How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the second 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 (17) 10-0 223
2, Westerville N. (3) 10-0 185
3, Tol. Whitmer 10-2 141
4, Cin. Walnut Hills (2) 12-1 138
5, Tol. Cent. Cath. (1) 7-1 112
6, Reynoldsburg 12-1 86
7, Cle. St. Ignatius 8-2 79
8, Norwalk 12-0 62
9, Tol. St. John’s (1) 10-3 44
10, Mentor 10-2 41
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Shaker Hts. 39. 12, Cin. Withrow 38. 13, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 36. 14, Lakewood St. Edward 16. 15, Cin. Moeller 15. 16, N. Can. Hoover 14.
DIVISION II
1, Day. Thurg Marshall (21) 9-0 228
2, Day. Dunbar 10-1 178
3, Kettering Alter (3) 11-0 173
4, Cols. Watterson 7-1 119
5, Can. S. 11-1 111
6, St. Clairsville 8-1 93
7, Cols. Brookhaven 9-2 76
8, Granville 9-1 49
9, Cle. Cent. Cath. 7-3 48
10, Akr. Hoban 7-2 46
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Akr. SVSM 41. 12, Franklin 19. 12, Trotwood-Madison 19. 14, Lima Bath 15. 15, Tontogany Otsego 14. 16, Vincent Warren 13. 17, New Concord John Glenn 12.
DIVISION III
1, Cin. Sum Country Day (19) 11-0 219
2, Lima Cent. Cath. (3) 11-1 194
3, Ottawa-Glandorf (1) 10-1 172
4, Bloom-Carroll 11-0 138
5, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 12-1 126
6, Oak Hill 10-1 78
7, Versailles 9-1 77
8, Findlay Liberty-Benton 9-1 72
9, Beachwood 8-2 57
10, Ironton (1) 9-2 54
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, LaBrae 33. 12, Cin. N. College Hill 14.
DIVISION IV
1, Newark Cath. (6) 10-0 195
2, St. Henry (8) 12-1 187
3, Cle. VASJ (7) 9-2 159
4, Cols. Africentric (1) 11-1 153
5, New Madison Tri-Village 12-0 127
6, Bristol (1) 11-0 68
7, Old Fort 12-1 58
8, Ft. Recovery 10-2 53
9, Richmond Hts. 9-2 48
10, Convoy Crestview (1) 10-1 38
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Arlington 28. 11, Berlin Hiland 28. 13, Leipsic 23. 14, New Bremen 19. 15, Vanlue 18. 16, Tol. Christian 16. 17, Edgerton 14. 17, McDonald 14. 19, Portsmouth Notre Dame 13. 20, New Riegel 12.
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