By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

The OHSAA’s high school boys basketball tournament seeds and first-round parings were announced on Sunday.

The 2024-25 tournament will be the state’s first-ever with its new and expanded seven-division format.

Here is a look at where all of Portage County’s teams landed:

DIVISION III, REGION 9

Northeast 2 Sectional Final

• Saturday, Feb. 22: No. 40 Aurora at No. 18 Akron-Garfield, 7 p.m.

Northeast 5 Sectional Semifinal

• Tuesday, Feb. 18: No. 45 Cleveland East Technical at No. 44 Kent Roosevelt, 7 p.m.

DIVISION IV, REGION 13

Northeast 1 Sectional Final

• Friday, Feb. 21: No. 30 Field at No. 23 Cloverleaf, 7 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. 21: No. 13 Villa Angela-St. Joseph at No. 7 Streetsboro, 7 p.m.

Northeast 2 Sectional Final

• Friday, Feb. 21: No. 35 Ravenna at No. 1 Canfield, 7 p.m.

DIVISION V, REGION 17

Northeast 1 Sectional Final

• Saturday, Feb. 22: No. 26 Tuslaw at No. 21 Southeast, 7 p.m.

Northeast 3 Sectional Final

• Saturday, Feb. 22: No. 15 Girard at No. 12 Garfield, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 22: No. 19 Cardinal Mooney at No. 8 Crestwood, 7 p.m.

DIVISION VI, REGION 21

Northeast 1 Sectional Final

• Friday, Feb. 21: No. 28 Black River at No. 17 Mogadore, 7 p.m.

Northeast 2 Sectional Final

• Friday, Feb. 21: No. 27 Rootstown at No. 7 Lake Center Christian, 7 p.m.

DIVISION VII, REGION 25

Northeast 1 Sectional Semifinal

• Wednesday, Feb. 19: No. 24 Waterloo at No. 1 Cornerstone Christian, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 22: No. 10 Windham at No. 9 Berlin Center Western Reserve, 7 p.m.