First Posted: 3/26/2015
COLUMBUS — Carlton Bragg scored 22 points and top-ranked Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph dominated inside to beat Columbus Eastmoor Academy, 62-34, in a Division III state semifinal Thursday.
The Vikings (22-4) — who start three Division I signees — go for their sixth state title Saturday at Value City Arena.
Bragg, the 6-foot-10 AP player of the year in Division III headed for Kansas, owned the inside along with 6-8 second-team All-Ohioan Dererk Pardon, who scored 13 and is going to Northwestern. Marist-bound Brian Parker contributed nine points.
Jalon Lewis scored 12 to lead Eastmoor (17-12), which made a surprise run to its first state tournament with two freshmen starting.
Division IV
Tri-Village 55, Tus. Cath. 47
COLUMBUS — Second-team Associated Press all-stater Damion Cook had 24 points and No. 1-ranked New Madison Tri-Village (29-0) hit 10 of its 11 field goal tries in the second half to beat Tuscarawas Valley Central Catholic (25-4).
Harvest Prep 63, Wayne Trace 53
COLUMBUS — First-team Associated Press All-Ohioan David Dennis Jr. scored 19 points, including eight in a row for Canal Winchester Harvest Prep in the fourth quarter, to lead the Warriors (25-4) past Wayne Trace (25-2)
Luke Miller had 22 points and David Sinn 15 for the second-ranked Raiders, who won their only title in 1991 in five trips to the final four.
