HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL
The South Range High School football team (10-0) just missed out on being named the winner of the Associated Press state poll for the second time in school history. South Range finished second in this season’s final poll that was released Monday. In Division V, South Range earned 200 points and received five first-place votes. Finishing first was Pemberville Eastwood (10-0) with 208 points and 14 first-place votes. South Range was its division winner in 2006. In Div. III, Canfield (10-0) finished second to Trotwood Madison (10-0). The Cardinals earned 171 points and three first-place votes. Trotwood-Madison was named the top team with 205 points and 17 first-place votes. In Div. IV, Girard (9-1) finished ninth with 45 points. Finishing 12th-14th were Cardinal Mooney (20 points), Lakeview (15) and Poland (14).
STATE POLL
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2017, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses).
DIVISION I
1. Cleveland St. Ignatius (18)9-1216
2. Toledo Whitmer (5)10-0170
3. Lakewood St. Edward9-1159
4. Cincinnati St. Xavier9-1155
5. Hilliard Bradley10-0149
6. Mentor9-1106
7. Centerville9-1102
8. Pickerington Central9-158
9. Stow-Munroe Falls9-153
10. Cincinnati Colerain8-229
Others receiving 12 or more points — Canton McKinley 14. Euclid 12. Massillon Perry 12.
DIVISION II
1. Avon (16)10-0219
2. Cincinnati Winton Woods (5)9-1181
3. Wadsworth10-0168
4. Barberton (1)10-0146
5. Akron Hoban9-1141
6. Cincinnati La Salle8-2125
7. Cincinnati Anderson9-189
8. Sidney9-150
9. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne9-134
10. Olmsted Falls (1)9-127
Others receiving 12 or more points — Columbus Walnut Ridge 24. Dayton Belmont 19. Bedford 13.
DIVISION III
1. Trotwood-Madison (17)10-0205
2. Canfield (3)10-0171
3. Sandusky (1)10-0137
4. Medina Buckeye10-0126
5. Bay Village Bay (2)10-0121
6. Columbus Bishop Hartley9-1107
7. Kettering Archbishop Alter9-191
8. Toledo Central Catholic8-281
9. Bellefontaine9-154
10. Columbus Independence9-127
Others receiving 12 or more points — Parma Padua 23. Goshen 21. New Philadelphia 15. Alliance 12. Peninsula Woodridge 12.
DIVISION IV
1. Steubenville (17)10-0201
2. Germantown Valley View (3)10-0180
3. Perry (2)10-0153
4. Bellville Clear Fork (1)10-0136
5. Shelby10-0133
6. Cincinnati Wyoming10-0123
7. Clarksville Clinton-Massie9-180
8. St. Marys Memorial9-147
9. Girard9-145
10. Newark Licking Valley10-042
Others receiving 12 or more points — Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 21. Cardinal Mooney 20. Lakeview 15. Poland 14.
DIVISION V
1. Pemberville Eastwood (14)10-0208
2. South Range (5)10-0200
3. Wheelersburg (4)10-0172
4. Orwell Grand Valley10-0126
5. Jamestown Greeneview10-0102
6. Marion Pleasant8-193
7. Bethel-Tate10-072
8. Portsmouth West9-166
9. Archbold8-233
10. West Jefferson9-031
Others receiving 12 or more points — Sullivan Black River 30. Anna 28. Johnstown-Monroe 25. Casstown Miami East 21.
DIVISION VI
1. Maria Stein Marion Local (18)10-0203
2. Kirtland (1)10-0182
3. Nelsonville-York (3)10-0155
4. Rootstown (1)10-0151
5. Findlay Liberty-Benton9-1107
6. Creston Norwayne9-189
7. Lima Central Catholic9-183
8. Mogadore8-174
9. Coldwater7-344
Chillicothe Southeastern9-144
Others receiving 12 or more points — St. Henry 16. Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 16. Fort Recovery 13. Mechanicsburg 12.
DIVISION VII
1. Norwalk St. Paul (16)10-0219
2. Dalton (6)10-0191
3. Danville (1)9-1161
4. Convoy Crestview9-1139
5. Cleveland Cuyahoga Heights8-1125
6. Sidney Lehman9-1114
7. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep9-175
8. Waterford9-170
9. Lucas8-237
10. McComb8-228
Others receiving 12 or more points — Minster 20. Delphos St. John’s 16. East Canton 14. Ft. Loramie 12.
SCHEDULE
ToDAY
GIRLS SOCCER
TOURNAMENT
DIVISION II
Canfield vs. Revere at Ravenna, 7 p.m.
DIVISION III
Springfield vs. Elyria Catholic at Green, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
VOLLEYBALL
TOURNAMENT
Salem vs. Canton Central Catholic at Barberton, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
FOOTBALL
DIVISION II
7 Boardman (6-4) at 2 Massillon Washington (7-3), 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION III
8 Aurora (6-4) at 1 Canfield (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION IV
8 Salem (7-3) at 1 Steubenville (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
7 Struthers (7-3) at 2 Perry (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
6 Girard (9-1) at 3 Lakeview (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
5 Cardinal Mooney (6-4) at 4 Poland (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION V
8 Crestview (6-4) at 1 South Range (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION VI
8 Columbiana (7-3) at 1 Rootstown (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
7 East Palestine (8-2) at 2 Mogadore (8-1), 7:30 p.m.
6 Liberty (8-2) at 3 Kirtland (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
5 Western Reserve (8-2) at 4 Creston Norwayne (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION VII
8 Mathews (6-4) at 1 Dalton (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
7 Warren JFK (4-6) at 2 Cuyahoga Heights (8-1), 7:30 p.m.
6 Valley Christian (5-5) at 3 East Canton (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
5 Lisbon (6-4) at 4 Windham (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
CROSS COUNTRY
State meet, National Trail Raceway