COLUMBUS – Tri-Village fell two spots to No. 6 in the final Associated Press girls basketball poll of the 2015-16 season.
In the final poll of the season Tri-Village is ranked behind Arlington, Waterford, Berlin Hiland, Carey and Ottoville in the Division IV rankings. Carey and Ottoville moved ahead of the Lady Patriots in the state rankings.
Tri-Village has been ranked in every AP girls basketball poll this season, ranging from No. 5 in week one to No. 1 two weeks ago. 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. 2 in Division I, Wayne from the GWOC is ranked No. 4 in Division I, and Minster from the Midwest Athletic Conference is ranked No. 9 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, Wadsworth (12);21-1;153 |
2, Sidney (3);23-0;139 |
3, W. Chester Lakota W. (1);21-1;132 |
4, Huber Hts. Wayne (1);22-1;117 |
5, Mason;20-2;110 |
6, Pickerington Cent.;20-3;69 |
7, Powell Olentangy Liberty;20-1;65 |
8, Canton McKinley;18-3;50 |
9, N. Can. Hoover;19-3;35 |
10, Louisville;19-4;12 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
DIVISION II
1, Kettering Alter (10);22-2;154 |
2, Oak Harbor (2);22-0;141 |
3, Bellbrook (3);24-0;131 |
4, Zanesville Maysville;20-2;92 |
5, Ottawa-Glandorf;20-2;88 |
6, Millersburg W. Holmes;19-3;81 |
7, Circleville;22-2;73 |
8, Clarksville Clinton-Massie;19-4;44 |
9, Tol. Rogers (1);17-5;34 |
10, Warren Howland;17-5;18 |
(tie) Cortland Lakeview (1);20-2;18 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Cambridge 13.
DIVISION III
1, Ashland Crestview (15);20-0;158 |
2, Lynchburg-Clay (1);22-1;125 |
3, Sugarcreek Garaway;16-2;104 |
4, Columbus Grove;20-2;94 |
5, Anna;20-3;80 |
6, Metamora Evergreen;19-2;58 |
7, Cin. Summit Country Day;20-3;56 |
8, Archbold;18-3;49 |
9, Ironton;23-0;46 |
10, Marion Pleasant;20-2;45 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Doylestown Chippewa 33. 12, N. Lima S. Range (1) 25. 13, W. Liberty-Salem 12.
DIVISION IV
1, Arlington (11);21-1;146 |
2, Waterford (1);22-1;118 |
3, Berlin Hiland;21-3;105 |
4, Carey (1);21-1;100 |
5, Ottoville (1);20-2;92 |
6, New Madison Tri-Village;20-3;85 |
7, Ft. Loramie;19-4;55 |
8, Gorham Fayette;22-1;54 |
9, Minster (1);18-4;53 |
10, Fairfield Christian;17-3;21 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton (1) 18. 12, N. Baltimore (1) 15. 12, Defiance Ayersville 15. 14, McDonald 14.