West, Alter, Tri-Village runner-ups in final girls state polls

Lakota West (Division I), Alter (D-II) and Tri-Village (D-IV) were No. 2 in their respective divisions of the final Associated Press girls high school basketball state polls that were released on Tuesday.

West (20-2) couldn’t overcome all 23 first-place votes that top-ranked Newark (22-0) received and trailed by a final margin of 230-200. West won the D-I state title in 2015 and defeated then-top ranked Newark in the state semifinals.

Alter (20-2), the two-time defending D-II state champion, trailed poll champ Ottawa-Glandorf (19-0) by 22 points. Glandorf had a 19-3 advantage on Alter in first-place votes. Alter defeated Glandorf in the 2016 state final. Glandorf also lost to Versailles in the 2015 D-III state championship.

Tri-Village (20-1) trailed top-ranked Berlin Hiland (20-1) by 40 points. Both teams suffered their only losses last week. Hiland had 17 first-place votes and Tri-Village two. A perennial small-school state power, Hiland has been to 14 state final fours and has won four state titles.

The D-III poll champ was Cincinnati Summit Country Day (22-0).

Springfield-area basketball was represented by Tecumseh (20-2) at No. 5 in D-I and West Liberty-Salem (21-1) No. 12 in D-III.

State-wide media that subscribe to the Associated Press are eligible to vote for the weekly polls. The final boys state polls will be released next week.

Marc Pendleton DDN

The final polls: rank, team, first-place votes in parenthesis, record, points.

DIVISION I

1, Newark (23), 22-0, 230

2, Lakota West, 20-2, 200

3, Toledo Start, 19-1, 161

4, Canton GlenOak, 18-1, 152

5, Mason, 19-3, 120

6, Tecumseh, 20-2, 110

7, Solon, 18-2, 99

8, Dublin Coffman, 19-2, 59

9, Reynoldsburg, 19-3, 34

10, Toledo Notre Dame, 18-3, 29

Others: North Canton Hoover 19. Cin. McAuley 13.

DIVISION II

1, Ottawa-Glandorf (19), 19-0, 214

2, Alter (3), 20-2, 192

3, Perry, 17-2, 128

4, Upper Sandusky, 20-1, 120

5, Beloit West Branch (1), 22-2, 112

6, Tippecanoe, 19-3, 102

7, Carroll, 18-4, 84

8, Elyria Catholic, 20-2, 57

9, Trotwood-Madison, 17-5, 53

10, Shelby, 19-1, 49

Others: Warren Howland 25. Poland Seminary 15. Cin. Mariemont 15. Clyde 14. Shaker Hts. Laurel 14. London 12.

DIVISION III

1, Cin. Summit Country Day (16), 22-0, 198

2, Archbold (3), 20-0, 172

3, Columbiana (2), 22-0, 143

4, Cols. Africentric, 19-3, 119

5, Columbus Grove, 18-1, 93

6, Versailles, 19-3, 84

7, Waynesville, 21-1, 80

8, Findlay Liberty-Benton, 18-2, 60

(tie) Fort Recovery, 15-2, 60

10, Gates Mills Gilmour (1), 16-5, 40

Others: Richwood N. Union 18. West Liberty-Salem 15. Coldwater 13.

DIVISION IV

1, Berlin Hiland (17), 20-1, 198

2, Tri-Village (2), 20-1, 158

3, Fairfield Christian, 20-1, 144

4, Waterford (1), 14-3, 130

5, Minster, 18-3, 107

6, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton (1), 19-2, 93

7, Ottoville, 17-3, 89

8, Arlington, 19-3, 78

9, Haviland Wayne Trace, 18-2, 46

10, Reedsville Eastern, 19-3, 22

Others: Norwalk St. Paul 18. Cle. Cuyahoga Hts. 14. Jackson Center 13.

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