Final: Cleveland Central Catholic 58 Portsmouth 47

[bvmv4life]

Ill be at the Schott on my birthday cheering on my rival,and my second favorite team.....Go Trojans from Chillicothe....

[R-STREAK]

Good Luck to Portsmouth...Win it all...This is the same team Piketon faced in the final four....

[onthepitch]

Here is CCC team pic from their website.

[TrojanBuff]

This pirate fan can't root for portsmouth. GO CCC!!

Would not expect anything less from you. We love the rest of our Burg supporters!! Get behind us SOC fans!!

[moose]

Hope to see the Trojans season come to an end on Saturday with their 18th straight victory. Some purple people will be there to cheer you on.

[reliob]

Go Trojans beat CCC. See that banner on the bottom right of the picture, thats the one Piketon was shooting for till they beat us at the Schott 2 years ago. We can not extract revenge soooooo you will have to do it for us. I am sure most of southern and south central ohio will be rooting for you.

[BigSlowWhiteGuy]

The schedule this team played looks very strong.

What ever happened to Colin Irish?

[yabbadabbadoo]

Good luck Trojans, this team looks to be very strong.


Was this the HS that used to be Cleveland Cathedral Latin? Isn't that who the Trojans beat for the title in 78?


Anyway, pay no attention to madddog. You will have plenty of support from the entire county.

[Mad-Dogg]

I have nothin against portsmouth or all my post friends it's just that i had a run in with some fans after the burg - ports game. They were actin cocky toward me and a couple friends. That is why i said go CCC.

[biggdowgg]

-------------------GO TROJANS--------------------------

[Moses Guthrie]

Trojans , , Trojans , , Trojans , , Trojans....!!

[biggdowgg]

Trojan players are not worried about what others think,they only worry about what they know!!

they have been doubted all year long,they have been picked by a lot of people to loses games over and over, because they dont play team ball, because they are unselfish,because they fight with one another,,etc.....those of us that went to all the shootouts in the summer,and all the pre season games knew better, we knew this was a group of kids that was totaly opposite ,their coaches believed in them and made them believe in themselves, he told them at the start of the season they were good enough to go to columbus,and that him and the rest of the coaches would do everything they would to get them there if they could listen and work hard....WELL GUESS WHAT...you dont get this far without being a "TEAM" ....

I noticed in a few games down the stretch when the trojans got down,,the student section started the chant "WE ARE ONE'...these boys turned it up a notch..hats off to the students for supporting this team all year long.

[a_c_m]

Congratulations Trojans!

Good Luck at State!

[LetsGoPSU]

Lets Go Trojans!!

[14U]

Good luck Trojans, this team looks to be very strong.


Was this the HS that used to be Cleveland Cathedral Latin? Isn't that who the Trojans beat for the title in 78?


Anyway, pay no attention to madddog. You will have plenty of support from the entire county.

I think this is who Trojans played in 78 Cathedral Latin, CCC different team

01/28 at 7:30 p.m. Boys Basketball 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (L) @ 4 14 13 20 51
Cleveland Central Catholic (W) 10 11 14 22 57

[14U]

It looks like CCC has 2 scorers in Grady and Smith. Also looked at the schedule and most are big schools but have losing or around .500 records. Portsmouth is battle tested in their regular season schedule and the last 2 tournament games. It seems that Portsmouth plays to the opponents play. I've watched them play many times against bad and good teams. I see Ptown pulling this game off and playing for a 5 title against Cin Taft. Good Luck Trojans!!!

[biggdowgg]

14U

you are right,at tmes they have played to the level of compitition..a couple of examples Chillicothe..and Warren,,,anyone that see them 2 wins, knew the Trojans could win this game if they played like that.

[14U]

biggdowgg
Yes your right and then comes South Point and Northwest only to see them come in and win against Burg and Peake. Like I said on another post Ptown is battle tested with big wins over good teams

[trojanofthepast]

Stats From OHSAA Website;

Appearances;

Portsmouth - 1990 (2nd), 1988 (1st), 1980 (2nd), 1978 (1st), 1961 (1st), 1941, 1939, 1934 (2nd), 1931 (1st), 1929, 1927, 1926, 1925


Most State Championships;

1 (7) Middletown (1957, 56, 53, 52, 47, 46, 44)
2 (5) Columbus East (1979, 69, 68, 63, 51)
3 (5) Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (2009, 03, 01, 00, 1984)
4 (4) Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (1995, 94, 92, 91)
(4) Columbus Wehrle (1990, 89, 88, 86)
(4) Dayton Dunbar (2010, 07, 06, 1987)
(4) Dayton Stivers (1930, 1929, 1928, 1924)
(4) Hamilton (2004, 1954, 49, 37)
(4) Portsmouth (1988, 78, 61, 31)
(4) St. Henry (2004, 1991, 90, 79)


Most State Tournament Appearances;

1 (28) Canton McKinley (2006, 05, 04, 02, 1998, 92, 90, 87, 84, 75, 74, 69, 64, 56, 54, 51, 45, 43, 41, 40, 38, 37, 36, 31, 30, 29, 28, 24)

2 (14) Middletown (1983, 76, 59, 58, 57, 56, 53, 52, 47, 46, 45, 44, 41, 37)

3 (13) Portsmouth (1990, 88, 80, 78, 61, 41, 39, 34, 31, 29, 27, 26, 25)

4 (12) Zanesville (2010, 1997, 95, 58, 55, 41, 34, 32, 31, 30, 26, 25)

5 (11) Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (2008, 07, 06, 1997, 95, 94, 92, 91, 89, 87, 79)
(11) Delphos St. John's (2002, 01, 1998, 95, 90, 83, 82, 73, 54, 49, 24)

7 (10) Cleveland East Technical (1972, 71, 67, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 56)
(10) Columbus East (2001, 1979, 69, 68, 63, 55, 51, 33, 26, 24)

[Men of Troy]

1 4 U it's good to see you back supporting your old team. I was beginning to wonder if you had been sucked into being a traitor and forgetting where you came from like some others I can think of. Hope your heart still has some red and blue going through it. Remember Once a Trojan Always a Trojan.