Three-time Ms. Basketball winner Dee Alexander finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead Purcell Marian to its fourth straight state championship.

The Cavaliers are just the fourth team in Ohio High School Athletic Association history to win four consecutive titles.

Pickerington Central's girls basketball team will go for its eighth OHSAA championship and first since 2019 on Saturday against Cincinnati Princeton.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Rootstown Rovers are in the midst of their longest girls basketball postseason run in school history after opening the season with 10 straight wins before rattling off 17 straight victories to make their way to the state championship in Division VI.

Purcell Marian jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never led by less than five points the rest of the way, beating Avon Lake, 72-44, to capture the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state championship on Friday at University of Dayton Arena. Purcell Marian finished the season with a 23-6 record. Avon Lake also finished 23-6.

The Avon Lake Shoregals have strung together a few stalwart defensive performances in matchups against some of the best teams in Northeast Ohio and it has brought them to their first OHSAA girls basketball championship appearance in 31 years.