Which Greater Columbus girls basketball teams made third Ohio AP poll of 2022-23 season?

The Columbus Dispatch
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Pickerington Central is seeded first and Marysville is seeded second in the Central District girls basketball tournament, but in the third Ohio Associated Press poll of the 2022-23 season released Monday, Marysville received a higher ranking.

Both teams moved up one spot from last week, with Marysville now at No. 4, two spots ahead of Central.

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Below are the top 10 teams in Divisions I-IV with first-place votes in parentheses, won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Division I

  • 1. Cin. West Clermont (5) 20-0, 141, 2

  • 2. Mason (7) 18-1, 134, 1

  • 3. Liberty Twp. Lakota E. (1) 18-1, 108, 3

  • 4. Marysville (1) 18-1, 87, 5

  • 5. Olmsted Falls 16-3, 74, 4

  • 6. Pickerington Central (1) 15-4, 72, 7

  • 7. Cin. Princeton 17-2, 54, 6

  • 8. Oxford Talawanda 18-0, 45, 10

  • 9. Olentangy Liberty 16-2, 41, NR

  • 10. Bellbrook (1) 17-2, 36, 9

Others receiving 12 or more points: Tol. Start 27, Rocky River Magnificat 25, Dublin Coffman 18.

Postseason draw: Pickerington Central, Worthington Christian earn No. 1 seeds in girls basketball tourney

Marysville's Ava Wilkerson, right, defends Pickerington Central's Madison Greene during a Division I district final last season. Marysville is ranked fourth in this week's Ohio AP poll, and Central is ranked sixth.
Marysville's Ava Wilkerson, right, defends Pickerington Central's Madison Greene during a Division I district final last season. Marysville is ranked fourth in this week's Ohio AP poll, and Central is ranked sixth.

Division II

  • 1. Kettering Alter (4) 17-3, 114, 1

  • 2. Tol. Cent. Cath. (2) 16-2, 113, 2

  • 3. Proctorville Fairland (3) 19-0, 100, 3

  • 4. Cin. Purcell Marian (3) 18-2, 93, 5

  • 5. Alliance Marlington 16-2, 80, 4

  • 6. Canfield (3) 16-1, 77, 8

  • 7. Copley 19-1, 76, 6

  • 8. Chillicothe Unioto 18-0, 45, 7

  • 9. Hamilton Badin (1) 17-2, 44, 9

  • 10. Findlay Liberty-Benton 17-1, 25, 10

Others receiving 12 or more points: Salem 21, Waynesville 16, Thornville Sheridan 14, Akr. SVSM 13, Gates Mills Gilmour 12.

Division III

  • 1. Worthington Christian (14) 18-1, 149, 1

  • 2. Seaman N. Adams 21-0, 99, T2

  • 3. Shaker Hts. Laurel (2) 11-6, 96, T2

  • 4. Belmont Union Local 19-0, 92, 6

  • 5. Ottawa-Glandorf 14-3, 84, 5

  • 6. Smithville 17-2, 64, 4

  • 7. Africentric 15-4, 62, 7

  • 8. Portsmouth W. 20-1, 51, NR

  • 9. Wheelersburg 17-2, 44, 8

  • 10. Liberty Center 16-2, 26, NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Apple Creek Waynedale 22, Doylestown Chippewa 17.

Division IV

  • 1. New Madison Tri-Village (16) 21-0, 160, 1

  • 2. Fort Loramie 18-1, 136, 2

  • 3. Sugar Grove Berne Union 19-0, 121, 4

  • 4. Tol. Christian 14-2, 101, 3

  • 5. Richmond Hts. 16-2, 79, 5

  • 6. Portsmouth Notre Dame 17-1, 70, 6

  • 7. Maria Stein Marion Local 17-2, 63, 7

  • 8. Hannibal River 18-1, 51, 8

  • 9. Crown City S. Gallia 17-3, 20, 10

  • 10. Convoy Crestview 13-4, 15, NR

  • (tie) New Middletown Spring. 16-2, 15, NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Leipsic 13, Xenia Legacy Christian Academy 12.

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