COLUMBUS – Versailles moved up one spot to No. 3 while Tri-Village maintained its No. 4 ranking in the Associated Press’ state girls basketball poll.
Versailles moved ahead of Columbus Africentric in the Division III state rankings to claim the No. 3 spot in the secondly weekly state poll of the 2016-17 season. Versailles, which also gained one first-place vote, remained behind Cincinnati Summit Country Day and Archbold in the Division III rankings.
Tri-Village’s girls remained No. 4 in the Division IV state rankings for a second consecutive week. The Lady Patriots moved ahead of Russia but were bypassed by Berlin Hiland. Tri-Village remained behind Minster and Waterford.
A number of other schools with local connections are ranked this week. Springboro from the Greater Western Ohio Conference is ranked No. 12 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. 4 in Division III, and Minster from the MAC is ranked No. 1 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. Newark (12) | 14-0 | 190 |
| 2. Mason (6) | 11-1 | 179 |
| 3. W. Chester Lakota W. (2) | 13-1 | 171 |
| 4. Tol. Start | 11-1 | 132 |
| 5. Solon | 9-2 | 100 |
| 6. Lyndhurst Brush | 12-1 | 92 |
| 7. Eastlake N. | 9-1 | 56 |
| (tie) Reynoldsburg | 10-3 | 56 |
| 9. Can. GlenOak (1) | 11-1 | 35 |
| 10.New Carlisle Tecumseh | 12-1 | 24 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Dublin Coffman 16. Springboro 14. Cin. McAuley 13.
| DIVISION II | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ottawa-Glandorf (10) | 13-0 | 182 |
| 2. Kettering Alter (4) | 11-2 | 169 |
| 3. Day. Carroll (6) | 13-1 | 164 |
| 4. Trotwood-Madison | 10-2 | 113 |
| 5. Shaker Hts. Laurel | 14-0 | 99 |
| 6. Tipp City Tippecanoe | 10-2 | 92 |
| 7. London | 12-2 | 54 |
| 8. Parma Padua | 11-2 | 36 |
| 9. Perry | 12-1 | 24 |
| 10.Oak Harbor | 11-2 | 22 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Millbury Lake 21. Warren Howland 18. Beloit W. Branch 16. Washington C.H. Miami Trace (1) 13. Clyde 12. Poland Seminary 12.
| DIVISION III | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cin. Summit Country Day (11) | 13-0 | 160 |
| 2. Archbold (4) | 13-0 | 157 |
| 3. Versailles (1) | 13-1 | 109 |
| 4. Ft. Recovery | 9-0 | 107 |
| 5. Cols. Africentric | 11-2 | 103 |
| 6. Findlay Liberty-Benton | 10-1 | 88 |
| 7. Richwood N. Union | 12-1 | 87 |
| 8. Columbus Grove | 10-1 | 63 |
| 9. Columbiana (2) | 17-0 | 30 |
| 10. Gates Mills Gilmour (2) | 11-4 | 27 |
| (tie) Lynchburg-Clay | 11-1 | 27 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Newton Falls 22. Lisbon David Anderson 19. Warren Champion 15. Baltimore Liberty Union 15. Brookfield 14. Albany Alexander 13. W. Liberty-Salem 13.
| DIVISION IV | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Minster (11) | 12-0 | 187 |
| 2. Berlin Hiland (4) | 12-0 | 168 |
| 3. Waterford (6) | 9-1 | 142 |
| 4. New Madison Tri-Village | 13-0 | 141 |
| 5. Fairfield Christian | 14-0 | 104 |
| 6. Arlington | 11-2 | 88 |
| 7. Russia | 12-2 | 85 |
| 8. Ottoville | 10-3 | 41 |
| 9. Haviland Wayne Trace | 11-1 | 28 |
| 10. N. Jackson Jackson-Milton | 12-2 | 19 |
| (tie) New Matamoras Frontier | 12-1 | 19 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Danville 16. N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge 15. Jackson Center 14.
