Pickerington Central's girls basketball team won its OHSAA eighth state championship and first since 2018 Saturday night.

Columbus Grove threw the first punch and kept them coming as it built a 20-2 lead in the first quarter of Saturday’s Division VI girls basketball state championship. The lead grew to as many as 25, but Rootstown wouldn’t quit.

For the first time in seven years, Pickerington Central is at the top of the Buckeye State after the Tigers defeated Cincinnati Princeton 47-44 in the OHSAA Division I championship. Pick Central was down by as many as seven points in the final quarter before back-to-back three point jumpers by Zoe