Championship season has come to central Ohio high school basketball. While district tournaments in all seven divisions begin on the girls side this week, some area boys teams clinched league championships last week, including Africentric and Northland in the City League and Hilliard Darby in the OCC-Cardinal.

Growing up in a family of professional basketball players, Buzelis was taught early that there were no shortcuts — lessons that helped prepare him for his rookie season with the Bulls and coach Billy Donovan. And now that he’s figuring things out, the playing time and results have everyone in the organization smiling.

Free Press sports writer Mick McCabe ranks Michigan high school girls basketball teams for the week of Feb. 9 of the 2024-25 MHSAA season.

Comsewogue 73, West Babylon 67: Joe Perri scored eight of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to lead Comsewogue (6-13) in Suffolk IV. RJ Varland added 26 points and five rebounds and James Ward had seven points and 15 rebounds. Modesta Tapia scored 32 points for West Babylon (6-13).

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