What is a Marianist Education? As students at Moeller High School Marianist Brothers are not as plenti- philosophy and more successful as we are subjected to the benefits ofa ful as they once were. Twice this well." It is the hope of all the faculty Marianist education everyday. There year Moeller faculty members: Mr. that having representatives at these are five principles to a Marianist edu- Ledford, Brother Habjan, Brother events will increase-their ability to cation. First,they seek to educate for Wanda, Mr. Hodgson, Mrs. Griffith, teach, coach, and moderate in the formation in faith.. Second, the and Mr. Ward traveled to San Fran- Marianisttradition despite the declinMarianists seek to provide an inte- cisco for two separate conferences ing numbers of Marianist Brothers. gral quality education. They attempt in order to answer the question: The student body was served with in the a reminder of how to employ this to promote a quality education ofthe "How do we continue whole person, develop interior spirit Marianisttradition?" Marianist charism in our daily lives and self-knowledge,and foster a di- All the members ofthe trip have an by Brother Ron at the State Champiverse school community. Third, they invested interest in maintaining onship rally. "Men,if you look atthe seek to educate in the family spirit. Moeller's excellent standards of statue of Mary in the courtyard, you Fourth, the Marianists seek to edu- Marianist education. Mr. Hodgson will see the method this basketball cate for service, justice and peace. cited this as his personal reason for team has used to become the State They attempt to promote a mission- attending,"My personal hope is that Champions. The words of Fr. ary spirit, establish faith communities we(the Moeller community) will re- Chaminade: `The true secret ofsucthat promote reflective programs of discover why we do what we do. cess in any work is to interest the service, and announce the goodness Moeller has strong traditions, but blessed Virgin in it.

"' Catholic en's Conference creates community Ryan Patterson

Our Father called all men on Saturday,March 20, 1999, to the Crown on Cincinnati's Riverfront. The Catholic Men's Conference had a big turn out in the Tri- State with over 10,000 men in attendance. Moeller students and teachers accounted for about 40 of these men. The purpose of this conference was to develop spirituality and leadership within the men. Mr. Bob Crable commented that the Conference was a "very emotional experience, we as a family were able to get closer. The conference is different each year, and it always gets better." Guest speakers at this event were Coach Mike Dr. Ditka, Bernard Nathanson,Fr.-Clarence Williams, CPPS, and Fr. Mike Pfleger. Other participants

included former Notre Dame, Akron, and Moeller football coach Gerry Faust, and pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Church Fr. Jim Willig. Ditka is a member ofthe Pro Football Hall of Fame and head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Mike gave witness to the strength of his Catholic faith and how it sustains him, especially during times ofcrisis. Dr. Nathanson an author and a former abortion advocate, who performed over 75,000 abortions,and author. He recently converted to Catholicism, from Judaism, and now chairs the Catholic Alliance. He spoke of his conversion experience and about the power ofGod's forgiveness. Fr. Clarence is a director of Black Ministries for the Archdiocese of Detroit:' Fathefis vice chair of "Bread for the World" and a director of The Institute For

Recovery From Racism. He had a powerful message for men on the threshold of the new millennium. Fr. Mike is the dynamic Chicago pastor who led many Chicago churches in a successful boycott of The Jerry Springer television show last summer. He said to Springer straight UP that, "If you mess with me, you are messing with the Alpha and the Omega." Fr. Mike meant that if Jerry Springer continues to show sexually explicit material and other adult content to juveniles, then he will be messing with the beginning and end of life. Fr. Mike has also been profiled on 60 Minutes, recognized for his fight against racism and was the most popular speaker at the previous'year's Catholic Men's Conference in-New Orleans. Senior Robert Clifford said that, "The men's conference was'a'great"tune'to go and

be comforted by the fact that there are 10,000 other people in the city dedicated to growing in their faith, the same as you are. It was also a time to listen to the talks, comprehend the message, and inject-what you learned into your everyday life; so we can live more piously." Rick Collins('99)agreed with Cliff and added that,"The Conference was a spiritual rebirth for me. It made me realize where I am at in my life. Each speaker taught me something and made me realize that I have to be a real man. I have be a man of Jesus Christ." The weekend was a time ofspiritual rebirth for everyone in attendance. Time was allotted for the conference goers to attend confession with one ofthe 100 priests at the event. In addition, the Conference brought men together in an environment

where they could show appreciation and support for each other, especially in regards to their faith. The gathering instilled a sense ofcommunity by creating an environment for the successful combination ofthe wisdom of the older men in attendance with the exuberance of the younger members. The day ended with a mass given by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk. Some of the Moeller students that went to this Conference were seniors Adam Rummler, Joe Robers, Rick Collins, Robert Clifford,Ryan Patterson,P.J. Hile,Tom Nix, Will Davis,Josh Martin, and Paul Ramstetter. Several teachers that also attended were Mr. Crable, Mr. Tall, and Mr. Jamieson. Each person enjoyed his day at the Crown,and hopefully everyonetook something outofthis faithful experience.

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The 1999 basketball team has now become the best in the historyofthe school This x teams most important charti acteristic was their team attitude. Thatteam attitude put together seven straight vic-1 ' tories and put the wholeÂ° school into a frenzy, reinvent -y w ing the phrase "Moeller Pride." ... The story ofthe year for this ~" placed the The team holds up it's state champio: squad was that they never ... squad up trophy along with the lamb after wine . ... excepted defeat. Time after d o u b l e the championship. time the team pulled out close d i g i t contests. They were almost: points and always the underdog. Every gave them a com- Currin had a huge steal game a new player came to manding lead they Mansfield game and ga, the forefront and won the would never relin- ball to Sylvester for the game."This was a team with quish. tying three point shot. ten seniors. They played with Against Troy, Every game some a never say die attitude. I've Chris Welsch came new took over the g never experienced anything K up big, defending Whether it was on of V like the ride this team took me Mr. Ohio, Brooks seniors on the team on," coach Carl Kremer r Hall, and putting the sophomore standout,6 commented. team ahead going tom line was alwE In this past weekends four for four from be- Moeller victory. Those game against Mansfield Sehind the three point ers efforts along wil mor it was Jeremy Duncan. ..,:,s ... arc. Ix,,the game consistent clutch play . ..,. .. ._.Tlt~by""'e Canavan Duncan, who had struggled against Vandalia But- tournament first teame to find his shot for a majority ler it was Danny Hutzel and tournament Mike Monserez and Coach Kremer hug at the end ofthe final game. of the postseason, came Eigel. Eigel sparked the un- Mike Monserez mad through with a team high fif- he took the offense on his and Brad Hutzel in foul believable comeback and put TEAM state champior. teen points, more importantly, back'with Mike Monserez trouble. the team ahead with two big Sophomore Matt Sylvester three point shots. Mike played one of the most important roles ofanyone in the final weekend of basketball. Sylvester played with the experience of a senior, becoming the needed offensive weapon when the team was not hitting the three point shot in the state semi-final game. Also,in the championship game he had sixteen points i at the half, hitting shots from all corners of the court. Coach Kremer said, "Matt Sylvester really was the key to our success, he was fearless and he just went out and played. He provided the extra offense that put. .... poaeyMiascm us over the top." a~ertiarec~ The -highlight.of N%e Cundn.l000ks*#w open man in the state game. the game came on Heights... ` ' :Jeremy Duncan drvies the lane against Shaker A . dunk. play . y. an ally-oop splay.

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Page 7

SPORTS

Mar.199,

March Madness takes over MoellE March Senior Spotlight: Two sport star Chris Weise' Paul Dehner The success ofthe basketball team hastaken the whole school by storm. The play ofMike Monserez is always mentioned in the media, immediatly followed with a mention of Notre Dame. There is another major contributor on the basketball team who has a scholorship for the next level. Senior Chris Welsch has a baseball scholorship to Kent State University, but of late he has been much more than a baseball star. Welsch began playing sports back when he was four years old. He had big dreams of playing major league baseball. `Barry Larkin was my influence, I try to model my game after his, that's why I wear number eleven," Welsch commented. Welsch eventually got into the game of basketball and has been playing a major role on Varsity for two years. In the teams run at the state championship, different players have stepped up for each game. In what was supposed to be the toughest matchup for the Crusaders,the team played the Troy Trojans in the district semifinal game. Welsch was given the unenviable task of defending Mr. Ohio in basketball; Brooks Hall. He averaged 22.9 points a game and is planning on playing basketball for the University of Dayton next year. Although he still scored twentyeight points, he struggled to get into the flow ofthe offense and the team . never really got their rhythm. "I was a little nervous in the beginning ofthe game because I was guarding Mr.

disrupt Hall,he went on to put the team over the top going four for four from three point range and ending up with sixteen points. . Coach Kremer had very strong feelings about the perforof mance Welsch, especially on the defensive end. "Three out of the last four players he guarded were all state performers Brooks Hall, Marquis Sykes, and John Higgins. He really was the unsung hero of Wis team." i Welsch experienced one Of the top moments in his PhatobyMkeCw&rm life this past Chris Welsch makesa pass in the state semifinal game., weekend. "I was mostlookOhio, but I knew we had a good ing forward to the atmosphere, the gameplan, we wanted him to go one big game, the sold out crowd...-," he on one," he said. Not only did he said. All of that will have to be put

behind him though as he starts hi mor season of baseball tonight sus St. Xavier. With all his attei and efforts going towards the ketball team, there has been hz enough time-to keep up with offseason workouts. It has be exciting and busy couple of w and the madness will continue baseball starting up so qui.ekly. With the basketball season Welsch will attempt to focus on ting into baseball mode. He has playing on varsity for three year; plays primarily shortstop and a second base. - Welsch doesn't sider himselfa power hitter. He to hit for average, hitting a 1 doubles. Welsch's impact on the varsity was felt immediately. This wa: dent when Kent State Universil fered him a scholorship. "The son I decided to go to Kent wa: it wasn't too far and they said a chance to play my freshmen They won the MAC the last c ofyears. Signing with them ha: probably been my proudest mo in sports.".. Even being on the road to Di` I college baseball, he is looking ward to this season. "This shou a good season, we have a lot of seniors." The success ofthe basketball 1 has forced a hectic life on this sport star. Even after the last g ofthis baseball season, Welsch'. , reer will be long from over. He helped give this school some me ries nobody will forget, but his dre arejust beginning.

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State- title in sight for boys cagers BY RAY SCHAEFER Enquirer Contributor MADEIRA — Cyndi Underwood was perhaps the busiest woman in Madeira on Wednesday. With the boys basketball team playing Coldwater in the Division III state semifinals at 11 a.m. today at the Jerome Schottenstein Center Arena in Columbus, Ms. Underwood may have had the most important job — as athletic department secretary she took the money for tickets and nearly 700 T-shirts and juggled seats on the seven buses headed for Columbus this morning. "It"s a little crazy right now," Ms. Underwood said.

Moeller High in tourney, too Moeller High School Crusaders will play in the Ohio High School Division I basketball final four tourney on Friday. They take on the Mansfield Tigers at 9 p.m. in Columbus at the Schottenstein Center. There will be a send-off rally "... This is our. first trip to state, it's exciting. It's a wonderful time. We're having fun, it's just nuts." Crazy pretty much described the atmosphere around the school on Loannes Drive. Students and adults did things to celebrate the state semifinal

for the team today in the school gymnasium at 10 a.m. Former Moeller Coach Gerry Faust is scheduled to speak. Tickets -for the. game are on sale in the Moeller bookstore and are available on a first- . come, first-serve basis. berth. . Things like the royal blue that Madeira principal Christopher Mate sprayed in his hair and mustache. "This is a special occasion," Mr.-Mate said. . There were the usual signs in yards and businesses around

town as well. "Go Mustangs, Freeze Coldwater," read ont. "We're not fair-weather fans," junior Kara Wittenber g said. " Senior guard Todd Schlensker, whose 20 points helped Madeira to a 77-62 win over Finneytown in last Saturday's regional finals, said he was- a little anxious about the game, but he appreciated that attep-. dance at games rose from 500 1,000 last year to around 1,500 this year. Before the team left fbr Columbus Wednesday„ toe school threw a pep rally. There were the usual speeches by players and schdol (Please see MADEIRA, Page B5)

