ONTARIO, OH – With the basketball season recently wrapped up, Ontario athletic director Jeff Fisher spoke with WMFD about what a school does when hosting a high school basketball tournament game.”We knew back in October once that the potential was there that we could host the District Basketball Tournament here,” said Fisher. “As a Division II school, we couldn’t host if we were in the District Tournament so once we got the phone call on that Friday that Mansfield Senior beat Bellevue that we were gonna have the lights on here and host, it just kind of getting all of our hands on deck and ready to get the logistics down of hosting a great basketball tournament.”Fisher said that the stadium was “full house.””Based on the finals being a sell-out I think we had four basketball communities that anticipated great basketball,” said Fisher. “That’s where it comes down to, I think we had exceptional basketball play, great coaching, great athletes, competitive ball games, and I think the environment was just right for excitement and a full house here in the O-Rena.”Fisher also felt hosting a tournament match was something Ontario was due.”Ultimately, we felt like Ontario was due to host a tournament of that magnitude,” said Fisher. “We loved every piece of it from servicing our teams, the officials, our gatekeepers, it was all-hands-on-deck here to make it an enjoyable event.”Ontario’s gym is approaching 25 years old and can seat 2,000 people. Fisher said, “From a hospitality standpoint, our kids are safe, and our fans are comfortable and watching basketball.”
ONTARIO, OH - With the basketball season recently wrapped up, Ontario athletic director Jeff Fisher spoke with WMFD about what a school does when hosting a high school basketball tournament game. "We knew back in October once that the potential was there that we could host the District Basketball Tournament here," said Fisher. "As a…