Two area teams area ranked in the state top ten in the first Associated Press state basketball poll.
DIVISION I
1, Cols. Northland (14) 6-1 209
2, Cin. La Salle (7) 8-0 148
3, Cin. Moeller 9-1 126
4, Pickerington Cent. (1) 11-0 109
5, Tol. Whitmer 9-0 106
6, Powell Olentangy Liberty (2) 11-0 70
7, Cin. Withrow 7-1 67
8, Mentor 8-1 62
9, Garfield Hts. 8-1 60
10, Cols. Walnut Ridge 7-0 59
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Cle. Hts. 53. 12, Norwalk 52. 13, Springboro 36. 14, Uniontown Lake 28. 14, Warren Harding 28. 16, Westerville S. 25. 17, Shaker Hts. 24. 18, Tol. St. John's 22. 19, Lyndhurst Brush 20. 20, Tol. Cent. Cath. 18.
DIVISION II
1, Day. Dunbar (17) 10-0 200
2, Plain City Jonathan Alder (2) 10-0 123
3, Alliance (2) 10-0 96
4, Vincent Warren 9-1 83
5, Day. Thurgood Marshall 4-2 79
6, E. Liverpool (1) 8-0 74
T7, Akr. SVSM 5-4 70
T7, Lexington 9-1 70
9, Cin. Taft (1) 4-4 69
10, Pataskala Licking Hts. (1) 7-1 64
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Cle. Benedictine 62. 12, Elida 54. 13, Wauseon 48. 14, Franklin (1) 46. 15, Defiance 38. 16, Cols. Hartley 31. 17, Mentor Lake Cath. 27. 18, Cols. Eastmoor 25. 19, Circleville Logan Elm 19. 19, Kettering Alter 19. 21, Sandusky Perkins 18. 22, Norwood 13.
DIVISION III
1, Bloom-Carroll (7) 9-0 182
2, Bedford Chanel (5) 9-0 153
3, Cin. Summit Country Day (6) 8-0 137
4, Leavittsburg Labrae (1) 10-0 114
5, Lima Cent. Cath. (2) 9-1 104
6, Versailles 7-1 89
7, Chesapeake (2) 7-1 88
8, Ironton 9-1 87
9, Creston Norwayne (1) 9-0 61
10, Amanda-Clearcreek 7-2 39
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Chillicothe Huntington 36. 12, Cols. Ready (1) 35. 13, Jamestown Greeneview 30. 14, Oak Hill 27. 15, New Middletown Spring. 25. 16, Cin. N. College Hill 23. 17, Coshocton 22. 17, Casstown Miami E. 22. 19, Gahanna Cols. Academy 16. 20, Archbold 12. 20, Sarahsville Shenandoah 12. 20, Mt. Gilead 12.
DIVISION IV
1, Berlin Hiland (20) 10-0 227
2, Ft. Recovery (1) 8-0 167
3, Newark Cath. (3) 8-1 148
4, Cols. Africentric 7-1 115
5, Cle. VASJ 6-2 94
6, Zanesville Rosecrans 6-3 77
7, Richmond Hts. 7-1 63
8, Edgerton 7-0 55
9, Jackson Center (1) 6-0 52
10, Leipsic 7-0 51
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Ada 49. 12, Day. Jefferson 45. 13, McComb 26. 14, Berlin Center Western Reserve 22. 15, Tiffin Calvert 21. 16, Malvern 18. 17, Racine Southern 17. 18, Gibsonburg 15. 19, Crown City S. Gallia 13. 19, New Madison Tri-Village 13.