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Across the nation in high-school sports (March)

Alabama
Three Alabama wrestlers won titles in the inaugural NHSCA National High School Sophomore Wrestling Championships March 24 at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Twin brothers Chase and Kyle Cuthbertson of Scottsboro High won at 135 and 145 pounds, respectively, and Keaton Thompson (119) of Vestavia Hills High also won. The three titles were the most won by any state. Steven West (112) of Birmingham Oak Mountain High added a fifth-place finish as Alabama finished fourth in the team standings.

Alaska
Ahead by just four points after one period, Anchorage West High shot 60 per cent in the second and third quarters, outscoring Eagle River Chugiak High 47-24 over that span and pulling away to a 91-58 victory in the Class 4A state championship game March 25. Bryce Kaufman led four scorers in double figures with 20 points, Bryan Hurn adding 19 points. Ramon Harris had 15 points and eight rebounds and Jay Davis 15 points and seven rebounds. Anchorage A.J. Dimond High outscored North Pole High 16-7 in the fourth quarter to win the 4A girls title, 45-38 as Shaina Afoa had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Samoana Ingram led the way with 15 points and Princess Eduarte added 13.

Arizona
Anthony Robles (112) of Mesa High has never been one to let a handicap deter him. Robles, who has only one leg, nevertheless was unbeaten this season and won his second Class 5A, Division 1 state championship, then added the NHSCA National High School Seniors Wrestling Championships title March 26 at Pittsburgh, Pa., using his upper-body power to beat California state runnerup Justin Paulsen 9-1 in the title match. Robles, second in the inaugural NHSCA Junior Nationals a year ago, had only one close match – a 5-3 decision in the quarterfinals.

Arkansas
Brooks Taylor was voted the tournament MVP for the second consecutive year after scoring 31 points to give Buffalo Island Central High its second consecutive Class 2A boys basketball state title, 60-56 over Valley Springs High March 4. Hunter Smith added 17 points for Buffalo Island Central and Cord Rose also was named to the All-Tournament Team. Strong-Huttig High repeated as the Class 2A girls champion, outlasting Carlisle High 47-45 in overtime as Destinee Rogers scored 15 points and Miranda Parker 14. Brittany Johnson was the tournament MVP.

California
When was the last time you saw a state champion with an 11-25 record? Let’s just say that the Long Beach Poly High girls basketball team is a little better than that record indicates. Forced to forfeit 22 victories for using an ineligible player, Poly nevertheless was voted into the postseason by Division 1 representatives and responded by winning the state title, 54-34 over Berkeley High for its ninth consecutive postseason win. Jameia Duffy scored 18 points and Jasmine Dixon added 14 points and 10 rebounds as Poly blasted Lynwood High 63-44 in the Southern California final.

Colorado
Ray Hall, a 6-foot-11 center, was voted the Most Valuable Player in the Class 5A boys basketball state tournament after scoring 14 points and adding nine rebounds in Denver J.K. Mullen Prep School’s 54-40 championship-match victory over Englewood Cherry Creek High. Joining Hall on the All-Tournament Team was Robby Hanzlik, whose father, Bill, played for and was head coach of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets.

Connecticut
Two-time State Open wrestling champion T.J. Hepburn (135) of Ledyard High prevailed in a loaded weight class and was voted the Outstanding Wrestler in the NHSCA Junior Nationals March 24 at Piitsburgh, Pa. Hepburn, also the New England champion this year, advanced to the finals with a technical fall and three pins, then scored three first-period takedowns and went on to score a 12-5 victory over two-time Oregon champion Austin Enoch of Redmond High. Frank Cammisa (140) of Danbury High, also a two-time State Open champion, finished sixth in the NHSCA Senior Nationals.

Delaware
Sophomore 6-foot-5 center Elena DelleDonne of Wilmington Ursuline Academy scored a state tournament record 50 points and added 15 rebounds to lead her team past nationally-ranked Wilmington St. Elizabeth High 68-51 for its third consecutive state title. Despite playing with a broken finger, DelleDonne shot 20-of-31 from the field and 5-of-10 from three-point range. DelleDonne, who had 17 points and 16 rebounds in a 64-42 semifinal victory over Bear Caravel Academy, has scored 1,725 points in three varsity seasons.

