HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW Girls basketball

Who: Canfield (20-6) vs. Pemberville Eastwood (24-2).
What: Division II state semifinal.
When: Thursday, 9 p.m.
Where: Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, Ohio State University.
At stake: The winner advances to the state title game Saturday at 2 p.m. against the winner of the Columbus Hartley (19-7)/Cincinnati McNicholas (20-6) game.
Canfield coach: Pat Pavlansky (102-41 in his sixth season).
So far: Canfield began the season 9-6, but has won 11 consecutive games. The Cards were seeded third in the Austintown Fitch district bracket and reeled off four wins for Pavlansky's first district title, defeating: Southeast, 77-42; Mooney, 54-35; Salem, 64-54; and Niles, 49-32. In Canfield's first regional in eight seasons, the Cards blew out Walsh Jesuit, 68-23, then eliminated Avon Lake 48-45 to clinch the Cards' first trip to state in nine years.
Starters: Julie Playforth, senior forward, 5-9, 8.6 points per game; Nicole Vlajkovich, junior forward, 5-9, 11.4; Erin Martin, junior guard, 5-8, 18.9; Jenny Miller, senior guard, 5-5, 6; Kelly Williams, sophomore guard, 5-4, 5.
Off the bench: Jill Vertanen, sophomore forward, 5-10; Megan Turocy, sophomore forward, 5-9; Corey Hoffman, freshman forward, 5-10; Mara Boak, sophomore guard, 5-7; Harmony Ramunno, sophomore guard, 5-3; Tee Lisotto, sophomore guard, 5-2; Erin Fening, sophomore forward, 5-6; Jessica Gifford, junior forward, 5-9; Kera Yelkin, junior forward, 5-10.
Averages: The Cardinals average 57 points per game on offense and 45.3 on defense.
Eastwood: The Eagles advanced to their first appearance at state since 1977 by defeating Canton Central Catholic, 59-50, to win the Bucyrus regional. Stacy Weiland, a 5-7 guard, scored 18 points and senior forward Libbe Speck pulled down 17 rebounds to trigger the Columbus trip.
Associated Press ranking: 8th.
Coach: Jim Gracyk (200-64 in 11 years).
Eastwood starters: Weiland, junior, 12.6; Speck, 5-11, 10.6; Brianna Hartman, senior post, 5-11, 13.1; Lindsay Madaras, junior guard, 5-8, 6.8; Jessica Schult, sophomore guard, 5-10, 9.
Radio: WKBN-AM 570.
-- Tom Williams