Chris McKnight In Final Four

[GoZips]

Incoming Zips recruit, Chris McKnight leads his Lancaster Gales to the Ohio Division OneFinal four. Chris scored 18 points on 9 of 10 shooting and pulled down 11 rebounds.Trotwood Madison is next for the Gales. Possible title game against Canton McKinleylooms.From the Cleveland Plain DealerCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chris McKnight hit nine of his 10 shots from the field and Lancaster held off a last-minute charge from Cincinnati Elder for a 52-49 victory Saturday in the Division I regional finals.Lancaster (25-1) will face Trotwood Madison in the big-school semifinals on Friday.After Lancaster's Jordan Lucus made a free throw for a 52-49 lead with 35 seconds left, Elder worked to get a 3-pointer, but an off-balance shot by Kyle Rudolph as time ran out fell short.McKnight scored 18 points and had 13 rebounds for Lancaster, which will be making its third straight state tournament appearance.Rudolph had 15 points and Brian Hamrick 14 for Elder (22-3).

[ZipAnalyst]

Let us hope that Lancaster makes it to the finals. If Lancaster does make it, those us who have Time-Warner cable will be able to see the finals Ohio News Network (ONN) next Saturday.Seeing McKnight in action will equip us to assess how much he, as a freshman, will be able to help alleviate the Zip "big man" and "inside quickness" problem that haunted the Zips this year.

[mnhouse]

From what i understand, the entire final four will be on ONN.

[ZipAnalyst]

Saturday's games for sure. Thursday and Friday? I am not sure. However, I have e-mailed ONN for clarification.Will post the response when I get it.

[a-zip]

Will this additional press for him put us in any jeopardy of losing him?

[Blue & Gold]

I doubt it. He was offered by West Virginia before he committed to us.

[MRasor0200]

Per Rivals.com, Bardo, McKnight and Roberts each signed letters of intent.That means they have to go to Akron, or sit out a year, just as if they were transferring.

[zipboy]

Why would he not want to go to Akron? After watching the tourney today, he can be part of a sweet sixteen run in 2 years.

[ZipAnalyst]

I have the story on the ONN broadcast of the HS championship games.For sure: the Saturday championship for all divisions will be live.Maybe: the Friday games will also be televised live.If not: the ONN crew will be on-hand to film highlights to air on its broadcasts for Friday.All ZipNations: what the highlights/live action on Lancaster and come back to this forum with your observations.

[GoZips]

As of this morning (Tuesday) ONN's program guide only shows the Saturday eveningchampionship game being aired on ONN. It begins with a pre-game show at 8 PM.The game itself starts at 8:30 PM.