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BOYS BASKETBALL  STATE SEMIFINALS

Div. III

Villa-Angela-St. Joseph 73, Proctorville Fairland 50

COLUMBUS (AP) — Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph is on a mission to win its sixth title after routing Proctorville Fairland 73-50 in a boys Division III semifinal Friday.

The Vikings (22-6) in the previous four seasons won championships in 2013 and 2015 and were runner-ups in 2014 and 2016. They play Cincinnati Roger Bacon Saturday in Columbus.

Villa Angela-St. Joseph increased an 18-10 lead after one quarter to 39-19 at the half with the help of William Butler. He came off the bench to score all of his 16 points, including three 3-pointers, in 11 minutes before the break.

Alonzo Gaffney had 18 points and Jerry Higgins 15 for the Vikings. Keedrick Cunningham scored 17 for Fairland (25-2).

St. Bernard Roger Bacon 68, Archbold 43

COLUMBUS (AP) — St. Bernard Roger Bacon took advantage of cold-shooting Archbold to build a big halftime lead and cruise to a 68-43 victory in a boys Division III semifinal Friday.

The Spartans (25-4) play Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph in Columbus on Saturday. Roger Bacon is seeking its third title. The most recent was in 2002 when the Spartans upset LeBron James’ Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary team.

Archbold (22-5) missed its first eight shots to trail 10-0 and was 5 of 25 (20 percent) in the first half, falling behind 35-16.

Roger Bacon outscored Archbold in the paint 46-4 and 24-5 on fast-break points.

James Johnson and Justin Johnson each had 15 points for Roger Bacon. Teammates Alec Pfriem and Craig McGee Jr. each added 12 points.

Bryce Williams scored 11 for Archbold.

Div. I

Cincinnati Moeller 57, Pickerington Central 47

COLUMBUS (AP) — Three 3-pointers helped Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller to a 57-47 victory over Pickerington Central after Pickerington had tied the score early in the fourth quarter of a boys Division I semifinal game on Friday.

Isaiah Payton made two of the Crusaders’ 3-pointers.

Moeller (28-0) plays Massillon Jackson Saturday in Columbus. Moeller’s most recent of three state titles was in 2007.

Payton’s first 3-pointer broke a 41-41 tie with five minutes remaining, putting the Crusaders ahead for good. Keegan McDowell made it 47-43 with a 3-pointer and Payton added his second one for a 50-45 lead with 2:30 remaining. Payton and McDowell each had 10 points.

Jeremiah Davenport led Moeller with 17 points. Jeremiah Francis had 13 of his 16 points in the first half for Central (26-3).

Massillon Jackson 75, St. Edward 64

COLUMBUS (AP) — Kyle Young scored 25 points to lead Massillon Jackson to the title game for the first time in seven years with a 75-64 win over Lakewood St. Edward in a Division I semifinal.

Young made 10 of 12 field goals on Friday and had three thunderous dunks as the Polar Bears (27-2) seek to repeat their 2010 championship. They’ll play Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

St. Edward (23-6) trailed by 19 in the third quarter and 15 with six minutes to play before making it 61-52 on a Michael Dowell 3-pointer. But it got no closer even though Jackson missed 18 of 34 free throws in the game.

Logan Hill and Kyle Nicolas each had 11 points for Jackson. Thomas Schmock scored 23 points for St. Edward.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.

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