Florida
Sixth-ranked Miami Norland High (27-6) won its first boys basketball state title, upsetting No. 1 Winter Park High 55-48 in the Class 6A championship game March 4. Tournament MVP Zachary Peacock led the Vikings with 18 points and 10 rebounds, sinking 10-of-12 from the free-throw line. Nicholas Taylor added 11 points for Norland and Denzel Rankin 10. Norland’s girls team (25-6) also advanced to the finals, but lost 63-53 to Lake Mary High as tournament MVP Jordan Coleman had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Eboni Sadler and Vontrice Dennis each scored 23 points for Norland, which shot just 30 per cent.

Georgia
Center Brittany Cade and guard Shantell Black, who led Suwanee Collins Hill High to the Class 5A girls basketball title this season, headline the selections to the North squad in the Georgia All-Star basketball game. Both also were nominated to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game. Cade is signed with North Carolina-Charlotte. Guard Janae Stokes of Vidalia High, who averaged 24 points per game and is signed with Georgia Tech, headlines the South squad. Maryland recruit Jerome Burney, who averaged 14 points and 12 rebounds per game, is one of two selections from Atlanta Westlake High to the boys North squad. The other: guard Antoine Johnson, who averaged 25.5 points and 8.5 assists per game.

Hawaii
Honolulu Iolani High won the boys basketball title Feb. 24, outscoring Kaimuki High 33-15 in the second and third quarters en route to a 54-41 championship game victory. Vinny Nip scored 11 points to lead Iolani. Kawika Shoji added 10 points and seven rebounds and Barry Kang (9 points) was a perfect 5-for-5 from the free-throw line and Iolani was 18-of-24 from the charity stripe. Shoji led all scorers with 19 points and Iolani shot 51 per cent in a 60-36 semifinal victory over Kahuku High.

Idaho
Courage and grit landed Adam Hall (152) of Bonners Ferry High the Outstanding Wrestler award in the NHSCA National High School Seniors Wrestling Championships March 26 at Pittsburgh, Pa. After winning his first match by 12 points, Hall won his final six matches by a combined 11 points, surviving a semifinal debacle that saw him penalized for stalling with seven seconds left in regulation, then having an apparent winning takedown in overtime taken off the board, to ride out Josh Rohler of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High in the overtime tie-breaker to advance to the final. There, Hall, who will attend Boise State, scored a takedown with one second remaining to beat fellow three-time state champion Jonathan Reader of Davison (Mich.) High 8-7.

Illinois
Jeff Jordan, a 6-foot-1 junior and the son of Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, led Wilmette Loyola Academy to its first Class AA boys basketball sectional title in 30 years, beating Chicago Von Steuben High 72-57. Jordan scored 26 points and added 10 rebounds. Loyola’s storybook run ended in the next game, however, as the Ramblers lost 83-61 to Chicago Marshall High in the supersectional. Robert Belcore led Loyola with 20 points and four rebounds and Joseph Suhey added 14 points and three assists.

Indiana
Indianapolis Lawrence North High cemented its run as one of the greatest boys basketball teams in state history, finishing 29-0 and winning its third consecutive Class 4A state title with an impressive 80-56 final victory over Muncie Central High. Ohio State recruit Greg Oden had 26 points and 11 rebounds as Lawrence North, the first Indiana school in the 23-year history of USA Today’s Super 25 rankings to finish the season No. 1, shot 71 per cent in the first half. The victory was Lawrence North’s 50th in a row, tying the state record. Only Franklin High (1920-22) and Marion High (1985-87) had previously won three consecutive Indiana titles.

Iowa
Ray Miller scored 14 points and Des Moines Hoover High (26-0) completed an unbeaten season, limiting Pleasant Valley High to 26 per cent shooting from the field in a 33-28 victory in the Class 4A championship game March 18. Pleasant Valley, which got 11 points from Brian Larson, was also outscored 12-1 at the free-throw line. Des Moines Roosevelt put the game away with a 21-6 fourth-quarter run in a 53-28 victory over Cedar Rapids Washington High March 11. MyKenya Johnson scored 18 points and Charmaine Bell 15 for Roosevelt, each adding seven rebounds as Roosevelt outrebounded Washington 37-22. The defense held Washington to just eight field goals and 17 per cent shooting.

