8:12 p.m. ET March 4, 2017

Genoa 48, Woodmore 38

Jacob Plantz had 12 points and Sam Sutter 11 as Genoa won the Division III sectional final at Oak Harbor.

The Comets (20-3) play Cardinal Stritch at 8 p.m. Thursday at Central Catholic.

Genoa scored eight straight points in the opening quarter but Woodmores Derek Wank hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for a 12-10 deficit. Wank had 15 points for the Wildcats (9-15).

The Comets led 22-19 at the half and later scored seven straight for a 29-21 lead. A 12-2 run led to a 34-23 advantage after three quarters.

Genoa allowed nine buckets inside the arc.

Toledo St. Johns 48, Fremont Ross 40

Brandon Trolio had 11 points in his final game and Ross led entering the fourth quarter in the Division I sectional final at Central Catholic.

The Little Giants (7-17) lost to the fifth-ranked Titans twice by an average of 29 points in the regular season.

Taylor Druckenmiller and Alec Snodgrass are also seniors.

"Those three players are tremendous," Gedeon said. "They deserve to wear the Fremont Ross uniform and they wear it with pride.

Seeing these kids grow up, I told them in the locker room it is tough to say good-bye to quality seniors. And that is what they are."

Margaretta 60, Crestview 45

The Polar Bears sprinted to a 10-point first quarter lead and made it stand in Fridays tournament game.

Margaretta plays Edison at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at Norwalk.

The Cougars cut the deficit to seven at the half at 31-24, but the second half belonged to Margaretta.

Nick Leibacher led the way for the Bears with 18 points while Angelo Frias and Bailey Kimberlin added 15 and 10 respectively.

Sandusky 65, Bellevue 53

Bellevue put a scare into Sandusky early in this game before falling in tournament action at Willard.

The Redmen (10-14) led 12-11 after the first quarter but were not able to keep the advantage and found themselves down 28-22 as the teams went to the locker rooms. The second half was all Sandusky (19-4) as they added to their lead.

Owen Hartley led Bellevue with 17 points and Cody Snyder added 10 more.

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