This game was just as exciting as Middletowns previous one, but Bellevue was able to hold on and defeat the Middies, 36-34, with a basket of their own in the games final seconds. Middletowns first appearance upon the state tournament stage came back in 1937, when the tournament still included the Sweet 16.The Middies stay that year was short lived, but exciting. Ivey, Blake The Middies raced down the floor. One interesting side note to that first tournament, something that has probably never been duplicated in the 85 years of the OHSAA tournament, is the fact that one man coached two different teams in the tournament, one in each class. Paul Walkers first Middletown team finished the regular season with a modest 13-6 record. He was a hometown kid who lived out one boyhood dream, then another, then another. Called the Inter-High School Basketball Series, and later popularly known as the Delaware Tournament, it was an invitational tournament and was played from 1909-1922. St. Henry High School (of St. Henry, Ohio) has qualified for the state tournament just five times since 1979, but on each occasion the Redskins have advanced to the championship game. On 2/17, the Columbus East varsity basketball team won their away non-conference game against Madison (IN) by a score of 51-49. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Looking Back at the OHSAA's Basketball Championships, Divisional Breakdowns - 2022-23 School Year, Enrollment & Attendance Bylaw Resource Center, Conduct/ Character/ Discipline Bylaw Resource Center, International & Exchange Student Bylaw Resource Center, Joint Advisory Committee on Sports Medicine. Winter 2022-2023 Winter 2022-2023 Winter 2021-2022 . Boys Basketball Champions [ edit] [1] The Big Blue would play in three more big school championship games. Men's Basketball vs Georgia College February 25, 2023 3:30 PM. At the intermission the five starters jumped into coach Hairstons car and motored to the second game over at Jackson High School, leaving the seldom used bench players to finish the game against Chesapeake, which they did with Waterloo winning easily, 47-5. The Columbus team lost in the semi-finals in 1985, but from 1986 to 1990 they were almost unbeatable in tournament play. Columbus East's stats have been entered for the 51-49 win @ Madison on 2/17/2023 7:30 PM. There were at times as many as three or four other boys on the team, but for all practical purposes these five boys were the Waterloo Wonders for the next two seasons. Boys Freshman Basketball - Columbus East Athletics Moore, Darnell Volunteer Roster last updated on Apr 21, 2023 @ 3:08pm (GMT) Print Roster Correction All-Time Roster That time the Tigers defeated Hamilton High School, 57-39, to not only bring the first state basketball championship trophy to East High School, but also the first for the city of Columbus. East lost to Cincinnati Hughes in the 1955 Class A semi-finals, but when the Tigers next returned to the tournament in 1963 there was a much different result. In an era when teams seldom won more than one state championship, much less consecutive titles, Bellpoint High School would put on a real show of winning in both 1924 and 1925.
