CAMERON — The Cameron Dragons started their postseason with a 52-40 victory over Magnolia on Thursday in a WVSSAC Class A Region I girls basketball matchup.

With the victory, Cameron, seeded No. 4 in the Region, will play for a spot in the upcoming state tournament against No. 1 St. Marys, who defeated Valley in their own regional game Thursday.

Kendra Thomas led the way for the Dragons against Magnolia, scoring 22 points and going 9-10 from the foul line.

Emma Francis scored 11 and Macey Bertram scored nine for Cameron.

Kaylee Yost scored 22 of her own for the Blue Eagles, while Bella Sockman scored 10.

Cameron led 29-19 at halftime and 40-25 after three quarters.

The Dragons’ matchup against St. Marys is set for Wednesday, March 4.

No. 1 St. Marys 87,

No. 8 Valley 26

ST. MARYS — The Blue Devils advanced to a Class A Region 1 state qualifier game with a victory over the Lumberjills.

Senior Laken Dawson led her team with 15 points for Valley. Fellow senior Michaela Miller scored six.

Brynnley Bulluck dropped 40 points to pace St. Marys.

(Late Wednesday)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

No. 2 Edison 54,

No. 7 Barnesville 42

CADIZ – The Edison girls’ basketball team got off to a fast start, and Barnesville was unable to keep up with the Wildcats.

The Wildcats built a 14-point advantage against the Shamrocks in the first quarter, and No. 2 seed Edison went on to defeat No. 7 seed Barnesville, 54-42, in an Ohio Division V Eastern District Semifinal Wednesday night out at Harrison Central.

With the win, Edison will play No. 3 see Tuscarawas Valley in the district final at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Minerva. Tuscarawas Valley advanced to Saturday by defeating No. 11 seed Buckeye Local, 68-14, Wednesday night in the district semifinal.

Three players produced double digits in points to lead the way offensively for the Wildcats. Individually, senior standout Sophia Henderson, who has scored more than 1,000 points in her career, delivered a game-high 18 points to lead the way. Abby Carpenter contributed 13 points, Lacie Pelley tallied 10 and Abby Boka collected eight.

Lydia Fuchs finished with a team-high 11 points to lead the Shamrocks, Lydia Welch chipped in with 10 and Aiva Leasure scored eight.

Barnesville struggled at the free-throw line as the team made just 3-of-14 shots from the charity stipe. On the other end, Edison made 14-of-21 from the line.

The Wildcats hit six shots from beyond the arc with Henderson making three of them. The Shamrocks made three with Mallory Kiser making two.

The Trojans (20-4) enter Saturday’s game having won 14-straight games.

No. 2 Indian Creek 51, No. 7

Zanesville Maysville 40

LORE CITY — The Redskins came up with enough key plays down the stretch to fend off a pesky Zanesville Maysville club inside the Buckeye Trail High School gym for a 51-40 victory.

While Creek (19-5) turned the ball over 13 times and shot just 39.6 percent overall, their makes came at key times down the stretch. Every time the Panthers (10-14) would close the gap — including possessing the ball down two late in the fourth quarter — Creek would go the other way and get a bucket.

Creek also went 5 of 6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to help put things away.

Riley Sadler certainly had a big game individually for the Redskins. She netted a game-high 17 points, pulled down 14 rebounds, had two blocks and assist and a steal.

Kaydence Walker followed with 14 points and nine boards to go with three assists, three steals and a block. Gracie Klinesmith netted 11 points and grabbed six rebounds to make it a trio in double digits.