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Raven, 6.7, Sr., gum; Jesse Rupe; Zanesville Maysville; Eric 22.0, Andre Horton, Lima Sr., 5-8, Sr., 255; Shack, Dresden Tri-Valley; Jason Robinson, Isaac Jefferson, Cols, West, 6-4, Sr., 19.2; Lisbon Beaver Local; Kade Dillon, Bucyrus; Sr.; 22.9; Jonathan Brooks Hall, Troy, 6.6, Andy Roesch, Galion; Jarron Hinton, Elida; Burge, Cleve.. South, 6-2, Sr., 31.5; Dan `Swogger, E. Liverpool, 5.11, Sr., 9.3; Mike Corey Wilson, Lima Bath; Chris Rygalski, Oak Harbor; Daniel Hannan, Pomeroy Monserez, Moeller, 63,Sr., 19.8. , Meigs;, Shaun Evans, Hillsboro; Landry Second Team: Michael Tucker, Shak Roe, Greenfield McClain; Nick Spears, WCH. r His., 6.6, Sr., 15.0; Marquis Sykes,Mansub Miami Trace; Eric Bodager, Waverly; Bubfield Sr., 6-0, Sr., 19.0; Slobodan Ocokorlic, by Richards, Vincent Warren Local; Jason Massillon Washington, 6-8;Sr„ 18.5; Larry Kaiser; Cleve. Benedictine; Jermzf'ine CrosDrake, Grovepori Madison, 6.5, Sr., 20.7; by, Cleve. Benedictine; Manzie Williams, Jamie Holden, Beavercreek, 5.7, Jr., 10.4; LaMarr Cheers, Tol. Cent. Cath., 6-6, Sr., .Olmsted Falls; Sean Radigan, Olmsted Falls; Jon Nagy, Jefferson Area; Paul Noble, Cha17.2; Adam Wolfe, Westerville South, 6-6, grin Fags Kenton; Brice McClain, Orange; Sr., 22.7; Keith Triplett, Tol. Bowsher, 6.2, Roy Geer, Canton South; Tom Senor, Beloit Jr., 29.4. W. Branch Ed Hunt, Ravenna Southeast; Third Team: Ryan Stefanski, BroadPat O'Brien, Cuya. Fags Walsh Jesuit; Mike view His. Brecksville, 6-3, 24.0; Forrest Bajornas, Canton Cent. Cath.; Mike TourKirby, E. Liverpool, 6.8, Sr., 16.9; Darren noux, Louisville; Andrae Batiste, Canton Tarver, Barberton, 6.4, Sr., 26.6; Kyle DinSouth, Dave Mayle, Mantua Crestwood. gledine, Celina, 5.11, Sr., 13.7; Jahn Farris, Sandusky, 5-10, Jr., 20.7; Brandon Hunter, Withrow,6.6, Sr., 181i Phil McDaniel,Canton GlenOak,6.8, Sr., 16.8. Lloyd 3, Newport CC 0 Player of the,year:Emmanuel Smith, Newport CC .__x_»_:000 000 0-0 5 2 Euclid. 200 010 x-3 S 2 Lloyd Coaches of the year: Bob Wonson, WP—Wirth (9 Ks). LP—Roderick (12 Shaker His.; Nick AM, E. Liverpool; Ray Hitting leaders: L-Couch 2.3, HR, 2 k's). Miller, Grove City; Mike Kenney, Celina. RBL NCC-Hanoran 2.3. Records: NCC 1.1, L Special Mention: Paul McMillian, 1-0. Phillip St. Xavier; Aiken; Joel Comette, Dupree, Cots. Brookhaven; Ed McMillian, Bishop Brossart 15, Walton-Verona 0 Newark; Andre Hodge, Zanesville; Cedric Walton Verona ....._..000 00-0 3 4 Kelly, New Philadelphia; Justin Kreefer, E. Bishop Brossart —527 Ix-15 10 • 0 Liverpool; Robert Jackson, E. Liverpool; WP—Seiter (6 Ks). LP—Stephenson. Jeremiah Harding, New Phil.; Jared MiraHitting leaders: BB-Ruth 213; Schultz 3-3,28, < cle, Zanesville; Josh Lawrence,Logan; Jer., 2 RBI; Setter 2-3, HR, 5 RBI; Ziegler 2-3, 3 emy Albrecht, Marietta; David Pisarck, RBI. Records: BB 1-0, WV 1-1. Middleburg His. Midpark; Craig Budziak, Holmes 10, Ludlow 2 Mentor; Dominic Crutchfield, Bedford; Ludlow _,_.,...,._,_000 110 0-2 4 4 Steve Chandler, E. Cleve. Shaw; Jaivon Holmes _._.._._..._003 403 x-10 12 2 Harris, Alliance; Mark Starkey, Youngs. WP—Brinkman. LP—York. Hitting Boardman; Donteil Lewis, Akron Garfield. leaders: L-Waters 2B. H-Curry 3-5, 25; Honorable Mention: Brady MerGulley 3.4; Brinkman 2.2, 3 RBI; Frisch 2-2. chant, Lebanon; Dan Hutzelman, Lakota West; Nick Sellet, Oak Hills; Daryl Records: H 2-0, L 0-2. Peterson, Western Hills; Thomas SteHeritage Academy 6, Milford Christian 0 phens, Springfield S.; Lannce Hargrove, Milford Christian .....000 000 0-0 0 2 Troy; Mike Brake,Hilliard Davidson; Frank Heritage Academy —110 310 0-6 8 3 Brookhaven; Josh Helm, Cardwell, Col. WP—Capel (10 k's). LP—Rudepough. Grove City; Ish Kamara, Dublin Scioto; Art Hitting leaders: HA-Tring6le 3.3; Setter 28; Saunders, Cots. West; Reggie Jones, Fre-. Quillen 2-3. Records: HA 1-0, MC 0-1. mont Ross; Ryan Carder, Tol. St. John's; Holy Goss 13, Beachwood 2 Matt Taylor, Bowling Green; Ben Tobias, Justin Oregon Clay; Curt Grimes, Celina; ._._.__340 204-13 11 3 Holy Cross Pauley, Madison; Devin Moon, Lorain Beachwood —iDD li 2 6 S Southview; T.J. McHugh, Cleve. St. IgnaWP—Wells. LP—Estep. Hitting leadtius; Sidney Williams, Shaker His.; Mike ers: HC-Craddock 2.4, 38, RBI; Gastright Nuzzo, Middleburg His. Midpark; Jason 2.2, HR,2B,4 RBI; Volpenhein 3 RBI. B-Long Myers, Painesville Riverside; B.J. Davis, E. 2.3, 2B. Records: HC 1-0, B 0.2. Cleve. Shaw; Drew Carter, Solon; Julius Johnson, Garfield His.; David-Gaines, Cleve. E. Tech; Tyrone McCann, Cleve. John Fast-Pitch Hay; Mike Betts, Canton McKinley; Jimmy Simon Kenton 7, Holy Cross 0 Thomas, Niles McKinley; Alvin Jennings, Warren Harding; Mike Brnach, Wooster; Simon Kenton ______000 510 1-7 9 0 Holy Cross _______.ODD 0110 0-0 0 i. Mike Chase, Medina; Brad Moser, Wad sworth; Angelo Edwards, Mass. WashingWP—Dougherty (15 Ks). LP—Eggeton. meier. Hitting leaders: SK-Richardson 2 RBI; King RBI. Records: SK 1-0, HC 0-1. DIVISION 11 First Team:Chris Leanza,Cleve, Benedictine, 6-foot, Senior, 15.5; Charles Warren, Whitehall-Yearling,6-1, Sr., 22.0; Adam Covington Catholic 3, Saone County 2 Howell, Lexington,6.2, Sr., 20.2;Ray Austin, Ong (BC) d. Mast 6-2, 7.6 (7.5), BenYoungs, Liberty, 6-7, Sr., 17.3; Tyson son (BC) d. Baute 6-1, 1.6, 6-4, Mauntel McGlaughlin, Ottawa-Glandorf, 6-3, Jr., (CC)d. Knowlton 6-2,6-4. Bendel-Wolnifzek , 23.6; Rick McFadden, Struthers, 6-7, Jr., (CC) d. Maric-Mulcahy 6-0, 6-0, Bray-Bur20.6; Jerry Barlow, McDermott Scioto ing (CC) d. Hibnen-Churchill 7-6 (8.6), 6-3. Northwest, 6-6, Sr., 22.8; Mike Patrick, Records: BC 1-1, CC 1.0. Perry,6-3, Jr., 23.8; Andy Slaughter, Dresden Tri-Valley, 5-11, Sr., 16.0; Matt Broer. mann, Badin,6.5, Sr., 775. Dixie Heights 3, Highlands 2 Second Team: Delano Thomas, Cols. Beechcroft,6.7, Sr., 17.0; Keith Waleskows• Sa. Due (DH) d. Briggs, 6-0, 6.1; St. ki, Kettering Alter, 6-9, Sr., 18.1; Seth Doti. Due (DH) d. Brennon, 6-2, 6-1; Boles (DH) boa, Springboro, 6.7, Sr., VA; Ron Wild. Sarge, 6-I, 6-1; Brindle-Walters (H) d. KHlher-Taylor, 6-1, 6.3; Arnzen-Cruse (H) garrison, Cols. Briggs, 6-1, Sr., 24.0; Andy d. Spears-Sullivan, 6-4,6-4 Hipsher, Akron Hoban, 6-8, Sr„ 20.1; Matt Lucki, St. Clairsville, 63, Sr., 22.0; Jeff Fraley, Ironton Rock Hill, 6-2, Sr, 22.8; Ben Swartzwelder, Dover, 6.5,-Sr., 19.4; Jonathan Dues, Eaton,6.2, Sr., 23.5. Thursday's Games Third Team: Kyle Comstock, DelaOhio State Tournament ware Buckeye Valley, 510, Sr., 25.9; Mike Semifinals Gansey,Olmsted Falls,6-5, Soph., 19.8; Jeff Division II Peale, Rocky River, 6-2, Sr., 17.1; Michael Cie. Benedictine (20-6) vs. Philo Woods, Cie. Benedictine, 6.1, Sr., 18.1; An(22-3), 6 pm. drew Staley, Sandusky Perkins, 6.7, 'Sr., Kettering Alter (19.6) vs. Col. Beech20.0; Lucas Messer, Clyde, 6-6, Sr., 19.6; croft (20.4), 9 p.m. Joey James,Cheshire River Valley,6-3, Sr., Sr., 16.1; Mike Moses, Youngs. Chaney,6-2, Division III, 17.1; Lindbergh Chatman, Akron Hoban, Madeira (24.1) vs. Coldwater (17-8),' 6-4, Sr., 14.0. 11 a.m. Players of the year: Adam Howell, Bedford Chanel (24-0) vs. Beverly Lexington; Chris Leanza, Benedictine. Fort Frye (24-2), 2 p.m. Coaches of the year: Rick Lewis, Tri-Valley; Troy Holtrey, Springboro. Friday's Games Special Mention: J.D. Foust, NorOhio State Tournament wood; Brett Potter, Woodward; JasonSemifinals "^ Smith, Cols. Centennial; Adam Davenport,00~~ Division I Cambridge; James Watts, Bellaire; Steve East Liverpool (23.1) vs. Shaker His. Phipps, Steubenville; Marc Von Kaenei, (24.1),6 p.m. Dover; Sean Powell,.Lima Shawnee;Mike Moeller (19.6) vs. Mansfield Sr. Marshall, Lima Shawnee; Brandon Gray, (22-3), 9 p.m. Washington CH; Ryan Caudill, McArthur Division IV Vinton County; Vince Jenkins, Jackson; Worthington Christian (22.3) vs. EdJohn Caruso, Rocky River; Prince Ogbogu, 11 a.m. gerton (21.4), Hunting Val. Univ. School; Trenton Hillier, Berlin Hiland (25-1) vs. Fort Recovery Chagrin Falls Kenston; Jotm Link, Parma (24-1), 2 p.m. Padual; Ken Vanyo, Ashtabula Harbor; Bri-

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at ucauniic eral manager George McPhee said. "Pulling these guys out of the mix wasn't easy, but they're all unrestricted free agents and we weren't going- to get anything for them this summer if they signed elsewhere." In other deals, Philadelphia added one of'the top offensive defenseman in the league by Samuelsson securing Steve Duchesne from NHL season. Los Angeles for defenseman 0-2-0 in four Dave Babych and fifth-round . it this season, draft pick in 2000. Duchesne had four goals and ;HL. i acquired Sa- 19 assists in 60 games. )ut2-3 weeks . San Jose obtained center t, for a 1999 Vincent Damphousse from the and a third- Montreal Canadiens for a 1999 fifth-round draft pick and a 2000, s four goals 2000 second-round selection. Damphousse has 12 goals ssists in 67 I season with and 24 assists in 65 games. "Obviously, the guy's got the only team some darned good credentials," moves. Last 'Sharks General Manager Dean p finalist, the Lombardi said. "This guy has hington Capi- played at a high level and played place in the for Team Canada, so there's ce, unloaded more,, to him than just num{ - - -hers. n-DalelHunt=~ - The Sharks also got wing he Colorado Greg Pankewiecz from the CalJuneau was gary Flames for future considSabres and erations. The Edmonton Oilers picked to the Phila• up deferiseman Jason Smith gave Wash- from the Toronto Maple Leafs :cond-round for a 1999 fourth-round and a age for Hunt- 2000 second-round pick. Smith, 25, has two goals, 11 ].selection in has 14 goals assists and 40 penalty minutes season, was in 60 games. The St. Louis Blues re-acthird-round s for minor quired wing Blair Ateheynum Alexei Tezi- for a sixth-round entry draft iiderations. pick in 2000. Toronto, with two centers .he Flyers in ,e consider- injured, obtained center Yanic Perreault from the Los Angeles really emo Kings for minor-league forward we accom- Jason' Podollan and a '99 thirdApitals gen- round draft pick.

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A change of schedule during the regular season is directly related to Moeller's change of schedule this postseason. ,Moeller (19-6) will make its first state basketball tournament appearance when it faces 1Vfansfield Senior (22-3) Friday night at 9 p.m. in a Division I state semifinal at Ohio State's Schottenstein Center. The winner advances to the state title game Saturday at 8:30 p.m. After winning Greater CathLeague South titles the last two years but not advancing past sectionals in, tournament play, Moeller coach Carl Kremer concluded that his team

could -be better prepared for with a tougher tournament schedule. So this year, the Crusaders made two tournament trips in December, including one to one of the nation's top events, the, Rotary Roundball Tournament in Charleston, S.C.' Not only has Moeller credited those experiences for making ut better throughout its February and March tournament run, it could pay dividends against Mansfield. "We are very thankful now we went to South Carolina," Kremer says. "We played North Charleston, St. Patrick's from New Jersey and Simon Gratz (from Philadelphia), who are all very similar teams who play great pressure defense." Mansfield's dominant characteristic is a man-to-man fullcourt press that produces an play

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average of 17 steals per game. Adjusting to that in a one=andout tournament situation could be troublesome. "But we went to South Carolina for that reason," said Moeller senior guard Mike Monserez, who this week was named first-team all- state. "There were a lot of teams who you came out and saw running and dunking and we went out and hung with them. That gives us some confidence. They're more athletic, but we're a team that plays as a team and we think we can play with them." If Moeller can handle Mansfield's pressure, it could be in good shape. The Crusaders have the size advantage;, and showed two games ago against Troy that is was capable of getting pressure defensive teams in trouble by patiently working the ball out front and

then finding players cutting to the basket for easy shots. "The first thing that jumps out to me about Moeller is how hard they play," said Gregg Collins, who is in his third year as Mansfield's coach after previously winning two state titles .at nearby Lexington. "Without even talking X's and 0's, they're an aggressive, hardplaying team." Mansfield wasn't expected to be a state contender this year with only one starter back. Mansfield's only previous trip to state came in 1985, when it lost in the semifinals to eventual state champ Purcell Marian. Mansfield's leader is 6-1 senior guard Marquis Sykes, a second-team all-Ohio choice who averages 19.1 points. Center Jeremee Butts and forward Ali Thompson both average about nine points per game.

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Senior guard Mike Monserez shows off the state basketball trophy during a pep rally Monday at the Moeller High School gymnasium. Among other things, Saturday's victory over Shaker Heigh-is won Moeller students an extra day of spring break.

Championship reality sinks in for Moeller BY RAY SCHAEFER Enquirer Contributor

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP — Moeller High School principal Dan Ledford confessed :Monday to breaking three of his own rules during Saturday's boys Ohio Division I basketball finals. As it turned out, Mr. Ledford broke them for a good cause. The Crusaders defeated Shaker Heights, 67-62, to claim their first state basketball title. That allowed the school to hold its second pep rally in five days Monday. "I don't believe in praying for victory, but I did," Mr. Ledford said. "I don't believe in yelling at officials, but I didAnd I don't believe in giving a free day, but I did." The free day means students begin spring break Thursday instead of Friday. but Mr. Ledford said the extra day off was built into the calendar in case.Moeller won. Senior guard Mike Monserez was still a bit overwhelmed at all that had happened. "It's been such a dream for so long," he said Monday.

"You dream about it, but you never expect it." But until the rally at the end of the school day Monday, one wouldn't have know anything special had happened over the weekend. "It was kind of quiet," said Debbie Brandt of Symmes Township, who volunteers in Moeller's alumni office. "I think they were worn out from Fridav and Saturday." Said sophomore Tony Lane of Pleasant Ridge: "It waspt anything special until the pep rally." Parents and students arrived at school as much as 30 minutes before the rally started, and it didn't take long for them to start talking about the title. "It was wonderful, exciting, great. terrific, all those words," said Ginny Bauer, who works in the development office. ' Junior Rob Ward of Morrow chose the word "excited" to describe his emotions after Saturday's game. "There was so much going on," he said. "People were screaming and yelling. Everything went crazy."

Moeller coach Carl Kremer singled out the student cheering section. "It's an unbelievable thing to go to Columbus and feel like we were playing a home game in Qerome) Schottenstein Center," he said. As with Thursday's rally to send the team to Columbus, former Moeller, Notre Dame and University of Akron football coach Gerry Faust — who left a meeting in Akron for about a five-minute speech at Moeller and flew back to Akron to finish the meeting was on hand. "That is unbelievable," Mr. Faust said. `But that is what this school is all about." Saturday's title was the school's 15th overall — seven in football, three in baseball, two in lacrosse, two in volleyball and one in basketball. Mr. Kremer said being the coach of a state.championship team had not completely sunk in Monday. "I know there are coaches much, much better than me that never get to state," he said. "To have this happen to me is humbling."

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mother, Bonnie Kostreva, said in an interview Monday with The Cincinnati Enquirer. "He has his brain, his mind. We could have easily.lost our son." Mr. Walters,,who refused a Breathalyzer test, faces a max<: imum of eight years in prison if convicted on charges of feloniJoshua more Junior ous assault, DUI-related agHigh. gravated vehicular assault and failure to comply. "All they'll (doctors) say

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Driven, Point guard carried Moeller to state_ crown BY DAVE-SCII= Enquirer contributor Teams that win state champi= onships are usually blessed with a leader, a player who earns the respect ofteammates by actions on and off the court One such player is Mike Monserez, Moeller's 6-foot-5 senior guard who came through atcrunch time to help the Crusaders win the Division I state championship. Monserez, headed for Notre Dame,is The Enquirer's Division I Player ofthe Year. During the fourth quarter in a both the .semifinal and championship games, Monserez hit key free throws and scored from the field at cruru cial times. r;;> "Mike is the n' most dedicated, ; n driven kid,' Moeller coach Monserez ^ Carl Kremer said. ''He's defined our program the last three years.,, After Moeller lost to St Xavier by 25 points Feb. 12, Kremer wondered the Crusaders weren't as good as expected. But Moeller went on to win the final two regular season games. It trailed during the fourth quarter in five of the seven tournament games, but rallied to win each. For the effort, Kremer is The Enquirer's Division,I Coach of the Year. The obstacles Springboro's Seth Doliboa, The Enquirer's Division II Player ofthe Year,had to overcome this season were monumental. Doliboa's brother, Cain, was a Division II All-State player who earned a basketball scholarship A from Dayton two years ago. Seth

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Divisioh I Player of the Year: Moeller guard Mike Monserez (center), who's signed to attend Notre Dame next year, averaged 19.8 ppg and nine assists this season. knew filling those shoes wouldn't be easy. Providing needed leadership, Doliboa averaged 17.4 points and eight rebounds for Springboro, which finished the regular season 20-0 for the second consecutive year. Springboro's Troy Holtrey,â&#x20AC;˘ The Enquirer's Division II Coach of Year,led the Panthers to a secondstraight league title. They won the Fort Ancient Valley Conference last year and the Mid Miami League this season. In Division III, Madeira's Todd Schlensker was a clear choice for player of the.year. A 6foot senior,Schlensker averaged 20.3 points and three assists a

game and provided leadership that 5 carried the Mustangs to the CHL, sectional, district and regional t C titles. Schlensker's coach, Jim Reynolds, is Division III Coach of l the Year for leading the Mustangs to the state semifinals for the first c time. In Division IV Seven Hills senior C. Scott Whitehead led the Stingers in scoring and defenseto earn Player of the Year., After Cincinnati Country Day's leading scorer quit the team at mid- i season,coach Howard Brownstein { overcame the loss and led the team to a Division IV sectional title. It earned Brownstein The Enquirer's Division IV Coach of the Year.

