Football: Columbus Grove stays at No. 2 in latest D-VII AP poll

Columbus Grove (7-0) and Marion Local (7-0) remained in the top two spots this week in the fifth weekly Division VII state poll, voted upon by Associated Press members throughout Ohio.

Minster (6-1) dropped to fourth in D-VII and Bluffton (7-0) fell to No. 5 in D-VI.

Wapakoneta (7-0) stayed at No.6 in D-III and Coldwater (7-0) is back down to No. 2 in D-VI.

Anna (5-2) is also up to No. 9 in D-VI after previously being unranked.

Other area teams receiving votes included Lima Senior (D-II, 17), LCC (D-VII, 6), Versailles, (D-V, 6) and Ada (D-VII, 4).

The Top 10 teams in each Associated Press Ohio high school football poll, along with first-place votes in parentheses and win-loss records, are included below.

Division I

Others receiving votes: 11, Grove City 13. 12, Hamilton 11. 13, Springboro 10. 14, Pickerington North 9. 15, Lorain 8. 16, Canton McKinley 5. 17, Cincinnati St. Xavier 5. 18, Cincinnati Princeton 4. 19, Lewis Center Olentangy 4. 20, Toledo Whitmer 3. 21, Pickerington Central 2. 22, Centerville 1. 23, Cincinnati Elder 1.

Division II

Others receiving votes: 11, Akron Hoban 21. 12, Macedonia Nordonia 19. 13, Harrison 19. 14, Lima Senior 17. 15, North Ridgeville 15. 16, Ashland 9. 17, Cincinnati La Salle 7. 18, Columbus St. Francis DeSales 6. 19, Columbus Franklin Heights 6. 20, Austintown-Fitch 2. 21, Hamilton Badin 1.

Division III

Others receiving votes: 11, Granville 21. 12, Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 18. 13, London 12. 14, Bellbrook 11. 15, Cleveland Benedictine 5. 16, Rocky River 4. 17, Gates Mills Hawken 4. 18, Medina Buckeye 2. 19, Wintersville Indian Creek 2.

Division IV

Others receiving votes: 11, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 32. 12, Streetsboro 27. 13, Germantown Valley View 19. 14, Lorain Clearview 16. 15, Cincinnati Indian Hill 7. 16, Springfield Kenton Ridge 3. 17, Struthers 1. 18, Urbana 1. 19, Chillicothe Unioto 1.

Division V

Others receiving votes: 11, Barnesville 29. 12, Sugarcreek Garaway 28. 13, Belmont Union Local 18. 14, Pemberville Eastwood 16. 15, Akron Manchester 15. 16, Waynesville 7. 17, Versailles 6. 18, Garrettsville Garfield 5. 19, Findlay Liberty-Benton 5. 20, Wooster Triway 1. 21, West Liberty-Salem 1. 22, LaGrange Keystone 1.

Division VI

Others receiving votes: 11, Dalton 13. 12, Andover Pymatuning Valley 10. 13, Woodsfield Monroe Central 9. 14, St. Bernard 8. 15, Hamler Patrick Henry 5. 16, Bainbridge Paint Valley 5. 17, Cincinnati Country Day 3. 18, Leavittsburg Labrae 2. 19, Beverly Fort Frye 1.

Division VII

Others receiving votes: 11, Malvern 18. 12, Gibsonburg 12. 13, Ansonia 11. 14, Windham 10. 15, Sycamore Mohawk 8. 16, Lima Central Catholic 6. 17, Sidney Lehman 6. 18, Ada 4. 19, Glouster Trimble 3.