Staff report
The Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association’s latest state baseball rankings have the Lehman Cavaliers moving up one spot to third place in Division 4.
Coach Dave King’s squad is 19-2 on the season going into a game today at Lima Pery with the chance to clinch an outright Northwest Central Conference championship.
The Minster Wildcats, 13-6, made a huge jump in the rankings this week, going from unranked all the way up to the No. 11 spot.
Riverside dropped out of the top 20 and is No. 22 this week, and Fort Loramie is 28th.
In Division 3 meanwhile, the Anna Rockets also moved up one spot, from 13th last week to 12th. The Rockets are 14-6 on the season heading into a game today against West Liberty-Salem.
Following are the latest OHSBCA rankings. Records may not be up to date:
Division 1 — Massillon Jackson 17-1, 2. Moeller 16-3, 3. Amherst Steele 18-4, 4. Vandalia 20-2, 5. (tie) Grove City 16-5, St. Xavier 11-3, 7. Lakota West 17-4, 8. Aurora 13-1, 9. Solon 12-2, 10. Avon 13-1.
Division 2 — 1. Jonathan Alder 17-2, 2. Wapakoneta 15-2, 33. Hamilton Ross 17-3, 4. Sheridan 18-3, 5. Field 15-0, 6. Tipp City 16-4, 7. Chagrin Falls 17-5, 8. Marietta 17-3, 9. Vermillion 16-3, 10. Keystone 16-1.
Division 3 — 1. Richmond Edison 19-1, 2. Berlin Hiland 19-0, 3. Seneca East 17-1, 4. Elyria Catholic 14-3, 5. Champion 16-3, 6. Cincinnati Country Day 16-4, 7. Trinity 17-3, 8. Fairview 13-3, 9. Ottawa-Glandorf 13-3, 10. Coldwater 12-5, 11. Kirtland 10-3, 12. Anna 14-6, 13. Wheelersburg 17-4, 14. Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy 14-3, 15. Lima Catholic 12-6.
Division 4 — 1. Toronto 19-2, 2. Newton 20-2, 3. Lehman 19-2, 4. Western Reserve 16-2, 5. Norwalk St. Paul 14-3, 6. Mohawk 14-3, 7. Jackson-Milton 14-3, 8. McComb 13-3, 9. Triad 15-3, 10. Fort Recovery 11-6, 11. Minster 13-6, 13. Lake Ridge Academy 12-4, 14. Lake Center Christian 11-4, 15. Patrick Henry 9-4.
Also — 19. Troy Christian 19-2, 22. Riverside 13-10, 18. Fort Loramie 13-9
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Softball
The latest rankings from the Ohio High School Softball Coaches Association have the New Bremen Lady Cardinals ranked seventh this week, a drop of one spot from last week.
The Lady Cardinals’ Midwest Athletic Conference foe Parkway moved up to fourth after defeating Bremen last week, and the two play a rematch today at New Bremen. New Bremen is 14-2 overall and 4-1 in the league, and Parkway is 14-1 and 4-0.
OHSSCA rankings
Division 1 — 1. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, 2. Lebanon, 3. Ashville Teays Valley, 4. Pickerington Central, 5. Lakota East, 6. Milford, 7. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, 8. Gahanna Lincoln, 9. Grove City Central Crossing, 10. Mount Vernon.
Division 2 — 1. Hebron Lakewood, 2. LaGrange Keystone, 3. Greenville, 4. Oak Harbor, 5. Kenton Ridge, 6. (tie) Akron Hoban, Clinton Massie, 8. Jonathan Alder, 9. (tie) Wapakoneta, Graham).
Division 3 — 1. Wheelersburg, 2. Warren Champion, 3. Richwood North Union, 4. Sugarcreek Garaway, 5. Hamilton Badin, 6. Canfield South Range, 7. Cardington Lincoln, 8. West Salem Northwestern, 9. Springfield Northwestern, 9. New Middletown Springfield.
Division 4 — 1. Gibsonburg, 2. Danville, 3. Jeromesville Hillsdale, 4. Parkway, 5. Portsmouth Clay, 6. Williamsburg, 7. New Bremen, 8. New Riegel, 9. Leesburg Fairfield, 10. Newton.
