WADSWORTH — The Archbishop Hoban and Twinsburg girls basketball teams return to Wadsworth High School on Thursday, March 5, with a regional championship trophy and a state semifinal appearance up for grabs.
Hoban (19-4) and Twinsburg (21-5) are scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. in the Division II, Region 5 final. The Knights topped the Tigers 52-40 in each teams’ regular-season opener Nov. 23.
The winning team Thursday leaves Wadsworth a regional champion and will play in a state semifinal Friday, March 13, against Hudson or Olmsted Falls at a time and site to be determined by the OHSAA.
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Hoban tops Twinsburg 76-50 to win a regional championship and advance to a state semifinal
Hoban tops Twinsburg 76-50 to win a regional championship and advance to a state semifinal.
Niera Stevens leads Hoban to the win with 20 points. Amariya Davis finishes with 15 points and Ella Bockmore adds 12 points. Zoey Hodge scored eight points, Milan Pearson chipped in seven points and MaKenzie Grant added six points.
Kayla Cellura scored 13 points for Twinsburg. Taylor Dye and Jaci Hutton each scored 10 points.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 71-46 with 2:30 to go in the fourth quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 71-46 with 3:16 to go in the fourth quarter after Ella Bockmore makes two free throws. Bockmore has 11 points.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 67-42 with 3:16 to go in the fourth quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 67-42 with 3:16 to go in the fourth quarter.
Niera Stevens has 20 points for Hoban and Amariya Davis is at 15 points.
Kayla Cellura has 11 points for Twinsburg and Taylor Dye is at 10 points.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 63-42 with 5:17 to go in the fourth quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 63-42 with 5:17 to go in the fourth quarter.
Niera Stevens has 18 points for Hoban and Amariya Davis is at 13 points.
Kayla Cellura has 11 points for Twinsburg and Taylor Dye is at 10 points.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 57-33 through three quarters
Hoban leads Twinsburg 57-33 through three quarters.
Niera Stevens has 18 points for Hoban. Amariya Davis is at 11 points. MaKenzie Grant and Zoey Hodge have six points apiece.
Kayla Cellura has nine points for Twinsburg and Taylor Dye is at eight points.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 49-25 with 3:47 to go in the third quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 49-25 with 3:47 to go in the third quarter. The Knights have outscored the Tigers 19-6 in the quarter.
Amariya Davis makes a 3-pointer, Niera Stevens adds a jumper and Davis makes two free throws.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 40-21 with 5:55 remaining in the third quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 40-21 with 5:55 remaining in the third quarter. Timeout on the court after Amariya Davis makes a 3-pointer for Hoban.
Niera Stevens leads Hoban with 12 points. She has scored four points in the third quarter. Kathleen Jones has a layup and MaKenzie Grant made a free throw.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 30-19 at halftime
Hoban leads Twinsburg 30-19 at halftime.
Twinsburg scores the final seven points in the second quarter. Taylor Dye made two free throws and a short jumper, and Kayla Cellura contributed a layup and a free throw for the Tigers.
Niera Stevens leads Hoban with eight points and five rebounds. Zoey Hodge has six points. MaKenzie Grant is at five points, five rebounds and two steals. Ella Bockmore has three points and five assists. Ella Greer has two points and six rebounds.
Dye land Cellura lead Twinsburg with six points apiece. Mackenzie Sweeney is at five points.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 28-12 with 2:48 remaining in the second quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 28-12 with 2:48 remaining in the second quarter.
Hoban’s Amariya Davis made a 3-pointer to make it 24-12 with 4:20 on the clock, MaKenzie Grant made a layup to make it 26-12 at 2:52 and Hodge added a layup to make it 28-12 at 2:48. Ella Bockmore assisted on three field goals.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 17-12 with 5:44 remaining in the second quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 17-12 with 5:44 remaining in the second quarter.
Zoey Hodge has made 4 of 5 free throws in the second quarter to account for Hoban’s scoring. Kayla Cellura made a 3-pointer for Twinsburg in the second quarter.
Hoban leads Twinsburg 13-9 at the end of the first quarter
Hoban leads Twinsburg 13-9 at the end of the first quarter.
The Knights score the final seven points of the first quarter. Niera Stevens has four points for Hoban. MaKenzie Grant, Ella Bockmore and Milan Pearson have three points apiece.
Mackenzie Sweeney has five points for Twinsburg. Taylor Dye and Lola Young each have two points.
Twinsburg leads Hoban 9-6 with 1:44 to go in the first quarter
Twinsburg leads Hoban 9-6 with 1:44 to go in the first quarter.
Mackenzie Sweeney has five points for Twinsburg and Niera Stevens has four points for Hoban.
