Biggest Upsets in Convo History

[Seopnation]

Saw a nice post about biggest upsets this year at the convo. What are some of the greatest upsets of all time during basketball :30?

[danicalifornia]

2017 D3 District Finals

Southeastern 35
#5 Oak Hill 31

Southeastern entered the tournament at 5-17. They knocked off Zane Trace on a shot at the buzzer by senior Aaron Benson. Benson and fellow senior Zach Bodary combined for 38 points as they beat 1 seed (and defending Regional Champion) Lynchburg Clay in the Sectional Final. Then, they were led by freshman PG Lane Ruby’s monster performance to beat Minford in the District Semi.

All of that to get to face Norm Persin’s loaded 23-1 Oak Hill Oaks. 7 first quarter turnovers led to being shut out heading to the 2nd stanza. They would battle all the way back to finally take the lead with 1:50 to play. Junior Rex Hartman then went 3-4 from the line to finish off the epic upset.

[Big Daddy 7371]

2017 D3 District Finals

Southeastern 35
#5 Oak Hill 31

Southeastern entered the tournament at 5-17. They knocked off Zane Trace on a shot at the buzzer by senior Aaron Benson. Benson and fellow senior Zach Bodary combined for 38 points as they beat 1 seed (and defending Regional Champion) Lynchburg Clay in the Sectional Final. Then, they were led by freshman PG Lane Ruby’s monster performance to beat Minford in the District Semi.

All of that to get to face Norm Persin’s loaded 23-1 Oak Hill Oaks. 7 first quarter turnovers led to being shut out heading to the 2nd stanza. They would battle all the way back to finally take the lead with 1:50 to play. Junior Rex Hartman then went 3-4 from the line to finish off the epic upset.

Yes have to agree
saw all these games cause my son was part of that team also as a freshman was fun to watch

[VetteMan]

2017 D3 District Finals

Southeastern 35
#5 Oak Hill 31

Southeastern entered the tournament at 5-17. They knocked off Zane Trace on a shot at the buzzer by senior Aaron Benson. Benson and fellow senior Zach Bodary combined for 38 points as they beat 1 seed (and defending Regional Champion) Lynchburg Clay in the Sectional Final. Then, they were led by freshman PG Lane Ruby’s monster performance to beat Minford in the District Semi.

All of that to get to face Norm Persin’s loaded 23-1 Oak Hill Oaks. 7 first quarter turnovers led to being shut out heading to the 2nd stanza. They would battle all the way back to finally take the lead with 1:50 to play. Junior Rex Hartman then went 3-4 from the line to finish off the epic upset.

I would have to agree with this particular game also.

[Pol pot]

Kind of partial, but Athens girls over Jackson in 2013

[93Bulldog]

Kind of partial, but Athens girls over Jackson in 2013

That was a good one!

A few years back, No. 8 seed Crooksville had a losing record and beat a pretty good Minford team with the big guy (McCrae?) in the district semi's.

[Logangrad]

Logan upset Gary Harrison and Gallia or Gallipolis on a Doug Stiverson 30 foot shot (Logan Elm’s head coach) in 1986. Logan was a heavy under dog and the game ended like 33-32 or something if memory serves me right. Logan had a really down year with no seniors and Gallia was like 19-1. Huge upset and the way Logan won with that shot was historic

[Ironman92]

Logan upset Gary Harrison and Gallia or Gallipolis on a Doug Stiverson 30 foot shot (Logan Elm’s head coach) in 1986. Logan was a heavy under dog and the game ended like 33-32 or something if memory serves me right. Logan had a really down year with no seniors and Gallia was like 19-1. Huge upset and the way Logan won with that shot was historic

Haha

[Logangrad]

Logan upset Gary Harrison and Gallia or Gallipolis on a Doug Stiverson 30 foot shot (Logan Elm’s head coach) in 1986. Logan was a heavy under dog and the game ended like 33-32 or something if memory serves me right. Logan had a really down year with no seniors and Gallia was like 19-1. Huge upset and the way Logan won with that shot was historic

Haha

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[trojandave]

Portsmouth came into the 1978 Class AA regional semifinal game vs. Columbus Mifflin as a big underdog with a 15-7 record. The Punchers were the defending Class AA state runnerup, having lost to Cleveland Cathedral Latin in the 1977 state championship game. Mifflin was led by 6-6 Hank Cornley, with several of their starters returning. The Trojans outplayed the Punchers from start to finish, and ended up knocking out Mifflin by a 64-49 count. Ironically, Portsmouth went on to beat defending state champion Cleveland Cathedral Latin 63-62 to capture the school's 3rd state title.