Kansas
Scott City High jumped out to a 40-23 halftime lead and never looked back as they beat Belle Plaine High 71-52 in the Class 4A boys basketball state championship game. Center Tim Peintner, a 6-foot-6 senior, had 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead four scorers in double figures. Justin Miller added 16 points for Scott City, Corbin Kuntzsch 14 and David Heyd 13. Iola High held off a fourth-quarter rally to take the Class 4A girls title, 46-40 over Andover Central High as senior Emily Middleton scored a game-high 22 points and senior Emily Larson added 15.

Kentucky
Tournament MVP Walt Allen scored 30 points to lead London South Laurel High (32-4) to its first-ever boys basketball state title, 72-59 over defending champion Bowling Green Warren Central High March 19 at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Eric Fields added 15 points for South Laurel, which shot 54.5 per cent from the field. Jeremy Anderson led Warren Central with 18 points and Troy McFarland, the only returning starter from last year's state title team, added 13. No Kentucky team has repeated as state champions since Fairdale High (1990-91). Three South Laurel players – Allen, Fields and Ty Proffitt – were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Louisiana
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) and the Sugar Bowl are partnering to host the Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Volleyball Spring Classic and Benefit, which will be held in New Orleans May 13-14 at the Reilly Center, on the campus of Tulane University. If enough teams enter, Loyola University will be used as an additional venue. The event will serve as a fundraiser to benefit the volleyball programs of schools that were closed by Hurricane Katrina. All volleyball players, including current seniors and students displaced at any time during the 2005-2006 school year, are eligible to play. Accordingly, the tournament seeks to provide a competitive event for regular varsity team players, a final opportunity for seniors, and a reunion with all affected by the hurricanes.

Maine
Cape Elizabeth High (16-7) won its second consecutive Class B state hockey title and third in four years with a 4-2 win over Brewer High March 18. Despite having 10 power plays in the game’s first 27 minutes, Cape Elizabeth led just 2-1 until Kyle Dancause and Ryan Tremblay scored goals 23 seconds apart late in the second period to give Cape Elizabeth some breathing room. Drake Livada, Thomas Rich and Andrew Gibson assisted on the goals. Michael Kertes and Gibson scored early power-play goals for Cape Elizabeth, which finished the season with 11 victories in its final 12 games.

Maryland
Greenbelt Eleanor Roosevelt High swept the Class 4A-3A titles in the state indoor track meet Feb. 21. A young girls teams outscored Baltimore Western High 89-52 and had four individual event winners: sophomores Tasha Stanley (800 meters) and Dominique Lockhart (1,600) and juniors Tameka Johnson (500) and Marika Walker (3,200), as well as the winning 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams. Senior Mikias Gelagle (3,200) and junior Kelli Thibou (800) led the boys team, which outscored Rockville Richard Montgomery High 45-32. The 4x800 relay team also won.

Massachusetts
The inaugural dual-team state wrestling tournament is in the books. Division 1 power Lowell High (17-6) knocked off a pair of undefeated opponents, Chelmsford High and Methuen High, back-to-back in the semifinals and final to claim the North Region title, but couldn’t keep it going in the state meet, losing 41-23 to New Bedford High in the semifinals. New Bedford lost 35-28 to Springfield Central High (16-3) in the title match. North Andover High (30-0) edged Franklin High 30-29 in a battle of unbeatens to claim the Division 2 title. In the semifinals, Franklin had eliminated another unbeaten team, Natick High, 34-30. Wayland High (24-0) dominated in Division 3, beating Southwick Tolland High 52-12 in the semifinals and Winchester High 46-22 for the title.

Michigan
In the first double-overtime game in Class A championship game history, Saginaw Arthur Hill High outlasted Okemos High 85-84 as Darquavis Tucker scored 26 points, Tommie Prater 20 and Latreze Mushatt 19. The three players combined to shoot a blistering 69 per cent (24-of-35) from the field. The loss spoiled a brilliant 38-point outburst by Okemos guard Johnathon Jones, who was 12 of-16 from the field, including 6-of-7 from three-point range, and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line. Anthony Ianni (9-of-12 from the field) added 23 points for Okemos, which shot 57 per cent in the loss.

