Boys basketball: Anna moves up to No. 3 in D-III state AP poll

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Anna moved up in this week’s Associated Press state boys basketball polls, while Minster earned votes for the first time this season.

The Rockets (12-0) moved up to No. 3 in Division III. They were ranked No. 4 last week and No. 5 in the inaugural 2019 poll two weeks ago.

Minster’s victory over defending Div. IV state champion Marion Local likely caught pollster’s attentions this week, as the Wildcats (9-5) received votes.

Sidney, which was ranked No. 10 in Div. I last week, dropped out of the poll this week. The Yellow Jackets (10-2) lost 63-61 to Fairborn last Friday.

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses).

DIVISION I
1. Cin. Moeller (21) 13-0 210
2. Hilliard Bradley 14-0 165
3. Dublin Coffman 15-0 142
4. Sylvania Northview 14-0 115
5. Akr. SVSM 9-2 114
6. Pickerington Cent. 13-1 100
7. Lorain 10-1 80
8. Tol. Whitmer 10-1 63
9. Lima Sr. 12-1 32
10. Logan 9-2 19

Others receiving 12 or more points: Mason 15.

DIVISION II
1. Trotwood-Madison (12) 10-1 190
2. Day. Chaminade-Julienne (1) 13-1 156
3. Cin. Taft (2) 11-1 150
4. Cols. South (5) 12-1 147
5. Cle. VASJ 10-2 104
6. Cin. Wyoming 9-1 81
7. Thornville Sheridan 12-2 69
8. Cin. Hughes 9-2 52
9. Wauseon 9-3 30
10. Cin. Aiken 11-3 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: Poland Seminary (1) 25. Lima Shawnee 24. Chillicothe Zane Trace 16. New Philadelphia 13. Canal Fulton NW 13.

DIVISION III
1. Archbold (16) 11-0 199
2. Wheelersburg (3) 16-0 160
3. Anna (1) 12-0 116
4. Genoa Area 11-0 113
5. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 9-2 101
6. Brookville 13-1 72
7. Cin. Purcell Marian (1) 12-2 67
8. Ottawa-Glandorf 9-1 54
(tie) Sugarcreek Garaway 12-1 54
10. Leavittsburg Labrae 11-1 35

Others receiving 12 or more points: Beaver Eastern 25. Albany Alexander 21. Ashtabula Edgewood 17. Middletown Madison 16. Oregon Stritch 12.

DIVISION IV
1. Berlin Hiland (15) 15-1 189
2. Convoy Crestview (3) 12-1 173
3. Toronto 14-1 125
4. St. Henry 9-3 97
5. Bristol 10-2 95
6. Zanesville Rosecrans 10-2 78
7. Spring. Cath. Cent. 11-2 74
8. Hicksville 11-0 46
9. Glouster Trimble 9-2 42
10. Sycamore Mohawk 13-0 28

Others receiving 12 or more points: New Middletown Spring. (1) 22. Sarahsville Shenandoah 17. Minster 16. Tol. Maumee Valley 13.

Anna’s Griffin Doseck is pulled down by Marion Local’s Sam Huelsman while shooting during a nonconference game in Anna on Jan. 5. The Rockets are ranked No. 3 in Division III this week.
http://www.sidneydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2019/01/web1_DSC_6726-3.jpgAnna’s Griffin Doseck is pulled down by Marion Local’s Sam Huelsman while shooting during a nonconference game in Anna on Jan. 5. The Rockets are ranked No. 3 in Division III this week.
Minster earns votes in Division IV

By Bryant Billing

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Bryant Billing has been at the Sidney Daily News since 2017. He took over as editor in April of 2024 after working as sports editor for the previous 6.5 years. He worked as a reporter and later as an editor for a weekly newspaper in Springfield from 2007 to 2012, managed a Springfield-based website called TopBillingSports.com from 2012 to 2016 and then worked as a freelancer for Cox Media Group Ohio newspapers (including the Dayton Daily News) from 2016 to 2017 before joining the SDN.

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