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Two schools with incredible championship pedigree will battle it out for the DVI title.

Onto the State Championship Game Tomorrow‼️🏀

The Hilland Hawks will play for a state championship

Final from Wright State: St John’s - 61 Malvern Hornets - 32 Congratulations Hornets on an outstanding season, we’ve enjoyed the ride!!! @EastDistrictAB @hornets_malvern

Good luck to the Hornets!

Dave Schlabach (Hiland) was recognized this past weekend at the OHSAA Girls’ State Basketball Tournament. Coach Schlabach was Ohio’s recipient of the John Wooden Legacy Award.

The following coaches were honored this past weekend at the Girls’ State Basketball Tournament for achieving over 300 wins in their career. Al Martin (Cuyahoga Heights) Matt Ward (Tusky Valley) Troy Yant (Ottawa-Glandorf)

The Strasburg Lady Tigers are girls basketball state champions for the first time in program history after a monumental defensive tournament run outscoring its opponents 438-177 including allowing a state tournament record 17 points in their D7 Championship victory over Russia. Our Travis Berardi went to Strasburg to chat with head coach Tyler Bates and the Lady Tigers as the realization of becoming state champions has started to set in.

Here’s how many career boys basketball coaching wins the 28 Final Four coaches have—6,601 combined wins! —Dennis Tucci of @hornets_malvern got his 600th win in the Regional Final last week, good for 22nd All-Time. If you include his 57 wins for the Parkersburg Catholic (WV) girls program in the 80’s, he’s at 657! —Mark Schlabach of @HilandAthletics has the Most Wins per Season of any coach in OHSAA History with at least 500 wins (22.1). —Aaron Elwer of @DSJBasketball got his 250th win vs. Kalida last season. If DSJ wins the State Title, it’ll be his 300th win—and it could come against Kalida again. —Brett Norris of @jagsbballnation began his head coaching career at Delphos St. John’s, racking up 177 wins for the Blue Jays from 1996-2005. —Josh Hose of Massillon also has 109 wins when he coached the Tuslaw girls program prior to taking over for the Tigers. —There’s 2 first-year head coaches. Andy Hoying of @PerkinsBasketb1 & Cole Smith of @WestMSports. Hoying was 2012 D4 Player of the Year and State Runner-Up at Jackson Center.

IVC Boys Basketball State Final Four

Congratulations Malvern!!!

History made for @hornets_malvern! For the first time in program history, the Hornets (19-9) are dancing on to the D7 State Tournament! The historic tenure of 33-year head coach Dennis Tucci is now elevated even more by his first ever trip to the final four. The Hornets are not done yet, as they will head to Wright State University on Friday afternoon to square off against #1 Delphos St. John's at 12pm.

Congratulations to the Malvern Hornets! What an incredible accomplishment for their program! Very happy for them.

Congratulations to the Hiland Hawks as they are headed back to the Final Four!

THE TEAM THE TEAM THE TEAM Our Strasburg Lady Tigers are State Champions! Made History! Congratulations! Time to drop a banner!

DVII Girls State Championship MVP Ally Miller highlights her performance. @StrasburgSports @OHSAASports #ohsaa

Olivia Spidell explains what it took to pull of a win for @StrasburgSports against @LocalRussia Saturday morning. #ohsaa @OHSAASports