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Xenia moves up again in state football poll; Four teams in playoff position

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XENIA — Xenia moved up one spot in the newest Ohio AP Division II state football poll released on Tuesday.

The Buccaneers are ranked in a tie for sixth this week with Wadsworth after being seventh a week ago. Xenia, one of seven 8-0 teams appearing in this week’s rankings of the 10 remaing in all of D-II, gained one additional voting point from last week. Xenia defeated Piqua 30-8 on Friday.

In the D-V rankings, Greeneview dropped one spot to seventh despite gaining four additional voting points. The Rams are also one of seven 8-0 teams in the rankings with 10 remaining across D-V. Greeneview defeated Southeastern

Both Xenia and Greeneview are receiving one first place vote.

Bellbrook maintained its spot in the receiving votes section for D-III but did gain three additional voting points. The Golden Eagles are on a seven-game winning streak.

Here are the full state rankings for D-II, D-III and D-V.

Division II

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Avon (7) (8-0)

128

1

2.

Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (5) (8-0)

117

2

3.

Cincinnati Anderson (1) (8-0)

113

3

4.

Medina Highland (8-0)

76

4

5.

Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (8-0)

68

5

6. (tie)

Wadsworth (8-0)

56

6

6. (tie)

Xenia (1) (8-0)

56

7

8.

Massillon Washington (1) (5-2)

41

9

9.

Akron Hoban (6-2)

38

NR

10.

Sunbury Big Walnut (7-1)

25

8

Others receiving votes: 11, Ashland 22. 12, Columbus Walnut Ridge 21. 13, Lima Senior 16. 14, North Ridgeville 15. 15, Harrison 15. 16, Green 6. 17, Cincinnati La Salle 6. 18, Columbus St. Francis DeSales 5. 19, Macedonia Nordonia 1.

Division III

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Columbus Bishop Watterson (7) (8-0)

133

1

2.

Toledo Central Catholic (4) (7-1)

109

3

3.

Steubenville (1) (8-0)

107

2

4.

Youngstown Ursuline (1) (7-1)

84

T8

5.

Aurora (8-0)

74

5

6.

Tipp City Tippecanoe (2) (8-0)

72

4

7.

Wapakoneta (8-0)

55

6

8.

Dresden Tri-Valley (8-0)

40

T8

9.

Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (8-0)

35

7

10.

Athens (8-0)

25

10

Others receiving votes: 11, Cleveland Benedictine 19. 12, London 19. 13, Newark Licking Valley 14. 14, Bellbrook 14. 15, Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 8. 16, Granville 7. 17, Gates Mills Hawken 4. 18, Chagrin Falls Kenston 3. 19, Rocky River 2. 20, Chardon 1.

Division V

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Canfield S. Range (4) (8-0)

123

1

2.

Liberty Center (3) (8-0)

116

2

3.

Ironton (3) (7-1)

98

5

4.

Milan Edison (4) (8-0)

94

3

5.

Oak Harbor (8-1)

83

4

6.

Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (6-1)

58

8

7.

Jamestown Greeneview (1) (8-0)

53

6

8.

Barnesville (8-0)

43

NR

9.

Akron Manchester (8-0)

36

NR

10.

Camden Preble Shawnee (8-0)

33

10

Others receiving votes: 11, Pemberville Eastwood 18. 12, Sugarcreek Garaway 16. 13, Findlay Liberty-Benton 15. 14, Gahanna Columbus Academy 11. 15, Versailles 9. 16, West Liberty-Salem 8. 17, Proctorville Fairland 6. 18, Waynesville 2. 19, Belmont Union Local 2. 20, LaGrange Keystone 1.

Week 9 computer rankings

Four Greene County teams would qualify for the postseason if it began this week.

Bellbrook, Greeneview and Xenia all rank in the top two of their respective regions. Beavercreek is maintaining its spot in Region 2 with three teams lower in the rankings.

Carroll, Cedarville and Fairborn all have work to do as they are currently outside of their respective top 16s.

Here are the weekly OHSAAA computer rankings for local teams:

Division I

Region 2 – 1. Galloway Westland (7-1) 16.3625, 2. Kettering Fairmont (6-2) 15.5625, 3. Centerville (5-3) 15, 4. Springfield (5-3) 14.3415, 5. Hilliard Davidson (6-2) 13.8024, 6. Lebanon (5-3) 11.525, 7. Springboro (5-3) 10.65, 8. Huber Hts. Wayne (4-4) 9.4375, 9. Middletown (4-4) 8.0875, 10. Dublin Jerome (3-5) 4.9375, 11. Clayton Northmont (2-6) 4.8625, 12. Marysville (2-6) 3.575, 13. Hilliard Bradley (2-6) 2.925, 14. Beavercreek (3-5) 2.6181, 15. Grove City Central Crossing (1-7) 2.3375, 16. Dublin Coffman (1-7) 1.3, 17. Hilliard Darby (0-8) 0

