Second-seeded Perrysburg limited third-seeded Whitmer to just four points in the fourth quarter en route to a 57-40 victory Wednesday in the Divsion I district girls basketball semifinal at Central Catholic.
Lauren McConnachie notched a game-high 18 points for Perrysburg (14-9). Addy Byrne tacked on 14 points.
Nikki Deiley scored 14 points and Adalyn Johnson added 11 points for Whitmer (9-14).
Perrysburg advances to face No. 1 seed Findlay at 1 p.m. Saturday for the district title.
Whitmer 17 13 6 4 – 40
Perrysburg 12 15 16 14 – 57
WHITMER: Madison Finch 4-1-1-12, Deiley 0-2-0-6, Adalyn Johnson 1-2-3-11, Murnen 0-1-1, Welch 1-2-1-9, Osley 0-1-1. Totals 6-7-7-40.
PERRYSBURG: Siebenaler 3-0-6, Evert 1-1-2-7, Addy Byrne 5-1-1-14, Gray 2-1-5, Lauren McConnachie 7-1-1-18, Mitchell 1-0-2, Friar 1-1-0-5. Totals 20-4-5-57.
DIVISION II
ANTHONY WAYNE 94, SOUTHVIEW 15
MILLBURY, Ohio — The top-seeded Generals scored 64 points in the first half en route to victory over the sixth-seeded Cougars.
Elise Bender scored 27 points for Anthony Wayne, while Leah Pike and Brooke Bender both scored 18. The Generals (20-2) take on fifth-seeded Clay in a 1 p.m. district final Saturday at Lake.
Mikayla Dorn led Southview (6-17) with seven points.
Southview 4 1 3 7 – 15
Anthony Wayne 38 30 18 8 – 94
SOUTHVIEW: Woodard 2-1-5, Dorn 3-1-7, Childers 0-1-1, Hedden 1-0-2. Totals 6-3-15.
ANTHONY WAYNE: Smith 3-0-6, Hill 4-0-8, Leah Pike 9-0-18, Borcherdt 1-0-2, Elise Bender 6-4-3-27, Voltz 2-3-7, Brooke Bender 4-3-1-18, Lauren Brenneman 1-0-2, Laila Brenneman 1-1-1-6. Totals 31-8-8-94.
START 46, FREMONT ROSS 29
MILLBURY, Ohio — Jade Latson’s game-high 23 points propelled the No. 3 Spartans to a victory over the fourth-seeded Little Giants in a district semifinal.
Start (18-4) next takes on No. 2 seed Northview at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lake in the district final.
Ava Jones scored 12 points to pace Fremont Ross (10-13).
Start 6 8 17 15 – 46
Fremont Ross 4 12 5 8 – 29
START: Harper 2-1-1-8, Dotson 2-0-4, Hensley 1-0-2, Jones 2-0-4, L. Latson 1-1-0-5, Jade Latson 10-3-23. Totals 18-2-4-46.
FREMONT ROSS: Heidelburg 2-1-5, Dewalt 1-0-2, Mcduffy 1-0-2, Sanchez 2-1-5, Tucker 1-1-3, Ava Jones 5-2-12. Totals 12-5-29.
DIVISION III
NOTRE DAME 68, ST. URSULA 24
The top-seeded Eagles rolled past the seventh-seeded Arrows (2-20) into Saturday’s 4 p.m. district final at Northwood.
Notre Dame (18-6) will take on fifth-seeded Central Catholic on Saturday.
CENTRAL CATHOLIC 52, MAUMEE 35
The Fighting Irish had four players reach double figures in knocking off the third-seeded Panthers in a district semifinal at Northwood.
Serinity Bolden led the way with 13 points, Marissa Justen tacked on 11 points, and Nina Stevens and Maddie Stricker 10 each for Central Catholic (8-15).
Lucy Porter tallied a game-high 19 points to pace Maumee (17-7).
Central Catholic 14 17 16 5 – 52
Maumee 16 5 12 2 – 35
CENTRAL CATHOLIC: Bragg 2-0-4, Marissa Justen 4-1-0-11, Nina Stevens 0-2-4-10, Serinity Bolden 6-1-13, Maddie Stricker 4-2-10, Melvin 2-0-4. Totals 18-3-7-52.
MAUMEE: Pyle 1-1-0-5, Hwa 1-0-2, Jordan 2-0-4, Lucy Porter 3-2-7-19, Smith 1-0-2, Bischoff 1-1-3. Totals 9-3-8-35.
