The Patriots of Patrick Henry capped off a perfect regular season by capturing the Associated Press Division V football poll championships in the state of Ohio.
Also rated in the final football poll of the season is Napoleon (9th) in Division III, Tinora (12th) in D-V and Leipsic (12th) in Division VI.
Joining Patrick Henry as 2009 poll champions are: Cleveland St. Ignatius in Division I, Louisville in D-II, Youngstown Mooney in D-III, Kettering Alter in D-IV and Delphos St. John’s in D-VI.
COLUMBUS (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the final weekly Associated Press poll of 2009, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
DIVISION I
1, Cle. St. Ignatius (29) 10-0 290
2, Dublin Coffman 10-0 229
3, Solon 10-0 205
4, Cin. St. Xavier 8-2 190
5, Cin. Moeller 9-1 158
6, Cle. Glenville 9-1 129
7, Cin. Anderson 10-0 117
8, Tol. Whitmer 9-1 81
9, Hilliard Davidson 8-1 77
10, Mayfield 9-1 35
Others receiving 12 or more points: 10, Cin. Elder 35. 12, Pickerington Cent. 13.
DIVISION II
1, Louisville (23) 10-0 277
2, Cin. Turpin (3) 9-1 244
3, Logan (2) 10-0 230
4, Mentor Lake Cath. 9-1 184
5, Tol. St. Francis 9-1 138
6, Cin. Winton Woods 8-2 98
7, Chest. W. Geauga 9-1 93
8, New Carl. Tecumseh 9-1 72
9, Ashland 9-1 62
10, Warren Howland (1) 9-1 38
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, New Philadelphia 37. 12, Tol. Cent. Cath. 27. 13, Canfield 20. 14, Dresden Tri-Valley 19. 15, Tol. Rogers 13.
DIVISION III
1, Youngs. Mooney (28) 10-0 289
2, Steubenville (1) 9-1 245
3, Cin. Wyoming 10-0 214
4, Dover 9-1 182
5, Cols. DeSales 8-2 114
6, Poland Seminary 8-2 93
7, Sandusky Perkins 9-1 91
8, Cols. Watterson 7-3 66
9, Napoleon 8-2 64
10, Day. Cham.Julienne 8-2 56
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Granville 41. 12, Hubbard 39. 13, Rayland Buckeye 18. 14, Akr. Hoban 15. 15, Goshen 14.
DIVISION IV
1, Kettering Alter (21) 10-0 263
2, Amanda-Clearcreek (1) 10-0 240
3, Chagrin Falls (3) 10-0 211
4, Genoa Area (2) 10-0 176
5, Girard (2) 10-0 161
6, Clinton-Massie 10-0 150
7, Galion 10-0 107
8, Cin. N. College Hill 10-0 94
9, Kenton 9-1 65
10, Ironton 8-2 32
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11 (tie), Cortland Lakeview, Zanesville W. Muskingum, Martins Ferry 16.
DIVISION V
1, Patrick Henry (17) 10-0 268
2, Coldwater (6) 9-1 229
3, Cuyahoga Hts. (2) 10-0 211
4, Richwood N. Union (1) 10-0 133
5, W. Laf. Rdgewood (1) 10-0 123
6, W. Liberty-Salem (1) 10-0 111
7, Colum. Crestview (1) 9-1 74
8, Cols. Ready 8-1 68
9, Fredericktown 10-0 54
10, Independence 9-1 53
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Oak Hill 42. 12, Defiance Tinora 41. 13, Anna 39. 14, Youngs. Ursuline 33. 15 (tie), Lima Cent. Cath., Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 19. 17, W. Jefferson 14.
DIVISION VI
1, Delp. St. John’s (26) 10-0 283
2, Ada 10-0 228
3, Bucyrus Wynford 10-0 214
4, Norwalk St. Paul (1) 10-0 201
5, McDonald (2) 10-0 177
6, Mogadore 9-1 93
7, Lockland 9-1 85
8, Carey 9-1 75
9, Malvern 9-1 62
10, Ansonia 10-0 44
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Dalton 30. 12, Leipsic 25. 13, Warren JFK 18. 14, Berlin Center Western Reserve 12.