OHSAA Girls Basketball State Semifinal Pairings

Sites around Ohio will host state semifinals March 7-9, with winners advancing to Dayton March 14-15

COLUMBUS, Ohio (3-2-25) – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and host sites for this week’s girls basketball state semifinals. It is the first time in years that Final Four games have not been played at State Finals site. The winners will advance to the state championship games March 14-15 hosted at the University of Dayton Arena.

Two Western Buckeye League schools, St. Marys and Elida (2 games), will be hosting semi-final games.

D III – Toledo Notre Dame Academy (21-6) vs. Cincinnati Purcell Marian (21-6), Sunday, March 9, at St. Marys Memorial High School, 3 p.m.

D VI – Columbus Grove (25-2) vs. Minster (22-5), Friday, March 7, at Elida High School, 6 p.m.

D VII – Ottoville (25-2) vs. Fort Loramie (24-3), Friday, March 7, at Elida High School, 8:30 p.m.

Mansfield Senior will host the most semi-final games with three. Only two games will not be played at aq high school….Ohio Dominican University and the Canton Field House.

Girls basketball tournament information and statewide brackets are available at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Basketball-Girls/Girls-Basketball-2024-25/2025-Girls-Basketball-State-Tournament

2025 OHSAA Girls Basketball State Semifinal Pairings

Home team listed first.

Division I

  • Rocky River Magnificat (20-5) vs. Pickerington Central (23-3), Sunday, March 9, at Mansfield Senior High School, 1 p.m.
  • Springboro (22-4) vs. Cincinnati Princeton (20-6), Sunday, March 9, at Fairfield High School, 5 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 8:30 p.m.

Division II                              

  • Olmsted Falls (21-5) vs. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (23-2), Sunday, March 9, at Mansfield Senior High School, 4 p.m.
  • Sunbury Big Walnut (24-3) vs. Cincinnati Winton Woods (26-0), Sunday, March 9, at Vandalia Butler High School, 3 p.m.

State Championship: Friday, March 14, at University of Dayton Arena, 7:30 p.m.

Division III

  • Lyndhurst Brush (24-2) vs. Avon Lake (22-5), Sunday, March 9, at Canton Field House, 3 p.m.
  • Toledo Notre Dame Academy (21-6) vs. Cincinnati Purcell Marian (21-6), Sunday, March 9, at St. Marys Memorial High School, 3 p.m.

State Championship: Friday, March 14, at University of Dayton Arena, 1 p.m.

Division IV

  • Shaker Heights Laurel (14-13) vs. Bellevue (26-1), Saturday, March 8, at Elyria Catholic High School, 3 p.m.
  • Lancaster Fairfield Union (27-0) vs. Kettering Archbishop Alter (18-8), Saturday, March 8, at Ohio Dominican University, 1 p.m.

State Championship: Friday, March 14, at University of Dayton Arena, 4:15 p.m.

Division V

  • Creston Norwayne (24-3) vs. Columbus Africentric Early College (21-7), Saturday, March 8, at Mansfield Senior High School, 2 p.m.
  • Portsmouth (25-1) vs. Proctorville Fairland (21-5), Saturday, March 8, at Logan High School, 4 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 10:45 a.m.

Division VI

  • Rootstown (27-1) vs. Beverly Fort Frye (21-4), Friday, March 7, at Claymont High School, 7 p.m.
  • Columbus Grove (25-2) vs. Minster (22-5), Friday, March 7, at Elida High School, 6 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 2 p.m.

Division VII

  • Mogadore (23-4) vs. Waterford (25-1), Friday, March 7, at Dover High School, 7 p.m.
  • Ottoville (25-2) vs. Fort Loramie (24-3), Friday, March 7, at Elida High School, 8:30 p.m.

State Championship: Saturday, March 15, at University of Dayton Arena, 5:15 p.m.