Division II

Region 8 – 1. Cin. Anderson (8-0) 24.4625, 2. Xenia (8-0) 21.7125, 3. Harrison (7-1) 20.2765, 4. Kings Mills Kings (6-2) 16.1125, 5. Cin. Mount Healthy (6-2) 15.975, 6. Cin. LaSalle (6-2) 15.6569, 7. Hamilton Badin (6-2) 13.95, 8. Vandalia Butler (6-2) 13.9, 9. Lima Senior (8-0) 12.9375, 10. Cin. Aiken (5-2) 8.8003, 11. Cin. Withrow (3-5) 8.287, 12. Monroe (4-4) 8.175, 13. Troy (4-4) 6.9375, 14. Sidney (4-4) 6.8875, 15. Riverside Stebbins (4-4) 5.0625, 16. Loveland (3-5) 4.975, 17. Trotwood-Madison (3-5) 4.725, 18. Piqua (3-5) 4.4375, 19. Cin. Turpin (2-6) 2.925, 20. Day. Belmont (4-4) 2.625, 21. Trenton Edgewood (1-7) 2.3375, 22. Fairborn (3-5) 2.125

Division III

Region 12 – 1. Tipp City Tippecanoe (8-0) 21.475, 2. Bellbrook (7-1) 17.5625, 3. Batavia (7-1) 17.3375, 4. Wapakoneta (8-0) 16.8625, 5. Cin. Archbishop McNicholas (7-1) 15.8202, 6. London (8-0) 14.1, 7. Washington C.H. Miami Trace (6-2) 13.6875, 8. St. Marys Memorial (6-2) 12.6875, 9. Bellefontaine (6-2) 12.3125, 10. Day. Chaminade Julienne (5-3) 10.2, 11. Franklin (4-4) 8.7875, 12. Celina (5-3) 8.6875, 13. Oxford Talawanda (3-5) 7.7625, 14. Wilmington (4-4) 7.3125, 15. Hamilton Ross (3-5) 7.0875, 16. Day. Meadowdale (6-2) 6.8278, 17. Day. Carroll (4-4) 6.825, 18. Cin. Hughes (4-4) 5.3635, 19. Mount Orab Western Brown (3-5) 5.1, 20. Goshen (2-6) 3.9388

Division V

Region 201. Jamestown Greeneview (8-0) 16.8, 2. Camden Preble Shawnee (8-0) 13.4125, 3. Waynesville (6-2) 13.05, 4. West Liberty-Salem (7-1) 12.825, 5. Lima Bath (5-3) 9.85, 6. Lewistown Indian Lake (6-2) 9.5, 7. Williamsburg (7-1) 9.4247, 8. Carlisle (4-4) 8.625, 9. Versailles (5-3) 8.525, 10. Casstown Miami East (5-3) 8.375, 11. West Milton Milton-Union (5-3) 7.8, 12. Cin. Madeira (3-5) 6.9255, 13. Marion Pleasant (4-4) 6.8049, 14. Arcanum (4-4) 5.8625, 15. Middletown Madison (3-5) 5.6625, 16. St. Paris Graham Local (2-6) 4.1, 17. Richwood North Union (2-6) 3.4875, 18. Cin. Clark Montessori (4-4) 3.2996, 19. Cin. North College Hill (2-3) 2.2882, 20. Cin. Mariemont (2-6) 1.475

Division VII

Region 28 – 1. Maria Stein Marion Local (8-0) 17.3, 2. Minster (7-1) 14.8375, 3. Sidney Lehman Cath. (7-1) 12.8, 4. Cin. College Preparatory (6-2) 12.1384, 5. Ansonia (7-1) 10.7125, 6. Mt. Victory Ridgemont (6-2) 9.9, 7. Waynesfield-Goshen (6-2) 9, 8. New Bremen (4-4) 8.475, 9. New Madison Tri-Village (6-2) 6.8625, 10. St. Henry (4-4) 6.0375, 11. Fort Loramie (3-5) 5.35, 12. DeGraff Riverside (3-5) 4.95, 13. Manchester (3-4) 4.3144, 14. S. Charleston Southeastern Local (3-5) 3.575, 15. Lockland (2-5) 3.3703, 16. Hamilton New Miami (3-4) 3.1849, 17. West Alexandria Twin Valley South (3-5) 2.525, 18. Fort Recovery (2-6) 2.45, 19. Cedarville (3-5) 2.4356

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