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Tri-Village’s Elizabeth Collins shoots a basket during a game against Ansonia Dec. 13.
DARKE COUNTY – Tri-Village and Versailles are ranked in this week’s Associated Press girls basketball state poll.
Tri-Village is ranked third in Division IV by the AP. The Lady Patriots are ranked Ottoville and Berlin Hiland.
Versailles is ranked eighth in Division III by the AP. The Lady Tigers are ranked behind Smithville, Archbold, Firchwood North Union, Proctorville Fairland, Columbus Africentric, Orrville and Gates Mills Gilmour.
Greater Western Ohio Conference team Fairmont in Division I, GWOC team Centerville in Division I and Cross County Conference members Miami East in Division III are among the teams with local connections ranked in this week’s poll.
Below is how a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the fourth of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
Division I
| 1, Twinsburg (21) |
17-0 |
228 |
| 2, Mason (1) |
17-0 |
188 |
| 3, Kettering Fairmont (1) |
15-1 |
155 |
| 4, Centerville |
17-1 |
154 |
| 5, Reynoldsburg |
16-2 |
117 |
| 6, Wadsworth |
15-2 |
105 |
| 7, Dublin Coffman |
15-1 |
72 |
| 8, Hudson |
15-2 |
59 |
| 8, Perrysburg |
14-1 |
59 |
| 10, Solon |
13-3 |
25 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, N. Can. Hoover 24. 12, Cle. St. Joseph 20. 13, Gahanna Lincoln 15.
Division II
| 1, Millersburg W. Holmes (16) |
16-0 |
213 |
| 2, Clyde (2) |
18-0 |
193 |
| 3, Oxford Talawanda (1) |
19-0 |
151 |
| 4, Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown (3) |
14-4 |
131 |
| 5, Jackson |
17-0 |
113 |
| 6, Kettering Alter |
16-2 |
101 |
| 7, Geneva (1) |
14-1 |
82 |
| 8, Bellbrook |
15-2 |
65 |
| 9, Tol. Rogers |
13-3 |
64 |
| 10, Bellevue |
14-2 |
32 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Akr. Hoban 27. 12, Celina 24. 13, Canfield 17. 14, Beloit W. Branch 13.
Division III
| 1, Smithville (20) |
18-0 |
219 |
| 2, Archbold (1) |
17-1 |
171 |
| 3, Richwood N. Union |
17-1 |
123 |
| 4, Proctorville Fairland (1) |
15-0 |
117 |
| 5, Cols. Africentric |
15-5 |
114 |
| 6, Orrville (1) |
14-2 |
106 |
| 7, Gates Mills Gilmour |
15-2 |
96 |
| 8, Versailles |
15-2 |
81 |
| 9, Beachwood |
15-1 |
60 |
| 10, Anna |
9-4 |
28 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Casstown Miami E. 26. 11, Beverly Ft. Frye 26. 13, Middletown Madison 13. 13, Can. Cent. Cath. 13.
Division IV
| 1, Ottoville (19) |
17-0 |
219 |
| 2, Berlin Hiland (2) |
14-2 |
187 |
| 3, New Madison Tri-Village |
15-1 |
151 |
| 4, Ft. Loramie |
14-2 |
150 |
| 5, Newark Cath. |
13-1 |
124 |
| 6, Hamler Patrick Henry (1) |
15-1 |
122 |
| 7, Bridgeport |
15-1 |
85 |
| 8, N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge (1) |
15-2 |
58 |
| 9, Reedsville Eastern |
15-3 |
33 |
| 10, Zanesville Rosecrans |
16-1 |
30 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Mansfield St. Peter’s 26. 12, New Riegel 23.