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Only one team from the Southeast District has advanced to the OHSAA Boys State Basketball Final Four. New Boston Glenwood will represent the district in the Division 4 tournament as they make their first Final Four trip since 1960.
Two teams from the Central District that SVC teams are familiar with, advanced. DeSales made the cut in Division 2 after edging Unioto and Warren in the regional semis. Worthington Christian was 30 points better than Fairland in their Division 3 regional final. Two squads that got past Adena earlier. WC edged Adena by several points in the regular season and Fairland knocked Adena out in district final play.
2021 Boys Basketball State Tournament
TICKETING: In conjunction with policies set by the University of Dayton and Dayton-Montgomery County Public Health, the OHSAA will make at least 650 tickets available to the fans of each school for their team’s semifinal game in the state tournament. The Athletic Director of each school will distribute the purchase codes for the school’s ticket allotment. Purchase codes are only available through the Athletic Directors of the participating schools or the OHSAA. Ticket allotments for the championship games will also be 650 per school. Tickets for the Division IV and III state semifinals will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. Tickets for the Division II and I state semifinals will go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
LIVE COVERAGE: All 12 games of the state tournament will be covered by Spectrum. Every game will be streamed live at www.OHSAA.tv (free for Spectrum subscribers; $9.99 per game for non-Spectrum customers). In additional the final eight games of the state tournament (Division I and II semifinals and all four championship games) will be televised live on Spectrum News 1.
State Tournament Information: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Basketball-Boys/Boys-Basketball-2020-21/2021-Boys-Basketball-State-Tournament
All games at University of Dayton Arena
Home Team Listed First
Division I
Mentor (25-0) vs. Centerville (24-3), Saturday, 5 p.m.
Cleveland St. Ignatius (19-6) vs. Westerville Central (21-2), Saturday, 8 p.m.
State Final – Sunday, 8:30 p.m.
Division II
Columbus St. Francis DeSales (18-7) vs. Dayton Chaminade Julienne (13-7), Saturday, 11 a.m.
Lima Shawnee (25-1) vs. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (27-0), Saturday 2 p.m.
State Final – Sunday, 5:15 p.m.
Division III
Worthington Christian (27-1) vs. Cincinnati Taft (16-4), Friday, 5 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf (20-4) vs. Cleveland Heights Lutheran East (14-3), Friday 8 p.m.
State Final – Sunday, 2 p.m.
Division IV
Botkins (25-3) vs. Richmond Heights (17-4), Friday, 11 a.m.
Columbus Grove (24-2) vs. New Boston Glenwood (24-2), Friday, 2 p.m.
State Final – Sunday, 10:45 a.m.
New Boston played well. I was surprised their best player was in game with 4 fouls and 5 minutes left in game. They were ahead at that time. Congratulations on great season.
I remember their great teams in 1960s with Coach Homer Pellegrini. He was a character.