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SUNDAY, MARCH E!E5,1i!007
MOELLER, NORTH COL~EGE HILL, GEORGETOWN WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DIVISIONS I, III, IV
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Moeller players celebrate the school's third state championship in the past nine seasons. The Crusaders beat St. Xavier 43-40.
OWMBUS-On pick Damon Butler an unprecedented scored 20 points, includday for Cincinnatiing the go-ahead jumper area high school late in the game for the basketball, it seemed only Trojans, who trailed by as fitting that the night endmany as nine points in ed with two area teams the first half. bat;t;Jillg one another for a "All year, we knew we state .title. were going to come back .rvloeller capped a to Columbus and win ch~pionship day, beatstate again," Butler said. 'They're all special, but ing'~reater Catholic League-South rival St Xa- this one means a lot bevier 43-40 for the Division cause people doubted I site championship Satus." ur$ynight¡ And Georgetowh capped a perfect season, The end zone behind on~ basket at Ohio State's winning the Division IV Valle City Aren.a was a state title with a 75-66 vicsea of blue, and the other tory over previously unwas equally gold, as a beaten Columbus Harvest crowa of 14,307 watched. Prep. '1~s unbelievable," said "You could not have Moeper's Troy Tabler, written or dreamed this, the ~e MVP. "Wmning and trust me, I've state,.."as a senior, you dreamed of sitting here with this trophy in front e&!'~beat it" of me many, many days," Ef"lier in the day, said Georgetown coach Norfl College Hill, the versj>n without OJ. Jerry Underwood. Mayt) and Bill Walker, It was the first time the Cincinnati area produced wo+. third straight Divisi III state champion- three state champions in shi "th a 5045 victory one season in the 85-year p-ranked Findlay history of the tourna-Benton. ment d-team all-state More coverage, C4
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North College Hill's Dwayne Parks (from left}, Damon Butler and Alfonso McPherson soak in their 50-45 win against Liberty-Benton in the Division Ill state final.
Georgetown'sJay Chadwell
(center) and teammatescelebrate after they beat Harvest Prep 75-66 in the Division IV title game.
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