OVAC Finals 2/11

[blackshooky]

Championship Finals
At Harrison Central High School
Saturday, February 11, 2023

10:00 a.m. – Class 2-A, Monroe Central vs River
12 noon — Class 3-A, Linsly vs Martins Ferry
2:00 p.m. – Class 4-A, Weir vs East Liverpool
4:00 p.m. – Class 5-A, Dover vs Morgantown
6:00 p.m. – Class 1-A, Madonna vs Cameron

You can watch the games live on WTRF.com and on the 7News Facebook page.

[E High]

River. Linley. Liverpool. Morgantown in a close one and Cameron

[MetalheadGamer87]

River l8-11 over Monroe Central at half in 2-A

[MetalheadGamer87]

River OVAC champs 48-33

[carbon_dated]

in 3-A Linsly beat Martins Ferry 70-54
in 1-A Dover beat Morgantown 28-20, #1 in WV AAAA

games are live on wtrf.com site 2 more to go

[Whs95fan]

in 3-A Linsly beat Martins Ferry 70-54
in 1-A Dover beat Morgantown 28-20, #1 in WV AAAA

games are live on wtrf.com site 2 more to go

Realize there's a huge difference between Ohio and WV when it comes to the big school division but I really expected Morgantown to put up a better fight. 20 points!?

[blackshooky]

10:00 a.m. – Class 2-A
#1 River 48 #2 Monroe Central 33
John Howell Memorial MVP Award – Brody Lollathin, River

12 noon -- Class 3-A
#3 Linsly 70 #1 Martins Ferry 54
John Howell Memorial MVP Award – Gavin Jackson, Linsly

2:00 p.m. – Class 4-A
#1 East Liverpool 59 #2 Weir 57
John Howell Memorial MVP Award – Preston Kerr, East Liverpool

4:00 p.m. – Class 5-A
#2 Dover 28 #1 Morgantown 20
John Howell Memorial MVP Award – Tyler Stevenson, Dover

6:00 p.m. – Class 1-A
#2 Madonna 69 #1 Cameron 55
John Howell Memorial MVP Award – Santo Do Brasko, Madonna

[mhs95_06]

Dover has a great coach. Would have loved to see the strategy of that game unfold.

[Sportsfan01]

Dover has a great coach. Would have loved to see the strategy of that game unfold.

I was at this game. Morgantown sit back in a 2-3 zone and Dover just played in patient and worked the ball around until they got the shot they wanted. If I recall Morgantown scored the first 4 points and that was the only time it was more than a 1 possession game until late 4th quarter. Dover hit a couple threes on back to back possessions and that was the difference. Morgantown just refused to come out of the zone and Dover was content just playing it patient. Kudos to Dover though, not many teams could have played it patient like that without turning the ball over a lot.

[mhs95_06]

Dover has a great coach. Would have loved to see the strategy of that game unfold.

I was at this game. Morgantown sit back in a 2-3 zone and Dover just played in patient and worked the ball around until they got the shot they wanted. If I recall Morgantown scored the first 4 points and that was the only time it was more than a 1 possession game until late 4th quarter. Dover hit a couple threes on back to back possessions and that was the difference. Morgantown just refused to come out of the zone and Dover was content just playing it patient. Kudos to Dover though, not many teams could have played it patient like that without turning the ball over a lot.

Thanks for the rundown. Having the lead with the ball is a much more powerful position without the shot clock.

[Sportsfan01]

Dover has a great coach. Would have loved to see the strategy of that game unfold.

I was at this game. Morgantown sit back in a 2-3 zone and Dover just played in patient and worked the ball around until they got the shot they wanted. If I recall Morgantown scored the first 4 points and that was the only time it was more than a 1 possession game until late 4th quarter. Dover hit a couple threes on back to back possessions and that was the difference. Morgantown just refused to come out of the zone and Dover was content just playing it patient. Kudos to Dover though, not many teams could have played it patient like that without turning the ball over a lot.

Thanks for the rundown. Having the lead with the ball is a much more powerful position without the shot clock.

I speculating here a little bit because I haven’t seen Morgantown play outside of the OVAC championship game. But it felt to me like Morgantown’s strategy to play the zone was good for them on the defensive end, but ultimately hurt them on the offensive end because the zone caused a slow pace. I think Morgantown offensively needed to the game to be faster pace, but I don’t think they felt they could guard Dover man to man.