Girls high school basketball state polls: Which area teams are ranked?

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

Division I

1. Pickerington Central (12) 12-1 197

2. Canton McKinley (1) 12-1 156

3. Centerville (2) 16-1 153

4. Lakota West (2) 14-1 127

5. Canton GlenOak 13-1 112

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6. Cin. Princeton (2) 13-1 96

7. Cin. Mt. Notre Dame (3) 11-2 95

8. Cin. Walnut Hills 15-1 82

9. Newark (1) 13-1 71

10. Sylvania Southview 14-1 41

Others: Akron Hoban 30. Eastlake North 26. Youngstown Austintown-Fitch 20. Aurora 12.

Division II

1. Carroll (15) 15-0 215

2. Toledo Rogers (3) 10-2 160

3. New Philadelphia (3) 13-0 159

4. Bellevue 13-1 127

5. Poland Seminary (2) 15-0 125

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6. Wintersville Indian Creek 15-0 120

7. McArthur Vinton County 14-0 116

8. Thornville Sheridan 11-2 60

9. Cin. Indian Hill 13-1 30

10. Perry 13-1 22

Others: Youngstown Mooney 18. Chillicothe Unioto 15. Tippecanoe 15. Beloit W. Branch 12.

DIVISION III

1. Col. Africentric (22) 14-0 226

2. Findlay Liberty-Benton 14-0 189

3. Waynesville 13-0 151

4. Ottawa-Glandorf 16-1 130

5. Berlin Hiland 13-1 114

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6. Versailles (1) 11-3 78

7. Doylestown Chippewa 13-1 73

8. Castalia Margaretta 14-2 54

9. Lynchburg-Clay 15-1 44

10. Delta 13-1 41

Others: Albany Alexander 25. Sardinia Eastern 17. Elyria Catholic 14. Newton Falls 13.

DIVISION IV

1. Fort Loramie (13) 14-1 208

2. Minster (2) 15-1 179

3. Cornerstone Christian (3) 14-1 149

4. Fairfield Christian (1) 14-0 126

5. Tri-Village (1) 15-1 112

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6. McDonald (2) 13-0 102

7. Waterford 9-1 91

8. Portsmouth Notre Dame (1) 14-0 73

9. Berlin Center W. Reserve 16-1 58

10. Ottoville 14-2 56

Others: Stryker 14. Shadyside 14. Cortland Maplewood 13. Newark Catholic 12.

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