Gator lifts Maysville

SPRINGFIELD — Junior Gator Nichols hit the game-winning three-pointer off an offensive rebound as Zanesville Maysville beat Cincinnati Wyoming at the buzzer, 75-73, in double overtime on Friday night at Wittenberg University.

The Panthers advance to the state championship game for the second straight year, this time in Division IV.

Nichols scored 29 points for the Panthers, who led 56-49 in the fourth quarter before Wyoming tied the game at 61-61 at the end of regulation.

The Panthers, who were state runners-up last year, will play the winner of Saturday’s Cleveland Glenville-Gates Mills Hawken game for the state championship game at University of Dayton Arena on March 21.

Maysville won its ninth straight to improve to 26-3, including a 73-57 district victory over East Liverpool on Feb. 25.

Grisdale leads Quinnipiac

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Former Poland High School All-Ohioan Jackie Grisdale is a winner everywhere she goes.

Grisdale scored 11 points on 3-of-6 three-point shooting and played all 40 minutes in leading Quinnipiac Univerity past Merrimack, 65-51, Friday to advance to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship game for the first time since 2019.

Grisdale, a senior who has played 96 career collegiate games, also had two rebounds, two steals and one assist.

Quinnipiac (28-3) will play top-seeded Fairfield (27-4) at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall at 1:30 p.m. Saturday for the MAAC title and the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Quinnipiac snapped Fairfield’s 42-game league winning streak with a 72-65 victory to close out the regular season on March 8.

Mason sets Mount mark

PITTSFORD, New York — Mount Union senior Mary Mason broke her own school record Friday in qualifying to the finals at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Nazarth University.

Mason, a former Marlington High School standout, finished third in her heat in the 800 meters in 2:08.79, which was three seconds faster than she ran earlier this season.

She will race in the finals at 5:05 p.m. Saturday.

Also for Mount Union, graduate student distance Vincent Giumenti and junior shot-putter Ryan McVicker — both from Dover — will compete in the national finals Saturday.

Giumenti also broke his school record in the men’s mile at 4:13.25. He placed fourth in his heat to advance after a disqualification from an athlete in front of him.