2021 State Tournament Results

 
Friday 5/21

Division 1 East Region #1
#17 Mt Vernon def. #19 Westerville South 25-12, 25-16, 25-21 - advances to play #1 Olentangy Liberty
#14 Hilliard Davidson def. #15 Reynoldsburg 25-8, 25-9, 25-14 - advances to play #3 Gahanna Lincoln

Division 1 East Region #20 Dublin Scioto def. #18 Delaware Hayes 25-13, 25-17, 25-21 - advances to play #2 Hilliard Bradley
#11 Dublin Coffman def. #16 Upper Arlington 25-17, 25-17, 25-18 - advances to play #4 Olentangy Orange
 
Friday 5/21

Division 2 East Region

#6 Bishop Watterson def. #8 Portland 25-16, 25-23, 25-23 - advances to play #4 St Charles
#11 Centennial def. #12 Whetstone 25-16, 25-6, 25-16 - advances to play #1 Worthington Kilbourne
#9 Olentangy Berlin def. #7 Licking Heights 25-15, 25-21, 25-10 - advances to play #3 Olentangy
#10 Bishop Hartley def. #5 Briggs 14-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-22 - advances to play #2 St Francis DeSales
 
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Saturday 5/22

Division 1 East Region #1
#1 Olentangy Liberty def. #17 Mt Vernon 25-11, 25-12, 25-17 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#9 Westerville North def. #12 Pickerington Central 25-13, 25-18, 25-11 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#3 Gahanna Lincoln def. #14 Hilliard Davidson 25-14, 25-15, 25-18 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#6 Thomas Worthington def. #5 Hilliard Darby 25-19, 16-25, 26-24, 22-25, 17-15 - advances to Regional Semifinal

Division 1 East Region #2
#2 Hilliard Bradley def. #20 Dublin Scott 25-10, 25-13, 25-20 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#8 New Albany def. #10 Pickerington Central 25-19, 25-15, 25-17 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#4 Olentangy Orange def. #11 Dublin Coffman 25-22, 25-22, 25-16 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#7 Dublin Jerome def. #13 Westerville Central 25-14, 25-9, 25-21 - advances to Regional Semifinal
 
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Saturday 5/22

Division 2 East Region
#4 St Charles def. #6 Bishop Watterson 25-17, 25-8, 25-13 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#1 Worthington Kilbourne def. #11 Centennial 25-16, 25-8, 25-12 - advances to Regional Semi-final
#3 Olentangy def. #9 Olentangy Berlin 25-20, 25-12, 25-13 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#2 St Francis DeSales def. #10 Bishop Hartley 25-14, 25-20, 25-17 - advances to Regional Semifinal
 
Monday 5/24

Division 1 North Region #1
#1 Jackson def. #8 Firestone 25-7, 25-12, 25-6
-advances to Regional Final

Division 1 South Region #1
#5 Loveland def. #6 Sycamore 17-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-27, 15-12
-advances to play #4 Walnut Hills

Division 1 South Region #2
#10 Milford def. #7 Fairfield 25-18, 25-21, 25-16
-advances to play #2 St Xavier

Division 1 West Region #1
#6 Lakota West def. #7 Hamilton 26-24, 25-22, 25-14
-advances to play #1 Beavercreek

Division 1 West Region #2
#2 Centerville def. #8 Middletown 25-7, 25-9, 25-12
 
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Monday 5/24

Division 2 North Region
#4 St Vincent-St Mary def. #5 Villa Angela-St Joseph 25-17, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#3 Kent Roosevelt def. #6 Archbishop Hogan 25-23, 25-20, 24-26, 18-25, 15-13 advances to Regional Semifinal

Division 2 West Region
#3 Archbishop Alter def. #6 Edgewood 25-5, 25-15, 25-17 - advances to Regional Semifinal
 
