OHSAA State Weekend Preview: Division II

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The OHSAA season is coming to an end as four state championship trophies will be awarded at UD Arena this weekend. In this article, I'll break down the Division II semifinals and potential state championship matchups.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Youngstown Ursuline Vs Kettering Alter</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two teams I've seen in the past week, I caught Ursuline's blowout win over VASJ in the regional semis and Alter's dominant win over Cincinnati Wyoming in the regional title game. Ursuline has a lot of talent with freshman [player_tooltip player_id='2144204' first='Jaylen' last='Gunther'] stepping up to the moment. Their size with [player_tooltip player_id='1395690' first='Jaden' last='Payne'] also gives them an inside-outside punch. The Knights can shoot it as well as any team in the country. Star [player_tooltip player_id='1432016' first='Rj' last='Greer'] leads the way but guys like [player_tooltip player_id='1688317' first='Gavin' last='Leen'], [player_tooltip player_id='2378958' first='Joe' last='Brand'] and even [player_tooltip player_id='1432055' first='Charlie' last='Uhl'] can knock them down from long range. [player_tooltip player_id='2028558' first='Brady' last='Conner'] could be the x-factor of this game though.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Shelby Vs Maysville</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Many people wrote Lutheran West into this game, but the Whippets had another plan fueled by a strong home crowd. [player_tooltip player_id='1225066' first='Alex' last='Bruskotter'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1421138' first='Casey' last='Lantz'] are seniors who have had storied careers and Shelby has enough role guys who can make plays. Maysville beat Bishop Hartley on an incredible [player_tooltip player_id='2386471' first='Alex' last='Bobb'] buzzer-beater. Maysville also came storming back from a double-digit deficit against Warren to make it to the final four. We'll see if the underdog Panthers can light it up from downtown one more time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">State Championship Preview</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's going to be a battle of public Vs privates as each semifinal will give one public and one private school representative for the state title. This Division is pretty wide open as any team outside of Maysville winning the title would not surprise me.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->