How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the third 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 (18) 13-0 209
2, Westerville N. (2) 12-0 180
3, Cin. Walnut Hills (2) 14-1 152
4, Tol. Whitmer 11-2 132
5, Norwalk 14-0 121
6, Tol. St. John’s 11-3 87
7, Mentor 12-2 81
8, Cle. St. Ignatius 9-3 77
9, Tol. Cent. Cath. 8-2 42
10, Reynoldsburg 13-2 33
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Shaker Hts. 18. 12, Cin. Moeller 16.
DIVISION II
1, Day. Thurg Marshall (17) 12-1 213
2, Cols. Watterson (1) 10-1 156
3, Day. Dunbar (1) 11-3 152
4, Kettering Alter (1) 12-1 139
5, St. Clairsville 10-1 120
6, Cols. Brookhaven (1) 10-2 117
7, Granville 11-2 74
8, Can. S. 12-2 50
9, Cle. Cent. Cath. 8-3 47
10, Trotwood-Madison (1) 7-6 29
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Franklin 19. 12, Akr. SVSM 18. 12, Vincent Warren 18. 14, Akr. Hoban 13.
DIVISION III
1, Cin. Sum. Country Day (21) 13-0 219
2, Lima Cent. Cath. 13-1 175
3, Ottawa-Glandorf 12-1 162
4, Bloom-Carroll 14-0 145
5, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 14-1 136
6, Findlay Liberty-Benton 11-1 96
7, Ironton (1) 10-2 72
8, Versailles 10-2 51
9, Oak Hill 12-2 48
10, Beachwood 9-2 44
DIVISION IV
1, St. Henry (13) 14-1 188
2, Cle. VASJ (6) 11-2 169
3, New Mad. Tri-Village (1) 15-0 148
4, Bristol (1) 12-0 126
5, Cols. Africentric 12-2 117
6, Newark Cath. (1) 11-2 116
7, Old Fort 15-1 94
8, Richmond Hts. 11-2 76
9, Ft. Recovery 10-2 67
10, Tol. Christian 11-1 26
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Convoy Crestview 21. 12, New Bremen 14.
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