[trojandave]

Portsmouth ended up on the wrong end of the 1984 Class AA district championship vs. Wheelersburg. WHS came into the game 0-2 vs. the Trojans in tournament play, having lost in the 1978 sectionals and the 1983 district championship. PHS came into the 1984 game with a 20-3 record, and a 7-0 record vs. Columbus schools. Portsmouth was led by 6-7 SR Darrin Miller (20.4 PPG), and Kyle Taylor (14 PPG). Taylor would go on to play at Marshall and Xavier. The Pirates' top player was 6-2 SR Todd Staker, who went on to play for Miami of Ohio. Craig Brown was also a prominent player for WHS.

The Trojans led by 9 at the half, but Staker and Brown caught fire from the perimeter in the 2nd half, and the game went into OT. The Pirates prevailed 73-66, and they went on to advance to the state championship game, where a furious 4th quarter rally fell short in a 77-71 loss to Akron St.Vincent St.Mary coached by Joe Suboticki. Suboticki 4 years later would become Portsmouth's head coach and lead the Trojans to the 1988 Division 2 state title.

[Raider6309]

2004-2005 Linden McKinley. Ended the season 6-14. Went to state

[danicalifornia]

2004-2005 Linden McKinley. Ended the season 6-14. Went to state

Smoked a really good McClain team led by Dante Jackson in the semis. Good call on this one

[danicalifornia]

2007 D2 District Finals

Chillicothe 67
#1 McClain 60
Double Overtime

One year before Chillicothe would win the state title, they would pull off a sizeable upset in front of possibly the biggest crowd ever at the Convo for a HS game.

McClain, led by future Xavier standout Dante Jackson (arguably one of the best to ever play in the SE), came in unbeaten and really untested. They had smoked Jon Diebler’s Upper Sandusky team at the Schott by 20+. US ended up as state runner-up and Jackson ended up a rebound and assist shy of a triple double in that game

Chillicothe, 16-4 in the regular season and SEOAL runnerup, was absolutely loaded with talent and athletes. Humpty Hitchens (Akron/James Madison), Ray Chambers (Troy), Chris Givens (MiamiU FB, Saints practice squad), Seth Dawes (Xavier Baseball), Stu Beverly (Rio), and Caleb Knights (Air Force FB) would give the Cavs a chance every night out

Still, it appeared that McClain was a team of destiny as they destroyed everybody throughout the year, including a really good Hillsboro squad twice

Chillicothe didn’t care though, matching the Tigers shot for shot until early in the 2nd OT when Jackson would foul out and the Cavaliers pulled away for the first of several D2 district titles over the next 7 seasons.

[Black Panther]

Portsmouth ended up on the wrong end of the 1984 Class AA district championship vs. Wheelersburg. WHS came into the game 0-2 vs. the Trojans in tournament play, having lost in the 1978 sectionals and the 1983 district championship. PHS came into the 1984 game with a 20-3 record, and a 7-0 record vs. Columbus schools. Portsmouth was led by 6-7 SR Darrin Miller (20.4 PPG), and Kyle Taylor (14 PPG). Taylor would go on to play at Marshall and Xavier. The Pirates' top player was 6-2 SR Todd Staker, who went on to play for Miami of Ohio. Craig Brown was also a prominent player for WHS.

The Trojans led by 9 at the half, but Staker and Brown caught fire from the perimeter in the 2nd half, and the game went into OT. The Pirates prevailed 73-66, and they went on to advance to the state championship game, where a furious 4th quarter rally fell short in a 77-71 loss to Akron St.Vincent St.Mary coached by Joe Suboticki. Suboticki 4 years later would become Portsmouth's head coach and lead the Trojans to the 1988 Division 2 state title.

I was at that game.Correct me if i'm wrong.Didn't the late Brad Walke have a big game too? Or was that the previous Burg /Portsmouth match up at Athens? Some might say the biggest upset at the Convo might not have been a HS game.What about Ohio beating legendary Coach Ray Meyer's DePaul Blue Demons on Feb. 14,1983.Our HS coach took us to see it.Yes, Ohio made the NCAA's that year, but still a big upset.And I notice you brought up the 1978 Sectional final vs Wheelersburg.For all those that say Sectional Championships and cutting down the nets don't mean anything, that game sure proves that wrong.The Burg just as easily could have won it all if they would have beaten Portsmouth that day.Cut down the nets at every stage of the tournament.They really do mean something.

[LucasDavenport]

Brad Walke didn’t play on the 84 team at Wheelersburg

He was the point guard on the 82 team that went to The final 4 and was on the 83 team that lost to Portsmouth

[2quick2catch]

1995 Regional Semi , Wheelersburg over Minford

[earp]

2007 D2 District Finals

Chillicothe 67
#1 McClain 60
Double Overtime

One year before Chillicothe would win the state title, they would pull off a sizeable upset in front of possibly the biggest crowd ever at the Convo for a HS game.

