DII - REGIONALS - CONVO - (poll)

[doubleplay643]

Athens v St. Clairsville in the final, with the latter moving on to Columbus.

[freethrow]

93 I referring to weaking as less physical league not quality of teams. I think the Ohio division was pretty good as a whole and again I think football has Athens ready for a physical game, they should be fine.

[WarriorBlue]

* let me just say this on the subject of toughness ... Burrow, Luehrman and Luehrman - those boys were on the field when Athens beat Nelsonville-York at Nelsonville in week 10, when Athens beat Circleville in the first round of the playoffs, when they beat Shawnee (the 2011 state runner-up) at Hamilton Township high school and they shared the field with Thurgood Marshall for 4 quarters up at Reynoldsburg ... I'm sure a skilled game of basketball won't be 'too physical' for them ...

I don't think physicality will be a problem for either team. Who shoots the basketball and who executes their offensive gameplan the best will walk away with the win. I think Leftingwell/Elmore will be big and fouls could be key. The last game Warren shot poorly from beyond the arc but that had little to do with Athens D, Warren just plain shot poorly, they had great open looks just didn't knock them down. In the 4th quarter of the 1st game Athens commited 5 turnovers and took hurried 3 the ONLY possession in the 4th quarter when they had the chance to take the lead with about a minute remaining. Execution will be huge in this rematch.