Division II District Championship Preview
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Northeast 3 Copley showed tonight why they are a 1 seed they fended off a pesky Field team, they caught fire an never looked back winning 75-45 and leading the way was Junior Isabella Callaway Isabella Callaway 5'7" | SG…
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Copley showed tonight why they are a 1 seed they fended off a pesky Field team, they caught fire an never looked back winning 75-45 and leading the way was Junior Isabella Callaway Isabella Callaway 5'7" | SG Copley | 2024 State OH with 21 points, Senior Ashley Kerekes Ashley Kerekes 5'10" | PF Copley | 2023 State OH with 18 points, Freshman Evelyn McKnight Evelyn McKnight 5'8" | PG Copley | 2026 State OH with 11 points and Junior Kami Ayoup Kami Ayoup 5'10" | SF Copley | 2024 OH chipped in 10 points they was hitting on all cylinders as they will be looking to cut the nets down Saturday
Northwest is a very disciplined team they can play fast or slow it down and whatever you do you have to be ready they can really execute which what they did against Tallmadge 40-28 led by Senior Ashley Cudnik with 14 points and Senior Lily Bottomley Lily Bottomley 6'2" | C Northwest | 2023 State OH with 8 points 7 rebounds and Senior Ashlyn Stark 8 points 5 steals, they will be looking to move on to Regionals if it all goes their way
Northeast 4
Norton isn’t done yet they know what it takes to get over the jump they been there before an will use what they know to get it done in a hard fought win of 38 to 37 over Firelands they are prepared for their next challenge with Senior Bailey Acord 14 points and she know it will take to advance will be ready for Saturday
St. Vincent St. Mary has been prepping all year for this time of the season when you can have different players score at different times showed with their win over Lutheran East led by Kendal Batchik Kendal Batchik 5'4" | PG Akron St. Vincent St. Mary | 2025 OH 18 points and Jazmin Torres with 16 points they will be looking to secure District Championship, they will be prepped and ready to go Saturday as they take on a feisty Norton team
Northeast 5
CVCA has been playing great basketball and it is showing that they are not missing a beat, they are able to score at will and defeating Woodridge 76 to 22 showed led by Senior leader Gia Casalinova Gia Casalinova 5'7" | CG Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy | 2023 State OH with 30 points and connecting on 9 three pointers amazing and Sophomore guard Joi Williams Joi Williams 5'5" | PG CVCA | 2025 State OH with 21 points hitting for 5 three pointers, and Senior Kylie Bettinger Kylie Bettinger 5'10" | SG CVCA | 2023 OH with 15 points connecting on 5 three pointers with a team rolling like that will be hard to beat in the Championship
Elyria Catholic came in with one thing on their mind that was to advance to the District Championship game against CVCA by beating a good Gilmour team 46 to 39 with Senior Carter McCray Carter McCray 6'1" | PF Elyria Catholic | 2023 OH dominating the game with 24 points and 16 rebounds and Junior Isabelle Niederst Isabelle Niederst 5'9" | PG Elyria Catholic | 2024 OH putting in 15 points will look to bring the same energy on Saturday