There's seemingly nothing like the excitement of Ohio tournament basketball, from the Districts, through the Regionals, and onto the State Final Four. Nice to see Upper Sandusky still in the mix.
Over here in my neck of the woods (Youngstown-Warren area), we have Division IV McDonald (22-3) taking on Lucas in one of the regional semi-finals this week in Canton. McDonald is led by coach's son and four-year starter Zach Rasile, a 6-footer who has committed to play at Division II powerhouse West Liberty State college in West Virginia next year.
Rasile was just named NEO Inland District Player of the Year in Division IV, and is averaging 38.3 ppg for the season. He has scored 34, 39, and 50 in McDonald's three tournament victories.
In the last two months, Rasile has passed, among others, Ohio legends LeBron James, Geno Ford, Jay Burson, and Luke Kennard to vault into second place all-time for career scoring. He now has 2,992 career points. But rest easy, Bevo and Diva and the rest, Jon Deibler's mark of 3,208 points appears a lock to be safe...Rasile's team would need to get to the state final game (4 games in all from here) and he'd need to average 54 ppg to tie Deibler. Not likely to happen, but the young man's achievement is nonetheless very impressive.