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1H SCHOOLS PRO FOOTBALL W—Letcher 2-2; Williams 2B. Records: W MIAMI DOLPHINS 0.5, F 2-1. AFC schedules Sept. 13 at Denver (Mon.),9 p.m. s tennis Sept. 19 Arizona, 1 P.M. Western Hills 23, Hughes 16

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ball tavia 12, Williamsburg 0 ___200 013 6-12 13 0 ,urg ....._.000 000 0— 0 3 2 .-Schnurr (12 K's). LP—Poole. aders: B—Miller 2.3; Kent 3-5, 3 to 313; Wilson 3.4, 2 2B; Edwards W—C. Poole 3B. Records: 8 2-1 W 1-1 (0-1). Summit 8, New Miami 1 106 010 0-8 9 4 ni ._...._...__010 000 0-1 5 3 —Matteuci (6 K's). LP—Lena. aders: S—Bailey 2.4, 2B; Sheldon .els 2B, 2RBI; Hein 2B, 2RBI. Summit 7, New Miami 1 M _._....__...D00 010 0-1 1 3 —....301 120 x-7 9 2 -Schwietering (9 K's). LP—Sping leaders: S—Sheckels 3-3, 213; 28, 2RBI; Soellner 2B; Hein 3RBI. NM 0-2(MVC 0-2), S 2-1 (2-0). garrison 5, Oak Hills 2 ............_110 021 0-5 9 1 ____.__200 000 0-2 7 3 -Dooley. LP—Cress. Hitting leadayne 2-4, HR, 2RBI; Hall 2-2, 2B. ,sick 2B; Raven 2B; Dwyer 2-2; B. Records: H 2.2,0 2.2. frithrow 16, Woodward 0 ....................__.610 54-16 8 1 -d __._.____._.000 00— 0 1 8 -D. Williams (9 K's). LP—Bovne. >ders: With—Gilyard 2.3, 3B. Re. 2.1 (QCCM 2-0), Wood D-2 (0.2): airfield 16, Princeton 0 »._326 05-16 15 0 _..._000 DO— 0 3 3 Myles LP—Teufel. Hitting leadAyles 4.4, 3RBI; Newton 3-4; Squibb 2-2; Carpenter 3B;Pettit ,s. Records: P 0-3(GMC 0-3), F +rson 10, Winton Woods 1 ._._.410 221 0-10 8 2 oods _.„_...000 010 0— 1 2 S Lux. LP—Evans. Hitting lead.ckson 2RBI; Steever 28; Stock O'Hera 2-3, 3B. Records: A 4-0, ,rwood 10, Walnut Hills 0 .___._.__._..026 11-10 8 2 00— 0 2 3' -Runion. LP—Manchester. Hit:rs: N—Tedford 2-3, 2 213; Foust ,ter HR, 2RBI. Records: N 3-0, W College Hill 3, St. Bernard 2 rd _...__.__100 001 00-2 6 0 dlege Hill _.101 000 01-3 6 0 —Hartwig. LP—Hazelbaker (8 ring leaders: SB—Kramer 2-4, 38; -3. NCH—Meyer 2-3; Hoeffer RBI. NCH 3.1 (MVC ld), SB 2-2 (1-1). Madeira 14, Felicity 1 ....—..—.......001 00-1 2 3

Hughes...........__....__...018 510 0-16 4 9 western'H)Ils..—...._001 598 x-23 16 4 WP—Poulos. LP—Anderson. Hitting leaders: W—AI. Luke 3-5 2RBI; Poulos 4.6; Goodrich 4-6 2 3B, HR, 7RBI; Siegel 2-3. H—Harris 2.3 2RBI. Records: W 2.2, H D-2. New Richmond 4, Western Brown 3 New Richmond .._......_.001 021 0-4 7 3 Western Brown __„_.:_010 011 0-3 4 0 WP—Stroub (6k's). LP—Wallace. Hitting leaders: N—Burleson 3-4 213; Robinson 2B, 2RBI; Beckelhymer 2-4. W—Hanlon 2B. Records: N 1-1 (SBC 1.0), W 1-3 (0-2). Fairfield 4, Princeton 0 Princeton ._..._.._.._._..000 000 0-0 2 2 Fairfield ---------------100 120 x-4 6 3 WP—Fatheree. LP—Scherl. Hitting leaders: F—Bultman 2RBI; Owens 2B; Breitholle 213; Fatheree 2-3 2B. Records3-1 (GMC 3-0), P 3-1 (2-1). ecords:3-1'(GMC Colerain 14, Middletown 3 ....... 201 0— 3 8 3 Middletown ....._ 000 Colerain ............„.........011 282 x-14 15 1 WP—Joecken. LP—Combs. Hitting leaders: C—Riehle 3-5 HR,3RBI; Hibbard 3-4 3RBI; J. Trinkle 2-4; A. Trinkle 2.4, Roberts 38. M—Balez 2-3; Males 2-3, Morris 3-3 2RBI. Records: C 1-0 (GMC 1-0), M 0-1 (D-1). Blanchester 11, Xenia 6 Blanchester ___._.__.104 022 2-11 13 3 Xenia ............._......010 400 1— 6 7 2 WP—Saylor (7k's). LP—Claybaugh. Hitting leaders: B—Combs 3-3 2 38; Saylor 2.4; Barnes 4-4 2B. X—Claybaugh 2-3 2B; Haddix 23. Records: B 3-1, X 0.1. Clermont Northeastern 18, North College Hill 3 NCH _„._......_„._.___........000 03— 3 1 4 33-18 13 0 WP—Smithers. LP—Smith. Hitting leaders: C—Hopper 3-4; Green 2-2 3RBI;Opp 2-3; Kinser 2-4 3RBI. Records: C 3-0. Felicity 6, Norwood 4 Norwood ____..__.__._111 010 0-4 4 0 Felicity ....:.................._121 ODO 2-6 3 2 WP—Cas. Hall. LP—Jennings. Hitting leaders: F—Can. Hall 2-4; Lanham 2B, 2RBI. N—B. Paul 3B; K. Paul 3B; Monohan 2-4. Records: F 1.2, N 1-1 Harrison 6, Oak Hills 4 Harrison .--.-----002 300 1-6 6 1 Oak Hills _„.-------------100 001 2-4 6 6 WP—Esterman (7 K's). LP—Werkne. Hitting leaders: H—Ransick 313; Brotherton 2B. OH—Buchert 3-3,2B, HR. Records: H 3.1, 01-2. Hamilton 1, Lakota West 0 Hamilton _......_»______001 000 0-1 2 0 Lakota West _.............„000 000 0-0 2 4 WP—K. Halcomb. LP—Beck (9 K's). Hitting leaders: H—K. Halcomb 28. LW— Burlew 3B. Records: LW 0-3 (GMC 0-3), H 3-0 (3-0). Notre Dame 10, Holy Cross 0 Holy Cross -----------000 000 0— 0 3 3 Notre Dame ...„_..._.332 002 x-10 13 0 WP—Birkenhauer (13 K's). LP—Egglemeier. Hitting leaders: HC—Contreras 2-3. ND—Wulfeck 2-3, 213; Birkenhauer 2-3, 213; Duncan 3-4; McEvoy 2-2, 2B. Records: NO 4-0, HC 0-7. Simon Kenton 12, Holmes I Holmes .............................001 0— 1 1 2 Simon Kenton ______._022 8-12 it 1 WP—Wood 00X's). LP—S. Miller. Hitting leaders: SK—Sestet 3B, 2RBI; Kiiinsk) 2B, 2 runs; Klaine 2RBI. Records: SK 5-1.

Boys track East Central IISIh, Lawrenceburg 52, Milan 261/2 Disc—Schwegman (E) 120-4; LJ— Yoon (L) 17-91/4; SP—Schwegman (E) 42-11; HJ—Thomas (L) 6-0; PV—Wood (E) 9.6; 110H—Kline (L) 18.4; 100—Guess (E) 11.7; 1600—Swisher (M) 4:57; 400— Jutzi (E) 53.0; 300H—Eiler (L) 43.5; 800— Swisher (M) 2:09.4; 200—Jutzi (E) 24.1; 3200—Swisher (M) 11:05; 3200R—East Central 9:00; 400R—East Central 46.6; 1600R—Lawrenceburg 3:41.7. Ross Relays Team standings: 1. Eaton 92, 2. Mason 89, 3. Harrison 74, 4. Wyoming 70, 5. Ross 47, 6. Fairfield 40, 7. Little Miami 6, 8. Taylor 5. Event winners: SP—Mason 89-0; Disc—Eaton 242-3; LJ—Harrison 36-01/4; LJ—Wyoming 10-6; TJ—Mason 72-51h; PV—Eaton 23-6; Shuttle Hurdles—Harrison 1:07.2; 800R—Eaton 1:34.7; Distance Medley—Wyoming 11:11.1; Sprint Medley— Mason 1:37.7(Meet record); 1600MR—Eaton 3:48.4; Throwers Relay-51.4; 40OR— Eaton 44.5; 3200R—Eaton 8:29.5; 160OR— Mason 3:38.3. Fairfield Relays Team standings: 1. Colerain 88, 2. Princeton 73, 3. Anderson 71, 4. Oak Hills 67, 5. Fairfield 45, 6. Hamilton 43, 7. Mt.

BALTIMORE RAVENS Sept. 12 at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Sept. 19 Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 Cleveland, I p.m. Oct. 3 at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Oct. 10 at Tennessee, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 17 Open Date Oct. 21 Kansas City (Thu.), 8:20 p.m. Oct. 31 Buffalo, 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Nov. 14 at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 21 at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 28 Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Dec. 5 Tennessee, 1 p.m. Dec. 12 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Dec 19 New Orleans, 1 p.m. Dec. 26 Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 at New England, 1 p.m. BUFFALO BILLS Sept. 12 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Sept. 19 New York Jets, 8:20 p.m. Sept. 26 Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Oct. 4 at Miami (Mon.),9 p.m. Oct. 10 Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Oct. 17 Oakland, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 31 at Baltimore, I p.m. Nov. 7 at Washington, 1 p.m. Nov. 14 Miami, 1 p.m. Nov. 21 at New York Jets, 1 p.m. Nov. 28 New England, 1 p.m. Dec. 5 Open Date Dec. 12 New York Giants, 1 p.m. Dec. 19 at Arizona, 8:20 P.M. Dec. 26 at New England, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 Indianapolis, 1 p.m. CINCINNATI BENGALS Sept. 12 at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Sept. 19 San Diego, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at Carolina, 1 p.m. Oct. 3 St. Louis, 1 p.m. Oct. 10 at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Oct. 17 Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Oct. 31 Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 14 Tennessee, 1 p.m. Nov. 21 Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 28 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Dec. 5 San Francisco, 1 pm. Dec. 12 Cleveland, I p.m. Dec. 19 Open Date Dec. 26 at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. CLEVELAND BROWNS Sept. 12 Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. Sept. 19 at Tennessee, 4:15 p.m. Sept. 26 at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Oct. 3 New England, 1 p.m. Oct. 10 Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Oct. 17 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Oct. 31 at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Baltimore, 1 p.m. Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Nov. 21 Carolina, 1 p.m. Nov. 28 Tennessee, 1 p.m. Dec. 5 at San Diego, 4:15 P.M. Dec. 12 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Dec. 19 Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Dec. 26 Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 Open Date DENVER BRONCOS Sept. 13 Miami (Mon.), 9 p.m. Sept. 19 at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m. Sept. 26 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Oct. 3 New York Jets, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 10 at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 17 Green Bay, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 24 at New England, 1 p.m. Oct. 31 Minnesota, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 7 at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 14 at Seattle, 8:20 P.M. Nov. 22 Oakland (Mon.),9 p.m. Nov. 28 Open Date Dec. 5 Kansas City, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 13 at Jacksonville (Mon.),9 p.m. Dec. 19 Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 25 at Detroit (Sat.), 4:15 p.m. Jan. 2 san Diego, 4:15 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Sept. 12 Buffalo, 1 p.m. Sept. 19 at New England, 1 pm. Sept. 26 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 3 Open Date Oct. 10 Miami, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 17 at New York Jets, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Oct. 31 Dallas, 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Kansas City, 1 p.m. Nov. 14 at New York Giants, 1 p.m. Nov. 21 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Nov. 28 New York Jets, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 5 at Miami, 1 P.M. Dec. 12 New England, 1 p.m. Dec. 19 Washington, 1 p.m. Dec. 26 at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 at Buffalo, 1 p.m. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Sept. 12 San Francisco, 4:15 p.m. Sept. 19 at Carolina, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 Tennessee, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 3 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Oct. 11 at New York Jets (Mon.),9 p.m. Oct. 17 Cleveland, 1 P.M. _

Sept. 26 Open Date Oct. 4 Buffalo (Mon.),9 p.m. Oct. 10 at Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 17 at New England, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Oct. 31 at Oaklandl:05p Nov. 7 Tennessee, 8:20 p.m. Nov. 14 at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Nov. 21 New England, 1 p.m. Nov. 25 at Dallas (Thu.), 4:15 p.m. Dec. 5 Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Dec. 12 at New York Jets, 4:05 p.m. Dec. 19 San Diego, 1 p.m. Dec. 27 New York Jets (Mon.),9 p.m. Jan. 2 at Washington, 4:15 p.m. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Sept. 12 at New York Jets, 1 p.m. Sept. 19 Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 New York Giants, 8:20 p.m. Oct. 3 at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Oct. 10 at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Oct. 17 Miami, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 Denver, 1 p.m. Oct. 31 at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 7 Open Date Nov. 15 New York Jets (Mon.),9 p.m. Nov. 21 at Miami, 1 p.m. Nov. 28 at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Dec. 5 Dallas, 8:20 p.m. Dec. 12 at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Dec. 19 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Dec. 26 Buffalo, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 Baltimore, 1 p.m. NEW YORK JETS Sept. 12 New England, 1 p.m. Sept. 19 at Buffalo, 8:20 p.m. Sept. 26 Washington, 1 p.m. Oct. 3 at Denver, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 11 Jacksonville (Mon.), 9 p.m. Oct. 17 Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 31 Open Date Nov. 7 Arizona, 1 p.m. Nov. 15 at New England (Mon.),9 p.m. Nov. 21 Buffalo, 1 p.m. Nov. 28 at Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 5 at New York Giants, I p.m. Dec. 12 Miami, 4:05 p.m. Dec. 19 at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 27 at Miami (Mon.), 9 p.m. Jan. 2 Seattle, 1 p.m. OAKLAND RAIDERS Sept. 12 at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Sept. 19 at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 Chicago, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 3 at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. Oct. 10 Denver, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 17 at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Oct. 24 New York Jets, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 31 Miami, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 7 Open Date Nov. 14 San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 22 at Denver (Mon.), 9 p.m. Nov. 28 Kansas City, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 5 Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 9 at Tennessee (Thu.), 8:20 p.m. Dec. 19 Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. Dec. 26 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Jan. 2 at Kansas City, 1 p.m. PITTSBURGH STEELERS Sept. 12 at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m. Sept. 19 at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 Seattle, 1 p.m. Oct. 3 Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Oct. 10 at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Oct. 17 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Oct. 25 Atlanta (Mon.),9 p.m. Oct. 31 Open Date Nov. 7 at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 14 Cleveland, I p.m. Nov. 21 at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Nov. 28 Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Dec. 2 at Jacksonville (Thu.), 8:20 p.m. Dec. 12 Baltimore, 1 p.m. Dec. 18 at Kansas City (Sat.), 12:40 p.m. Dec. 26 Carolina, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 Tennessee, 4:15 p.m. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Sept. 12 Open Date Sept. 19 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 Indianapolis, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 3 Kansas City, 4:15p.m. Oct. 10 at Detroit, 1 p.m. Oct. 17 Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 24 Green Bay, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 31 at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Denver, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 14 at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 21 Chicago, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 28 at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Dec. 5 Cleveland, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 12 at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Dec. 19 at Miami, 1 p.m. Dec. 26 Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Jan. 2 at Denver, 4:15 p.m. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Sept. 12 Detroit, 4:15 p.m. Sept. 19 at Chicago, 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Oct. 3 Oakland, 8:20 p.m. Oct. 10 Open Date Oct. 17 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Oct. 24 Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. Nov. 1 at Green Bay (Mon.), 9 p.r'

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Most of Moeller's success came from Monserez's ability to get his teammates involved in the game. When teams put too much `emphasis on Monserez, fellow. seniors Jeremy Duncan,Brad -Hutzel and Chris Welsch stepped up and had big games in the tournament run. Monserez is joined on the first team by three other seniors:. Joel Cornette (St. Xavier), Brandon Hunter (Withrow),and Paul McMillan (Aiken), and junior Nick Sellet of Oak Hills. Schlenker<helped lead his , team on its own magical ride.

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Unlike some teams that aim foithe leagueor city championship pnoi to the season, Carl Kremer and his Moeller Crusaders set the Ohio Division I state title as their goal. '1 thought.thiswas a special team .. and we geared our schedule to win the J state," Kremer said."Still..—when we did it, it'was like adream•2~• 'f °'" s4 The Crusaders,led by state tourney 14VP Mike Monserez,oyetwhelmed the , nation's No.9-ranked team - Shaker Heights;67-62. Kremer said the key to Moeller's success was "really-strong seniorleadership:'_ i I kept10 settiors on'theteam and somequestioned that. Noiallofthem played a fot, ' but they all contributed tremendously with their work ethic andattitude. We had great t team chemistry and really believed in the team concept:',,.""".,'." " In addition to Monserez,a LaRosa's Athlete ofthe Week earlier this year, the .. "other seniors on the team included: Michael Currin,Jeremy Duncan,Danny Eigel, Trey Hughes,Brad Hutzel,Mike McHugh,Aaron Shurts,Chris Welsch and Ryan Weitzel. Other members ofthe championship team included:'juniors A1 Kramer, Tom Lutherand Steve Rosfeld; andsophomores Scott By'nes,Ryan Hamby,Nick Monserez,Chris Storer,Matt Sylvester and Nick Wunder.Team managers were: Pat Berling and Brandon Reder::~, LaRosassendsout a hearty salute to the Moellerstate champs?

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Moeller senior point guard Mike Monserez, who has guided- . the Crusaders into the Division I Final Four, was selected team All-Ohio by the Associated k: • -_• ,, . Press on Monday: The 6-foot-5 floor leader aver-, aged 19.8 points,:r7.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds this season and was• Co-Player of the Year in the Greater Catholic League,South. He has signed with Notre Dame.

