MHS drops game on buzzer-beater
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December 23, 2025

MHS drops game on buzzer-beater

By Tim Miller 

Kellen Carter’s three-pointer with eight seconds to play gave Marysville’s boys basketball team a 59-58 lead over Medina on Saturday.

Lady Luck, however, wasn’t with the Monarchs for the final few seconds of the game that was played at the Columbus Convention Center.

A pass by Medina bounced off...

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Marysville’s Trent Sharp (left) and Jonathan Alder’s Nixon Baker (right) scramble near the out-of-bounds line during the 144-pound semifinal match. The Monarch was crowned champion of the weight class, while the Pioneer took sixth. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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