COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Brian Parker had 17 points to help defending champion Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph pull away for a 55-40 win over Columbus Bishop Ready on Friday in a Division III boys state semifinal at Ohio State’s Value City Arena.
The Vikings (22-7) advanced to play for its sixth state championship in Saturday’s title game.
Ready (21-6) trailed 40-35 after Kelly Culbertson hit a three-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer but Parker, a co-player of the year, scored the first six points of the fourth to start a 12-0 run to make the score 52-35 for the second-ranked team in the final Associated Press regular-season poll.
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Maurice Johnson and Carlton Bragg had 11 points each for the Vikings. Josh Gantz had seven points for Ready.
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