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purtability. It's basketball's new buzzword, applied to uptempo teams capable of scoring points in quick bunches.` Tonight,the Mansfield Senior High School Tygers' spurtability could be a buzz saw for Moeller (19-6) in their 9 p.m. Division I boys' state semifinal game at Ohio State University in Columbus. The winner will play East Liverpool (23-1)or Shaker Heights (24-1) in the state championship game at 8:30 p.m. j Saturday at Ohio State. "Dangerousis a good word for Mansfield because of their incredible spurtability," Moeller coach Carl Kremer said."And it's all created by their have 1.defense off turnovers. We'll just to play smart,take care of the basketball, and limit their spurts." That's something Brunswick High couldn't do in the regional semifinals. Mansfield trailed Brunswick 37.34 after three quarters, but then went on a 33-4 run in the fourth quarter to win,67-41. Mansfield trailed Fremont Rossby seven points with 1:01 remaining in the district semifinals and took a two-point lead in regulation before eventually winning in overtime, 81-77. "They were right where we wanted them,seven points ahead with a minute left," Mansfield coach Gregg Collins said."Seriously though, this is the way we have to play to have the greatest success. We'd love to take you inside, but we, don't have that luxury." Mansfield (22-3) starts three guards, including 6-foot-1 senior point guard Marquis Sykes who averages 19.1 points per game. Sykes was named second-team All-Ohio this week. The Tygers' tallest starter is 6-4 Jeremee Butts, a senior forward, Butts averages 8.9 points and leads the team with just 4.8 rebounds per game. Mansfield gets outrebounded by an average of 33-28 pe'r game. The Tygerscompensate for their lack of height with quickness, excellent three-point shooting and man-to-man full-court pressure from the opening tip-off. Mansfield shoots 35-bercent from three-point range. "That's our strength, shooting the Please see MANSFIELD,2C

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From Page 1C three," Collins said."And we'll take it quickly, sometimes even on the break with just one defender between us and the basket. We don't want to play a halfcourt game. That's the whole Idea for us; force a team to play faster than they're used to. Now when you play that way, you'll have some inconsistencies. But that's life for us." Said Kremer:"For a state-cal. iber team, Mansfield can look human at times, but then they just explode. We know they'll try to speed us up, and Sykes will absolutely shoot it from anywhere." Although Mansfield tends to get beat on the boards, its real weakness comes at the freethrow line where the Tygers hit just 68 percent of their shots. Cleveland St. Ignatius tried to exploit that weakness in the regional final by fouling Mansfield players on nearly every possession in the last four minutes of the fourth quarter in an attempt to rally. %, Mansfield converted just 17 of 29 fourth-quarter free-throw attempts (58.6 percent), but still won comfortably, 63.46. "If its close, we'll make them get on the free throw line," Kremer said. "That's one way to slow them down."

■ HEAD COACH;Carl Kremer(10 years, 149-71).. ■ RECORD: 19-6.+ ■ FINAL STATE RANKING: Unranked; ■ YEARS IN STATE TOURNAMENT: 1 (1999). ■ LAST TIME IN STATE TOURNAMENT: First appearance. ■ STATE TITLES: None. ■ TEAM STATS: Averaging 66.5 points per game and allowing 56.9 points per game. ■ STARTERS(Regular-season stats): PG Mike Monserez(19.6 ppg., 6.5 assists, 4.5 rpg.); G Chris Welsch (8.6 ppg., 2.0 steals); G Jeremy Duncan (8.4 ppg.); F Brad Hutzel(11.3 ppg., 5.5 rpg.); Matt Sylvester (9.4 pp9.). ■ QUOTE:"Mansfield may list small(no starter taller than 6-4), but if you can put your elbows above the rim like they all can,that's not small. They play big." Head coach Carl Kremer. .-

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■ HEAD COACH: Gregg Collins (3 years, 55-16). ■ RECORD: 22-3. i FINAL STATE RANKING: Unranked. ■ YEARS IN STATE TOURNAMENT:6(1999, 1985, 1950, 1939, 1938, 1927). ■ LAST TIME 1N STATE TOURNAMENT: 1985, Division I state runner-up. ■ STATE TITLES: None, ■ TEAM STATS: Averaging 68.6 points per game and allowing 53.3 points per game. ■ STARTERS(Regular-season stats): PG Marquis Sykes(19.1 ppg., 3.5 assists); G Rod Burtin (7.4 ppg., 2.8 assists); G Deshon Hilliard (5.4 ppg.); F Jeremee Butts (8.9 ppg.); Ali Thompson (8.7 ppg.). ■ QUOTE:"We're used to giving up inches in the frontcourt, but not at point guard. Mike Monserez gives us a severe matchup problem."Head coach Gregg Collins.

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on to win >t _ter, who,along with Nionserez. '~ 'one year;only to W y. • ' all. It says something aboutoura. and senior guard Jeremy Dunleague. This year,'I honestly be-' can made the all tournament , From Page.1C ;. ;, 1 .: a,.'At the championship.'; • _:: lieve that if we hadn't beaten St. alone the state,' considered Moel- ghfne, there wasn't even a very "; Xavier in the sectionals they big crowd.I think a lot of people would have been in the,same sit-_t ,. ler a title contender:. uatiori we ended up in.'s counted us out before the game The Crusaders ended the regeven started." ` `season '' "",' is over ~.. :" -; : • " ;, But now the ular season at No.-S in,the finale .: "`"'" poll ",; _. But Post Division I Ohio" _ Moeller found itself run- . •.` the balls have been stoied and,: ' thegyms that rocked at deafen-':and weren't even the top team in- • ning into tough games long being-decibels-are now quiet.` `, + the Greater Catholic League,finI". fore the tournament started.";'.r What remains is a team that', Playing what head coach Carl' fishing behind St: Xavier:k': emer called possibly of >r j one _ . pulled off the unlikely to make i But as the postseason began, ;. .m. histo_ Moeller s senior-dominated 1 t . , the toughest"schedules in school J ,rte'.,-,= .It still hasn't sunk in. Its squad started to roll: The Cru-,. history" firsthe preseason ques 4+ „ t saders turned heads in the sec- ;.; tionnaire, Moeller got invaluable' ._ lust an incredible feeling to Playing experience early. in a :•' r tional tournament when they," .H ", know that with all the high beat St. Xavier and a again >.n in the; • league with, among others, St.'' '• schools in the.state; you re the:. ' s Kecholas tterDig n lastone left," 5ylves_ter,said., ',.',• regional-final when they handed= 1piori AlII state ha Beavercreek-its only loss to earn C q= 16. 17 16 18-67' provided Moeller,wath Stiff ••- _,MOELLER ter, p ~. x'14' 10 12 26-62 SHAKER HEIGHTS {. ~' a berth in the state Final Four: ', competition every.outing.,; . , - •~MOELLER(67)i Duncan 52 13, Welsch 206. Monserez 4' At the state tournament ; ,, .'. .,Byrnes033, Currin 00 0, %`113, Sylvester 8016, Hutzel 7.216 Moeller was considered a ' long .' , •."It's always such"a tough Shunts26 otals 867. Monserez league," said! _ ;: SHA0 EIGHTS(62):Finlay3210,Smith419,Higgins shot for the title.: ~,. ;.,", s 4 212,Vni lams 8 7 24,Tucker 124,Beringer 033, Bames00 La Salle finished last in the,-+ 1 k 0, Foster 000.Totals 2017 62. y .- , "It made us determined t0 .league one year• and won state.•- " SH~Three point goals: M—Monserez 4, Welsch 2, Duncan. win when we knew everyone was Elder finished second or third, ggms 2. Finley 2,Williams. "~ • H,i - •r p~. .~•, ;~ _ _._ " .y ~._. • _. _ _ counting us out," said Moeller. _~•_-' sophomore forward Matt Sylves-.;

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, . presence Mo Her's essence who thought- Notre Dame :with his forte as a,tall guard fouryears.._ . "You play-with a guy that long, you both see the play before it happens," Hutzel said. "I've made those passes so many'times,' Monserez said, "it'slike'Whoa,there itis,.'and we both see it.. before ":the. defense ever does. (Hutzel) is crafty enough to get open'on the -baseline , and he makes, some .of the goofiestshotsyou'll.ever See.".-. `. _ years, it seemed there were Of course, Moeller is more Monserez,Hutzel,McHugh ~.. • -Moeller guard . _;,people who wanted be critical 'than just Monserez and the and Hughes will join with. ,. Mike Monserez . and he's a"very"proud kid. I seniors demonstrate the kind Moeller's six other seniors think deep down it did bother of chemistry on court to prove Jeremy Duncan,,Chris Welsch, G ` that. If-there's one player who Danny largest student section of the him." Eigel., Ryan ;Weitzel,, year;that night. It's just taken - Monserez can also beadif- showsthat more than any oth= Michael. Currin- and,` 'Aaron fitult player to like..if he's' er,_ -it's senior forward Brad Shurts'= for one'last fling; offfrom there." .Playing against your team., Hutzel. : `' .` It's been that kind of magistarting tonight, g cal, manic run for the Cru- • "I know after"we beat St. X . " "There's . and incredible "It's tremendously excit" the tournament,I have a cou- chemistry .- between''(Mon(19-6). . ing," saidMonserez."I've gone` On the court; the senior 'Ple friends on their team who serez) and _Hutzel," Kremer and"watched the state finals the' with the highest profile is Cr told me some guys_were mad said. "They are two totally dif last two years and I know what ferent kids who have become foot-5 point Mike Mon- . atme;"Monserez said. that atmosphere is going to be .. in a competitor',ano I'm greatfriends." •'serez. He's 11een in the spot like: I'm. friends with - Steve 4iutzel is the complementto light ever since he committed _ going to do whatI have to do1b Esterkamp at U, Salle and 'I tb attend Notre Dame prior to.. win. If.(coach) says get in a Monserez on the signature buF remember how his'.brother,; a little.bit, going let guy's head I'm passes Monserei will fire his junior year. He earned first . from the shoulder — ofteri" on Dave;went outa winner (when.; team all-state honors earlier Ad do my best to do it:" Yet Monserezalso feelsv the run = to Hutzel on the La Salle won the state title. in; this week. .' expectations have helped push baseline for a wide-open look. 1996). Monserei has carried heavy "We-get to lace them up a: ,exectations ever since making . him to become a better player. The two developed their couple, more times," Hutzel-, become much . by playing .,He's more` chemistry thouhis" arly commitment and was ~. sting by.the reaction of some assdrtive asan outside scoring sandsof games on Monserez's said. 'I think we're going to I -threat this .year; to go;along - driveway throughout the last walk off the floor as winners.",

7know"everotmeI should drop him after his`stock with vision and exceptional " dropped on the national sum- passing instincts. For the year, mer camp circuit last year. he's averaging 20 points and g0 Out e0ple Say _ know I out six assists per game. "I everytime go TThere's that Notre "I read about, him every people say,`There's that Notre Dame kid.. It's like Dame kid,'" Monserez 'said.. `week. I'm a huge Notre Dame "It's like I've had to prove 1 can 'fan and subscribe to Blue and I've had to prove I play therefor two years, not , Gold,"`said Mansfield coach can play therefor two just play for Moeller" Gregg Collins, who will coach Says Kremer:"Eden though against Moeller.tonight.;"I've years;`;notiust playfor he led our team to 3,' ,victories always wanted to see lion play, 'vs. 10 defeats' the last°,two' but maybe riot this'way." Moeller.'

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"in- Columbus s1~ .1 8tuffed~animal helps:,Inspire,UUsaders The toy; who' has been dubbed " -"~ rA scant fe" oifn men'still .1 'Li'terall canyr stuffed animals:by the;time,;,fn We-foitiid it in the locker s,.,Da Lainb DaLambda, hasYal`so. room," said,Moeller`senior for " `served`as a.symti'ol.for the'Cru= tliey~eachhighschool: Ci { Hughe`s';`;under,who's saders,a long:sh'ot to win'the states -`ward=Trey' §. Among those few?. 1 + =' t'= The Division I staterbasketball kseat the sheep esded~during the chainptonship champion Moeller Crusaders. tsr~ E'state5i. championship%''game: ~li."We came codassacrificial lambs' kd Tlie stuffed .animal,in'.question . •.`There's"stuffing.coming .out of" to a lot'ofd ese teams in this tourna-' a' ; thi's earsso weput3the hat on him-i. - ment -Hughes said.,"But we were a ragged stuffed lamb wearingUniversity rof~West~Virginia~~~ x.,We;ve just kept,;it:becauseof,:'in it to win:iti: We weren t just par fifMountaineer`s baseball cap`- was -="superstition It's something fwe~can.~ -ticipating. Wewere in -it to win it;' something,the team picked up lafq,,,joke around about aril keep the iarid we won it -Mark D Motzt -' ''u s loose fin the'season /~ ) { t r`7Thv^e~li+,{ i

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Senior right-hander Mark Harris fired his Secbnd straight no-hitter for Moeller and the Crusaders shut out Chaminade. Julienne, 7-0, in a Greater.Catholic League high school baseball game Wednesday night at Moeller. Senior right fielder Eric er preserved the no-hitter Bakby _making a diving catch with one out in the seventh inning. Harris also was 2-for-3 at the plate with a double, triple and two runs batted in. Moeller is ranked Na. 6 in The Post's Division I Ohio area preseason poll. CHA ELLER ,IUIJENNE at MOELLEH

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Mark Harris wasn't. expected._to .play 'a 'prominent' pitching - role for 'Moeller this`season; but after a second comecutive'no-hitter Wednesday, Crusaders coach Mike Cameron may have second thoughts. Pitching. against Chaminade-Juli.>'nne, Harris not only held the Eagles •hitless but also drove in two runs and ,scored'twice in the 7-0 Moeller victo-. !i y _ p. A diving catch by Eric-Baker in the .seventh inning' preserved- the no-hit{ter: _' _

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lier this year • with a brci''6 bone in his right wrist, St. Xifi'er. has.gone ori- a 7-2 tear"to reestablish: itself as .one of -the" city's top teams. - - r,;r: The Bombers :easily: bro0 Moeller's `attempts at presre defense most of the night, and"' often resulted in easy baskp#. Six times, Comette stole Itlte ball in -the .open court and led breaks that'"produced Iayups or d3x, dun s. ' k None .was bigger- than a-seaquence- at the end_ of the .first;• quarter•. With. Moeller doavli>' seven and holding for`.afLnal .shot, Cornette stole the ball and' went in for a dunk that St.. X student section deli 6V,1.the '=. ous. and firmly:established;lSit. 'X's momentum.. , "Obviously Cornette wa factory Moeller coach Carl Kremer said. "For a big guy He moves his feet great and he Nd. a lot of steals that seemed-}o ignite them." a~;', Moeller, down 29-26 at half-' time, came- out. in the tl izd'_ quarter and tried to •engage~4. X with a man defense. -"I wanted to try and 'gua;~d thein a little, then go baci ,;to,: zone,9'.Kremer said. "ObvionA it was an ill-fated move." St. `X outscored. Moeller 12-4 in the first 3:30 after building the. lead back to, The lead giery:to 15 at the ,4n4 of three quarters, .then Gfef= nette blew the game wide open; with nine-points in the first 2:~0 of, the ldurth quaitei=. 'I ,think this might be ;tie• highlight of our season," Cprnette said. "This Just says,-ty4t. when we're doing 'the'-ht" things and playing our game, w,e can be awfully.hard to. beat:~77'iv . ST. XAViER.(76) — CaOahan 1 0 3, W008ms 1. 0 $ KrardieCk S 2 13, Cronin 0 2 2, Combs U%' Larsen.l 0 2, Cornette 9 624, Larkin 62-15,Kiyling, 10 3, SaOmann 3 19. Totals: 2114 76.+- MOELLER (S1J Duncan 2 1 S, 3yrnes)dh3, Welsch 2 0 6, Monserer 6 6 15, Hughes 2-6,6, Sylvester 102. Curr(n 102,Hugel 34 10, Shurl92.T 6. Totalv'19 10 51. St. Xavier 21 !. 23 276. Moeller 12 16 it ~1. , Three-point goals: SX - Krumdieck Cors,. Larkin, Keating,.SoOmann 2; M • - MonsereP3.: Records:.SX 11.6 (9-2 GCLS), M 116(6-4 GCj,S);•,;.

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Moeller,;which"trailed 5848 withjust 1,45remammg,pulled' offan amazing 6259come from behind', tory'over Vandalia ButlerSatuMay.in the Division I D)strict champ)onshipgame at. Dayton F ,r~ :*),! q

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DAYTON, Ohio Trailing Moeller , 58-4.8 with' 1:45'i•emainin Moeller rallied' like; never be (Monserez 11, fore behind_ Mike Monserez B 13(Berry Brad Hu6Zl Chris Welsch Jer-

Moeller defeated Vandalia Butlei 62-59 ,~ Saturday in the Division •I district championship game at-the.University.of Day-` ton•Arena:' ' _ I.,.4 , r _ _. Moeller will play Troy in the regional'. semifinals, P.p.m. Thursday'gt the University of Dayton" Arena:...: Thecomeback staited'when Moaserei .scored on a short .. jump shot 'at' the41:34 mark.' Hutzel ,Welgcli'(th'r'ee-pointer) and Duncan followed .with field goals, bringing,. a Crusaders within 59-57 with 39.1 seconds' i, r remaining. : Seldom used Danny Eigel then'.delivered,the;big` blowfiring's,three-pointer'from, the corner, putting Moeller into a 6.6-59 "Jeremy. penetrated and kicked it out.to me," Eigel said. "Brad (Hutzel) set the pick and I got open to'stioot the.;_ it.." ' "1'could s`eg`~ gleam in their eyes_ when we cut,the lead "Duncan to single :digits," said.! "They were scared and seemed tight: They knew we were coma. in back., VANDALIA BOTLER (S9) L BeWIs 1.13 dd 21, Atishear 4.8 2.4 10, Neely Oi 3.5 3, Smith 1.4 2.2 4, Berry 3.4 her 3.3 7, Goldsberrg 4~ 0-0 8, Hawse 2-2

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COLUMBUS — Moeller High School basketball coach Carl Kremer was incredulous, and at the same time, not surprised. ~-` When told his Crusaders trailed Mansfield Senior by seven points with 3:45 left in the game before rallying for a 49-43 victory 4n the boys' Division I state semifinals Fri`day night, Kremer said,"I didn't realize that. I guess it's become so standard for us that I didn't realize the situation." Moeller rallied to win the regional and district championship games this month after trailing in both games by 14 points during the second half. Earlier in the week, Kremer described Mansfield's ability to produce points in bunches as "spurtability," and said the Tygers were "dangerous" because of it.

