2 NWC schools are represented in the latest AP Boys Basketball State Poll. Lima Central Catholic was ranked 4th in Division III and Columbus Grove was ranked 4th in Division IV.
Ohio AP Boys Basketball State Poll
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the sixth of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
Division I
1, Cincinnati Moeller (21) 18-0 252
2, Westerville South (1) 18-0 195
3, Columbus Northland 18-1 183
4, Liberty Twp. Lakota East 19-0 179
5, Toledo St. John’s (3) 16-1 156
6, Garfield Heights (1) 17-0 140
7, Cincinnati La Salle 19-2 81
8, Gahanna Lincoln 18-1 74
9, Huber Heights Wayne 18-1 65
10, Toledo Whitmer 15-1 32
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Lakewood St. Edward 25.
Division II
1, Dayton Dunbar (18) 16-2 247
2, Carrollton (5) 18-0 203
3, Akron Buchtel (1) 15-2 194
4, Zanesville (2) 16-2 177
5, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 15-1 157
6, Columbus Hartley 16-1 97
7, Chillicothe 15-3 86
8, Celina 15-2 52
9, Shelby 15-2 39
10, Kettering Alter 13-5 38
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Defiance 31. 12, Delaware Buckeye Valley 24. 13, Thornville Sheridan 17. 14, New Concord John Glenn 13. 14, Day. Thurgood Marshall 13.
Division III
1, Cincinnati Taft (18) 16-1 245
2, Chesapeake (5) 16-1 217
3, Archbold (2) 17-1 197
4, Lima Central Catholic 15-2 161
5, Casstown Miami East 16-1 142
6, Piketon 16-2 111
7, Akron Manchester 15-2 108
8, Sugarcreek Garaway 13-2 78
9, Cin. Summit Country Day 15-3 33
10, Peebles (1) 17-1 26
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Portsmouth 22. 12, Jeromesville Hillsdale 19. 13, St. Clairsville 14.
Division IV
1, Zanesville Rosecrans (21) 19-0 252
2, Berlin Hiland (1) 17-1 205
3, McComb (1) 15-0 199
4, Columbus Grove (1) 16-1 150
5, Richmond Heights 17-0 149
6, Dayton Jefferson (2) 13-2 144
7, Continental 14-2 85
8, Bedford Chanel 13-3 80
9, Reedsville Eastern 15-2 70
10, Spring. Catholic Central 14-3 26
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Pitsburg Franklin Monroe 14. 12, McDonald 12.