Minnesota
Minnesota wrestlers took the spotlight in the NHSCA Junior Nationals March 24 at Pittsburgh, Pa., winning three titles to lead all states. At 112, four-time state champion Zach Sanders of Wabasha-Kellogg High prevailed in one of the marquee matchups, outlasting two-time Delaware champion Connor McDonald of Georgetown Sussex Central High 7-4. State champion Mike Schmitz (160) of Stewartville High scored one of just two pins in the title round, and Tyler Hemmesch (215) of Elk River High made it 3-for-3 with a come-from-behind 6-4 victory. In the inaugural Sophomore Nationals, Derek Schreiner of Plymouth Wayzata High prevailed in an all-Minnesota final at 112, 13-3 over Cole Von Ohlen of Jackson County Central High.

Mississippi
Tamara Reed scored 12 points to help lead Waynesboro Wayne County High, ranked No. 14 in USA Today’s Girls Basketball Super 25, to a 64-57 Class 4A championship-game victory over Tunica Rosa Fort High. It was the second consecutive Class 4A title for Reed – for two different teams. She helped lead Bay St. Louis High to last year’s 4A crown, but transferred after Hurricane Katrina ravaged that community. Junior Shameka Russell led Wayne County with 22 points and 14 rebounds.

Missouri
James Washington scored 17 points to lead four players in double figures and St. Louis Vashon High (27-2) won its first boys basketball state title since 2002, outlasting Springfield Kickapoo High 58-55 to win the Class 5 crown. Bobby Hill scored 14 points and was 6-of-8 from the free-throw line, Brian Roach scored 12 and Leon Powell added 10 points and eight rebounds. Kickapoo’s Brian Richardson led all scorers with 18 points and Kyle Kirk added 15. Theresa Davis scored 12 points and had 13 rebounds as St. Louis Incarnate Word Academy pulled away in the second half for a 43-31 victory over Kansas City Notre Dame de Sion High in the Class 5A girls final.

Montana
Mark Desin of Billings Senior High was named the Montana Gatorade Player of the Year for the 2005-06 boys basketball season. The 5-foot-11 Desin averaged 21.0 points, 7.5 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 4.5 steals per game for the Broncs this season, earning Class AA all-state honors for the second straight year. He finished his career as Senior's all-time leading scorer with 1,267 points. Last fall, Desin, also Senior High’s quarterback, finished his football career as the state's all-time leading passer with 9,006 passing yards. Desin, who will attend Montana State University, where he plans to play both football and basketball. will graduate with a 3.4 grade-point average and scored 1,600 on the SAT.

Nebraska
Senior Jennifer Kocsis won the 200- and 500-meter freestyle titles and senior Karen Criss added the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke titles to pace Omaha Marian High to the girls state swimming title, 274-158 over Omaha Westside High Feb. 25. Sophomore Kelly Kunkel won the 100 freestyle and teamed with Kocsis to win the 200 and 400 relays. Omaha Westside used balance to nip Lincoln East High 225-209 for the boys title. Junior Spenser Lauver won the 200 freestyle and the 100 butterfly and Westside also took the 200 medley relay.

Nevada
Southern teams won five of the eight state basketball titles Feb. 25. Alamo Pahranegat Valley High swept the Class A titles, the boys team beating Owyhee High 59-43 in the semifinals and Las Vegas Trinity Christian School 71-52 for the title. The girls team beat Nixon Pyramid Lake High 62-49 in the semifinals and Lund High 52-47 in the title game. Reno High was the only Northern team to win a boys title, beating North Las Vegas Rancho High 87-63. Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High took the 4A girls title 65-56 over Sparks Edward C. Reed High. Spring Creek High won the Class 3A girls title, 58-45 over Las Vegas Faith Lutheran High and Battle Mountain High prevailed 53-46 over Needles High for the Class 2A girls crown. Faith Lutheran (3A) and Las Vegas Meadows School (2A) were the other boys champions.

New Hampshire
Manchester Central High center Tyler Roche, who led his team to its second consecutive Division 1 boys basketball state title, was selected Player of the Year by the Manchester Union-Leader. The 6-foot 7 senior averaged 24.3 points per game, shooting 59 per cent from the field and 40 per cent from three-point range. He averaged less than one turnover per game. Under his leadership, Central finished 25-0, with an average margin of victory of more than 20 points.