' However,it was Moeller's spurtability Friday night at Ohio State that put the Crusaders (20-6) into tonight's 8:30 championship game against Shaker Heights (25-1). Behind senior guards Mike Monserez and Jeremy Duncan and sophomore forward Matt Sylvester, Moeller outscored Mansfield, 22-8, in the fourth quarter, and 15.4-d'ver the final 6:11.

But there wasn'ta ouder,Moelier'student uproar than the ne that went up' when Sylvester`(13 p ints, nine.i•ebotinds)1' hit a three-pointer wi h 11:37 to go,to tie the score, 43-43. Seventeen econds later, Moil= serez hit his go-ahead op,,

Mansfield did not score in the lase 3:34, when Moeller went on a 13-0 run. Monserez, Moeller's 6-foot-5 all-Ohio point guard, scored eight of his 13 points in "When(my shot)"' t in," said Sylves:, the final quarter, including the go-ahead ter,"there was a sense f relief for me."basket on a lay in with 1:20 to go. That put And for Monserez, well.:- Moeller ahead 45-43. With a quiet, gold-splashed legion of Monserez, a Notre me recruit, picked Moeller students as his backdrop, Monserup three fouls and did fiot score in the first ez then hit four free throws in the final 34 half, missing all three of his shots. Despite seconds to seal the Crusaders' first trip to the state championship game. +11.+ at, M11 oe er +-4 1ed at halfti'me by Just one,20-19. Stepping to the fore for Moeller while Monserez struggled was Duncan, who has struggled with his shot the entire season. "When we got in trouble, we got some help from a man who has struggled this season, Jeremy Duncan," Kremer said."He hit some big shots." Duncan scored eight of his 15 points in the first half. Said Duncan:"I knew somebody had to step up when Mike went out(with three fouls).'! Mansfield (22-4) vas led by junior forward Rick Minard's to points, but Minard missed seven of 12 free throws.

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was•a'lot fold hack there," , Monserez said, reel ng his last four free throws."And:it's`a food sound when you makethem.'!'' Moeller'sfstuderit ection woofs,"Sunk it," after each Crus r free throw made:

Moeller's Mike Monserez gives high fives as lie passes a group of Moellerfans after the Crusaders won their Division s I state semifinal 49-43 over Mansfield Senior on Friday. for the Moeller plays'today C1 state title. Sports,

"We didn't have the deer-in-the-headlights look," Monserez said. "I've grown up dreaming about something like this. We've got 10 seniors on this team, and we went undefeated as freshmen.Each year, the stakes have gone up and up. "We're in unproven territory now. We're going to have to come out against Shaker Heights (ranked No.9 in USA Today's toff 25 poll) and keep doing what we're doing," . Said Kremer:"Shaker Heights looks to me to be in another league from the rest of the state. They're the best team I've seen up here in years." MANSFIELD(22.4) Hilitard2.6 0.1 4, Biutn 1-90-02,Sykes 2-I'l 0-05, fson 3-6U-2 Butts 2.51.2 6. Wolf 0-3 0.00, Millard 2-75-12 10. Davis 4.50118, Hood 1-20-02.totals 17.55 .:.. &1743 MOELLER(20.6) Duncan 6.14 3-415, Weis& 0.3 0-00. Monserez 2-109-1111 Sylvester s,X10013,Hutze13.50A6,Byttw50.10.OO,.Curnn1-10•02,ShunaO.00-00.Totals i635

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big'he'"'a"" rt It's heady stuff, this Division I boys 'state basketball championship Moeller High School won March 27. The Crusaders overcame a second-. 'place finish in the.Greater Catholic , .' on the ,way to the title. League South Three times in the tournament they came'from behind to wiri games against teams notmany people thought they could,l eat:, They became just the,second.Ohio big ; school to complete the Triple Crown of. state chainpi'onships,joining Canton McKinley i High. Schoolas the: only,other,Diva sion I school fo. •• win titles in football,'basketball and baseball They did 10 seniors who " have been through , the wars together.," for years:. They did -it with a`sophomore who :'~ i.was simply having ` fun playing.a game he loves, -They did it with,a coach,who knows the value and perspective of what-the team , has accomplished. VAs-the MoellerAsq ad7embraced.and celeb'ratects 6762 state championship win,ovei Shaket ghts — the ninthrant,ed team in the naRon --coach Carl. Kremer picked up his:aaughter_Jackie and held the hand of his son Joseph. Joseph is ,6 years old and the survivor -'of three opentheart surgeries:."-: "He brings it-backto what's important realqui •k," Kreiger said."When,you can survive'something like that as a parent, you can survive just about anything." .Amen. Moeller survived a rigorous state tournament and emerged.~like Joseph Kremer —a wh617efiearted champion. Weat Northeast Sub~urUan Life could not be more proud of ouryouung Heroes. Congratulations, Crugaders!

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► HOOPS HEAVEN:3--.22Yj If basketball='means March Madness;' then the Tristate must be the zaniest-place in'the ration. We've .had plenty to go bonkers over, with college and high school. .tournament-teams.doing us proud. -, Exhibit A: "At the . season's start,"Ohio State University men's basketball team starting this season.seemed theegi "ron's least likely to make it,-,the NCAA'Final' Four. OSU lost,IT straight last year, after all But here it is, game day;:and in whatmust - be' conside,red'-one of college- hoops'•. more extraordinary`one-season's turn= arounds;'Jt's',Ohio State. playing Connecticut,m°St 'Petersburg.for;. the crack At:the -top:prize Monday night — the'NCAA-championship: OSU wasn't alone here The Universityof;Cincinnati;--Indiana { University and'the'.Qiiiversity of' Kentucky all had a shotyat. NCAA ; glory; so.,did the; UC and:Xavier, women's,teams.-'And who can for', get Miami Universjiy,s stunning run to the Sweet 16 behind'super=` `stare Wally Szcierbiak? The.:*XU' men, missed the BigDance; but filled out their card anyway with a strong third-place finish this week 'in the NIT. All'deserve4 a salute_ for getting as tar.as they did. On"the _ high, school level, the Mason. girls' team was one'illtimed injury'away_ from ari undefeated state title and probable No. 1 national ranking. W,dei'ra, .Moeller and others distinguished themselves'at;tourna'ment time..It'maybe Madness, but it sure. has been fun_;,.

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t..es oec4p... er . Crusaders:upset Shaker Heights5 ranked.11111th .~'~~%a~ V y USA BY CAREY HOFFMAN Enquirer contributor COLUMBUS - They are back in the state championship :business at Moeller High

Moeller (21-6).held off ex=''coming'.from Sidney Williams School, only-this time, the con defensive pressure from with 26 'seconds left to make trme case : trophy the tribution . to comes from the basketball prop'` Shaker Heights from .the mid- the score 64-60. ' dle of the`thrd quarter on to Shaker Heights then fouled gram. Shaker Heights win. claim the guard . Scott sophomore ` Matt Sylvester and Brad (25-2) was ranked No.9 in the B gone 1had_yust es; who each Hutzel .scored 16 points t'USA Today: Both. nation by few seca from the line of-2. and Mike Monserez addede13 teams w re making theirfirst both made before. Byrnes onds .. as'Ioel=; points and 10 assists. _appear2nces in .. state tour- and. Moeller called timeout. ler upset Shaker ;fleights nament. With the:lead at three, 67-62.Saturday night in the Shaker Heights made two Monserez found himself -open Division I boys _state champi . onship game at. Ohio State's . threes in the final minute -to.:for a second and nailed a give itself a chance, the second;-;three-pointer with 3:05 to play . Value City,_ Arena..

s ae to put Moeller up 54-48. Following a Shaker Heights miss, Monserez then threw a no.look pass to Hutzel,on the fast. break- for a layup to make the, lead eight.. "Then Monserez added an other three with" 1:41 to 'play that pushed the lead to 59-50., A 12-2, run by Shaker Heights made the .ending a scramble; as the Raiders ,pulled to within 51-48 with

3:30 to play. But Shaker Heights would never, get any, closer, thanks to Monserez% heroics. The 'second half opened with a 5-0. Moeller spurt, as Jeremy Duncan made a three and then two possessions later threw an alley-oop for a dunk by Sylvester. Moeller-had its biggest lead, 38-24, with 6:10 (Please see MOELLER Page D12)

Moeller". veins its lst:~ 0 , ops t1*14 state~ itle BY _CAREY.HOFFMAN Enquirer Contributor' Moeller"High School won its fic5t state basketball championship'Saturday night, defeating Shaker Heights` 67-62 in the Division I title game at' Ohio State's Value City" Arena. It was the first appearance

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M~~oei:i er t~itie deserved f locai' TV There were cameras and graphics and piay-by-play in Columbus.But heie; if we looked through the cable dial, we saw only darkness. Or a city council meeting. Or the Belgian "Soul Train," Der Rumpy Pumpy Waf flefest(or something like that)., ` But no Moeller, Moeller High's win over Shak- . er Heights in the Division I state boys'basketball championship Saturday went unseen live by TV viewers in the tri•state. It's a pity. The game was broadcast live on Ohio News Network (ONN),a new cable news-service based in Columbus. ONN is'seen in more than 500,000 homes acrossthe state,but here, it's only available around Middletown. A. local over-the-air or cable system had the option of picking up:the.ONN feed live — fora $7;000rights fee.Stations could run the game in its entirety on tape-delay — for $1,000. The fees, said ONN marketing director Beth Buchenroth, are determined by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. ;OHSAA fees were a big reason -why Fox Sports Ohio dropped p pp high school state championships a-few year's ago. While OHSAA officials will tell you those fees are not unreasonably high, they are unreasonablydiscouraging.

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Buchenroth said she pitched the rights to the independent commercial stations and cable systems in Greater Cincinnati and Greater Cleveland, the home market for Shaker Heights. "Unfortunately," she,said,"of the two (home markets) of the teams that ended up in the championship game, neither one wanted to take it." Programmers with TimeWarner Cable, the largest cable i This may seem sacrilegious,, carrier in the tri-state, did notIbut if the OHSAA is that con immediately return phone calls cerned about TV.coverage hurt. seeking comment. Time-Warner ing its gate, then,why not offer °if does not carry ONN.pay-per-view? The current situation seems designed to A)boost attendance at the game;and B) pump sales for the OHSAA "official" videotape;of the Division-I Final Four. (yours for just $30).

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COLUMBUS, â&#x20AC;&#x201D;When a team has won five tournament games in which it was considered the underdog to reach the state finals, it is bound to pick up a little superstition. In Moeller's case, it's been hard to miss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an oversized stuffed lamb that occupies a place of honor on the Moeller bench. The lamb has quite a history.

City Arena on Saturday when the players began shooting warmups before the Crusaders championship game against Shaker Heights. "The players plan to shave it if we win the championship," Moeller Athletic Director Dick Beerman said. BIG SOPHOMORE: Sophomore Matthew Sylvester's important role in Moeller's drive to the state championsurship game comes prise to his father, Mike, a 1970 graduate. . "I've worked with Matthew since he was 2 years old,`Mike Sylvester said. "I knew it was more difficult to as

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It was adopted when found dirty and abandoned in the Moeller locker room at La Salle in the season's final regular-season game, a 68-65 victory that set the stage for Moeller's tourney run. Moeller seniors Tre Hughes and Mike McHugh took .it home, cleaned it and it somehow turned into an unofficial mascot: It occupies its own seat on the bench during games and, before every practice, was placed prominently on the stage at the end of the gym, positioned to watch over practice. Junior center Steve Rosfeld carried the lamb into the Value

MOELLER NOTEBOOK learn the perimeter skills so he's worked at guard because I wanted him to learn to pass, catch and shoot." Although Matthew was . born in Cincinnati (1983), he spent much of his life in Italy where Mike played 17 years for a professional team following graduation from the University of Dayton (1974). "Every day before practice and after practice, I worked an hour with Matthew," Sylvester said. "I also coached him the second through the

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sixth grade in Loveland." 1. Matthew's only brother, Mike, was killed in an automobile accident in Italy at the .age of four. "Matthew is a source of pride for me and my wife, Lisa, for obvious reasons," Mike said. "He would have been in that .car with his brother but stayed home with me because of sickness." Most of the major colleges, including Kentucky, Xa vier, UC, Dayton, Indiana and Ohio State have already expressed interest in Sylvester, who is expected to grow at least four more inches to 6-foot-10. "I can tell you this," Syl-

vester said.' atthew will attend school within 200 miles of Cincinnati. because we want to watch him play." Mike pointed to Matthew's 18-point second-half effort against Beavercreek, including the winning tip-in, as -indicative of his potential. "Against Beavercreek, he showed great potential and he will get better," Mike said. NO SURPRISE: The fact that Moeller qualified to the Division I state championship game did not surprise, Eric Thomas, former coach of the Aiken Falcons. "We played all the top teams in Cincinnati and I told

everyone that Moeller was the best," Thomas said. "They have two good guards (Mike Monsorez) and Jeremy. Duncan) and a great coach (Carl Kremer).". I'LL TAKE MOELLER: In the prediction department, Oak Hills coach Mike Price favored Moeller over Shaker Heights in the Division I state championship game on Saturday. 1. "Moeller should be able to penetrate. against Shaker Heights and get the easy layup," Price said. "Shaker Heights also showed a little nervousness ,and Moeller's crowd could unnever them. .

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State crusade still alive By Dave Phillips Assistant News Editor The Crusaders go about their duties in workman-like fashion, showing little outward emotion in the relentless journey to a victory. Then as the final buzzer goes off, players head to a very vocal blue and gold block in the student cheering session and dive Green Bay Packer-like into the now hoarse Moeller teens. Most noticeably is the stone-like face of .Mike Monserez, who is taking his Mount Rushmore countenance and game to Notre Dame next fall. Point of information for opposing coaches: Although the Crusader point guard always seems to get his hands on the ball at the end of the game, don't foul him. He was 11 for 13 from the stripe in regional games in wins against Troy and Beavercreek, while contributing 20 and 17 points respectively. Even though he made his usual contribu•tion, it was teammates who were key in both wins neither of then! easy. In fact, it is not a given that Moeller actually beat Beavercreek, 59-57, in the regional final. But they'll take it. Forward Matt Sylvester used all of his 6!;foot-6 height to stretch and tip-in a shot at the buzzer, but most everyone in the Dayton Arena will always wonder. Even the sophomore wonders, and termed the tip timing "questionable," as did Monserez,,who was out on the perimeter and admitted it was too late. One official, who was out at the three-point line, signaled it in and the scorekeeper put it down. Any other ruling would have forced the game into overtime and to a questionable outcome. Moeller had picked up its play after being down, 33-22, at the half. 4 Of note, in a quarter where the Crusaders outscored the Beavers, 18-6, was the second-balf,play,of Sylvester. He scored all of his 18 points after intermission. The patented Crusader run came off its )press. Monserez describes it as "...kind of a

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r4i p'"' to.,O:h. 1~or Moeller high InSchools fact it has been a path Tess traveled. the first trip to hoop1eaven for the Crusadefs. Interstate 71 and`the destiThe road is' nation is the Schottenstein Center at Value City Areriae'on the Ohio State,University, campus in Columbus. Moeller's Division 'I`state.champi= onship bid begins. with. Mansfield at 9 p.m.March16. .The Crusaders have had a bumpy ride. on their journey so:far,;beating three opponents, by the slightest of margins — including league foe St. Xavier, 55-53,;in. the sectional finals. Moeller also nipped

wild man press. You trap out there when you want." The press led to eight turnovers in the third period. The last-second — or zero-second — shot? The tip-in came off a missed Brad Hutzel reverse layup. "I saw the pass and the shot," Sylvester said. "It hit the back of the rim and had a good bounce out so I could tip it." The emotionless yet intense demeanor also led to the, 61-53, win over Troy to get Moeller to the title game. Of couise, terrific 61 percent first-half shooting did more than help, although the Crusaders only led by three at the half. Although phenomenal from the field before the long break, the Crusaders torrid, second-,halU64 percent shooting wa's even better: Moeller alsoiiit'6-for-I3~rom threepoint range for the"game. ~. 1" But it couldn't shake Troy till the final

na-1 F ur,, Vandalia Butler, 62-59, and Beavercreek, 59-57. Mansfield's winning,margin has averaged:16, including the past weekeod's.6346 win over Cleveland St. Ignatius. Mansfield employs a half-court. attack; as does Moeller; with, three,players scoring in double digits — Marquis Sykes, Jeremee.Butts and Rich Minard. Should they advance, Moeller will play the winner of East Liverpool (23-1) and Shaker Heights_(24-1) at. 8:3..0.P.m. March 27; Madeira would get°the victor in the Bedford Chanel(24-0)sand Beverly Fort Frye(24-2)battle at I 1 a:di. March 27.

quarter and the game was always- in doubt. What made the difference was the play of Chris Welsch, who opened up the third quarter with five straight points. "Welsch (.who is headed to Kent State on a baseball scholarship) is one of the toughest day-to-day competitors I've ever coached," said Moeller coach Carl Kremer. Against Troy, he was perfect in four three-point attempts and hit, 6-for-7 on the' game. And although a head shorter than Troy's Marcus Adams, and despite Adams' 28 points, Welsch did an admirable job when guarding the 6-foot-6 all-state player. The 5-foot-11 Moeller starter also picked up two assists and two steals in 29 minutes. Welsch got 25 points in the two games, Monserez had 37, Sylvester 30 and Brad Hutzeel 20_ Balaheed'scoring, spurt -scorrng and scoring more than their opponents should serve Moeller well at the state championships.

