COLUMBUS – Versailles moved up to No. 1 in the Division III state rankings in the third Associated Press girls basketball poll of the 2017-18 season.
After being ranked second in Division II the past two weeks, Versailles moved ahead of Columbus Africentric in this week’s poll. The Tigers also received a season-best four first-place votes this week.
Tri-Village’s girls fell out of the state rankings in Division IV. The Patriots were ranked seventh in the season’s first poll and 14th last week.
A number of other schools with local connections are ranked this week. Tippecanoe from the Greater Western Ohio Conference is ranked No. 5 in Division II, Trotwood-Madison from the GWOC is ranked No. 7 in Division II, Minster from the Midwest Athletic Conference is ranked No. 1 in Division IV, Fort Recovery from the MAC is ranked No. 7 in Division IV, and New Bremen from the MAC is ranked No. 13 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. Newark (16) | 14-0 | 191 |
2. W. Chester Lakota W. (2) | 15-1 | 146 |
3. Pickerington Cent. (1) | 16-1 | 134 |
4. Dublin Coffman | 15-1 | 126 |
5. Solon (1) | 13-2 | 105 |
6. Canton McKinley | 14-1 | 93 |
7. Cin. Mt. Notre Dame | 13-3 | 56 |
8. Dresden Tri-Valley | 11-2 | 40 |
9. Stow-Munroe Falls | 14-2 | 36 |
10. Wadsworth | 14-2 | 29 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Canfield 23. Mason 22. Tol. Notre Dame 21. Geneva 17. Berea-Midpark 16.
DIVISION II | ||
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1. Beloit W. Branch (16) | 13-0 | 187 |
2. Gates Mills Gilmour (3) | 12-2 | 135 |
3. Germantown Valley View | 14-1 | 114 |
4. Bellevue | 14-1 | 108 |
5. Tipp City Tippecanoe (1) | 13-2 | 98 |
6. Zanesville Maysville | 12-1 | 94 |
7. Trotwood-Madison | 11-2 | 69 |
8. McArthur Vinton County | 12-0 | 67 |
9. Tol. Rogers | 13-3 | 50 |
10. Washington C.H. Miami Trace | 13-2 | 30 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Shaker Hts. Laurel 28. Washington C.H. 24. London 20. Warren Howland 15. Poland Seminary 13. Akr. SVSM 12.
DIVISION III | ||
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1. Versailles (4) | 16-1 | 159 |
2. Cols. Africentric (11) | 13-1 | 144 |
3. Ottawa-Glandorf (1) | 14-1 | 124 |
4. Cin. Summit Country Day (1) | 13-0 | 114 |
5. Kirtland | 15-0 | 96 |
6. Waynesville (1) | 15-0 | 73 |
7. Archbold | 12-1 | 70 |
8. Findlay Liberty-Benton | 13-1 | 56 |
9. Cardington-Lincoln | 16-1 | 34 |
10. Doylestown Chippewa | 13-0 | 33 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Rocky River Lutheran W. 25. Elyria Cath. (1) 23. Minford 18. Proctorville Fairland 13. Seaman N. Adams 12.
DIVISION IV | ||
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1. Minster (13) | 14-1 | 183 |
2. Waterford (4) | 10-1 | 166 |
3. Ottoville | 14-1 | 123 |
4. Fairfield Christian | 12-2 | 115 |
5. Sugar Grove Berne Union | 12-1 | 111 |
6. N. Jackson Jackson-Milton (2) | 13-0 | 108 |
7. Ft. Recovery | 11-2 | 45 |
8. N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge | 9-4 | 35 |
9. Portsmouth Notre Dame | 15-0 | 34 |
10. Steubenville Cath. Cent. | 11-2 | 31 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Dalton 29. Cornerstone Christian (1) 28. New Bremen 27. New Boston Glenwood 16.