New Jersey
Two weeks after becoming the first wrestler in the 69-year history of the state wrestling tournament to become a four-time state champion, Lehigh recruit Mike Grey (125) of Morristown Delbarton High won the first of three titles to pace New Jersey to its first NHSCA Senior Nationals team title, 249-231.5 over California. Jordan Burroughs (135) of Atco Winslow Township High and Rutgers recruit D.J. Russo (215) of Stanhope Lenape Valley High added titles. New Jersey azlso finished second to Ohio in the Junior Nationals, Zach Rey (275) of Hopatcong High winning the title by injury default over Demitrius Hester of Paulsboro High in a rematch of the state final, won by Rey, 5-4.

New Mexico
Despite being upset by Albuquerque Eldorado High in the Class 5A state wrestling tournament in February, Rio Rancho High had a pair of its standouts shine in the NHSCA Junior Nationals March 24 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Matt Ortega (119) and Vicente Varela (130), both three-time state champions, advanced to the finals. Varela’s pin over Illinois champion John Odeen of Coal City High at 2:33 gave him not only the title, but the tournament’s Most Falls award with four pins in 10 minutes, 48 seconds. Ortega gave another Illinois champion, Tyler Clark of Orion High, a tremendous fight before losing 7-6.

New York
The Empire State turned in a solid performance on all three levels in the NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships March 21-26 at Pittsburgh, Pa. New York finished in the top four in the team standings in all three events – the Sophomore, Junior and Senior Nationals – and was one of only three states, joining Ohio and North Carolina, to crown at least one champion in each of the three events. Ryan Black (152) of Warrensburg High and Robert Eskander (215) of Webster Schroeder High won titles in the Sophomore Nationals, state champion Corey Jantzen (125) of Shoreham-Wading River High prevailed in the Junior Nationals and Hofstra recruit Louis Ruggirello (119) of Montgomery Valley Central High and Binghamton recruit Josh Patterson (171) of Ontario Wayne Central High were Senior Nationals champions.

North Carolina
Last fall, an unknown sophomore wrestler from Boone Watauga High, Jacob Earp, beat a pair of nationally-ranked wrestlers en route to the 130-pound title and the Outstanding Wrestler award in the NHSCA National Open Pre-Season Wrestling Championships. That title got Earp, who didn’t place in the state tournament as a freshman, off and running. He followed an unbeaten sophomore season and the Class 4A state title with the title in the inaugural NHSCA Sophomore Nationals March 24 at Pittsburgh, Pa. Earp won the title with a 16-5 major decision over Bryan Peace of Union (Ky.) Ryle High.

North Dakota
Miss Basketball winner Rebecca Feickert headlines this year’s North Dakota Class B girls all-state team. Though her Denhoff Sheridan County team (17-7 this season) never advanced to the state tournament – they were eliminated in the region semifinals three consecutive years – Feickert averaged 22 points and 16 rebounds this season. She finished her career with 1,798 points and more than 1,300 rebounds. Joining Feickert on the first team are Linton High’s Janell Huber, Adams-Edmore High’s Sara Sorbo, Trenton High’s Kim Oyloe and Sara Neubauer of unbeaten state champion Bottineau High, who averaged 20.1 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.6 steals per game.

Ohio
Ohio wrestlers won a pair of team titles in the NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships March 24 at Pittsburgh, Pa. The Buckeye State took the inaugural Sophomore Nationals, 182-165.5 over host Pennsylvania, and advanced six to the finals with Jedd Moore (140) of Mount Vernon High, Matt Fisher (189) of Sandusky Perkins High and John Hiles (275) of Columbus St. Francis de Sales High winning titles. Ohio also prevailed in the Junior Nationals, 182.5-157 over New Jersey as Colt Sponseller (152) of Millersburg West Holmes High and Dustin Kilgore (171) of Berea High won. Ohio State recruit Lance Palmer (140) of Lakewood St. Edward High and Penn State recruit David Rella (160) of Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit High won titles in the Senior Nationals as Ohio finished third.

Oklahoma
Edmond Santa Fe High guard Obi Muonelo was named the Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Muonelo, who is signed with Oklahoma State, averaged 19.7 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals per game this season for a Santa Fe team that won the Class 6A regional title and came within one game of the state tournament, losing in the area final to Norman High. Muonelo will play in the Jordan All-America Classic April 22.

