Columbus, Ohio - Here is 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. Included is won-loss record and total points (first-place votes in parenthesis).
Division I
1. Columbus Northland; 19-0; 220, (22)
2. Cincinnati Walnut Hills 17-1; 179, (1)
3. Norwalk 17-0; 177
4. Westerville North 16-1; 142
5. Toledo St. John's Jesuit 15-3; 122
6. Mentor 14-3; 92
7. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller 17-2; 76
8. Cleveland St. Ignatius 12-3; 64
9. Toledo Central Catholic 13-2; 59
10. Toledo Whitmer 13-4; 47
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11. Huber Heights Wayne 20.
Division II
1. Dayton Thurgood Marshall 17-1; 229, (22)
2. Columbus Bishop Watterson 15-1; 176
3. Columbus Brookhaven 16-2; 165, (1)
4. Trotwood-Madison 15-2; 138
5. St. Clairsville 14-1; 103
5. Dayton Dunbar 15-4; 103
7. Canton South 16-2; 91
8. Kettering Alter 14-3; 79
9. Franklin 14-3; 49
10. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 9-7; 32
Others receiving 12 or more points: 10. Tontogany Otsego 24. 12. Vincent Warren 21. 13. Granville 13. 13. Lima Bath 13.
Division III
1. Cincinnati Summit Country Day 17-1; 217, (14)
2. Lima Central Catholic 17-1; 197, (4)
3. Findlay Liberty-Benton 16-1; 156, (2)
4. Ottawa-Glandorf 15-2; 124
5. Bloom-Carroll 17-1; 117
6. Ironton 14-2; 115, (2)
7. St. Bernard Roger Bacon 16-3; 86, (1)
8. Beachwood 13-2; 85
9. Oak Hill 15-3; 38
10. Versailles 14-3; 27
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
Division IV
1. Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 13-2; 190, (11)
2. New Madison Tri-Village 18-0; 184, (9)
3. Bristol 13-0; 139, (3)
4. Columbus Africentric 16-2; 130
5. Old Fort 17-1; 111
6. St. Henry 15-3; 110, (1)
7. Richmond Heights 12-2; 88
8. Fort Recovery 15-2; 74
9. Newark Catholic 14-3; 68
10. Toledo Christian 14-1; 61
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11. New Bremen 26. 12. Edgerton 15. 13. Beaver Eastern 13. 14 Convoy Crestview 12.
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