FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS PREP FOOTBALL POLL
COLUMBUS -- How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the eighth and final weekly Associated Press poll of 2004, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
DIVISION I
1, Cin. Colerain (25) 10-0310 2, Cin. St. Xavier (5) 10-0282 3, Centerville (2) 10-0225 4, Westerville S. 9-1177 5, Cle. Glenville 9-1150 6, Cle. St. Ignatius 8-2119 7, Austintown Fitch 9-1116 8, Lakewood St. Edward 5-5103 9, Cin. Moeller 8-27310, Warren Harding 8-248Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Solon 33. 12, Wooster 22. 13, Can. McKinley 19. 14, Dublin Scioto 17. 15, Hilliard Davidson 15. 16, Tol. St. Francis 14.
DIVISION II
1, Avon Lake (23) 10-0307 2, Cols. Brookhaven (4) 10-0269 3, New Philadelphia (1) 10-0208 4, Cin. Withrow (2) 10-0200 5, Macedonia Nordonia 9-1140 6, Carrollton 9-1127 7, Springboro 9-183 8, Uniontown Lake 8-271 9, Amherst Steele 9-16410, Tallmadge (1) 9-157Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Pickerington Central 54. 12, Day. Carroll (1) 37. 13, Maple Hts. 31. 14, Louisville 20. 15, Sylvania Southview 19. 16, Maumee 12. 16, Copley 12.
DIVISION III
1, Steubenville (24) 10-0298 2, Beaver Local (6) 10-0273 3, Washington C.H. Miami Trace 10-0174 4, Canal Fulton NW 9-1150 5, Napoleon 9-1116 6, Akr. Hoban 8-2107 7, Cols. Watterson 8-291 8, Day. Chaminade-Julienne 8-281 9, Chardon NDCL 9-16010, Bellevue 9-157Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Thornville Sheridan 44. 12, Hubbard 41. 13, Cambridge 38. 14, Lima Shawnee 30. 15, Mentor Lake Cath. 26. 16, Kettering Alter (1) 25. 17, Cin. Indian Hill 24. 18, St. Marys Memorial 21. 19, Cle. Benedictine 20. 20, Alliance 15. 21, Akr. Buchtel (1) 14.
DIVISION IV
1, Coldwater (19) 10-0296 2, Akr. Manchester (3) 10-0235 3, Martins Ferry (5) 10-0233 4, Huron (1) 10-0226 5, Ironton (2) 9-1157 6, Plain City Jonathan Alder 9-1131 7, Cardinal Mooney (1) 8-2114 8, New Albany 9-171 9, Upper Sandusky 9-16310, Liberty 9-127Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Versailles 26. 12, Orrville 22. 13, Urbana 20. 13, Tontogany Otsego 20. 15, Ursuline 16. 16, Bellaire 15. 17, Massillon Tuslaw 14. 18, Delta 13. 19, Garrettsville Garfield 12.
DIVISION V
1, Amanda-Clearcreek (24) 10-0304 2, Marion Pleasant (3) 10-0260 3, Hamler Patrick Henry (2) 10-0211 4, Findlay Liberty-Benton 10-0177 5, Gates Mills Gilmour (1) 10-0164 6, Bluffton 10-0158 7, St. Henry (1) 9-1112 8, South Range 9-162 9, Mineral Ridge 9-14610, Wheelersburg 9-143Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Johnstown Northridge 31. 12, W. Liberty-Salem 30. 13, Liberty Center 26. 14, Middletown Fenwick (1) 24. 15, Crestview 21. 16, Lees Creek E. Clinton 18. 17, Smithville 14.
DIVISION VI
1, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (11) 10-0263 2, New Matamoras Frontier (17) 9-0259 3, Columbus Grove (2) 9-1192 4, Monroeville (1) 9-1180 5, Dola Hardin Northern 9-1177 6, Mechanicsburg 9-1156 7, Newark Cath. 8-2101 8, Glouster Trimble 9-190 9, Hicksville (1) 9-17710, Sandusky St. Mary 8-267Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Norwalk St. Paul 33. 12, Willow Wood Symmes Valley 29. 13, New Bremen 22. 14, Leetonia 20. 15, Zanesville Rosecrans 13.
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