Boys basketball: Which area teams are ranked in this week’s state polls?

The top 10 teams in the boys Associated Press Ohio high school basketball polls with first-place votes in parentheses, won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

DIVISION I

1. Centerville (5) 17-2 117 2

2. Lakewood St. Edward (8) 15-1 110 1

3. Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 17-2 79 4

4. Powell Olentangy Liberty 18-2 75 5

5. Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 16-2 72 3

6. Stow-Munroe Falls 16-2 55 8

7. Akr. SVSM 13-5 49 6

8. Garfield Hts. 16-3 31 10

9. Pickerington Cent. 14-5 24 T10

10. Fairfield 16-4 19 7

Others receiving 12 or more points: Wayne 18. Avon Lake 17. Westerville N. 15. Cin. Elder 14.

DIVISION II

1. Cols. Bishop Ready (9) 19-0 117 1

2. Chaminade Julienne (3) 19-2 115 2

3. Rocky River Lutheran W. (1) 18-1 96 4

4. Cin. Taft 16-2 93 3

5. Sandusky 18-1 54 7

6. Tol. Cent. Cath. 14-4 47 6

7. Defiance 16-2 41 5

8. Youngs. Ursuline 16-1 32 10

(tie) Zanesville Maysville 18-1 32 8

10. Cin. Woodward 15-3 31 8

Others receiving 12 or more points: Tippecanoe 16. Carrollton 14.

DIVISION III

1. Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. (9) 14-4 117 1

2. Minford (1) 17-1 91 3

3. Miami East (1) 19-2 87 4

4. Ottawa-Glandorf 15-3 81 5

5. Toledo Emmanuel Christian 15-3 54 2

6. Cols. Africentric 17-4 43 7

7. Martins Ferry 16-1 39 T8

8. Malvern 18-1 30 10

9. Worthington Christian 16-2 29 T8

10. Preble Shawnee (1) 17-3 22 NR

(tie) S. Point 16-3 22 NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Findlay Liberty-Benton 20. Youngs. Liberty 19. Gahanna Cols. Academy 15. Greeneview (1) 12.

DIVISION IV

1. Richmond Hts. (12) 20-0 129 1

2. Jackson Center 19-1 107 2

3. Leesburg Fairfield 20-0 90 3

4. Russia 18-2 73 5

5. Convoy Crestview 16-2 61 4

6. Marion Local 16-3 58 T7

7. Lowellville 17-1 41 6

8. Troy Christian 18-3 39 9

9. Caldwell 17-2 37 T7

10. Hamler Patrick Henry 16-3 21 10

Others receiving 12 or more points: Stewart Federal Hocking 15.

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