What to know about Hoban’s win over Nordonia in an OHSAA girls basketball regional semifinal
Senior Niera Stevens led Hoban to an 80-42 win over Nordonia in a Division II, Region 5 semifinal Tuesday, March 3, at Wadsworth.
Hoban (19-4) went with its usual five senior starters and led 34-12 at the end of the first quarter in the matchup of Knights.
Stevens scored 12 of her 18 points in the opening eight minutes.
Hoban senior MaKenzie Grant scored 13 points and senior Amariya Davis had 10 points, three assists and three steals.
“My senior group is playing very well,” Hoban coach Pamela Davis said. “We’re very excited to be here in the regional final once again. We’ve been waiting for this day for a whole year, so hopefully my seniors have the experience to take us over the top and I have a great supporting sophomore class.
“I thought our focus, our energy and our execution was on point. … We had a lot of kids that scored tonight, and that’s what makes us dangerous.”
Hoban ran past Nordonia with other solid performances by sophomore Ella Bockmore (nine points, four assists, three steals), senior Zoey Hodge (eight points, six rebounds), sophomore Milan Pearson (seven points), junior Kate Wiedt (six points) and sophomore Kadence Golden (five points).
What to know about Twinsburg’s win over Massillon in an OHSAA girls basketball regional semifinal
Senior Kayla Cellura guided Twinsburg to a 63-57 victory over Massillon in a Division II, Region 5 semifinal Tuesday, March 3, at Wadsworth.
Twinsburg (21-5) led the majority of the matchup between Tigers, but Massillon sophomore Delaney Pierce made things very interesting in the final five minutes.
Pierce made a layup, free throw and 3-pointer to give Massillon a 53-50 lead with 3:38 to go in the fourth quarter. Twinsburg then ended the game on a 13-4 run as seniors Cellura, Mackenzie Sweeney, Taylor Dye and Christian Fletcher made big plays.
Sweeney made two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. After Dye recorded a steal and a layup with about 45 seconds on the clock to tie the score 57-57, Cellura made two free throws with 25.8 seconds remaining to give Twinsburg a 59-57 lead and Dye added two free throws with 10.5 seconds to go to make it 61-57.
“We play in tough games all year in a tough conference,” Twinsburg coach Spencer Genos said. “We went to Florida and played some tough teams there. We played in close games all year, and when push came to shove our seniors just stepped up with fantastic plays. Taylor Dye diving on the floor for loose balls. Free throws by Kayla and Taylor, Christian handling the ball off the bench. Everyone seemed to step up when it mattered most and I really loved our defense.”
Cellura, who scored 12 of her 27 points in the first quarter, also finished with five rebounds.
Cellura surpassed 1,000 career points in the first quarter, one game after Dye eclipsed 1,000 career points in a district final win over Wooster.
Fletcher totaled 14 points, four steals and four rebounds.
Sweeney scored 11 points, Dye added five points, six assists and three steals and junior Giana Taylor totaled four points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
More details on the Hoban Knights girls basketball team
Hoban defeated North Royalton 66-38 in the Division II, Northeast 3 district final on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Canfield.
No. 1 seed Hoban jumped out to a 24-7 first-quarter lead and never looked back against No. 23 North Royalton (8-16). Knights guard Niera Stevens scored 18 points, Amariya Davis made five 3-pointers and contributed 17 points and Ella Bockmore added 10 points. Hoban’s pressure forced North Royalton into 27 turnovers.
Stevens averages around 17 points, four rebounds and two steals and is a Mercyhurst College recruit. Stevens scored 17 points to surpass 1,000 career points in a 72-17 win over Garfield in a district semifinal game. Stevens scored 33 points in a loss against South Fayette, a two-time defending 5A PIAA state champion. She also scored 27 points in a win over Padua.
Davis and MaKenzie Grant average around 11 points apiece.
More details on the Twinsburg Tigers girls basketball team
Twinsburg defeated Wooster 62-34 in Division II, Northeast 2 district final at Medina on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Kayla Cellura, Taylor Dye and Jaci Hutton are players to watch for the third-seeded Tigers, who rolled past the 21st-seeded Generals (12-12). Cellura made five 3s and finished with 26 points and Dye had 17 points and had eight assists. Dye scored her 1,000th point in the fourth quarter.
Dye averages around 11 points, five assists, three rebounds and three steals. She made six 3-pointers and finished with 21 points in Twinsburg’s 57-18 win over Green in a district semifinal.
Cellura averages around 11 points, two assists and two steals. Hutton averages around 11 points, three steals and two assists.
Akron Beacon Journal sports writer Michael Beaven can be reached by email at mbeaven@thebeaconjournal.
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