Columbus Grove threw the first punch and kept them coming as it built a 20-2 lead in the first quarter of Saturday’s Division VI girls basketball state championship. The lead grew to as many as 25, ...

A district finals trip, a torn ACL and an avoidable, eye-opening loss turned a good season into a trip to the OHSAA Division VI girls basketball state championship for the Rootstown Rovers.

Rootstown girls basketball makes its OHSAA state title game debut Saturday. Get live score updates here from the championship game vs. Columbus Grove.

Rootstown's first girls basketball state appearance was one to remember. With Fort Frye leading by three points late in the third quarter, the Rovers responded with 11 straight points to secure a ...

They meet Friday night at Claymont High School in the OHSAA Division VI state semifinal. Rootstown (26-1) has scored fewer than 53 points just once this postseason. That came in a 37-36 nailbiter ...

Kettering Alter 29 (Division IV); Cincinnati Winton Woods 70, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 55 (Division II); Portsmouth 53, Creston Norwayne 38 (Division V); Columbus Grove 65, Rootstown 46 (Division VI); ...

The Rootstown Rovers are in the midst of their longest girls basketball postseason run in school history after opening the season with 10 straight wins before rattling off 17 straight victories to ...

Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 55 (Division II); Portsmouth 53, Creston Norwayne 38 (Division V); Columbus Grove 65, Rootstown 46 (Division VI); and Waterford 48, Fort Loramie 46 (Division VII).