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However,it was Moeller's spurtability "There was a lot of gold back there," Friday night at Ohio State that put the Cru t Monserez said, recalling his last four free saders (20.6) into tonight's 8:30 champion- ! throws."And it's a good sound when you COLUMBUS- Moeller High School ship game against Shaker Heights (25-1). make them:" basketball coach Carl Kremer was increduBehind senior guards Mike Monserez Moeller's student section woofs,"Sunk lous, and at the same time, not surprised. and Jeremy Duncan and sophomore for-,• • ` it," after,each Crusader free throw made. When told his Crusaders trailed Mansward Matt Sylvester, Moeller outscored ~• field Senior by seven points with 3:45 left in Mansfield, 22-8, in the fourth quarter, andt~: t But there wasn't a louder Moeller stuthe game before rallying for a 49-43 victory ;dent uproar than the one that went up ; ' 1• 15-4 over the final 6:11. 1n the boys' Division I state semifinals Friwhen Sylvester (13 points, nine rebounds) day night, Kremer said,"I didn't realize Mansfield did not score in the last 3:34,. hit a'tliree-pointer with 1:37'to go to tie th that. I guess it's become,so standard for us when Moeller went on a 13.0 run. 'score, 43-43. Seventeen seconds later, Mon'. that I didn't realize the situation." se'iez hit his go-ahead hoop. Monserez, Moeller's 6-foot-5 all-Ohio point guard, scored eight of his 13 points in '. d`.`When (my shot) went in;" said Sylves .Moeller rallied to win the regional and the final quarter, including the go-ahead • er„"there was a sense of relief for me." istrict championship games this month basket on a lay in with 1:20 to go. That put. , ter trailing in both games by 14 points ;` Moeller ahead 45-43. And for Monserez, as well. „ . ing the second half. With a quiet, gold-splashed legion of :,Monserez, a Notre Dame recruit, picked arlier in the week, Kremer described Moeller students as his backdrop, Monser up three fouls and did not score s. the firs 1VI nsfield's ability to produce points in ez then hit four free throws in the final 34 half, missing all three of his shots. Despite b' ches as "spurtability," and said the Ty seconds to seal the Crusaders'first trip to er were "dangerous" because of it. Please see MOEl_LEFI, 2 the state championship game. Post contributor

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JMoelker From Page IS 3 that,:Moeller trailed at'halftime by just one, 20.19. Stepping to the fore for Moeller while Monserez struggled was Duncan, who has struggled with his shot the entire season. "When we got in trouble, we got some help from a man who has struggled this season, Jeremy Duncan," Kremer said."He hit some big shots." Duncan scored eight of his 15 points in the first half. Said. Duncan:"I knew somebody had to step up when Mike went out(with three fouls)." Mansfield (22-4) was led by junior forward Rick Minard's 10 points, but Minard missed seven of 12 free throws. "Minard hitsjust 38 percent of his free throws," Kremer said."We were going to foul him every time he got the ball." Monserez rebounded in the second half, hitting 9-of-I1 free throws. "We didn't have the deer-in-the-headlights look," Monserez said."I've grown up dreaming about something like this. We've got 10 seniors on this team,and we went undefeated as freshmen. Each year, the stakes have gone up and up.

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Moeller High's Matt Sylvester, right, and Mansfield Senior's Rod Burtin fightfor the ball Friday. Moeller won the battle to advance to the state final, 49-43.

We're in unproven territory now. We're going to have to come out against Shaker Heights (ranked No.9 in USA Today's top 25 poll) and keep doing what we're doing." Said Kremer:"Shaker Heights looks to me to be in another league from the rest of the state. They're the best team I've seen up here in yearn." N&dN6FtEW ,(22.11. Hilliard 2.6 0-14, Burfin 1.8 H2, as 2.110-0 5.Thompson 3--90.26, 106.Hood 1-20-02. Totals 17.55 Bu4ls 2.51.2 6.Wolf43400,Minard 2-7 5.1210,Davis 4-5$r 6.174&. Welsch 6-14 3.41 03400, Monserez 2.10 9.1113, Sylvester (20.6) Doncan S. MOELLER 6.110-013,Holzer 3.5 0.06. Byrnes 410-00,Con in 1 10.0 2;Shuns 400-00.Totals 16-45 12.1549. _ 6 13 16 8-43 MANSFIELD SR. ~~ 12 6 7 22-49 MOELLER Three pant goals-Mansfiek1317(Hilliard 41,Burtm 45,Sykes 1.4, Thompson 41,Butts 1.2,111101, Mrnard 1 3), Moeller 1.9(Duncan(i1.Welsch 41,Monserez45,Sylvester 1-2). as 7,Buns 71, Moeller 33(Sylvester9). AssistsFouled out-None.Rebounds-MansheN 34 (Sfouls-Mansfield 14, Moeller 16. Mansfield9(Minard 3),Moeller 6(Monserez 4).

oe er s essence. who. thought Notre ~'Dame with his-forte as a tall,guard fouryears._-F. should drop him after his stock with vision ,and exceptional. "You play with a guy that dropped on the national'sum- passing instincts,.For the year; long, you both see the play ,mer camp circuitlast year: he's averaging 20 points and before it happens," Hutzel.said. "I.know everytime I go out six assists per game. -"I've made those passes so people say,`There's that Notre. "I read about him every many times,' Monserez said, Dame kid ".Monserez said: week::I'm"a huge Notre Dame "it's like Whoa,there itis;'.and "It's like I've had to provei,can .:fan and subscribe to Blue and we both; see. it before the Play*,there.for tw6,years;4not Gold," said-,Mansfield coach'_ defense- ever does.(Hutzel) is just play for Moeller." GreggCollins,- who will coach crafty enough to get open on Says Kremer:-"Even though,-aagainst Moeller tonight. "I've the baseline and he makes he led our team to 37 victories always wanted to see him play, some' of'the goofiegt shots vs. 10 `defeats the last-two but-maybe not this way." you'll ever see." years, it. seemed there 'were Of course, Moeller is.more, Monserez;Hutzel;McHugh people. who wanted be critical ., than;just Monserez and the. and Hughes -will .join with .and he's a very proud:kid. I = seniors demonstrate the kind Moeller's six.other.seniors =~ think deep down',it did bother `:of chemistry on'court'to prove Jeremy Duncan,Chris Welsch-,` him." thatIf there's one player.who DannyÈigel,. Ryan Weitzel, Monserez can -also be a dif `shows that more,than any oth- :Michael . Currin and Aaron ficult player•to like — if;he's{-er;•it's senior forward. Brad` Shurts — for òne last. fling, playing against your team.. Hutzel starting thmght "I know after we beat St V' ' "There's: an incredible It's tremendously excitin mg„saiii Monserez."I've gone, ple friends on their team who ~ see)Sand:Hutzel,n Kremertold me some guys were mad said."èy:are• hT two totally dif= and watched the statefinals the, at me," Monserez said. ferent kids who have become_ last two years and I know what that atmosphere is going to bey "Tm a competitor and I'm' great friends." like: Tm friends with Steve' going to do whatI have to do to Hiitiel.is tl e,complement to, >win. If (coach) says get in a ,Monserez on the signature bul Esterkamp at LaSalle and •1' guy's head a little bit,I'm _going let passes Monserez will fire remember how - his brother,^ to,do my best to do it:" ' from the shoulder— often on .Dave,went out a winner(when Yet Monserez also -feels-,'the .run'— to Hutzel on the: _La Salle won -the-state title me expectations have.helped push baseline for a wide-open,look. .:1996): " ie;g,pt-to lace.them up a him to become a better player. -- " - The two • developed their He's become much more -:;chemistry by playing ,, thou- couple more times,". HutzeL assertive as'an outside.scoring sands ofgames on Monserez's said. "!.,think we're, going,to, threat this.-year„ to.go_along-,driveway throuzhoutthe'•last walk.offthefloor,aswinners.`'

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Moeller (21-6) held` off'extreme defensive pressure from Shaker Heights from the mid= dle of the third quarter on to claim the win. Shaker Heights (25-2) was ranked No.9 in the nation by USA Today.'Both teams were making their first appearances in the:statertournament. Shaker Heights made two. threes in the final minute to give itself a chance, the'.second

insion I State title oming from Sidney Williams rith 26 seconds left to make ie score 64-60. Shaker Heights then fouled ophomore. guard Scott yrnes, who had just gone 1.'_2 from the line a few secids before. Byrnes made both id Moeller called timeout. With the lead at three, lonserez found himself open ,r' a second - and nailed a Free-pointer with 3:05 to play

to put Moeller up 54-48. Following a Shaker.Heights miss, Monserez then threw a nolook pass to Hutzel on the fast break for a layup to make the lead eight. Then Monserez added another three with 1:41 to -play that pushed the lead to 59-50. A 12-2 run by Shaker Heights made the ending a scramble, as the Raiders pulled to within 51-48 with

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quarter which put the brakes on left in the third. They matched, Shaker Heights' offense. Shaker Heights led 20-19' that margin again on a three by Chris Welsch that made the 5:17 before halftime, but only scored two fast-break baskets score 41-27. Two long passes by Monser- the rest of the half. Moeller ez over pressure produced lay- meanwhile got eight straight ups by Duncan and Hutzel, points from forward Brad Hutzpushing the lead to 45-28 with el in the final three minutes, after he returned from an ex3:15 left in the third. At quarter's end, Moeller tended period on the bench with still led 49-36, although Shaker ,three foul's. Meanwhile, 6-6 Moeller Heights was beginning to have more success producing turn--;sophomore continued to be overs with its pressure .defense. completely unfazed by his surMoeller was further pinched roundings, leading Moeller with for its stretch run when Sylves- : 14 first-half points. Moeller was ter went out with his fourth foul shooting 64 percent at halftime, at 7:30 with .Moeller ahead compared to 35 percent for Shaker Heights. 49-39. In the first half, Moeller made the first move to take D J control of the game by employing'a 1-2-2 zone in the second

3:30 to play. But Shaker Heights would never get any closer, thanks to Monserez's heroics. ' The second half opened with a 5-0 Moeller spurt, as Jeremy Duncan made a three and then two possessions later threw an alley-oop for a dunk by Sylvester. Moeller had its biggest lead, 38-24, with 6:10 (Please see MOELLER; Page D12)

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From Page 1B won it all in Columbus after finishing last in the GCL South. Roger Bacon (1982) and Elder (1993) also won state tournaments after having less luck in the league. The fact is that the GCL itself is not entirely different than the field of a state tournament. If Moeller were to send Joseph Kremer up the ladder again Saturday night, it would become the eighth GCL school out of 10 to win a state title. In spite of their local success in the '90s, the Crtisardors are the last GCL team to qualify for Columbus. All of this suggests that the CYO eighth graders Kremer has been watching represent the deepest in at least the Midwest. From the '70s talent on, no other league in Ohio can even approximate ; the balance and achievement of the GCL. ; Since Columbus East walked away withits. fourth of five Ohio titles in 1969, capping a decade dominated by Dayton and Columbus public schools, the GCL has won more Division I championships (six) with more high schools (LaSalle, Roger Bacon,Purcell Marian and Elder) than any other conference. And that's not counting the ones taken in 1970 and 1978 by current GCL North DAVID KUHLitor The Post members Dayton Chaminade and Kettering Alter, Chris Welsch is one of a group of talented guards that which were not in the league then, or the Division III crown that Badin earned in 1988 under similar has Moeller playing in the state's final four this week= circumstances. end in Columbus. "I don't want to make any rash statements," tough as our basketball team." said Barry Borman, Moeller's other co-athletic director,"but I would encourage any team in the 'That is not a trifling comment in light of what." state to come down and play 10 games in our the Moeller basketball team has recently accomleague and see if their record is as. good as it is in plished. Led by Mike Monserez, a 6-foot-5 point their league. We've got a neat league." guard and Notre Dame recruit who this week was; named to the All-Ohio first team,the Crusaders .; Said GCL president Paul Schildmeyer:"Footplayed formidably most of the season. ball is still a dominant sport in the GCL, but when it comes to basketball, I'd put our conference up The highlight. wasa first-round victory over tlje-' against any in the state, absolutely. I'm not sure host team in a South Carolina holiday tournathere are any other leagups.around that play the ment,followed by narrow losses to nationally aggressive, in-your-face style of.basketball that this ranked St. Patrick's of New Jersey and Simon league plays. And the balance is unbelievable. Gratz of Philadelphia. "A lot of it, of course, has to do with the The lowlight was a 25-point loss to St. Xavier oh coaches. Moeller's Senior Night — the Crusaders' second' defeat at the hands of the Bombers. Monserez had "We don't have a big turnover in basketball played with three St. X players on an AAU sum- coaches. Dick Berning was an institution at St. X. mer team that finished third in last year's national Joe Petrocelli is the only coach Alter's ever had, and he'll be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hal1 championships.`Throughout the summer, he had. of Fame in April. Jerry Doerger of McNicholas will frequently reminded his Bombers teammates that~ Moeller was the defending GCL champion. The re" probably make it eventually." , was a high-caliber rivalry that resulted in Se=. sult It's a GCL phenomenon that most of its coaches embarrassment; (Kremer being an exception) are actually products nior Night infamy."That was an to 10 seniors," said Monserez. where of the member schools — either the one If was St. Xavier's misfortune, however, to en-'` they work another. Their roots and longevity contribute to a school identification that has taken counter Moeller again in the sectional tournament. Balance in the GC is such that one team rarely'. L many forms and served the conference famously beats another three times in a season. And over the years. GCL athletes tend to marry, stay close to home and have children who become GCL strength in the GCL such that the survivor of ' the last battle will very conceivably conclude its athletes. It's a self-perpetuating success story. season in Columbus. The Catholic schools also have some inherent "We:felt all along that the schedule we played •; advantages over their public counterparts. The — in the GCL and in the other games — preparedCatholic elementaries,for instance, are not reus really well for the state tournament," said Jer,` stricted by the Ohio High School Athletic Associaemy Duncan, a senior and Monserez's running tion as to how many games they can play in a seamate at guard. son. Another popular theory for the success of 'In his younger days at All Saints School, Dun-• Catholic athletics is that the schools promote an atmosphere of discipline that is highly pertinent to can was a conspicuous standout in the CYO games that Kremer observed from courtside. Later, as a. the playing field. Athletic participation is encourCrusader, he became a favorite of the Moeller ballaged to the extent that 75/percent of Catholic high boy, who_chose Duncan's number 3 to wear on hi4 school'students play at least one varsity sport. back. "I don't think we emphasize athletics more "Joe has given us_a lot of inspiration," said Duithan the public schools," said Borman."But can. things like discipline and commitment and hard work are part of who we are. The same thing apBy going to state, the Crusaders, in turn, have' plies to our academics and all our extracurricular given Joe Kremer a basketball moment that he can antivitiPs- nior theca tea.m will fight. vnii bmt. as

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he Moeller Crusaders'.,first basketball>lµitiai Four appearance in school history has been:helped immeasurablyby the solid pla Alseason long of65" guard Mike Monserez. A senior, Mike last seasonaveiaged 11 points and 8 assists(2nd in the city)a game while being named GCL oo-player ofthe year,lsrteam allxity and all-Southwest Ohio,and special mention alt-state. This year,during the regular ;season,Mike averaged 20 points a game and earned 1st team ail-Southwest Ohio g honors and again ~xxs named as tha GCLsca-player ofIhe year, Big scoring games this. season include Sycamore.(30),Whinut Hills(2$),Elder(21), Badin(26)and Kettering Alter 22): An AAUAil-American,Mike is a 40honor student and metnbe3r ofNational Honor Society, He will be taldrig'his game to'S' Bend Indiana,in the faltas a member ofthe University of Notre Dame basketball team

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Archbishop Moeller High School Yeai l:oiaided: 060 ofs#udentsgo! Academic:Aeliitruenrents 96% ontoeptlege;ieadersinedgFtio~tal Pnncipai:Dan.l..edford technology and student artpisgnns. Athletic Directors: Dick Beerrrian,Barry Borman =`Moeller is prepared to fulliliits€ssion of . EnrollmentlFaculty: 89060 _ Sottrebensive Catholic education,preparing NicbmelColors:Fighting Crusaders)Slue-Gold VAite. yoanng men.spiritually,acade6calfy and ... D taer Gahtig"ou'Cd at6ieicaly„- Dan Ledford Principal F

champs(team):football, _hleticAchtevements::State { At baseball,3 lacrosse volle lial (rndivtdual. golf, l;swimming,7,track, 2; wrestling,3,more than Birthdate: 9-29-80. UM-Americans; numerous professional athletes n Residence.` > Loveland' ;baseball, basketball and football. GraduatiRyjGPA: 1999f4.o "VVa are extremely proud ofthe diversity ofour athletic Height/Weight: '' 65,/190 lbs. !successes and the coaches and athletes who have made Greatest Achievement: Scholarship to.Notre Dame all "them possible:" Parents: ` Marty & Milena , Dick Beermanfflvq 8orrnan,Athlefle"i)u~e~tor~ Brother: Nick. (16) Favorite Movie: F. Hoosiers ` ,Favorite Bock: To Kill ai4ockingbir`d `Biggest Influence: "My Ddd' Sports Hero: Michael Jordan # Most Like to Meet:-'-Jesus Chiist Future Goal: a Be sucaessful and happy.. . v

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54 — The visiting select team from Australia switched to a zone defense in the third quarter, holding Moeller to three field goals in the quarter and inqa asing a five-point lead to 18 points. Australian forward Graeme Dann had two three pointers as part of his nine-point third-quarter effort. Junior forward Matt Sylvester and junior forward Ryan Hamby paced the Crusaders with 10 points each. The Australian team,from I New South Wales, is traveling through the United States for three weeks and will face St, Xavier Tuesday. They've also played high school teams in Kentucky and Indiana and will finish up the trip against Divi:. t, sion III college teams Thomas 1,More College and Wilmington << College. {AUSnWA atMOEL4ER

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Senior shooting guard Mike Kelsey finished with a game-high 21 points, leading Elder to a 65-56 win against Moeller in a Greater Catholic League boys' high school basketball game Friday night at Moeller. Kelsey made four three-pointers to lead unbeaten Elder,' ranked No.5 in The Post's Division I Ohio-area poll, to its fourth straight win. Kelsey scored 13 of his 21 points and buried two of his treys in the second half. ELDER at MOELLER

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Moeller High School junior guard Ty ar Tabler (3) leaps over McMicialas High School s larod Lawhor in a 'December 10 hone gzme again'M the Rockets Tatler was wristled fora charge vn this p a) and the Crusaders to 31 the game 52-51.