Oregon
Kevin Love scored 24 points and Michael McLaughlin added 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field as top-ranked Lake Oswego High (26-3) held off South Medford High 59-57 for the Class 4A boys basketball title March 11. Love was 8-of-9 and Vincent Thomas 5-of-6 from the free-throw line as Lake Oswego was 19-of-24 overall. Love, a junior, averaged 24 points in three state tournament games and was a unanimous selection to the All-Tournament First Team. Beaverton Southridge High (26-2) rebounded from a seven-point first-period deficit to beat Oregon City High 55-46 for the Class 4A girls title as Michelle Jenkns scored 17 points and Stacey Nichols 16. Aarika Hughes (11 points, 12 rebounds) and J.J. Hones (six points, seven assists) were voted to the All-Tournament First Team.

Pennsylvania
Jordan Oliver (103) of Easton High won his second Outstanding Wrestler honor in two weeks, racking up a technical fall and three pins to win the first title in the inaugural NHSCA National High School Sophomores Wrestling Championships March 24 at Pittsburgh, Pa. Oliver also was voted the Outstanding Wrestler in the Class 3A state championships. Pennsylvania finished second to Ohio in the Sophomore Nationals and added a third-place finish in the Junior Nationals. Justin Accordino (140) of Wilkes-Barre James M. Coughlin High was a Junior champion.

Rhode Island
Anthony Ferrer’s victory in the 215-pound championship match lifted Cranston West High to the individual state team title by the slimmest of margins, 168.5-168 over East Providence High. The two teams and Warwick Bishop Hendricken High (164.5 points) were separated by just 2.5 points entering the finals. Cranston West got a title from Shawn Giblin (112) before East Providence rallied behind Stacy Weeden’s major decision victory at 130 and Bob Blakely’s win at 145. Cranston West also won the Haig Varadian Dual-Team State Meet, 34-28 over Bishop Hendricken.

South Carolina
Marcus Pope of Andrews High won the 110-meter hurdles in a personal-best time of 14.76 seconds in the Coaches Classic March 25 at Columbia Spring Valley High. Spring Valley’s Kate Niehaus won the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 57.43 seconds – two seconds faster than the state record time she established in winning the state meet last spring. Also setting a personal best: the Greenville J.L. Mann girls 4x100 relay team (49.56).

South Dakota
Down by as many as 10 points the first half, Sioux Falls O’Gorman High outscored Pierre 23-12 in the fourth quarter, rallying for a 53-47 victory and the Class AA boys basketball state title March 18. Dusty Coleman scored 16 points and Tyler Schulte added 13 for O’Gorman. Pierre, with T.J. McCauley scoring 16 points, outshot O’Gorman from the field and at the free-throw line and held a 26-20 rebounding edge, but committed 16 turnovers. On March 11, Sioux Falls Roosevelt High outscored O’Gorman’s girls team 35-18 the second half to win 47-42 in the Class AA final. Chantel Tengwall scored 11 points and Julie Wagner 10 as Roosevelt overcame 34 per cent shooting for the win.

Tennessee
Shelbyville Central High’s boys and girls basketball teams both advanced to the Division 1 Class 3A state finals, both going down to defeat. Tournament MVP Tierney Jenkins scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to rally Lebanon Wilson Central High (32-7) past Shelbyville Central High 44-38 for the Division 1 Class 3A girls basketball state title March 11. Cameryn Calhoun added 11 points, while Shelbyville Central’s Janay Armstrong led all scorers with 17 points. Unbeaten Memphis Hamilton High (29-0) outlasted the Golden Eagles boys team 76-75 in double overtime as tournament MVP Joseph Watkins had 29 points and 14 rebounds. Dequan Twilley scored 31 points and Barry Stewart had 22 points and 15 rebounds for Shelbyville Central.

Texas
Trailing by 10 points at halftime, Plano Senior High rallied to stun defending champion Humble Kingwood High 60-58 in overtime to win the Class 5A boys basketball state title March 11. John Roberson scored 24 points and Joseph Fulce added 16 for Plano, which overcame a 31-point assault by Kingwood’s Nic Wise. Kathleen Nash scored 17 points, Alexis Morgan scored 14 and Kristen Nash had nine points and 10 rebounds as Plano West High outscored Rockwall High 24-8 in the third quarter and went on to win the Class 5A girls basketball title 54-47. Rockwall’s Genevieve Campbell led all scorers with 22 points.

