Associated Press boys state basketball 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, Cols. Northland (21) 16-1 280
2, Cin. La Salle (4) 17-1 224
T3, Pickerington Cent. 15-1 189
T3, Powell Olentangy Liberty (2) 17-0 189
5, Mentor (2) 14-1 184
6, Cin. Moeller 14-2 130
7, Cols. Walnut Ridge 16-0 120
8, Tol. Whitmer 14-2 63
9, Cle. Hts. 11-2 44
10, Lakewood St. Edward 10-6 21
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Norwalk 18. 12, Mason 14. 12, Warren Harding 14.
DIVISION II
1, Day. Dunbar (19) 17-0 273
2, Alliance (3) 17-0 231
3, Defiance (1) 15-0 203
4, Franklin (2) 16-0 196
5, Cin. Taft (1) 12-4 140
6, Plain City Jonathan Alder 15-1 138
7, Akr. East (1) 14-1 94
8, E. Liverpool (1) 14-2 92
9, Vincent Warren 13-2 64
10, Lexington 13-3 38
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Mentor Lake Cath. 29. 12, Akr. SVSM 13.
DIVISION III
1, Bloom-Carroll (18) 16-0 268
2, Cin. Summit Country Day (5) 16-0 243
3, Leavittsburg LaBrae (4) 18-0 226
4, Bedford St. Peter Chanel (2) 14-1 195
5, Chesapeake 15-1 162
6, Lima Cent. Cath. 13-2 128
7, Creston Norwayne 15-1 96
8, Portsmouth 16-2 77
9, Versailles 14-2 75
10, Ironton 13-3 35
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Newton Falls 13. 11, Lucasville Valley 13.
DIVISION IV
1, Berlin Hiland (25) 16-0 283
2, Jackson Center (2) 17-0 240
3, Edgerton (1) 15-0 205
4, Richmond Hts. 14-1 178
5, Ft. Recovery (1) 13-2 150
6, Newark Cath. 13-2 141
7, Cols. Africentric 16-2 135
8, Zanesville Rosecrans 12-3 72
9, Malvern 14-3 56
10, Cle. VASJ 7-7 30
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Day. Jefferson 22. 11, Leipsic 22. 13, Dalton 14.
