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Goodwin is Ohio Mr. Basketball

COLUMBUS — Upper Arlington High School senior Dane Goodwin was named Ohio Mr. Basketball Wednesday by a statewide media panel.

A 6-foot-5 senior, Goodwin averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds for the District finalist Golden Bears. A four-year starter, he set school records for points scored (1,951 points) and rebounds (817).

Other finalists for the award were Jerome Hunter of Pickerington North, Cameron Brooks-Harris of Zanesville, Darius Bazley of Cincinnati Princeton, Justin Ahrens of Versailles, Kollin Van Horn of Proctorville Fairland, Sincere Carry of Solon, Michael Bothwell of Willoughby Cornerstone Christian, Pete Nance of Richfield Revere and Vincent Williams of Toledo St. John’s.

Ohio State’s Leo Brown dies

COLUMBUS — Leo Brown, Ohio State’s first black football captain, has died. He was 84.

Ohio State confirmed the death Wednesday through Brown’s nephew, Henry Brown, saying the former football player died last weekend at his home in Lakewood, Colorado.

Brown was a two-way end for the Buckeyes, captaining coach Woody Hayes’ 1957 national championship team. From Portsmouth, Ohio, Brown also played on Ohio State’s 1955 Big Ten championship team and the 1956 team that set a Big Ten mark with 17 consecutive conference victories.

He became an oral surgeon in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel after 20 years.

Services will be Monday, with a military burial in Denver.

Indians’ Brantley homers in debut

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Michael Brantley had no problem getting back in the swing of things Wednesday night.

Brantley homered on his first swing of spring training, making a promising return to the Cleveland Indians’ lineup following surgery in October on his right ankle.

The 30-year-old outfielder turned around a pitch from Kansas City’s Jason Hammel and knocked it onto the pavilion roof in right field in the second inning. He was later called out on strikes and flew out to left field before being replaced in left field prior to the sixth inning.

Brantley’s first spring start was delayed by injury for the third straight season. In 2016, he homered in a March 19 debut after having right shoulder surgery the previous November. Last spring, he was held out of Cactus League action until March 20 following biceps surgery the previous August.

Brantley batted .299 with nine homers and 52 RBIs in 90 games last year before being shut down with the ankle injury.

From staff and wire reports

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