Sidney has entered the top 10 in the Associated Press Division I state boys basketball poll for the second time this season.
The Yellow Jackets (17-3) are No. 10 in Div. I this week, one spot behind Greater Western Ohio Conference American North Division rival Vandalia-Butler (18-2). Sidney will host Butler on Tuesday.
Anna (18-1) moved up one spot in this week’s Division III poll. The Rockets, which have peaked at No. 3 this season, are fifth this week.
No other area teams are ranked or received votes in the 2019’s penultimate polls. Complete polls are below.
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 (18) | 19-0 | 203 |
| 2. Dublin Coffman (2) | 19-0 | 173 |
| 3. Pickerington Cent. | 20-1 | 127 |
| 4. Sylvania Northview | 19-0 | 123 |
| 5. Lorain | 17-1 | 101 |
| 6. Hilliard Bradley | 18-1 | 87 |
| 7. Akr. SVSM | 13-3 | 78 |
| 8. Tol. Whitmer | 17-1 | 67 |
| 9. Vandalia-Butler | 18-2 | 61 |
| 10. Sidney | 17-3 | 21 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Lima Sr. 20. Logan 18. Mentor 15. Lyndhurst Brush 12. Centerville 12. Chillicothe 12.
| DIVISION II | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Trotwood-Madison (9) | 18-2 | 166 |
| (tie) Cols. South (9) | 19-1 | 166 |
| 3. Cin. Wyoming (1) | 17-1 | 138 |
| 4. Day. Chaminade Julienne (1) | 17-3 | 111 |
| 5. Cle. VASJ | 13-4 | 92 |
| 6. Poland Seminary (1) | 16-2 | 78 |
| 7. Cin. Hughes | 16-4 | 67 |
| 8. Thornville Sheridan | 16-3 | 60 |
| 9. Wauseon | 17-3 | 51 |
| 10. Cin. Taft | 15-4 | 39 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Norwalk 33. New Philadelphia 29. Plain City Jonathan Alder 25.
| DIVISION III | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Archbold (15) | 19-0 | 185 | |
| 2. Wheelersburg (2) | 20-0 | 155 | |
| 3. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (1) | 16-2 | 128 | |
| 4. Genoa Area | 17-0 | 121 | |
| 5. Anna (2) | 18-1 | 111 | |
| 6. Cin. Purcell Marian (1) | 17-3 | 80 | |
| 7. Ashtabula Edgewood | 18-1 | 66 | |
| (tie) Beaver Eastern | 19-1 | 66 | |
| 9. Ottawa-Glandorf | 15-3 | 55 | |
| 10. Brookville | 16-3 | 33 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Worthington Christian 14. New Paris National Trail 13. Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 13. W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 12.
| DIVISION IV | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Berlin Hiland (17) | 21-1 | 189 |
| 2. Convoy Crestview (1) | 18-1 | 165 |
| 3. Toronto | 17-1 | 137 |
| 4. St. Henry | 16-3 | 118 |
| 5. Zanesville Rosecrans | 16-2 | 90 |
| 6. Spring. Cath. Cent. (1) | 16-2 | 88 |
| 7. Bristol | 14-2 | 66 |
| 8. Sycamore Mohawk | 17-1 | 59 |
| 9. Hicksville | 16-2 | 51 |
| 10. Glouster Trimble | 15-3 | 28 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Greenwich S. Cent. 26. Richmond Hts. (1) 18. Xenia Legacy Christian Academy 14. Maria Stein Marion Local 12.