McClain, led by future Xavier standout Dante Jackson (arguably one of the best to ever play in the SE), came in unbeaten and really untested. They had smoked Jon Diebler’s Upper Sandusky team at the Schott by 20+. US ended up as state runner-up and Jackson ended up a rebound and assist shy of a triple double in that game

Chillicothe, 16-4 in the regular season and SEOAL runnerup, was absolutely loaded with talent and athletes. Humpty Hitchens (Akron/James Madison), Ray Chambers (Troy), Chris Givens (MiamiU FB, Saints practice squad), Seth Dawes (Xavier Baseball), Stu Beverly (Rio), and Caleb Knights (Air Force FB) would give the Cavs a chance every night out

Still, it appeared that McClain was a team of destiny as they destroyed everybody throughout the year, including a really good Hillsboro squad twice

Chillicothe didn’t care though, matching the Tigers shot for shot until early in the 2nd OT when Jackson would foul out and the Cavaliers pulled away for the first of several D2 district titles over the next 7 seasons.

We were talking about this game Friday night.Someone asked what was the biggest crowd I ever saw at The Convo for a high school game and I said this one hands down.I had to park nearly out to the hospital and walk in.

[bball30]

2007 D2 District Finals

Chillicothe 67
#1 McClain 60
Double Overtime

One year before Chillicothe would win the state title, they would pull off a sizeable upset in front of possibly the biggest crowd ever at the Convo for a HS game.

McClain, led by future Xavier standout Dante Jackson (arguably one of the best to ever play in the SE), came in unbeaten and really untested. They had smoked Jon Diebler’s Upper Sandusky team at the Schott by 20+. US ended up as state runner-up and Jackson ended up a rebound and assist shy of a triple double in that game

Chillicothe, 16-4 in the regular season and SEOAL runnerup, was absolutely loaded with talent and athletes. Humpty Hitchens (Akron/James Madison), Ray Chambers (Troy), Chris Givens (MiamiU FB, Saints practice squad), Seth Dawes (Xavier Baseball), Stu Beverly (Rio), and Caleb Knights (Air Force FB) would give the Cavs a chance every night out

Still, it appeared that McClain was a team of destiny as they destroyed everybody throughout the year, including a really good Hillsboro squad twice

Chillicothe didn’t care though, matching the Tigers shot for shot until early in the 2nd OT when Jackson would foul out and the Cavaliers pulled away for the first of several D2 district titles over the next 7 seasons.

We were talking about this game Friday night.Someone asked what was the biggest crowd I ever saw at The Convo for a high school game and I said this one hands down.I had to park nearly out to the hospital and walk in.

That was the largest crowd in the Convo that season, including Bobcat games. Positively electric!!

[packers80]

Portsmouth ended up on the wrong end of the 1984 Class AA district championship vs. Wheelersburg. WHS came into the game 0-2 vs. the Trojans in tournament play, having lost in the 1978 sectionals and the 1983 district championship. PHS came into the 1984 game with a 20-3 record, and a 7-0 record vs. Columbus schools. Portsmouth was led by 6-7 SR Darrin Miller (20.4 PPG), and Kyle Taylor (14 PPG). Taylor would go on to play at Marshall and Xavier. The Pirates' top player was 6-2 SR Todd Staker, who went on to play for Miami of Ohio. Craig Brown was also a prominent player for WHS.

The Trojans led by 9 at the half, but Staker and Brown caught fire from the perimeter in the 2nd half, and the game went into OT. The Pirates prevailed 73-66, and they went on to advance to the state championship game, where a furious 4th quarter rally fell short in a 77-71 loss to Akron St.Vincent St.Mary coached by Joe Suboticki. Suboticki 4 years later would become Portsmouth's head coach and lead the Trojans to the 1988 Division 2 state title.

I was at that game.Correct me if i'm wrong.Didn't the late Brad Walke have a big game too? Or was that the previous Burg /Portsmouth match up at Athens? Some might say the biggest upset at the Convo might not have been a HS game.What about Ohio beating legendary Coach Ray Meyer's DePaul Blue Demons on Feb. 14,1983.Our HS coach took us to see it.Yes, Ohio made the NCAA's that year, but still a big upset.And I notice you brought up the 1978 Sectional final vs Wheelersburg.For all those that say Sectional Championships and cutting down the nets don't mean anything, that game sure proves that wrong.The Burg just as easily could have won it all if they would have beaten Portsmouth that day.Cut down the nets at every stage of the tournament.They really do mean something.

Ohio coached by Danny nee and scioto county's own rick scarberry was on the team. Robert Tatum tore DePaul up that day.