2-27-25 THURSDAY MORNING SPORTS

Todd Walker reports
LCC moves into District Finals
Coldwater upsets Spencerville
Russia rolls 
Elida girls' run ends in Regional as O-G and Minster move on
Buckeyes get win in L.A.
Reds play longball

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the WIMA Sports Desk Boys Tournament basketball. Last night,
Lima Central Catholic defeated Bluffton seventy to fifty six in
the Division six district semifinal at Elida. Jordan Pritty led
the Thunderbirds with twenty five points. They will play Crestview
Friday night for that district title. In the first game
of that doubleheader, the night held off Columbus Grove forty

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two thirty seven. Division six District Semifinal at Wapa Canetta.
In game one, Goldwater upset third ranked Spencerville forty nine
to forty. BAlN Blockberger led the Calves with twenty three
they'll face Merion Local Friday night for the district championship.
The Flyers bested New Breemen forty to thirty also in

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Division six for recovery moves on to face Anna in
the district final at Troy as they beat Riverside forty
five thirty seven. And in Division seven, the number one
team of the state, Rushie routed Bradford down at Pickwa
sixty one to thirty. On the girls side, it's already
region into the road for Elida. Granville beat them in

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the D three Regional semifinal at Bluffton University last night
fifty five forty eight. The OG girls keep on rolling
at the Division five Regional semifinal at Ridgedale last night,
they pounded Johnstown forty seven to twenty two. Now they
faced aff Centric Saturday at two for a regional championship.
Menster girls move into the regional championship in Division six

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as they took care of our Canam fifty four to
twenty four at Springfield. They will play Anna Saturday afternoon
at two for a trip to the state semifinals. Local
college basketball, UNH women lost to Sienna Heights in the
final game of the regular season in overtime, turned around
and played them up there again last night and the

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Wolverine Who's Your Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals again It went
to overtime, but this time the Racers prevailed seventy four
to sixty six, and with Lord's upsetting Number two Aquinas
You Oh will now host Lords tomorrow night at six
o'clock in a Wolverine Who's Your Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal game. Tonight,

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the un o H men are at Lords in a
quarterfinal game in the conference tournament, and Tonight, the ONU
women host Otterbne in then OAC Tournament semifinal game. Time
for a Buckeye update with Stally Insurance. Ohio State entered
last night's game at USC on a three game losing streak.

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Strong first half took a fifty to two thirty eight
lead to the locker room, but things got tight down
the stretch, but Ohio State prevailed eighty seven eighty two,
huge three point play by Devin Royal and a tie
game with less than a minute to go. Afterward, coach
Jake Diebler commented on Royals huge bucket and one.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
We wanted to get the ball to him. Felt like
he could get an advantage if he can if he
can get down to that right hand when we had
the spacing. I like the spacing we had, you know,
I think Devin deserves It's on a credit. He couldn't
get in a rhythm all night, you know, the fole tomorrow,
trying to get him a chance to play with two
in the first half picked up that offensive file, but
he stayed with it.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
With the win, Ohio State improved to sixteen and thirteen overall,
eight and ten in the conference. They are home on
Tuesday to take on Nebraska. Also in the Big Ten.
Last night, Trey Holloman's fifty foot heave at the buzzer
pushed Michigan State to a fifty eight to fifty five
win at number fifteen Maryland. The number eight Spartans remained
in first place in the league at fourteen and three,

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a half game in front of Michigan. Also last night,
Indiana down to penn State eighty three seventy eight around
the state just one other game Dayton and eighty five
seventy seven winner over Rhode Island. Top twenty five, Number
one Auburn at home crushed Mississippi one O six seventy six,
Number seven Saint John's a seventy six seventy win at Butler,

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Number twelve Texas A and M lost at home to
Vandy number thirteen. Clemson took care of Notre Dam eighty
three sixty eight, and number seventeen Kentucky eked out an
eighty three eighty two win at Oklahoma. Ohio State women
nice win over at Michigan State in a ranked match
up eighty nine seventy eight NBA. The Cavaliers are at
the Celtics tomorrow in a battle of the East's top

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two teams hockey blue jackets at the Red Wings tonight
spring training baseball. Matt McLean, La de Lacruz, and Christian
and carnassion Strand all homered as the Reds beat the
Angels nine to four with eleven fifty wym A Sports.
I'm Todd Walker.