North Ridgeville's Grace Kingery takes a shot during a game against Rocky River on Feb. 22. (Joe Colon – For Morning Journal)
Although Olmsted Falls, Columbia and North Ridgeville are less than 10 miles apart, three players and one coach from these schools were selected to represent women's basketball in Morning Journal's coverage area. Ta.
On April 17, the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association announced the roster for the annual Boys and Girls North-South All-Star Game, which includes North Ridgeville's Grace Kingery, Columbia's Elise Champagne and Coach Jordan. • Included were Daniel Cameron of Eaton and Olmsted Falls.
The game will be played April 26, with the girls' game tipping off before the boys' game at 6:30 p.m. at Olentangy Liberty High School.
Cameron and Eaton, a pair of Division I state championships, are running back Olivia Skillings (Mechanicsburg), Emily Bratton (Bloom Carroll), Berry Wallace (Pickerington Central), Jamisyn Stinson (Sheridan); She will team up with Kelsey Harlan (River) on the South team. ), Ira Rabee (Nelsonville-York), Bree Allen (Fairland), Peyton Johnson (Peebles), Kathy Ingram (Kings), Riley Smith (Kettering Alter), Jada Mosley (Purcell Marian) ). South Gallia's Corey Small will coach alongside Eaton.
Mosley is a D-II state champion with the Cavaliers and has signed to play at Youngstown State University, which is in the same recruiting class as Cameron.
Cameron was named the Morning Journal's Player of the Year. Cameron was a second-team All-Ohio DI and averaged 19.3 points per game.
Led by Cameron and Eaton, Olmsted Falls went 26-3 (13-1 in SWC) and won its sixth consecutive conference championship. The Bulldogs defeated Springboro 52-45, giving them an average winning margin of 23.7 points per game in the playoffs.
Olmsted Falls girls basketball: Danielle Cameron's star power leads Bulldogs to state championship.
Lorain County girls basketball champions Kingery and Champagne join the North team, along with Sophia Gregory (West Branch), Chelsea Johnson (Warrensville Heights), Megan Campbell (Massilon Jackson) and Cori Vermilya ( Loudonville), alongside Ashley Mallett. (Berlin-Highland), Hilary Baker (Carrollton), Destiny Robinson (Fremont Ross), Lauren Gerken (Liberty Benton), Brooklyn Vo (Toledo Central Catholic), Kari Gregory (Crestview) ).
The North team will be coached by Clark Ransom of Marysville and Steve Suter of Hopewell-Loudon.
Champagne became the third women's basketball player to be named All-Ohio four times at Columbia, a historic feat previously achieved only by Allison Schaefer and Allison Ross (three times at Columbia, Lake (once at Ridge).
Columbia women's basketball: Elise Champagne is a four-time All-Ohio player.
During the season, Champagne averaged 14.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 3.4 steals per game and was named D-III Lorain County Player of the Year and Lorain County League Player of the Year.
Kingery won numerous awards and eventually became Lorain County's all-time leading scorer. She received DI First Team All-Ohioan honors, the Southwestern Conference Most Valuable Player Award, and the DI Northeast Lakes District Player of the Year Award.
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