Granville, Newark Catholic ranked in AP football poll

Kurt Snyder, Newark Advocate
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COLUMBUS — Two Licking County football teams have been ranked among the state’s elite.

Granville in Division III and Newark Catholic in Division VII each were ranked in the top 10 of the first Associated Press state poll released Monday.

The 3-0 Blue Aces are ranked No. 6 after having beaten Whitehall, 18-7, Clear Fork, 16-8, and Johnstown, 38-16, so far. The defending Region 11 champions will be tested again Friday with a trip to Heath.

NC is ranked No. 4 despite having played just one game, a 45-0 victory against Nelsonville-York, because of two cancellations. The Green Wave, which received five first-place votes and are the two-time defending Region 27 champions, have a challenge ahead, visiting Fort Loramie on Friday.

Lakewood St. Edward in Division I, Cincinnati Winton Woods in II, Chardon in III, Cleveland Glenville in IV, Ironton in V, Marion Local in VI, which moved up after beating NC in last year's state final, and Mechanicsburg in VII are the state’s top-ranked teams.

DIVISION I

1. Lakewood St. Edward (11) 3-0 148

2. Cincinnati Moeller (3) 3-0 125

3. Cincinnati Elder 3-0 88

4. West Chester Lakota West (1) 3-0 78

5. Centerville (1) 3-0 73

6. Cleveland St. Ignatius 3-0 58

7. Cincinnati Princeton 3-0 50

8. Springfield 2-0 49

9. Fairfield (1) 3-0 48

(tie) New Albany 3-0 48

Others receiving 12 or more points: Pickerington North 45. Hilliard Bradley 32. Clayton Northmont 24. Cleveland Heights 15. Dublin Jerome 14.<

DIVISION II

1. Cincinnati Winton Woods (7) 3-0 121

2. Akron Hoban (4) 3-0 94

3. Medina Highland (2) 3-0 64

4. Massillon Washington 2-1 56

5. Kings Mills Kings 3-0 55

6. Piqua 3-0 52

7. Toledo Central Catholic (2) 2-1 51

8. Uniontown Lake 3-0 47

9. Hudson 3-0 45

10. Xenia (1) 3-0 44

Others receiving 12 or more points: Sunbury Big Walnut 40. North Ridgeville (1) 40. Austintown-Fitch 40. Macedonia Nordonia 37. Fremont Ross 34. Dover 25. Avon 24. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 16.<

DIVISION III

1. Chardon (12) 3-0 148

2. Hamilton Badin (1) 3-0 129

3. Canfield (2) 3-0 108

4. Mount Orab Western Brown (1) 3-0 101

5. Tipp City Tippecanoe (1) 3-0 90

6. Granville 3-0 68

7. Tallmadge 3-0 60

8. Medina Buckeye 3-0 44

9. Bellbrook 2-1 29

10. Youngstown Ursuline 3-0 24

Others receiving 12 or more points: Circleville 23. Columbus Bishop Watterson 20. Gates Mills Gilmour Academy 14. Mansfield 12. Wapakoneta 12.

DIVISION IV

1. Cleveland Glenville (10) 3-0 144

2. Van Wert (1) 3 -0 133

3. Cincinnati Wyoming (4) 3-0 131

4. Steubenville (1) 3-0 95

5. Millersburg West Holmes (1) 3-0 77

6. Sandusky Perkins 3-0 60

7. New Lexington 3-0 49

8. Chillicothe Unioto 3-0 34

9. Girard 3-0 28

10. Jefferson Area 3-0 24

Others receiving 12 or more points: McConnelsville Morgan 18. Reading 15. Elyria Catholic 15. Beloit West Branch 14. Gallipolis Gallia Academy 13. Bellevue 12.

DIVISION V

1. Ironton (6) 3-0 140

2. Coldwater (7) 3-0 137

3. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (2) 3-0 97

4. Canfield S. Range 3-0 76

5. Liberty Center 3-0 59

6. Milton-Union (1) 3-0 55

7. Sugarcreek Garaway 3-0 51

8. Archbold (1) 3-0 48

9. Bloomdale Elmwood 3-0 47

10. West Lafayette Ridgewood 3-0 25

†tie) Pemberville Eastwood 3-0 25

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cincinnati Madeira 24. Minford 23. Creston Norwayne 22. Wheelersburg 19. Chillicothe Zane Trace 18. Cadiz Harrison Central 14.<

DIVISION VI

1. Maria Stein Marion Local (10) 3-0 159

2. Kirtland (7) 3-0 150

3. Versailles 3-0 114

4. Carey 3-0 98

5. Beverly Fort Frye 3-0 86

6. Ashland Crestview 3-0 51

7. Mogadore 3-0 42

8. Williamsburg 3-0 41

9. Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 3-0 31

10. Rootstown 3-0 29

Others receiving 12 or more points: North Robinson Colonel Crawford 26. Columbia Station Columbia 25. Toledo Ottawa Hills 24. Galion Northmor 18.

DIVISION VII

1. Mechanicsburg (3) 3-0 121

2. Warren John F. Kennedy (5) 3-0 110

3. New Bremen (2) 3-0 103

4. Newark Catholic (5) 1-0 93

5. Arlington 3-0 62

6. Toronto 3-0 50

7. S. Charleston Southeastern (1) 3-0 44

8. Convoy Crestview 3-0 39

9. Hannibal River 3-0 37

10. Lowellville 3-0 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: Ansonia 25. Antwerp 20. Ft. Loramie 19. Reedsville Eastern 17. Caldwell 17. Springfield Catholic Central 16. Franklin Furnace Green 15. Lima Central Catholic 12.

This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Granville, Newark Catholic ranked in AP football poll