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Saturday 5/22

Division 1 East Region #1
#1 Olentangy Liberty def. #17 Mt Vernon 25-11, 25-12, 25-17 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#9 Westerville North def. #12 Pickerington Central 25-13, 25-18, 25-11 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#3 Gahanna Lincoln def. #14 Hilliard Davidson 25-14, 25-15, 25-18 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#5 Hilliard Darby def. #6 Thomas Worthington 25-19, 16-25, 26-24, 22-25, 17-15 - advances to Regional Semifinal

Division 1 East Region #2
#2 Hilliard Bradley def. #20 Dublin Scott 25-10, 25-13, 25-20 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#8 New Albany def. #10 Pickerington Central 25-19, 25-15, 25-17 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#4 Olentangy Orange def. #11 Dublin Coffman 25-22, 25-22, 25-16 - advances to Regional Semifinal
#7 Dublin Jerome def. #13 Westerville Central 25-14, 25-9, 25-21 - advances to Regional Semifinal
Website says Thomas Worthington beat Darby.

Weird to see Darby out so soon.
 
From Monday 5/24

Division I
South Region
#5 Loveland def #6 Sycamore 17-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-27, 15-12
#10 Milford def #7 Fairfield 25-18, 25-12, 25-16

West Region
#6 Lakota West def #7 Hamilton 26-24, 25-22, 25-14
#2 Centerville def #8 Middletown 25-7, 25-9, 25-12

North Region
#1 Jackson def #8 Firestone 25-7, 25-12, 25-6

Division II
West Region
#3 Alter def #6 Edgewood 25-5, 25-15, 25-17

North Region
#1 Walsh Jesuit def #8 Toledo Scott 25-5, 25-10, 25-8
 
For tonight, there are some fun matchups to watch in both divisions. Ones of note are:

Division I
East Region
#3 Gahanna Lincoln vs #6 Thomas Worthington
#4 Olentangy Orange vs #7 Dublin Jerome

Division II
East Region
#2 St Francis DeSales vs #3 Olentangy
 
For tonight, there are some fun matchups to watch in both divisions. Ones of note are:

Division I
East Region
#3 Gahanna Lincoln vs #6 Thomas Worthington
#4 Olentangy Orange vs #7 Dublin Jerome

Division II
East Region
#2 St Francis DeSales vs #3 Olentangy
GL vs TW is gonna be super interesting. GL has a great record, but doesn't seem to have played much stiff competition, while TW has beaten a few top teams in their region this year. Same could be said for that D2 matchup.
 
Tuesday 5/25

Division 1 East Region #1 Regional Semifinals
#1 Olentangy Liberty def. #9 Westerville South 25-13, 25-16, 25-21
#6 Thomas Worthington def. #3 Gahanna Lincoln 19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-23

Division 1 East Region #2 Regional Semifinals
#2 Hilliard Bradley def. #8 New Albany 25-15, 25-14, 23-25, 26-24
#7 Dublin Jerome def. #4 Olentangy Orange 25-20, 25-18, 25-21

Division 1 North Region #1 Regional Semifinal
#4 Stow-Munroe Falls def. #5 Hudson 25-20, 25-21, 25-20 - advances to play #1 Jackson

Division 1 North Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#2 St Ignatius def. #7 Brunswick 25-8, 25-16, 25-12 - advances to Regional Final

Division 1 South Region #2
#8 Mason def. #9 Oak Hills 19-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-22, 15-13 - advances to play #2 Elder
 
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Tuesday 5/25

Division 2 East Regional Semifinals
#4 St Charles def. #1 Worthington Kilbourne 25-22, 19-25, 25-23, 25-27, 15-13
#3 Olentangy def. #2 St Francis DeSales 21-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-16

Division 2 North Regional Semifinal
#2 Brecksville-BH def. #7 Berkshire 25-14, 25-9, 25-12 - advances to play #3 Kent Roosevelt

Division 2 South Region
#5 Roger Bacon def. #6 Royalmont Academy 27-25, 29-27, 25-19 - advances to play #1 Badin
#3 Archbishop McNicholas def. #4 Taylor 25-13, 25-12, 25-20 - advances to play #2 LaSalle

