2 NWC schools are represented in the latest AP Boys Basketball State Poll. Lima Central Catholic was ranked 5th in Division III and Columbus Grove was ranked 7th 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 fifth of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
DIVISION I
1. Cin. Moeller (16) 16-0 212
2. Cols. Northland 15-1 156
2. Westerville S. (2) 16-0 156
4. Liberty Twp. Lakota E. (1) 17-0 141
5. Tol. St. John’s (2) 14-1 134
6. Garfield Hts. 15-0 106
7. Gahanna Lincoln 16-1 83
8. Cin. La Salle 17-2 81
9. Tol. Whitmer (1) 13-0 78
10. Huber Hts. Wayne 14-1 54
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Lakewood St. Edward 13.
DIVISION II
1. Day. Dunbar (14) 14-2 216
2. Akr. Buchtel (4) 13-1 189
3. Carrollton (3) 16-0 181
4. Zanesville (1) 15-2 144
5. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 14-1 125
6. Defiance (1) 13-2 85
7. Shelby 14-0 73
8. Kettering Alter 13-3 65
9. Chillicothe 13-3 54
10. Cols. Hartley 13-1 46
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Celina 17. 12, Delaware Buckeye Valley 15.
DIVISION III
1. Cin. Taft (16) 14-1 221
2. Chesapeake (4) 14-1 195
3. Archbold (2) 15-1 171
4. Akr. Manchester (1) 14-1 143
5. Lima Cent. Cath. 13-2 125
6. Casstown Miami E. 14-1 116
7. Piketon 15-1 102
8. Cin. Summit Country Day 14-2 57
9. Sugarcreek Garaway 12-2 33
10. Oak Hill 12-3 21
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Jeromesville Hillsdale 17.
DIVISION IV
1. Zanesville Rosecrans (17) 16-0 211
2. Berlin Hiland (2) 16-1 172
3. Day. Jefferson (3) 12-2 166
4. McComb 14-0 163
5. Continental 12-1 124
6. Richmond Hts. 15-0 113
7. Columbus Grove (1) 13-1 95
8. Bedford Chanel 12-3 62
9. Reedsville Eastern 14-2 57
10. Spring. Cath. Cent. 13-2 42
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, McDonald 15.
