Oak Hill Takes Home Championship
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Updated: 5:43 PM Mar 29, 2009
Oak Hill Takes Home Championship
Oaks Earn Division IV Crown in Double-OT
The school will hold a pep rally Monday morning after the opening school bell.
Posted: 1:50 PM Mar 28, 2009
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSAZ) -- The Oak Hill High School Boys Basketball team won the Division IV State Championship Title Saturday morning in Columbus.

The final score was 48-43 in double overtime.

The leading scorers of the game were Borden and W. Hale with 13 points a piece.

The team was 7 of 15 from three-point range.

Oak Hill finished the season 25-2.

The school will hold a pep rally, where they will present the principal with the trophy, Monday morning after the opening school bell.


From The Associated Press:

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Kyle Ondera hit the go-ahead free throws and then clinched it with two more to give Oak Hill a thrilling 48-43 double-overtime win Saturday over Kalida, cinching a Division IV title in the Oaks' first trip ever to the state tournament.

Ondera finished with just six points, but had 10 rebounds an assist while handling the ball against Kalida's furious defensive pressure. Ryan Borden and Westen Hale each had 13 points to lead the way for Oak Hill (25-2).

Jordan Basinger scored 19 points for Kalida (23-5).

With Oak Hill (25-2) trailing 43-42 and 2:04 left in the second extra period, Ondera stepped to the line and drilled them both. After teammate Westen Hale hit two more foul shots with 19.1 seconds left to push the lead to 46-43, Ondera was fouled again with 7.4 seconds left and converted both.

OAK HILL 48, KALIDA 43, 2OT

OAK HILL (25-2)
Slone 1-5 3-5 6, Borden 5-9 0-0 13, J.Hale 3-8 2-3 8, Ondera 1-11 4-5 6, W.Hale 4-6 2-2 13, Boggs 0-0 0-0 0, Cannon 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 15-40 11-15 48.

KALIDA (23-5)
Warnecke 2-7 1-2 7, Schnipke 4-10 0-0 9, Kleman 1-4 0-1 2, Basinger 6-10 6-7 19, Kahle 2-4 0-0 5, Osterhage 0-1 0-0 0, Ellerbrock 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 15-36 8-12 43.

Oak Hill 3 15 6 9 5 10-48
Kalida 9 10 7 7 5 5-43

3-point goals-Oak Hill 7-15 (W.Hale 3-4, Borden 3-7, Slone 1-2, Ondera 0-2), Kalida 5-17 (Warnecke 2-6, Basinger 1-2, Kahle 1-3, Schnipke 1-6).
Fouled out-J.Hale, Basinger.
Rebounds-Oak Hill 29 (Ondera 10), Kalida 23 (Schnipke 7).
Assists-Oak Hill 10 (Slone 5), Kalida 9 (Kahle 4).
Total fouls-Oak Hill 18, Kalida 14.
A-13,582.


Ondera Named Div. IV Outstanding Player:

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Kyle Ondera, who scored only six points but hit four critical free throws down the stretch in Oak Hill's championship victory, is the outstanding player on the 2009 Associated Press Division IV all-tournament team announced Saturday.

Ondera finished with 26 points and 15 rebounds in the Oaks' two games, including the go-ahead and clinching free throws in the thrilling 48-43 double-overtime victory over Kalida.

He was joined on the all-tournament squad by teammate Ryan Borden, who hit mammoth 3-pointers at the end of regulation and again near the finish of the first overtime; Kalida's Jordan Basinger (28 points in two games) and Scott Schnipke (33 points); along with Cleveland Heights Lutheran East's Ladell Trotty (18 points in a semifinal loss) and Ada's Aaron Cross (19 points in one semi).

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


Latest Comments

Posted by: Sam on Apr 15, 2009 at 05:47 PM

Congrats
Posted by: Vonda on Apr 12, 2009 at 02:18 PM

The Oaks believed they could and they DID...Flew all the way to the Top. What an awesome team with a coach that is an amazing role model. To have my son be a part of this exciting time is such a blessing. We are proud of the Boys...You are the Best and We Believed and with the help of a special Angel, got it done. GO OAKS!!!
Posted by: Oak Hill ur #1 on Apr 7, 2009 at 05:49 PM

WE Belive!This has been our schools solgan ever since the boys brought us district we all new they would do it We all belived R skool symbol is a basketball with wings we all no wat the basketball is but the wings r 4 a person who has been in r heart ever ince she passed away her name is JANIE NICHOLE HATFEILD so when u see those wings remember who helped the girls become runners up and the boys win state thats wat r skools about not all basket ball but who helped who made us beive JANIE this is wat we r
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