Richmond Heights earns state ranking

The Associated Press on Monday released its boys’ basketball state poll. Richmond Heights earned the No. 10 spot in Division IV.

DIVISION I

1. Centerville (19) 8-0 199
2. Westerville S. (1) 10-0 151
3. Pickerington Cent. 9-1 137
4. Kettering Fairmont 11-1 119
5. Cin. Elder 11-2 87
6. Green 10-1 66
7. Upper Arlington 10-1 56
8. Gahanna Lincoln 9-2 52
9. Lakewood St. Edward 6-2 51
10. Fairfield 11-1 33
(tie) Sylvania Northview 9-1 33

Others receiving 12 or more points: Lyndhurst Brush 24. Lima Sr. 17. Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 15.

DIVISION II

1. Akr. SVSM (16) 6-2 191
2. Kettering Alter (1) 10-2 174
3. Bloom-Carroll (2) 11-1 138
4. Dresden Tri-Valley 8-1 122
5. Tol. Cent. Cath. 9-2 96
6. Waverly 7-3 61
(tie) Cin. Woodward 8-2 61
8. Day. Oakwood (1) 10-1 45
9. Akr. Buchtel 7-4 36
10. Lexington 9-2 29

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cols. Beechcroft 25. Delaware Buckeye Valley 24. Tiffin Columbian 24. Day. Dunbar 12. Gates Mills Gilmour 12.

DIVISION III

1. Versailles (16) 10-0 191
2. N. Robinson Col. Crawford 10-0 152
3. Ottawa-Glandorf (2) 8-1 123
4. Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. (1) 7-2 108
(tie) Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 6-2 108
6. S. Point 9-1 84
7. Cols. Africentric 7-2 80
8. Collins Western Reserve 11-0 47
9. Cin. Taft (1) 5-2 39
10. W. Lafayette Ridgewood 9-2 36

Others receiving 12 or more points: Haviland Wayne Trace 23. Spring. Shawnee 21. Cin. Country Day 14. Cin. Summit Country Day 13. Cols. Ready 12.

DIVISION IV

1. Botkins (15) 11-1 179
2. Antwerp (2) 10-0 166
3. Glouster Trimble 10-0 138
4. Lucasville Valley (1) 9-0 104
5. New Madison Tri-Village (1) 8-2 84
(tie) Spring. Cath. Cent. 11-0 84
7. Cols. Grandview Hts. 9-2 76
8. Malvern 9-1 70
9. Tiffin Calvert 11-0 43
10. Richmond Hts. (1) 6-4 42

Others receiving 12 or more points: Toledo Emmanuel Christian 29. Berlin Hiland 26. McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 13.

Steve Hare
Steve Harehttp://www.ohiovarsity.com
Steve Hare is the Chagrin Valley Conference's Sports Information Director. He also created and publishes OhioVarsity.com, an online publication dedicated to providing hyperlocal coverage to area high school athletic programs. Hare began covering high school sports for the Lake County News Herald in 1997. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.

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