Division 2 West Region
#4 Chaminade-Julienne def. #5 Chillicothe 25-15, 25-23, 25-16 - advances to play #1 Bishop Fenwick
#2 Carroll def. #7 Westfall 25-4, 25-7, 25-3 - advances to play #3 Archbishop Alter
 
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For tonight, there are some fun matchups to watch in both divisions. Ones of note are:

Division I
East Region
#3 Gahanna Lincoln vs #6 Thomas Worthington
#4 Olentangy Orange vs #7 Dublin Jerome

Division II
East Region
#2 St Francis DeSales vs #3 Olentangy
Interesting stuff in the East, with some "chaos" as many predicted beacsue of the parody.

Divison I
East #1 - 6 seed Thomas Worthington makes its way to a regional final after consecutive quallity wins over Darby and Gahanna Lincoln where they will take on 1 seed Olentangy Liberty.
East #2 - 7 seed Dublin Jerome upsets Olentangy Orange in 3, they will take on 2 seed Hilliard Bradley in the regional final there.

Division II
Olentangy beats DeSales in 4.

In D1 South #2, Mason narrowly avoids being upset by Oak Hills in a tight 5-set match, and their reward is Elder on Thursday.
 
Thomas Worthington has done a great job thus far this season. Huge matchup for them and an opportunity to make it to the State tournament. Ultimately, I think Olentangy Liberty wins this match, but TW will not go down without a fight. I think TW sticks around for a game or two (maybe even takes one), but OL ends up being too much for them.
 
Wednesday 5/26

Division 1 North Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#3 St Edward def. #6 Media 25-19, 25-16, 25-12 - advances to play #2 St Ignatius

Division 1 South Region #1 Regional Semifinal
#4 Walnut Hills def. #5 Loveland 25-21, 25-13, 25-20 - advances to Regional Final

Division 1 South Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#3 St Xavier def. #10 Milford 25-10, 25-14, 25-15
-winner advances to Regional Final

Division 1 West Region #1 Regional Semifinals
#1 Beavercreek def. #6 Lakota West 25-19, 25-13, 25-11
#5 Lakota East def. #9 Wayne 25-10, 25-8, 25-11

Division 1 West Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#3 Northmont def. #4 Kettering Fairmont 25-19, 19-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-8 - advances to play #2 Centerville
 
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Wednesday 5/26

Division 2 North Regional Semifinal
#2 Brecksville-BH def. #3 Kent Roosevelt 25-14, 25-19, 25-23 - advances to Regional Final
 
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has a non-GCL school every advanced to the state tourney from one of the south regions? I know that there have been other schools to advance before the current tourney set up (S1, S2, N1, N2, etc.)
 
has a non-GCL school every advanced to the state tourney from one of the south regions? I know that there have been other schools to advance before the current tourney set up (S1, S2, N1, N2, etc.)
Lebanon won some state titles in the 90s and I'm assuming they'd be considered the south region? But since Moeller beat St. X in the finals in '97, 19 state finals have featured a GCL school from the south. In fact, 19 out of 32 state finals have featured one of E, Moe or X. I will say, though, the 6-7 years have definitely seen a bit more parity; from '03-'10, 7 of 8 state finals were GCL-S vs. GCL-S.

So, in all likelihood, for the majority of boys volleyball existence in Ohio, it's pretty much been the GCL-S from both regional finals. Even since LaSalle went D2, I think it's been all GCL in D2 as well. Maybe we'll get lucky and see Walnut Hills break that streak this year, but it'll be tough.
 
Yes, I know about the state finals (per the OHSBV site - https://www.ohioboysvolleyball.com/index.php/state-tournament1) Is there any info out there that would show the state brackets, not just the finals ?

there's been 32 state D1 (or combined) tourneys 1988-2019 (64 teams)
9 years that only had 1 of the "big 3" in the finals -- won 7 of the 9 lost in 2011 and 2013
10 years that 2 of the "big 3" were in the finals

Elder - 6-3
Moeller - 8-6
Xavier - 3-4

An amazing run.
 
