CLEVELAND, Ohio — Northeast Ohio has not produced a Mr. Basketball winner for the state since 2012. © John Kuntz, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Shaker Heights’ Danny Young Jr. (R) and Mentor’s Chad Rogers battle for a rebound in the second half, January 10, 2020, at Mentor High. Could that change this season? The area has its share of candidates, led by Ohio State commit Malaki Branham and one of the state’s purest scoring guards in Youngstown State-bound Luke Chicone. There could have been two Ohio State commits in the running for it until Garfield Heights’ Demetrius “Meechie” Johnson Jr. announced this fall he is reclassifying and graduating at the end of the year to enroll early in college. He plans to suit up in January for the Buckeyes. Despite Johnson’s brief return from a season of rehabilitation with the International Sports Academy at Andrews Osborne, another top prospect in the country could…
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