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Moeller'beats,.Tro * 61,, , ,l53'i0n' sem.ifinals Monser.Q-z, "We wanted to really Welsch combine stop Michael for' 36 points'. (Monserez)from. BY CAREY HOFFMAN

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DAYTON — Mike Monserez is . team, which shoved going to Notre Dame to play bas-` with how those other . I ketball. Brooks Hall is going ' to ., up and pp Dayton to play basketball. For kids stepped Chris Welsch,. his future in basket- made shots. -',' ball is now. — Troy coach Barry Egan Welsch took center stage when Moeller needed him most; scoring 16 points -to help push the Crusad- mer said. ers past Troy 61-53 in a Division I .. Monserez scored 20 points, inregional semifinal game at UD Are- cluding 12 in the fourth quarter to na Thursday-night: , - ,:. -. ' hold off Troy, and added four asMoeller (18-6) matches the sists and four rebounds. `Hall, a 1982 team for the best tournament ,6-foot-6 .swingman,'had 28 points run in 'school history and will face .. and eightrebounds. ' . either Beavercreek or Withrow for But outside of Hall and guard the regional title 7:30' p.m.. Satur- Lance • Hargrove (15• points), the day at UD.Arena. <' '. :rest of Troy's team managed only:., Troy . had ' cut an eight-point:. 10 oints:. ,p Moeller lead to just two at the end of the third quarter. But it. was : ' ."We were a little apprehensive, Welsch who scored the first five :on the" offensive. end for probably. points of the fourth quarter = on, A the -first- time this year," Troy breakout layup and then an open : coach Barry Egan said. But he was three-pointer — 'to , redirect the. also quick to .credit Moeller's team "` ._ approach. -; game's momentum.. "We knew they had good* shoot- .::.' ;:'We wanted to really stop Mi-. ers and there was a good chance..:chael (Monserez) from. getting they were going to come back,"..shots," Egan said. ".They're a very said Welsch, who is headed to Kent'.well-coached team, which showed State on a baseball. scholarship.: with how those other kids stepped "We had Ito keep attacking." :' ',up -and made shots:" . TROY (53)- smlih 0-4,6.6 6, Dlelman 0-3 4 1 0, Welsch .would add • another ^dams•1.4 0-0 3; Ha0 9-17 4.4 28, Maurer 0-1 0-0 0, three-pointer two minutes later to '' Hargrove 5-114-6 15, Nelson 0-0 1-2 1. Totals: 15.40 15-19

BASKETBALL'.STARS: Moeller forty__. Sylvester and Mar Branden Fisher will v boys annual Norl Star games next Sui U terbein College. The Ohio , State-bound S: ~~ter averaged 21.4 points tlson and was named fir; .. team.. all-state in Division I by the Associated Press: Fisher av' eraged'::he.. ..points for rriont;.the Division 'III Marie=`champion:::'y; ;:/_.~ sectional

open the first double-digit dead of k(it) — Welsch00a'16, Sylvester 5.7 the gamer a 46-36 Moeller advan-, = 2-2 12,Mcet-u Hutzel 3.3 0.3 6, Duncan 2.7 0-0 4, Monserez 5.10 8.1020, 1.1 1.3 3. Totals: 22.35 11.18 61. Byrnes tage with 4:50 to play. u.12 9. 2S-61 "Welsch is one of the toughest `' Moeller Thre"olnt goals: T (8.20) - Adams 1.3, Hell 6.12, ever. day-to-day competitors I've Maurer 0-1, Hargrove 1-4; M (6.13) - Welsch-4.4, Duncan „ coached, Moeller coach Carl Kre-. 0.3,.Monserez 2.6. Records: T.211.-3, M 18.6.

► Moeller advance Matt Sylvester's t p-in at trl( buzzer lifted Moeller to a 5~ 57 win over Beavercreek in Division I regional final' Dayton. D12

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Moeller Nigh School Crusaders will play in the Ohio Nigh School Division I basketball final four tourney on Friday. They take on the Mansfield Tigers at 9 p.m. in Co tho Schottenstein-Cen (here will be a ser

'-3m today it the scrluul m at 10 a.m. Former Moeller Coach Gerry Faust i scheduled to speak Tickets for the I ;ale in the Moeller ind are available o,, a ;ore, first-serve basis.

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Former Moeller and Notre Dame football coac ..Gerry Faust pauses as he. " 'receives a standing ovation at Thursday's rallylor the basketball team.

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But he also. said many`may not have realized how tough a ! _ schedule the team'.- played,. with several standing ova -the semifinals with a last.-sec-: and that. two of .the losses BY RAY SCHAEFER tions.,- He talked about the , and win over Beavercreek — were to- national powers. St. En4wirer Contributor. -r `ba`seball team's fir' " to ti= . ftie students celebrated Patrick's -of New Jersey"and' SYCAMORE TOWN- be in 1972 and the first foot- Thursday. .+ Simon GratzofPhiladelphia. SHIP-Thursday's -send-off ball championship in 1975:' . - :'This is Bigger _than any s• - -' f • rally for the'Moeller basket"The, last two weeks, "I wouldn't have missed`itfootball game,this year, said r ; ball team was- a combuation for anything, Mr.,Faustsaid.`-Mike Thorne, a senior from we've had people drive to •i school history lesson and pep "It's a milestone. I love this Union .Township in Butler Dayton; .to Oxford.,... We're assembly: = Our students have school, I• lodb the kids. Most. County.',, r.' The,. Crusaders take- on of; the faculty is here from. BusHess-was brisk-'at the? come.out and supported"us." ,. Mansfield Senior in the boys, when- I, was here.. It's like .'audent" b'ooksto're- Thursday'°'t Division I state, semifinals at'.' coming home." Some considei'that an acwith fans buying T-shirts: and I p.m, today at. the Jerome In the. bleachers was for - other Moeller merchandise: eomplishment for a -school Schottenstein Center Arena mer Moellerbasketball star ''It's. been unbelieveable" better•known forits football. i'Columbus =the first time Mike Sylvester cheering on •said Debbie Cass, bookstore But basketball Coach,Carl a Moeller basketball team has his' song .sophomore- player. manager. Its been a .selling Kremer'said there's no rivalmade it to the'state.finals. Matt Sylvester.'I've Sever frenzy.:. a retailer. 's • ry between the teams.` Joining the festivities were seen the.character this team `dream.:.'.. several Moeller. heroes '~ in- 'has;". Mr. Sylvester. said. Moeller finished the regu- . "'(Football coach) Steve cluding the speaker, former "It's incredible.", lar.season at 14-6, which se- Klonne and 1 are great isfootball' coach Gerry. Faust, It was this' year's basket nior--guard Mike Monse,rez friends.-'There's never.'been F whom.. the crowd.. welcomed 'ball teard —'which reached thought disappointed some;;- any competition."

Elder is slight favorite ta,%.win videb'pen-- race With five returning players,: Elder edged St.Xavier in the pre season poll,butit would be a mis-. 'take to count out Moeller. or La 'Salle for the top spot Elder will field one of the best defensive teams.The,offense will: e built around guards Mike b Kelsey and Sean Rowland.Joel Wainscott is expected to be the

inside scorer. St. Xavier will. feature the" biggest team with five players 6foot-5 or taller. Matt Sylvester will be one of Moeller's,top players; La Salle'will rely on Tony Hornbach and Brian`Djenge, a transferfrom Oak Hill

Top:40 boys' basketball. players HGT. WGT. POST, YR. SCHOOL PLAYER: G 180 Sr.' 5-11 Talawanda, Mike Arlinghaus F; ' 6-4` 200 Milford ' - Sr: Neil Barraco 6-7- 220' C' = Sr. Winton Woods _ Brandon Bryant F 180 Sr. 6-3 ,Purcell Marian 'Jaime Cooper Sr. 6-4-. - Igo ~"F Anderson Peter Cory E'><., 185 Sr. 6-3 Seven Hills Erik Crew • . G Sr. ; 6-1 = - 180 Princeton Curtis Cross' F 170 Sr. 6-1 Summit ' Jack Cummings. 185' G Sr. 6-7Princeton Erik Daniels 185' C 6-8 Jr. Withrow Pierre Darden G -Sr... . 5-11 .' 190 Seven Hills ;. Matt Drane 160- - G Sr. 6-0 Lakota West Andy Dunn ;`` G Sr. 210 61 Felicity Doug Easter F Fr.h 6-3 . .- '192* -Woodward Raymond Edwards F 205 Sr. .. 6-5.Hughes— 1• :! Andre Frazier F; 215 Sr. 6-5 Summit, ` Dan Fry ' G'.::_ " Sr.'.,,. 5-10 170 Finneytown" _' Gardner ". Jason C~ Sr. 6-5 '. 235 .Batavia 1 Mike Gardner -~. F Sr. 64" - 165 Walnut Hills Josh"Hardin Sr: 6-2: 175 " G ' Middletown Clamor Hasan; G 175 6-2 So. Winton Woods Robert Mite -' ;r . F, 225• 6-8 Jr. • Western Hills Dan Horace' G 180 Sr.. 64 ;-; ~. La Salle Tony Hornbach , 6-5. . 190 • F Jr: Purcell Marian' _ i. Keith Jackson 170' G Sr.. 6-1 • Elder Mike Kelsey 184' G Sr. 6-2 Mason Adam Livingston 192: ' C Bethel-Tate - Sr. - .6-4. C.J. Miller F Sr. `> 6-5' .195 Wyoming Adam Monday F 217 Jr. 6-6 Western Hills Darryl Peterson F 190 Sr. .. 6-3;~ Lakota West Josh>Rome~o, C' Jr. 6-7 \ 225" Fairfield Kevin Ruhl F 205 Jr... __ 6-5 CHCA Sam Shawj. 541 195. G' Sr. Cin. Country Day Jon Smith Sr. 5-10 . 170 St. Xavier Steve Sollman'n .6-7 240 , . C. Sr. Hughes . LaDetres Stallworth 5-11 200. F Sr. Kings Ronnie Swearingin F 170 Jr. 6-6 Matt Sylvester.^---^ Moeller. F 215 Sr. 6-3 FinneWown Paul Thompson G 5-10 160 Jr.. Withrow Chris Washingt m Sr.6 10 235 -C Indiari Bill Kevin Welch

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1. Elder ► Coach: Joe Schoenfeld (115-68) ► Last year:'12-12 (4-8) ► Outlook: Schoenfeld says this season's Panthers have experience, height,senior leadership land a good work ethic. , . .'We should especially benefit from-returning our back court (Sean Rowland ' and Mike Kelsey)," Schoenfeld said.."Me team must be balanced and not rely on only one or two players to score.

Coach: Carl Kremer'(15061). ► Last year. 21-6. ►Outlook: The defending Division I state champions'will rely on juniors Matt Sylvester and Tyler Tabler, along with seniors Toni Luther and Steve Rosfeld.

Name Pas Ht . Wt Yr Tom Luther F/C 6-6. 200 12 Steve Rosfeld C 6-5 230 12 Scott Byrnes G 6-0 . 155 11 Ryan Hamby F 6-4 190. 11 Sean Mahoney G. 5-9 150 11 Nick Monserez F 6-4 175 11 Matt Sylvester F 6-6 110 - 11 Tyler Tabler F 6-0' 170 11 Name, Pas Ht . WtYr Ryan McGilne F 6-3 180 10 Mike Kelsey G- 6-1 170 12 'Jimmy Wood G 6-0 150 10 Sean Rowland G 6-3 170 - 12 'SCHEDULE Scott Benken . " C . 6-5 200,,11 December. 3—AUSTRALIA;7— Eric Renzenbrink F 6-5 190 -11 at Covington Catholic;1"CNICHOLAS; Joel Wainscott F: .6-2 190:. 12 '11=AIKEN;17—ELDER; 20-21—Hilton Jason. Murphy F 6-2. 180 12 Head Tournament. Tim Schenke F_ 6-5 180 11 January:7—ST.XAVIER;8=vs. Walnut "Phil Bengel C - 6-7- 205 11 Hills; 14—at La Salle; 18—at Alter; 21—at Paul Rapien C . ".6-4 215 .11 Baffin; 28-CHAMINADE-JULIENNE. Kevin Sullivan F 6-3' 215 11 February: 4—at Elder;5—SYCAMORE;B— Mike Mahon G 6-0 175 11 at Purcell Marian; 11—afSt. Xavier, 15— Jake Bazeley G 6-2 185 • 11 ROGER BACON;1"SAL'LE.. . Nick MullenG '5.10 165 ..11 " SCHEDULE , December. 3—at St. Henry; 10 at Badin;14—ROGER BACON; 17--:4 at Moeller; 21=HOLY CROSS;27— ►Coach: Dan Fleming'(123at Cleveland St. Ignatius; 28-at Bedford. 86) January:4—at Oak Hills; 7--LA SALLE; ► Last year. 13-9 10—at Western Hills; 14— at St. Xavier,18—at Purcell Marian'; 21— No- Outlook:' - The , outside CHAMINADE-JULIENNE; 25—at Alter; 28— shooting of Tony Hornbach and MCNICHOLAS: ' the inside play ofOak Hills transFebruary:4—MOELLER;5--= TOLEDO SCOTT; 11—at La aalle;15~-COV- ferBrian Dienge and Andy RathINGTON CATHOLIC; 19—ST. XAVIER. man give the Lancers a combina

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Coach:Scott Martin (52-36)•• ►. Last year. 15-8 ►Outlook: Outside shooting is the ingredient the Bombers lacked , the. past few seasons. However,-they:may have two of, the -best guards .in Cincinnati (Steve Callahan and Steve Soll-;. mann) this`season, along with"a strong inside attack led.by John `Cronin and Jordan Cornette: Name 'Tam Compton . John Cronin -' Nick Graham Steve Sollmann Jack Keating Dan Kennedy.. Andy Larkin i. Nick Larsen Alex Bast . i Steve Callahan

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tion that could be deadly 'to opposing teams..' Name • ' Pas Ht Wt Yr Matt Carrelli G- 6-0 150 12 Tony Hombach G 6-1 • 180 12 Eric Eckes F 6-3 193 12 Joe Condit G 5-10 155 12 Adam Phelps G 6-2 185 12 Andy Rathman , C 6-8 223 12 Brian Djenge C:.6-5:.205' -712 Andy Bucheit F. . 6-2 168 11 Jeff Hyle G' 510 163 '11 Doug Kruthiupt G 6-0 153 11 Nathan Rennekamp F- 6-4 220 11 SCHEDULE December: 3—COLERAIN;7— HUGHES;10—at Purcell Marian;11-at Cathedral (Indianapolis);17= at St. Xavier; 21—WOODWARD;28--at Marian Franklin.. January:4—at Chamihade-Julienne; 7—at Elder;14—MOELLER;18—at Oak Hills; 21—at McNicholas; 22— HILLIARD DARBY, 25—at Roger Bacon; 28—ALTER. February:1—BAOIN;4—ST.XAVIER;11— ELDER; 12—vs. Oak Hills at Shoemaker Cen • ter;1"t Moeller.

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Moeller High deserved:,+ i better from local radio' : I cant believe that no local radio station could find the time to carry Moeller High School's state champi- .1 onship basketball game.I think Jacor runs about seven stations itself, and. couldn't find the space.Sut they did jhave room that night to air the-same .. NCAA game on TWO of their stations. Does Jacoi.reallycare about loocal sports beyond the Reds? And the other sports stations in town are just' as guilty. C'mon boys,fess up, ya ^ t !blew it, -.;...f ~~

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Unlikesome team`s that aimforttie leagueor city chamlpiiinship prior `season,Carl Kremerand his Moeller Crdsa&is' set the Ohio Division I state title ; i astheirgoal.--._...,.;, "I thought this was a special team:.:. add we geared our schedule,to win the:'a;'? state," Kremer said:``Still w}ie`n we did it, it was like adi eain""'+''F';rs i.-i=tr:.edr r Y"TheCrusadee4bstate , ' touneyMVP.NikeMonsez,-overwhehn :tie;xi nation's No.9-ranked team - Shaker Heights;67;62. ~l•'.;.>.;,r ~, > Kremer said the key to Moeller'ssuccess was"really-strongsenioileadership." I kept'10 seniors onthe team'and somequestioned that. Not apofthem playeda lot, but they all'contribuied tremendously with their work ethic~and attitude. We had great'! `team chemistry and really believed in the'teaim concept.",t In addition to Monsime a LaRosa'sAthlete ofthe Week earlier this Year~ the:.,. other seniors-on the team included: Michael Currin,Jeremy Duncan,Danny Eigel, Trey Hughes,Brad Hutzel,Mike Mffl gO Aaron Shu`rts,Chris Welscklind =" Ryan WeltzeL _ = Othermbs'fthe championship team included:juniors AJ.Kramer, Toro Luther and Steve Rosfeh ,and sophomores Scott Byrnes;Ryan Hamby,Nick Monsere4 Chrii Storer,Matt Sylvester and Nick Wunder.Team managers were: t Pat Berling and Brandon Reder: ay^r ; ~' • `, ? ;• " _:LaRosaiSsends'out a hetirtysaluteiothe Moellestate chahipsl -t

Most of Moeller's success -. came from Monseiez's ability to get his teammates involved in _, .; the game. When team's put too much lemphasis_on Monserez,fellow seniors Jeremy Duncan,Brad -Hutzel and Chris Welsch stepped up and had big games in the tournament run. Monserez is joined on the first team by three other seniors:, ,(Withrow),_ (St. Xavier), Bran: i Joel Corvette and Paul don Hunter McMillan (Aiken), and junior.4 ~; Nick Sellet of Oak Hills., Schlenskei_helped lead his magical ride.,'. team on its.

