State Tourney Preview- Central D1 Sectionals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Central Ohio never fails in representing strong basketball talent! Lets take a look at Sectional games that begin this week, and players to watch!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>** Sectionals (1st and 2nd games): Feb 15th and 18th at the higher seed (date subject to change for gym availability)<br>** District Semifinals: February 22nd at Neutral Site<br>** District Finals: February 25th at Ohio Dominican</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(37) Hilliard Davidson at (3) Olentangy Liberty (winner hosts (31) Centennial)<br>(22) Westerville Central at (19) Dublin Jerome (winner plays (9) Upper Arlington)<br>(24) Hilliard Bradley at (14) Teays Valley (winner plays (23) Chillicothe)<br>(42) Delaware at (5) Westerville South (winner plays (39) Thomas Worthington)<br>(33) Pickerington North at (7) Grove City (winner plays (17) Big Walnut)<br>(28) Westerville North at (10) DeSales (winner plays (16) Watterson)<br>(32) Mt Vernon at (25) Lancaster (winner plays (4) Dublin Coffman)<br>(30) Olentangy Orange at (13) Canal Winchester (winner plays (27) Northland)<br>(43) Worthington Kilbourne at (6) Reynoldsburg (winner plays (46) West)<br>(29) Olentangy Berlin at (20) Watkins Memorial<br>(40) Dublin Scioto at (2) Marysville (winner plays (41) Whetstone)<br>(38) Central Crossing at (8) Gahanna (winner plays (36) Marion Harding)<br>(35) Logan at (15) Newark (winner plays (11) Hilliard Darby)<br>(34) Walnut Ridge at (12) Tri-Valley<br>(26) Groveport at (21) New Albany (winner plays (18) Olentangy)<br>(44) Licking Heights at (1) Pickerington Central (winner plays (45) Franklin Heights)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Key Players to Watch:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kiersten Cashell: SG, 2023- Hilliard Davidson</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='217308' first='Gigi' last='Bower']: SG, 2024- Olentangy Liberty</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lisa Kuhlman: SF/PF, 2023- Dublin Jerome</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='360684' first='Leigha' last='Dennison']: SG/PG, 2023- Hilliard Bradley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='217322' first='Kennedy' last='Younkin']: C/PF, 2024- Teays Valley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='217331' first='Zoe' last='Guice']: PG, 2024- Westerville South (Featured Photo, with ball)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Arianna Cradle: PG, 2026- Westerville South</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kayla Jones: SG/SF, 2023- Grove City</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='93544' first='E'Moni' last='Finch']: PG/SG, 2023- Westerville North</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Celina Davis: G, 2023- DeSales</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='269728' first='Tessa' last='Grady']: SF, 2023- Dublin Coffman</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='319026' first='Sa'Mahn' last='Johnson']: PG/SG, 2025- Reynoldsburg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='533094' first='Cami' last='Elliott']: PG/SG, 2025- Olentangy Berlin</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kalleigh Rennie: SG, 2023- Watkins Memorial</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Alec Rothe: C, 2024- Dublin Scioto</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ava Willkerson: PG/SG, 2023- Marysville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='216101' first='Clarke' last='Jackson']: PG/SG, 2023- Gahanna</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='360662' first='Jenna' last='Shackleford']: SF, 2023- Newark</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='93546' first='Lexi' last='Howe']: G, 2023- Tri Valley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='217321' first='Berry' last='Wallace']: SF, 2024- Pickerington Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->