Boys Basketball

Middletown climbs out of a huge hole and celebrates overtime victory over Fenwick in city rivalry thriller

Buy Image$7

Middletown High School's Michael Maldonado gets between Fenwick's Shaefer Janeck (left) and Joey Costello on Jan. 6, 2024, during a boys basketball game at Fenwick. Middletown won 55-52 in overtime. RICK CASSANO/STAFF

MIDDLETOWN — Call it a memorable chapter in the Middletown-Fenwick prep boys basketball rivalry.

Middletown entered Saturday night’s trip to Fenwick with a perfect record against the Falcons and left the same way, but it took a monumental comeback to get the job done.

The Middies were down 18-2 after

 
To access the full article, please login or subscribe.

Southwest Ohio Sports Daily is the most comprehensive source for high school sports coverage in Southwest Ohio, currently covering 19 high schools in Butler, Warren and Hamilton counties and the five leagues they belong to:

  • GREATER MIAMI CONFERENCE: Fairfield, Hamilton, Lakota East, Lakota West, Mason, Middletown
  • GREATER CATHOLIC LEAGUE COED DIVISION: Badin, Fenwick
  • SOUTHWEST OHIO CONFERENCE: Harrison, Talawanda
  • SOUTHWESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE: Carlisle, Edgewood, Franklin, Madison, Monroe, Ross, Waynesville
  • MIAMI VALLEY CONFERENCE: Cincinnati Christian, New Miami

Subscribe Today

To Top