The Big Green of Ottoville will enter the girls basketball tournament ranked No. 1 in Division IV after securing the spot in the final weekly Assoicated Press girls poll of the season.
Joining Ottoville as poll champs for the 2012-2013 season are Twinsburg in Division I, Clyde in Division II and Smithville in Division III.
Patrick Henry finished the season ranked No. 3 in the state in Division IV, up two spots from a week ago, while Archbold slipped from No. 2 to No. 3 in Division III in the final poll.
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the final weekly Associated Press poll, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
DIVISION I
1, Twinsburg (19) 21-0 211
2, Kettering Fairmont (2) 20-1 189
3, Centerville (1) 21-1 160
4, Mason 19-1 137
5, Reynoldsburg 20-2 132
6, Wadsworth 19-2 106
7, Solon 17-4 74
8, Perrysburg 18-1 56
9, Dublin Coffman 16-2 27
10, Hudson 17-4 24
Others receiving 12 or more points: 10, N. Can. Hoover 24. 12, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 14.
DIVISION II
1, Clyde (13) 21-0 203
2, Oxford Talawanda (3) 21-0 164
3, Millers. W. Holmes (3) 19-1 158
4, Geneva (2) 19-1 134
5, Jackson 21-1 96
6, Tol. Rogers 17-3 94
7, Hathaway Brown (1) 15-6 80
8, Bellbrook 19-3 67
9, Kettering Alter 16-4 36
10, Celina 18-2 32
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Canfield 28. 12, Beloit W. Branch 21. 13, Bellevue 20. 14, Akr. Hoban 18. 15, Day. Carroll 16.
DIVISION III
1, Smithville (17) 20-0 211
2, Proctorville Fairland (2) 20-0 157
3, Archbold 19-1 152
4, Orrville (2) 18-2 115
5, Richwood N. Union 20-1 108
6, Cols. Africentric 16-5 92
7, Gates Mills Gilmour (1) 18-2 91
8, Casstown Miami E. 21-1 79
9, Versailles 19-3 45
10, Beachwood 18-2 29
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Beverly Ft. Frye 26. 12, Anna 18. 12, Middletown Madison 18. 14, Collins Western Reserve 15. 15, Hanoverton United 13.
DIVISION IV
1, Ottoville (19) 20-0 216
2, Berlin Hiland (2) 17-3 172
3, Patrick Henry 20-1 146
4, Newark Cath. 17-1 126
5, New Madison Tri-Village 21-1 118
6, Zanesville Rosecrans 21-1 102
7, Ft. Loramie 19-3 94
8, N. Ridg. Lake Ridge (1) 19-3 62
9, Bridgeport 17-2 42
10, Reedsville Eastern 18-4 26
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, New Knoxville 21.
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