DIVISION IV
WAUSEON 46, BRYAN 45
MILLER CITY, Ohio — The second-seeded Indians needed overtime to get past the third-seeded Golden Bears.
Sophia Rupp scored 12 points for Wauseon (20-4), who will play top-seeded Kenton at 2 p.m. Saturday in the district final at Miller City.
Bryan (13-11) got 11 points each from Amiyah Langham and Josey Arnold.
Wauseon 9 18 5 8 6 – 46
Bryan 13 9 12 6 5 – 45
WAUSEON: Stasa 0-1-1, Tester 1-7-9, Leatherman 1-2-0-8, Coronado 1-1-0-5, Hamilton 0-1-0-3, Sophia Rupp 5-2-12, Reyes 2-2-6, Kissel 1-0-2. Totals 11-4-12-46.
BRYAN: Zimmerman 0-1-4-7, Amiyah Langham 4-3-11, Hanna 0-2-1-7, Fisher 2-2-6, Josey Arnold 3-2-2-11, Vollmar 0-1-0-3. Totals 9-5-12-45.
DIVISION V
LAKE 45, FOSTORIA 42
KANSAS, Ohio — The No. 7 Flyers pulled off another upset, this time knocking fellow Northern Buckeye Conference foe and the fourth-seeded Redmen in a district semifinal at Lakota.
Lake previously defeated top-seeded Oak Harbor 44-40 in a sectional final Feb. 13.
McKinly Johnston notched 15 points while Brooke Wiley tacked on 11 for the victorious Flyers (9-15).
Alycia Middlebrooks registered a game-high 22 points for Fostoria (13-11).
Lake takes on third-seeded Liberty-Benton at 1 p.m. Saturday in a district final.
Lake 9 11 11 14 – 45
Fostoria 6 13 11 12 – 42
LAKE: Garcia 0-1-2-5, Moreno 1-1-3, Brooke Wiley 1-9-11, Brossia 1-1-0-5, Little 1-1-1-6, McKinly Johnston 3-3-0-15. Totals 7-6-13-45.
FOSTORIA: Holman 1-0-2, Ka. Johnson 0-2-2, Jones 1-0-2, Ky. Johnson 3-2-8, Poole 1-1-1-6, Alycia Middlebrooks 5-3-3-22. Totals 11-4-8-42.
LIBERTY-BENTON 59, GENOA 30
KANSAS, Ohio — Megan Gerken scored 26 points as Liberty-Benton rolled past second-seeded Genoa (18-6).
Corra Dehart put in 13 points and Ally Ferris 12 as the victorious Eagles improved to 14-10.
Genoa 8 12 3 7 – 30
Liberty-Benton 20 10 25 4 – 59
GENOA: Rethman 0-1-1, Williams 1-0-2, A. Moritz 1-0-2, Schlageter 0-2-3-9, Combs 2-0-4, Makenna Moritz 3-1-3-12. Totals 7-3-7-30.
LIBERTY-BENTON: Ally Ferris 3-2-0-12, Knepper 0-1-1-4, Megan Gerken 4-6-0-26, Modd 1-0-2, Rioch 1-0-2, Corra Dehart 3-1-4-13. Totals 12-10-5-59.
PAULDING 46, DELTA 29
DEFIANCE — Fourth-seeded Paulding clipped second-seeded Delta (19-3) in a district semifinal.
Paulding (19-5) advances to face top-seeded Ottawa-Glandorf at 7 p.m. Saturday in a district final at Defiance.
MICHIGAN REGULAR SEASON
DEXTER 51, BEDFORD 41
DEXTER, Mich. — A strong second quarter allowed Dexter to pull even with Bedford at 12-1 in Southeastern Conference Red Division play.
Victoria Gray had 19 points for Bedford (17-2 overall).
Bedford 11 5 14 11 – 41
Dexter 11 18 11 11 – 51
BEDFORD: May 0-1-0-3, A.Gray 1-1-3, Manard 0-1-4-7, Victoria Gray 9-1-19, Mullins 3-1-0-9. Totals 13-3-6-41.
DEXTER: A.Blumberg 3-1-2-11, Cabana 2-1-5, Chase 0-2-3-9, Lewis 3-0-6, Wylie 4-0-8, L.Blumberg 1-2-4-12. Totals 13-5-10-51.
First Published February 20, 2025, 5:06 a.m.
