Ohio Cardinal Conference 2022-23

Who wins the OCC in 2022-23?

  • Ashland

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lexington

    Votes: 16 45.7%
  • Madison

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mansfield Sr.

    Votes: 6 17.1%
  • Mt.Vernon

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • New Philadelphia

    Votes: 12 34.3%
  • West Holmes

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Wooster

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    35
Lexington 73
Wooster 50
Nice solid win for Lex on the road. Lex clinches share of OCC title.

Mt.Vernon 34
New Philadelphia 64
Quakers keep pressure on Lex to get a share if OCC title.

Mansfield Sr. 70
Ashland 61
Sets up showdown with Lex next Friday night.

Madison 57
West Holmes 52
 
Will Lex keepit close with Ottawa Glandorf?

Will New Philadelphia win out?

Will Mansfield Senior make a deep tournament run?
 
Lexington 73
Wooster 50
Nice solid win for Lex on the road. Lex clinches share of OCC title.

Mt.Vernon 34
New Philadelphia 64
Quakers keep pressure on Lex to get a share if OCC title.

Mansfield Sr. 70
Ashland 61
Sets up showdown with Lex next Friday night.

Madison 57
West Holmes 52
A good road win for the Tygers, who play Trotwood-Madison tonight at Pete Heny Gym.

Alot of good athletes will be on the floor tongiht

As many remember, the Tygers lost to Trotwood-Madison 14-7 in overtime in the 2019 Division III state high school football championship
game.

Five players off of that Tyger team are now playing Division I football, including Angelo Grose at Michigan State, Aveon Grose at UNC-Charlotte, Clay Caudill at Toledo. and Antnony Hawkins and Myles Bradley at Bowling Green.

According to crawfordcountybasketball.com, the Tygers have played Dayton-area teams only 10 times in their history, going 0-1 against Dayton Chaminade-Julienne, 1-3 against Dayton Dunbar, 0-2 against now-closed Dayton Roosevelt, 2-0 against Dayton Roth, and 1-0 against Dayton Thurgood Marshall.
 
Mansfield Madison 36
Marion Harding 35
Rams outscore Harding 10-0 in the 4th qt.
Madison is 11-10 with Sandusky on 2/14. They play hard with a limited roster.
 
That's where I think Lex will have the edge over Sandusky. Minutemen will be more battle tested than Streaks

With the start of high school tournament play less than two weeks away, Mansfield Senior (14-7) seems to be peaking at the right time, with wins over Mansfield Madison, Columbus Eastmoor, Ashland and Trotwood-Madison and a close loss to Sandusky.

There is very little separation among the Tygers, Sandusky, Lexington and Shelby. and any one of those four teams can win the treacherous Ashland district.

The Tygers’ recent stretch of good play has come despite the fact that their leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, 6-5 forward Elias Owens, an Eastern Michigan University football offeree, has been out with a shoulder injury.

Stepping up has been the Tygers’ junior football quarterback Duke Reese, and freshman guard Rashad Reed, Jr., whose father was a member of some outstanding Tyger teams in the early 2000s under coach Gregg Collins and who later was a starter at Indiana State.

Tuesday night’s game between Lexington and Shelby and Friday’s game between the Minutemen and the Tygers make for a fun week of high school basketball in Richland County.
 
Madison took the #4 team in D2 to overtime at Sandusky losing 81 to 77. Rams led 77 to 76 but committed a foul and protested to loudly. Sandusky made free throws and scored on possession after technical foul. Scoring last 5 points of the game getting the win. Madison finishes regular season at 11-11. headed to Genoa next week for a sectional game against Holland Springfield. Sandusky now 20-1.
 
Lexington 66
Shelby 59

Wooster 62
Copley 61

New Philadelphia 47
Zanesville 37

West Holmes 51
Berlin Hiland 61

Mt.Vernon 69
Johnstown Northridge 63
Philly is winning, but it’s a team that hasn’t peaked yet. They’re really good, but must step up to make a big tournament run. Good luck
 
Philly is winning, but it’s a team that hasn’t peaked yet. They’re really good, but must step up to make a big tournament run. Good luck
I think Philly may have peaked in Jan. They have 2 very good players and a decent shooter who is on and off. Their remaining 3 role players have improved since Nov but their growth may have peaked in Jan. Their style of play does not help create much depth or growth from my viewpoint.
 
Friday night scores...
Lexington 53
Mansfield Sr. 54 ot

New Philadelphia 48
Dover 42

Lexington and New Philadelphia OCC co-Champions

Zanesville Maysville 74
West Holmes 53

Wooster 43
Akron SVSM 79

Mt.Vernon 43
Watkins Memorial 49
 
Friday night scores...
Lexington 53
Mansfield Sr. 54 ot

New Philadelphia 48
Dover 42

Lexington and New Philadelphia OCC co-Champions

Zanesville Maysville 74
West Holmes 53

Wooster 43
Akron SVSM 79

Mt.Vernon 43
Watkins Memorial 49
Mansfield Senior should schedule Akron St. Vincent-St Mary's next season. The Tygers will be good.
 
Final OCC Standings

1. Lexington 12-2
2. New Philadelphia 12-2
3. Mansfield Sr. 11-3
4. Madison 6-8
5. Wooster 6-8
6. Mt. Vernon 4-10
7. Ashland 4-10
8. West Holmes 1-13
 
Lexington 18-4
New Philadelphia 17-5
Mansfield Sr. 15-7
Madison 11-11
Wooster 9-13
Mt.Vernon 8-14
Ashland 6-16
West Holmes 2-20
 
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