Utah
Orem Mountain View High's Michelle Harrison was chosen to participate in the McDonald's All-American game. She scored five points and added two rebounds, a block and a steal to help the West team beat the East 80-76 at Cox Arena in San Diego, Calif. The 6-foot-2 Harrison, who is signed with Stanford, helped Mountain View advance to the Class 5A state girls basketball title game.

Vermont
Scott Legacy, who has coached Bennington Mount Anthony High to 18 consecutive state wrestling team titles, is among 17 inductees into the Vermont Principals Association Hall of Fame for 2006. Other coaches selected: James Bashaw of BFA-St. Albans High, Bill Callahan of Jericho Mount Mansfield High and Burlington High, Leon Royce of Windsor High, and Maureen Capman of Poultney High. They will be inducted at the Holiday Inn in South Burlington on May 2. The Class of 2006 brings the total number of inductees to 70 in the four years since the Hall of Fame was formed.

Virginia
Norfolk Booker T. Washington High (25-6) claimed its first Group 3A state title in 20 years, upending Herndon High 55-51 March 11. Guard Brandon Plummer led the Bookers with 17 points and Antoine Perry added 12, including two of the Bookers’ five 3-pointers. The two also turned in a stellar defensive effort to contain McDonald’s All-American guard Scottie Reynolds, who is signed with Oklahoma. Reynolds led all scorers with 20 points and, despite taking only 13 shots, did what he could, twice giving Herndon late leads on a free throw with 2:30 to play and a 10-foot jumper with 1:49 left. The loss denied Herndon (26-5) a chance to become the first state champion from the Northern Region since 1981.

Washington
Seattle Franklin High outscored Veradale Central Valley High 22-7 in the second quarter and went on to win 70-51 in the Class 4A boys basketball championship game March 11. Guard Venoy Overton scored 20 points for Franklin and keyed a defense that forced 28 Central Valley turnovers. Shooting 54 pre cent from the field, Spokane Lewis and Clark High breezed to a 40-21 halftime lead and pounded Brush Prairie Prairie High 66-44 for the girls Class 4A title. Katelan Redmon made 10 of 12 field goal attempts and scored 22 points. Heather Bowman scored 15 points for Lewis and Clark and Lyndi Seidensticker 10.

West Virginia
Private schools have been part of West Virginia high school sports since the late 1970s. That could change if a proposal by Meadow Bridge High boys basketball coach Ed McCall is enacted. McCall’s proposal is that the state's 13 private schools be placed in a separate class known as AP (for private) and contest their own state championship. "When you look at Catholic schools and Christian schools, their No. 1 marketing tool is a successful athletic program and I don't blame them for that," McCall told the Charleston Daily Mail. “They're operating a business. (Meadow Bridge has) the top test scores in the county, yet I can't sell that.” Member school principals will vote on McCall's proposal this week.

Wisconsin
Oshkosh West High (26-0) completed an unbeaten season, getting 21 points and 12 rebounds from center Andy Polka in a 62-50 victory over Madison Memorial High in the Division 1 boys basketball final March 18. Tim Jarmusz scored 17 points, going 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, and Austin Meier added eight points and 10 rebounds. Kaitlyn Bettiga’s layup with five seconds remaining gave Green Bay Ashwaubenon High (22-5) a 37-35 victory over Waterford High in the Division 1 girls basketball final. Erin Riutta scored 10 points to lead Ashwaubenon. Waterford’s Lindsey Wutt led all scorers with 18 points.

Wyoming
A 16-4 third-period burst helped Cheyenne East High take command of the Class 4A boys basketball title game March 11 as they turned back cross-town rival Cheyenne Central High, 62-49. James Johnson, a 6-foot-6 junior, scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and 6-foot-4 senior J.B. Hairston added 19 points as Cheyenne East shot 51 per cent from the field while holding Central to 29 per cent shooting. Gillette Campbell County High took the girls title, 54-39 over Cheyenne Central as Alyssa Lyman scored 15 points, Megan Mordecai 12 and Bridgett Shippy 10.