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Moeller High School came into Friday night's home game against La Salle trailing the, 14 11 16 20-60 LA SALLE at MOELLER: 20 16 20 27-83 Lancers by two games in the Greater Catholic League South LA SALLE(60k G'arrelli 3fLU,Hombach 5012,Ester; kamp 2713,Phelps 30 7,Gbefft 0 2,Ruberg 215,SunderDivision. A loss to the league haus 102, Hoffman 215.Totals 1915 60.• MOELLER(83g Duncan 125,Boa;204, McHugli 102; leaders- would put the Crusaders j Welsch 227, Eige1103,'Monserez 7 219,Sylvester 70;14, in a big hole. Currtn 306, Hutzel 8319,Shurts 204,Totals 349 83. Three-point goals: L—Carreni 2,Hombach 2, Esterkemp 2, Moeller;ranked No.6 in The. M—Monserez 3,Duncan, Welsch, Ef el. Records: Post's Division I Ohio area boys' Phelps. La sane 8-3.4-1 GCLS;Moeller 6d,3.2. JV:Le Salle, 60.53. . basketball poll, got double-figure Salle s and i from three d s scorinhanded No.1-rankeLa first league.loss,83-60.., z . Moeller improves to.6-4 overall and 3-2 in the league. La Salle 2 falls to 8-3 and 4-1.. .. The key was Moeller's ability to control the boards.The Crusaders outrebounded the Lanc--' ers, 41-21, including 26-12 on the defensive end. - - Moeller held La Salle's topMOELLER57,BADIN 50 two scorers, senioi Steve Ester- . Senior guard Mike Monserez , kamp'and senior Brad Hoffmaii; scored 15 of his game high 26 without a field goal in the secpoints in-the second Half as the'.-' and half. Crusaders rallied from a half• time~deficit.to-wiri.'. '' .. ' Seniorguard Mike464'serez and senior forward Brad Hutzel'Senior guard Andy Brown and senI led Moeller with -19 points each,. iior forward-Matt'Bi oermAnn ophomore Matt Sylvester, each scored,17.~oints for Badin.. ` scored Sophomore'14 in his first.varsity BADIN'q 12 8 15 15-50 'start.' at MOELLER .L'~4 3. 15 6 19 17=57 ## t BADIN(50k Cennon226,Bm m 7217,Hinke1102, f r ~ s the:best overall game Broertnann 80 i7,Hengosky 102,Holstein 226..Totels 216 we've played,no question," said..:! 50.`

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MOELLER(57k Duncan 215,Welsch 306,Monserez 86 26,Sylvester6012,Currin02,2, Hutze1306. Totals 22957. Thras golnl goals:I"rpytt;Broermann. M-Mons6rez 4. Recdrds:9adm 48,1.5 GCLN;MoallerJ5,4.3 GCLS.JV:. Moeller. 45-30..,

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Pts ............... Oak Hills(6).. . Western Hins........._____.------_..._—_••_•••.:-54 . 3. La Sage ............:.._._:.:.._..r____---4. Moeller (1),....._.._.—_...... - - - -••__...._...34 -.

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!: ►Moeller 70, 'Chaminade=Julienne 35, at Chamina& , ,—., Moellerwas,ahead "the . 45-28' at„the.•midpoint ofV third quarter; then went on, a 19-0 run. I' Chris Welsch led the Crusaders with a game-high 15'point' MOELLER(10)—Byrnes 408, Welsch 6015, 'Luther 10 2, Monserez 25 9,Kramer 10 2, Weitzel 1 0$ Sylvester 5 0 11, Currin 3 1 7, Hutzel 3 0 6, Shurts 4 0 8. Totals:30 6 70. CHAMINADE(3S) — E Kloth 6012,C. Kloth 2 15,Ange110 2, Dahm 206,Rasor 204,Sp(ker t o 2, Tanner 2 0 4. Totals:16 135. 11 18 24 17-70 ' Moeller 8 10 to )-35 I Chamtnade i, Three-point field goals. M—Welsch 3, Sylvester. CJ—Dahm 2. Records: M 8.5 (5.3 GCL), CJ ,4.10(18)..

MR 10-Moeller 68, LaSalle .65, at LaSalle,:- Mike Monserez made'two free-throws with five seconds left to put Moeller up 68-65jeremy Duncan forced a turnover on LaSalle's ensuing, possession,'and .the Crusaders hehd on to win. . . The win clinches second. place 'in the GCL-South' for Moeller. Monserez .led all scorers with' 21 points. Chris Welsch added 17 for Moeller. . Brad Hoffman and Steve Es terkamp scored 19 points apiece to pace LaSalle. MOELLER (68) — Duncan 20 4, Byrnes 2 04, Welsch 8 0 17, Monserez 5 10 21, Sylvester.5 3 14, Hutzel 2 0 4, Shurts 2 0 4. Totals: 26 13 U. LASALLE (6S) — Hornbach 40 10,Esterkamp •7 5 19, Ruberg 3 2 10, Hoffman 7 5 19,Kruphaupt 3.0 7. Totals: 24 12 • Moeller T9 IS' ill 16-68 65..• LaSalle 14 19, 13 19-65 Three-point field goals: M'~Welsch, Mouser-, ez, !Sylvester. L—Hornbach.2, Ruberg 2, Kru,phaupt. Records: M_ 14-6 (8-4 GCLS), L32-8 (7.5).

Enpu4r`e'r6 boys coaches polls. 7. Division I ? 1• WesternH(Os(11)..__._____..._:...P19.1 2. Oak Hills (1).._~.::.»..,;.._,_._•_•......_ 106 ........ 86 4 66.. .~_._~~ ~W.._... -'9-'La Sage ........._.._..»_...... 6. Withrow..:_..__._. . 58 7. St .Xavier......_.w._...._...__:...W.»_... 52• 8. Amelia ......._......:.::..._.._» 39 9. Winton Woods..._.:...._......_..._. ......... 25 10. Lakota West:^^,•,.. ..............._.”"" ........ 14 Others: Alken 10, Hughes6, Middletown 5, Lebanon 2, Wahl A Hig g s 2, Fairfield 2.

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Hills in ~BY~UAVE SCHUTTE E. i#rer contributor2171 . sectional. Afterr two additional votes failed to breaklthe deadThere were. only one or two lock, a coin flip was held and surprises . at Saturday's boys Aiken won. sectional basketball tournament; ;. a decimeeting at Princeton High.. Another surprise was Amelia's Mazzaro, Craig -ston by ; it came to seeding School when (13-3) the four seeded teams in each coach, whose'Barons With-. behind 2 seeded No. Were Cincinnati sectionals: of the five, 4 •. ` ;,.y'`- row. s But there were some unexRather than play in the low-pected decisions. passed in order to get:.' er. b'racket' opposite; Witlirow,! more time to make the deci-- Maziaro decided to go into the sion,'- Oak Hills 'coach. Mike same,bracket with the Tigers, a; Pride said. "I had to decide if I',-team the 'Barons` beat two I wanted ..to.go..in.the - upper-9K, weeks ago... lower half of the bracket." ''.—"The better teams suctias' The first .matter of business, Elder, Walnut. Hills and Sycais seeding four teams in each more had early choices and I` thought they would jump in with sectional: After the voting, the coach us if I went.. into the' lower ofle No. 1 seeded coach is bracket," Mazzaro said. given an opportunity to pick a For the three Division I secspot on the bracket followed by tionals in Dayton, these Cincincoaches from the No. 2, No. 3 nati-area teams earned seeds: and: No. 4 seed teams: Lebanon (6), Middletown (7) However, coaches can defer Lakota West (8) and Printon the'>choice. The coach of the next seeded team is then ofIn the Cincinnati Division II fered the opportunity to pick. tournament,. Norwood edged Affer that selection, the coach Woodward for the No. 4 seed. who passed is~ given the next #' ...,. For the first time. in years, ~ choice. Seeded No. 2 (behind West ° No`rth College Hill wasn't seed-, errf.Hills) in the Oxford Division . ed in Division III despite a 10-5j I sectional; Price decided' to record. Instead, Madeira (14-1)j pass, which allowed. Moeller's_ earned the No. 1 seed, followed by Finneytown (11=4), St. BerCarl Kremer to choose. (14-2) and Indian Hill nand The (upper) bracket winner goes to the Columbus regional, Only four of the .12 teams andwe didn't want to make that —_— said.,' `was`sur- entered in the Division IV -sec-' triiTi" Xremer tional had- winning.records and' prised when Mkke passed." all were seeded'. lower bracket." `~ There wasa tie for the No.4 ~` Sectional tournament play seed between Aiken and Walnut begins Feb. 22.

Enqulref : G q`t boys coaches poll DIVISION r PIS 1.- Western.Hills(13)`................ 130_ 2.•- Oak Hills :...................::..:...::.117' 3.. Moeller.....::.......:.....:.::....:.::107 4.' • St. Xavier !.^......:.........:. ..: 93 5. Withrow,:,;:`:`:::'.......:::.......:84 6. to Salle :......::.......:::......... 68 7. • Amelia-. r'..."!'....:.. !......... 47 8. Princeton ........:..:.:.:............... 27 8r .Lakota West .......:....:.....'r..... 24 10. Fairfield..:-.......:...:........::..... 15. . Others'. Winton Woods 13, Hughes 11, Aiken 10,.Walnut Hills 5,_. ,1 Middleiown 4, Lebanon 3, Mount Healthy 1:

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two game s-uspensions with no appeals.. ~` The next'games.for Moeller arici LaSalle -~ ~• =" '; j are' m the sectional tournament ~ k `k y >1. ;The two Mayersejected from Friday Post staff report P1~ 11er.LaSalle boys' high school *~ c. N)oeller senior Brad Hutzel:;was one of tli`e players elected, but,the I;aSalle player ame will besuspended for h_s not been identified::LaSalle athletic MoellerHigh School se~acii1Oluo iiigii School.At director'Dan Flynn and:coach'Dan FlemNlus r ca nior guard Jeremy Duncan iricommissioner Clair Y>n'g were iihaVaildblelor corn ment to . ay. stole the-ball with 2.1 sec Moeller co athletic director Barry Bor 'onds left to seal Moeller's lvluscary said he has not received a re? 68-65 victory.over La Salle... port on.the'game-6,65,65 Moeher victo• z~ man said the incident is'still under re '1 hand allow Moeller to clinch . view."We, 11look at the films, and;i'm ? ry at,La Salle during which onexplayer second"place in the Greater from'each'team was effected for.fightingsure LaSalle will,"too, to see ifany addi ;'-".he said.,. - Catholic League South on. ionalaction should beaaken, but that the elections:bung automatic ,_Friday.night .Q f Senior. guard Mike Mon,.. + with 21 points.' Senior forwards Steve" Esterkamp and.Brad Hoff-. .. _ ., ......q .x •1--P'rcI ; y...-q,.. .+wq•... 'man led the Lancers with +19 points each 7 _ i• il: y': rZ~ ~• Two players, one from The Cincinnati Enquirer 2~231~Athietic Association rules, anyt' each team,.were ejected for fighting. Moeller,. co-athletic _Ua'` Salle substitute -Blake playei`ejected from a'game is~director Barry Borman ` Niemeyer and Moeller starter suspended for two games.•. e said Moeller senior.Brad' ' 'ry Brad Hutzel-have been suspendMoeller "opens tJxford ~ sec-'+ P Hutzel was ejected after:. ed for .the next'two' games' be. tional `tournament plays against:'• coming bff'bench'. cause of an incident during Fri- :Northwest'l'oii Thu'rs'day'; L _,. The La Salle player was ,day's' Greater Catholic League. Salle meets'the- winner'of the j not identified. Messages, game; La-Salle coach Dan Flem-'. Colerain/Harrison• game on'-~_~ 2 left for La Salle coach Dan mg.said. Fleming'and athletic direc,;,.,-Niemeyer's ejection came as`-_ .: + = tor Dan Flynn early this If boQh teams pievakin the" the;result of an involvement'in a:' morning were notreturned. Brief fight,.,'while Hutzel was first game, they will play fora: The Ohio High School championship .and athe,.bench',sectional leaving 'ejected for. 'Athletic Associatioii will lie _ -berth in the district tournament. during the fight., responsible for determin-' following week_ in Under . Dayton._ r,_.lj d. r ,Ohio , - .High SchoolMthe ing suspensions. Under.itsrules, any ejectibn.for un= sportsmanlike conduct orm flagrant foul is to result in the player(s).being ineligi ble for the next two contests. FINAL.POLLS._ -• ! Moeller opens up tourDivision I'" ' ` `>r ~n nament play against North-, _...».»...»»._.»...>..:.118 Three•po nt field goals: S—eaUhan,Sodrimenn.,Nloeller!~ 17:26 26 24=93 " 1. -oak Hills (10)._......... ......:».».».....»•...•-103. west on Thursday" at Miami ..NoAhwest~ W—Hite 2. Records: S 14.7, W 13-&:'- • 4' 16 19 12, 16-63. ' 2. Western Hills(1).......... 90 . .--w.:...-•._ »..... goals: kh 3. 51. Xavier ._____..,..; University. La Salle begin'6 ► Moeller 93; Northwest .-.;a,.Monseref, Int :-,-.,+— ----....._ 89. Wetzel. awklns~'2. Records: M” '4. Withrow (1).._.:. 72 15-6, N 7.14•l tournament play at Miami. " S. Moeller .....>-....._.-s.--._...— ]-....... 51 Division l 63, ; 'sectional. Mil-. at x.. 6. La on March 4, against"either AilIe1en:._._....».....~::..-„...~.w._.._,...._.41 lett Hall =Senior guard Chris' '.7. Harrison or Colerain. # Welsch' . scorednine'of his team 9. AIM04 ........». 14.. ». Middletown ...... ..................... MOELLER 19 15 18 16-68 10. • high 21'points in the,third quarILA SALLE 13; Lo 14 19 13 16-65 others: Princeton, Winton Woods ter, when . Moeller 'broke the Lakota East MOELLER(68k Duncan 20 4, Byrnes 204, kola West 6; Elder and Hughes 3; game open with*i 26-12. ruri.'.~;:, Welch 8017, Monserez 510 21, Sylvester 5 3,14, 2; Fairfield 1. Hutzel 204, Shurts 204.Totals 281368. 'The Crusaders got 13 points; LA SALLE(65): Hombach 4010,Esterkemp 75 19, Ruberg 32100, Hoffman 7 519,Knnhaupt 307. off the'fast break in the period.' Totals 241265. Jeremy Duncan scored 20 and Three-point goals: M.—Welch,Sylvester, Morn serez. L—Hombach Z R0642;KruthaupL Records Mike_ Monserez, added,'.19:,De=` Moeller 14-6,84 GCLS;La Salle 12-8.7-5.IV: metrius Thomas led'all scorers , La Salle,5444.' with 22 points for Northwest..' No.3 seed Moeller advapces Jo the sectional finals" March 6 `.to play ,the' winner of: Western Hills-St. Xavier. enan :

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i' ► Moeller:'?0 Sycaifioie' 63, at Sycamore;- Mike Mon, serez scored, I'19 ,points in, the second' quarter;: triggering a' 26-9. Moeller'run'that paved the way for the'vict6iy.J' But Sycamore didntquit aiidf pulled!within `threei""at 64=6P beforeMonserei)=converted, fourof-six'free throws?, Monserez;finished with ,,~; .c f ,.~ _301 Points?`. !! MOLE;170)t Bircrii 1 5 7, Wetfh 3 0 8; Monserez 9 9 36, Hughes 1 0 2, Sylvester 3 2 8, Currin 30 6,Hutzel 4 1 9. Totals: 24 17 70. SYCAMORE(63)x- Pittman 30 7, Frystadc 3 2 9, Smith 4 311, Saunders 8 2 20, Davenport 01 1, 1 Purdom 5 2 15. Totals: 2210 63. • '' ,, Moeller 13. 26 11 21-70 15 , 9 H '25-63 1 Sycamore ',' Three-point •field' goals: M-Monserez 3,'. Welch 2. S-Putman, Saunders 2, Frystach, Purdom 3. Records: S 5.12.u'IOII r

McNicholas' Geoff:Jl 51;: it"Moeller Hensley iiW a free throw:witli "20,seconds left,to•give McNiorh'olas a .52-51 lead. i'', The Rockets,the'top4anked•; team in The Enquirer's presea`soni coaches.poll;:.then stole a ~11loeller. pass__witli three seo- l ionsre naml6g io-,seal -the: vic-tory. vu.s -,WmtcHoLAs(52)-Hemiey 04 4 Dyment 1 60.z$ Cupifo,1, 0.3, Shcnelder-2 0 4,Sheehy 2 3 9, u;P.opelar 215,Lawtpn 1'02, BrolhQrs 52 13,Peery_; • e0)04, Chrin 21 6. Totals: 18 11 52.-" ,- v vouc:MOELIER (51)- labler,l 4 6, Mahaffey 2 0P 6, Luther 2 1 5,.Hamby 3.1 7, Sylvester 5 14 25;t ` Rosfeld 0 2 2: Totals:l3 22 51:'s+ y"'> McNicholas10

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