OHSAA D3 Central District Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Central districts in Division III and split into two districts, one headed to Athens where they will be joined by east and southeast district winners and the other to the southwest. If you want to check out full previews of the <a href="https://prephoops.com/2023/02/east-district-preview-divisions-ii-iii-and-iv/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">east</a>, <a href="https://prephoops.com/2023/02/southeast-district-preview-divisions-ii-iii-and-iv/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">southeast </a>and <a href="https://prephoops.co'm/2023/02/southwest-district-preview-division-iii/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">southwest</a> check out Tony Peters articles that are linked.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Central 1</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This region is headed out west to meet with the three southwest district champions. Worthington Christian and Harvest Prep headline this district and these teams have a history of playing great district title games. Worthington Christian is led by [player_tooltip player_id='1222350' first='Sam' last='Johnson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1503896' first='Jonah' last='Lewis'] while Harvest Prep is led by [player_tooltip player_id='1090148' first='Nyelle' last='Shaheed'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1432008' first='Brandon' last='Roddy']. Johnstown Northridge got the overall number 4 seed after an impressive season in the Licking County League while [player_tooltip player_id='1165508' first='Trenton' last='Collins'] and Utica will look to make some noise as an underdog.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>District title prediction: Worthington Christian over Harvest Prep</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Central 2</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Africentric headlines this district after making it to Dayton last year and returning superstar [player_tooltip player_id='922605' first='Dailyn' last='Swain']. The Nubians added transfer [player_tooltip player_id='1222355' first='Cortez' last='Freeman'] and have a solid core group around those two studs. Columbus Academy and Kipp Columbus were the top 6 seeds that decided to join Africentric in this region and could have an interesting district semifinal battle. On the top side of the district, Heath and Fredericktown is an intriguing potential sectional final and the winner would likely draw Africentric in the district semis.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>District title prediction: Africentric over Columbus Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->