COLUMBUS – Tri-Village dropped three spots to No. 4 in the Associated Press’ girls basketball state rankings.
In the fifth poll of the 2015-16 season, Tri-Village fell from No. 1 to No. 4 in the Division IV rankings. Arlington, Waterford and Berlin Hiland bypassed the Lady Patriots in the poll.
Despite dropping in the rankings, Tri-Village still earned three first-place votes this week. The Patriots were one of five Division IV teams to earn first-place votes.
Tri-Village has been ranked in every AP girls basketball poll this season, ranging from No. 5 in week one to No. 1 last week. Tri-Village is the lone Darke County girls basketball team to be ranked this season.
A number of other schools with local connections are ranked this week. Sidney from the Greater Western Ohio Conference is ranked No. 3 in Division I, Wayne from the GWOC is ranked No. 5 in Division I, Fort Recovery from the Midwest Athletic Conference is ranked No. 11 in Division III, and Minster from the MAC is ranked No. 6 in Division IV.
Below is how a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
DIVISION I | ||
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1, Wadsworth (10) | 19-1 | 154 |
2, W. Chester Lakota W. (2) | 21-1 | 141 |
3, Sidney (3) | 22-0 | 132 |
4, Mason (1) | 20-2 | 115 |
5, Huber Hts. Wayne (1) | 21-1 | 91 |
6, Pickerington Cent. | 19-3 | 86 |
7, Powell Olentangy Liberty | 19-1 | 58 |
8, Canton McKinley | 15-3 | 38 |
9, N. Can. Hoover | 18-3 | 33 |
10, Louisville | 18-2 | 23 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Dublin Coffman 20.
DIVISION II | ||
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1, Kettering Alter (11) | 20-2 | 162 |
2, Oak Harbor (1) | 20-0 | 144 |
3, Bellbrook (3) | 22-0 | 142 |
4, Zanesville Maysville | 20-2 | 91 |
5, Millersburg W. Holmes (1) | 19-3 | 87 |
6, Ottawa-Glandorf | 18-2 | 77 |
7, Circleville | 20-2 | 56 |
8, Tol. Rogers (1) | 15-5 | 49 |
9, Clarksville Clinton-Massie | 14-3 | 38 |
10, Washington C.H. Miami Trace | 20-2 | 15 |
(tie) Bellevue | 17-4 | 15 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Steubenville 12.
DIVISION III | ||
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1, Ashland Crestview (16) | 18-0 | 169 |
2, Lynchburg-Clay | 20-1 | 111 |
3, Sugarcreek Garaway | 15-2 | 100 |
4, Marion Pleasant | 19-1 | 88 |
5, Anna | 19-3 | 78 |
6, Columbus Grove | 18-2 | 75 |
7, Archbold | 18-2 | 70 |
8, Cin. Summit Country Day | 19-3 | 66 |
9, Doylestown Chippewa | 17-3 | 63 |
10, Metamora Evergreen | 17-2 | 48 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Ft. Recovery 17. 12, Cols. Africentric 14.
DIVISION IV | ||
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1, Arlington (10) | 20-1 | 154 |
2, Waterford (2) | 19-1 | 121 |
3, Berlin Hiland | 20-3 | 104 |
4, New Madison Tri-Village (3) | 19-3 | 103 |
5, Carey | 19-1 | 99 |
6, Minster (1) | 18-3 | 90 |
7, Ottoville (1) | 19-2 | 87 |
8, Fairfield Christian | 17-2 | 49 |
9, Ft. Loramie | 17-4 | 23 |
10, Gorham Fayette | 20-1 | 20 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, N. Baltimore 17. 12, Haviland Wayne Trace 16. 13, Defiance Ayersville 13.