Maumee Valley clinched its first Sectional title in over 10 years Friday March 2, 2012 at Eastwood High School, defeating the Ottawa Hills Green Bears 42-39.
It was a tremendous atmosphere at Eastwood, the gym nearly filled to capacity in the first of a two game double header. Ottawa Hills stymied the Hawks most all evening with their 2-3 zone, and the lead changed hands five times during the evening. OH led early on the strength of their front line players, Lucas Janowicz and RJ Coil and Geoffery Beans. In fact, the Bears outshot MV from both the three point arc and the free throw line.
However, the Hawks used tough defense, forcing enough turnovers to give MV (an unofficial) 37-25 shot advantage. MV took the lead down the stretch on the strength of two clutch drives by Julius Turner. Here's the second, which made the BCSN list of top plays for the night...
And with 4:00 remaining in the game and a four point lead, the Blue and White ran the clock out - not without OH having their chances to tie - right down to the last play of the game...
...and at the end, Maumee Valley cut the nets down for a Sectional Crown.
It was a great win for Coach Jim Robinson, who broke a long playoff win drought this evening. It was also a rare 3-0 season sweep for the Hawks, achieving one of the more difficult goals in basketball.
Scoring for the Hawks - Jared Sturt with 11, Rick Deichert and Jon Krueger 8, Julius Turner 6, Dave Brown 5 and Dixon Stoddard 4. Caleb Willhight also saw action on the night.
The Hawks now move to the District round at Lakota High School in Kansas, Ohio, where they face Fostoria Sectional #2 seed Tiffin Calvert out of the Midland Athletic League Tuesday March 6, at 8:00 pm.
Congratulations also to the Toledo Christian Eagles, who defeated the Gibsonburg Golden Bears 45-40 in the second game. TC moves on to face New Riegel in Game 1 at Lakota - tip-off at 6:15pm.
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