By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

GIRLS BASKETBALL

OHSAA STATE SEMIFINAL PAIRINGS

(Winners advance to the state finals, which will be hosted by the University of Dayton on March 14-15).

Note: Home teams are listed first.

Division I

Rocky River Magnificat (20-5) vs. Pickerington Central (23-3), Sunday, March 9, at Mansfield Senior High School, 1 p.m.

Springboro (22-4) vs. Cincinnati Princeton (20-6), Sunday, March 9, at Fairfield High School, 5 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 8:30 p.m.

Division II                              

Olmsted Falls (21-5) vs. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (23-2), Sunday, March 9, at Mansfield Senior High School, 4 p.m.

Sunbury Big Walnut (24-3) vs. Cincinnati Winton Woods (26-0), Sunday, March 9, at Vandalia Butler High School, 3 p.m.

State Championship: Friday, March 14, at University of Dayton Arena, 7:30 p.m.

Division III

Lyndhurst Brush (24-2) vs. Avon Lake (22-5), Sunday, March 9, at Canton Field House, 3 p.m.

Toledo Notre Dame Academy (21-6) vs. Cincinnati Purcell Marian (21-6), Sunday, March 9, at St. Marys Memorial High School, 3 p.m.

State Championship: Friday, March 14, at University of Dayton Arena, 1 p.m.

Division IV

Shaker Heights Laurel (14-13) vs. Bellevue (26-1), Saturday, March 8, at Elyria Catholic High School, 3 p.m.

Lancaster Fairfield Union (27-0) vs. Kettering Archbishop Alter (18-8), Saturday, March 8, at Ohio Dominican University, 1 p.m.

State Championship: Friday, March 14, at University of Dayton Arena, 4:15 p.m.

Division V

Creston Norwayne (24-3) vs. Columbus Africentric Early College (21-7), Saturday, March 8, at Mansfield Senior High School, 2 p.m.

Portsmouth (25-1) vs. Proctorville Fairland (21-5), Saturday, March 8, at Logan High School, 4 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 10:45 a.m.

Division VI

Rootstown (27-1) vs. Beverly Fort Frye (21-4), Friday, March 7, at Claymont High School, 7 p.m.

Columbus Grove (25-2) vs. Minster (22-5), Friday, March 7, at Elida High School, 6 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 2 p.m.

Division VII

Mogadore (23-4) vs. Waterford (25-1), Friday, March 7, at Dover High School, 7 p.m.

Ottoville (25-2) vs. Fort Loramie (24-3), Friday, March 7, at Elida High School, 8:30 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 5:15 p.m.