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Malvern boys rise, Marlington girls remain in top 10 of Ohio high school basketball polls

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Malvern's Drake Hutchinson (right) goes to the hoop as East Canton's Olly Schrader defends during a game last week.
Malvern's Drake Hutchinson (right) goes to the hoop as East Canton's Olly Schrader defends during a game last week.

The Malvern boys basketball team moved up two spots to No. 8 in this week's Associated Press Division III state poll.

Malvern (18-1) wrapped up a fourth straight Inter-Valley Conference North Division championship with a win over East Canton last week. The Hornets then beat Newcomerstown in their final IVC North game to finish 12-0 in the division.

Marlington fell one spot to No. 6 in the Division II girls poll. The Dukes (18-2) earned a share of the Eastern Buckeye Conference championship last week. It is their third straight league title.

Carrollton was 12th in the Division II boys poll. The Warriors (19-2), who have won 17 in a row, earned a share of the EBC championship with a win over Minerva on Friday.

Boys

The top 10 teams in the boys Associated Press Ohio high school basketball polls of the 2022-2023 season with first-place votes in parentheses, won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

DIVISION I

1. Centerville (5) 17-2 117 2

2. Lakewood St. Edward (8) 15-1 110 1

3. Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 17-2 79 4

4. Powell Olentangy Liberty 18-2 75 5

5. Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 16-2 72 3

6. Stow-Munroe Falls 16-2 55 8

7. Akr. SVSM 13-5 49 6

8. Garfield Hts. 16-3 31 T10

9. Pickerington Cent. 14-5 24 T10

10. Fairfield 16-4 19 7

Others receiving 12 or more points: Huber Hts. Wayne 18. Avon Lake 17. Westerville N. 15. Cin. Elder 14.

DIVISION II

1. Cols. Bishop Ready (9) 19-0 117 1

2. Day. Chaminade Julienne (3) 19-2 115 2

3. Rocky River Lutheran W. (1) 18-1 96 4

4. Cin. Taft 16-2 93 3

5. Sandusky 18-1 54 7

6. Tol. Cent. Cath. 14-4 47 6

7. Defiance 16-2 41 5

8. Youngs. Ursuline 16-1 32 10

(tie) Zanesville Maysville 18-1 32 8

10. Cin. Woodward 15-3 31 8Others receiving 12 or more points: Tipp City Tippecanoe 16. Carrollton 14.

DIVISION III

1. Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. (9) 14-4 117 1

2. Minford (1) 17-1 91 3

3. Casstown Miami E. (1) 19-2 87 4

4. Ottawa-Glandorf 15-3 81 5

5. Toledo Emmanuel Christian 15-3 54 2

6. Cols. Africentric 17-4 43 7

7. Martins Ferry 16-1 39 T8

8. Malvern 18-1 30 10

9. Worthington Christian 16-2 29 T8

10. Camden Preble Shawnee (1) 17-3 22 NR

(tie) S. Point 16-3 22 NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Findlay Liberty-Benton 20. Youngs. Liberty 19. Gahanna Cols. Academy 15. Jamestown Greeneview (1) 12.

DIVISION IV

1. Richmond Hts. (12) 20-0 129 1

2. Jackson Center 19-1 107 2

3. Leesburg Fairfield 20-0 90 3

4. Russia 18-2 73 5

5. Convoy Crestview 16-2 61 4

6. Maria Stein Marion Local 16-3 58 T7

7. Lowellville 17-1 41 6

8. Troy Christian 18-3 39 9

9. Caldwell 17-2 37 T7

10. Hamler Patrick Henry 16-3 21 10

Others receiving 12 or more points: Stewart Federal Hocking 15.

Marlington's Chelsea Evanich fights Salem's Abbie Davidson for a second-half rebound, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023.
Marlington's Chelsea Evanich fights Salem's Abbie Davidson for a second-half rebound, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023.

Girls

The top teams in the girls Associated Press Ohio high school basketball polls of the 2022-2023 season with first-place votes in parentheses, won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

DIVISION I

1. West Clermont (8) 22-0 132 1

2. Mason (3) 21-1 116  2

3. Cin. Princeton 20-2 71  7

4. Oxford Talawanda (1) 21-0 64  8

5. Olmsted Falls 17-3 63  5

6. Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 19-3 59  3

7. Marysville (1) 19-2 58  4

8. Powell Olentangy Liberty 18-2 55  9

9. Pickerington Cent. 16-4 54  6

10. Tol. Start 17-2 27  NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Bellbrook (1) 23.

DIVISION II

1. Kettering Alter (4) 19-3 103  1

(tie) Tol. Cent. Cath. (3) 19-2 103  2

3. Proctorville Fairland (3) 21-0 97  3

4. Cin. Purcell Marian (2) 19-2 82  4

5. Canfield (1) 18-1 64  6

6. Marlington 18-2 63  5

7. Copley 21-1 57  7

8. Hamilton Badin (1) 19-2 44  9

9. Chillicothe Unioto 21-0 37  8

10. Akr. SVSM 14-4 22  NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Salem 21. Findlay Liberty-Benton 18.

DIVISION III

1. Worthington Christian (10) 19-1 124  1

2. Seaman N. Adams (2) 22-0 109  2

3. Belmont Union Local 21-0 84  4

4. Shaker Hts. Laurel (1) 13-6 76  3

5. Ottawa-Glandorf 16-3 74  5

6. Cols. Africentric 17-4 59  7

7. Smithville 19-2 46  6

8. Portsmouth W. 21-1 45  8

9. Wheelersburg 20-2 27  9

10. Doylestown Chippewa 17-4 16  NR

(tie) Tipp City Bethel 18-4 16  NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Liberty Center 15. Apple Creek Waynedale 13. Rockford Parkway 12.

DIVISION IV

1. New Madison Tri-Village (13) 22-0 138  1

2. Ft. Loramie 19-2 120  2

3. Sugar Grove Berne Union (1) 21-0 104  3

4. Richmond Hts. 18-3 70  5

5. Maria Stein Marion Local 18-3 60  7

6. Hannibal River 20-1 56  8

7. Portsmouth Notre Dame 18-2 44  6

8. Tol. Christian 15-4 34  4

9. Convoy Crestview 15-4 26  T10

10. Crown City S. Gallia 18-3 25  9

Others receiving 12 or more points: Russia 23. Leipsic 21. New Middletown Spring. 16. Xenia Legacy Christian Academy 15.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Malvern boys, Marlington girls still strong in AP basketball polls