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Yes, I know about the state finals (per the OHSBV site - https://www.ohioboysvolleyball.com/index.php/state-tournament1) Is there any info out there that would show the state brackets, not just the finals ?
The GCL-S has represented the South Region with two participants in the State Tournament since at least the early 2000s. My memory only goes back so far, but based on the ohioboysvolleyball website starting in 2003:
2003 - X def. Moeller
2004 - Centerville def. Moeller - I would assume X was the other South Champ
2005 - Moeller def. X
2006 - X def. Moeller
2007 - Moeller def. Elder
2008 - Elder def. X
2009 - Moeller def. Elder
2010 - Elder def. Moeller
2011 - St Edward def. Moeller - X was other South Champ
2012 - Moeller def. Darby - X was other South Champ
2013 - Darby def. Elder - Moeller was other South Champ
2014 - Elder def. X
2015 - Darby def. Beavercreek - first State Finals to be played without at least one GCLS team since 2002 - Moe and X were South Champs
2016 - Elder def. Moe
2017 - Ignatius def. Darby - X and Elder were South Champs
2018 - Moeller def. Darby - X was other South Champ
2019 - X def. Moeller
2020 - no season

I thought Badin and/or McNicholas also reached the State Tournament at some point in the past several seasons with LaSalle dropping to D2. Roger Bacon seems to have been hit the hardest with LaSalle dropping down and Badin's rise. The D2 South used to be Bacon vs. McNick almost every year.
 
Wednesday 5/26

Division 1 North Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#3 St Edward vs. #6 Media St Eds wins 3-0 - 25-19, 25-16, 25-12
-winner to play #2 St Ignatius

Division 1 South Region #1 Regional Semifinal
#5 Loveland vs. #4 Walnut Hills WH wins 3-0 - 25-21, 25-13, 25-20
-winner advances to Regional Final

Division 1 South Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#3 St Xavier vs. #10 Milford St X wins 3-0 - 25-10, 25-14, 25-15
-winner advances to Regional Final

Division 1 West Region #1 Regional Semifinals
#1 Beavercreek vs. #6 Lakota West Beavercreek wins 3-0 - 25-19, 25-13, 25-11
#9 Wayne vs. #5 Lakota East

Division 1 West Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#3 Northmont vs. #4 Kettering Fairmont Northmont wins 3-2 - 25-19, 19-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-8
A few scores from last night
 
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The GCL-S has represented the South Region with two participants in the State Tournament since at least the early 2000s. My memory only goes back so far, but based on the ohioboysvolleyball website starting in 2003:
2003 - X def. Moeller
2004 - Centerville def. Moeller - I would assume X was the other South Champ
2005 - Moeller def. X
2006 - X def. Moeller
2007 - Moeller def. Elder
2008 - Elder def. X
2009 - Moeller def. Elder
2010 - Elder def. Moeller
2011 - St Edward def. Moeller - X was other South Champ
2012 - Moeller def. Darby - X was other South Champ
2013 - Darby def. Elder - Moeller was other South Champ
2014 - Elder def. X
2015 - Darby def. Beavercreek - first State Finals to be played without at least one GCLS team since 2002 - Moe and X were South Champs
2016 - Elder def. Moe
2017 - Ignatius def. Darby - X and Elder were South Champs
2018 - Moeller def. Darby - X was other South Champ
2019 - X def. Moeller
2020 - no season

I thought Badin and/or McNicholas also reached the State Tournament at some point in the past several seasons with LaSalle dropping to D2. Roger Bacon seems to have been hit the hardest with LaSalle dropping down and Badin's rise. The D2 South used to be Bacon vs. McNick almost every year.
All right but Moeller def. Centerville in 2004.
 
Thursday 5/27

Division 1 South Region #1 Regional Semifinal
#1 Archbishop Moeller def. #11 West Clermont 25-12, 25-13, 25-? - advances to play #4 Walnut Hills

Division 1 South Region #2 Regional Semifinal
#2 Elder def. #8 Mason. 25-13, 25-15, 25-8 - advances to play #3 St Xavier
 
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