*photo and article courtesy of Mike Haake

Five varsity teams and two prep teams competed for the Midwest Conference Championship last weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

In the prep division, the RHI Jr Racers won first place by defeating the second place Cincinnati Dragons in the best-of-three championship.  The Jr Racers clinched the championship with two victories on Saturday while the Dragons got their first victory of the season in the third game on Sunday.

In the varsity division, first place went to the Cincinnati Dragons who went 5-0 on the weekend including a 67-37 championship victory over the WASA Bucks.  This is the first Midwest Conference Championship for the Dragons after finishing in second place the last two seasons. The WASA Bucks finished in second place with a 3-1 record in pool play before losing to the Dragons in the championship game.

Thank you to the host, St Xavier HS in Cincinnati, and to all the teams for following COVID protocols to allow for a safe conference championship this year!

Varsity Standings

1st - Cincinnati Dragons (5-0)

2nd - WASA Bucks (3-2)

3rd - RHI Racers  (2-2)

4th - DASA Rams  (1-3)

5th - Cleveland Cavs (0-4)

Prep Standings

1st - RHI Jr Racers (2-1)

2nd - Cincinnati Dragons (1-2)

Game Scores - Varsity

Cincinnati 73 Cleveland 29

WASA 42 RHI 21

Cincinnati 61 WASA 50

RHI 48 DASA 26

WASA 46 Cleveland 33

Cincinnati 68 DASA 31

DASA 47 Cleveland 28

Cincinnati 56 RHI 22

WASA 46 DASA 33

RHI 50 Cleveland 22

(Varsity Championship Game) Cincinnati 67 WASA 37

Game Scores - Prep

RHI 42 vs Cincinnati 16

RHI 31 vs Cincinnati 25

Cincinnati 23 vs RHI 14