COLUMBUS – The Tri-Village and Versailles girls basketball teams both are ranked No. 4 in their respective divisions in the first Associated Press state poll of the 2016-17 season.
The Versailles girls are ranked No. 4 in the Division III state rankings. The Lady Tigers are ranked behind Columbus Africentric, Cincinnati Summit Country Day and Archbold.
Tri-Village’s girls are ranked No. 4 in the Division IV state rankings. The Lady Patriots, who received one first-place vote, are ranked behind Waterford, Minster and Russia.
A number of other schools with local connections are ranked this week. Springboro from the Greater Western Ohio Conference is ranked No. 9 in Division I, Trotwood-Madison from the GWOC is ranked No. 4 in Division II, Tippecanoe from the GWOC is ranked No. 6 in Division II, Fort Recovery from the Midwest Athletic Conference is ranked No. 5 in Division III, Minster from the MAC is ranked No. 1 in Division IV, and Covington from the Cross County Conference is ranked No. 11 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
1. Mason (11);10-0;136 |
2. Newark (3);12-0;115 |
3. W. Chester Lakota W.;11-1;95 |
4. Reynoldsburg;9-2;53 |
5. Tol. Start;9-1;52 |
6. Solon;8-2;44 |
7. Lyndhurst Brush;10-1;43 |
8. Mentor;7-2;39 |
9. Springboro;10-2;34 |
10.Eastlake N.;8-1;32 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Can. GlenOak (1) 31. Cin. McAuley (1) 24. Twinsburg 20. Cin. Mt. Notre Dame 19. Cle. St. Joseph 19. Pickerington Cent. 17. Cols. Watterson 16. N. Can. Hoover 15.<
DIVISION II
1. Day. Carroll (5);11-1;123 |
2. Ottawa-Glandorf (6);11-0;112 |
3. Kettering Alter (3);9-2;93 |
4. Trotwood-Madison;9-2;52 |
5. London;11-1;48 |
6. Tipp City Tippecanoe;8-2;47 |
7. Parma Padua;10-1;46 |
8. Shaker Hts. Laurel (2);11-0;43 |
9. Oak Harbor;10-1;37 |
10.Perry;11-0;34 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Warren Howland 32. Elyria Cath. 23. Millbury Lake 21. Bay Village Bay 19. Caledonia River Valley 18. Wilmington 18.<
DIVISION III
1. Cols. Africentric (8);9-1;131 |
2. Cin. Summit Country Day (4);11-0;93 |
3. Archbold (2);11-0;88 |
4. Versailles;11-1;58 |
5. Ft. Recovery;8-0;52 |
6. Findlay Liberty-Benton;9-1;42 |
7. Richwood N. Union;11-1;35 |
8. Newton Falls;8-1;32 |
(tie) Columbus Grove;8-1;32 |
10.Lynchburg-Clay;10-0;31 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Brookfield 28. Baltimore Liberty Union 27. Proctorville Fairland 22. Gates Mills Gilmour (2) 20. Albany Alexander 20. Warren Champion 19. Garrettsville Garfield 18. Lisbon David Anderson 13. Nelsonville-York 12.<
DIVISION IV
1. Waterford (6);8-1;117 |
(tie) Minster (5);9-0;117 |
3. Russia;11-1;72 |
4. New Madison Tri-Village (1);10-0;67 |
5. Ottoville;9-2;57 |
6. Berlin Hiland (3);10-0;55 |
7. Arlington;9-2;51 |
8. Fairfield Christian (1);11-0;50 |
9. Jackson Center;7-2;31 |
10.N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge;8-2;27 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Covington 26. Haviland Wayne Trace 24. Reedsville Eastern 24. Windham 24. Lancaster Fisher Cath. 18. N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 17. New Matamoras Frontier 15. Day. Miami Valley 14.<