DIVISION IV GIRLS Start to finish: Hiland is No. 1

Sophomore guard Lydia Miller hit the game's biggest shot for the Hawks.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Three Berlin Hiland players made the all-state team while the Hawks sailed to a poll title.
But it took an often overlooked sophomore guard to hit the shot that kept them perfect.
Lydia Miller had one point through four quarters but hit the pivotal 3-pointer in overtime to help No. 1-ranked Berlin Hiland beat Ottoville 55-47 in the Division IV girls state championship on Saturday.
"That's what it takes," said a disappointed Ottoville coach Dave Kleman. "A lot of times it takes someone other than your stars."
To hear Hiland coach Dave Schlabach, Miller was about the last person he wanted to take the pivotal 3-point shot with a two-point lead and less than a minute remaining.
"We'll just say it was a big shot and it went in," Schlabach said as two of his players giggled nearby. "She's one of our girls who is playing with a lot of confidence. We give them a lot of freedom to make plays. ... But it would have been OK if she would have pulled the ball back outside, too."
Leaders
Lindsay Stuckey scored 18 points, including the Hawks first four in the extra session, and also got a hand on a key steal in the overtime.
First-team All-Ohioan Launa Hochstetler scored 16 points and Rachel Thomas had six points and 10 rebounds off the bench for the Hawks, No. 1 in the Associated Press poll from the first week until the last.
"This feels great," Hochstetler said. "We wouldn't have had it any other way. That's why this is so satisfying, all the hard work has paid off. We love it so much and we work so hard -- to get a result like this is just awesome."
The championship was the second for Hiland (28-0), which was making its seventh trip to the state title. Its only previous title came in 2000.
Stacey Wannemacher and Megan Kleman each scored 12 points and Amy Honigford had 11 for Ottoville (23-4), which has lost in the title game in each of its three trips to the state tournament.
The teams fought to a dead heat in the first half, 21-21, and neither had a lead of more than three points in the second half.
"We felt they were probably the most similar to us of any team we've seen all year," Schlabach said.
Missed opportunity
Hiland had a prime chance to win the game in regulation after Krista Beechy made a steal with 13 seconds left while Ottoville was taking the air out of the ball for a last shot.
Hochstetler dribbled down and tried to go around a pick, but Jen Burgei tapped the ball away and the final buzzer sounded during a scramble on the floor.
In the overtime, Stuckey gave Hiland the lead when she burst through the lane and hit a left-handed layup, only to have Honigford answer with a 15-foot jumper at the other end. On the Hawks' next trip down the floor, Stuckey gave a pump fake in the lane and coaxed in a 5-footer to give Hiland the lead for good.
After Burgei missed a driving layup, Miller took a crosscourt pass and netted the 3 from the left wing with 1:10 left for a 52-47 lead.
Hochstetler added two foul shots and Jena Stutzman another to touch off a sonic boom from the Hiland cheering section.
"We are ... perfect!" the fans chanted in unison.
The last team to run the table with a spotless record in the small-school division was Hiland in 2000. The current Hawks became the 12th small school to finish unbeaten.