The opening-round matchups for the Ohio High School Athletic Association girls basketball tournament begin tonight for Stark County-area teams. Here is a look at the pairings involving area teams with overall district seeds in parenthesis.

As the Ohio High School Athletic Association boys basketball tournament begins next week, Cincinnati-area schools will look to break a cold spell. No local team has played in the state Final Four since 2022 when Taft won the Division III crown to become the last local state champ.