Bellbrook, Carroll and Cedarville girls basketball players were selected as All-Ohio players for the 2022-23 season, as released by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association on Monday and Tuesday.

Cedarville junior Braden Criswell (10) tries to save a possession after diving for a loose ball during Saturday’s Division IV sectional title loss to Catholic Central 48-43. TROY — Familiar Ohio Heritage Conference rivals squared off for the second straight season in the Division IV sectional title game with the same result.

The Irish won 43-41 last season, while the Indians won 60-49 in 2021. Cedarville beat the Irish 59-53 on Dec. 2, while Catholic Central won the rematch 81-64 on Jan. 24 in Springfield. In the Troy 1 bracket, No. 5 Southeastern (9-12) will play No. 9 ...

In one of its biggest games of the season against its biggest rival, the Cedarville High School boys basketball team put together its “best” 32 minutes of the season — and kept its Ohio Heritage Conference South Division title hopes alive.

ResultsHigh SchoolsSaturdayBoys basketballBeavercreek 80, Thurgood Marshall 53Liam Gluck led the way with 21 points for Beavercreek and had seven rebounds

Playing hard and improving while staying focused on yourself is a difficult thing to achieve in a game like the one at Cedarville on Tue