Wednesday, October 27, 1999
Ohio football polls
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the seventh of eight weekly 1999 Associated Press poll, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
DIVISION I
1. Grove City (24) 9-0 ....... 325
2. St. Xavier (7) 8-0 ....... 289
3. Massillon Washington (1) 9-0 ....... 230
4. Centerville (2) 9-0 ....... 205
5. Brunswick 9-0 ....... 188
6. Worthington Kilbourne 9-0 ....... 161
7. Solon 9-0 ....... 124
8. Elder 8-1 ....... 108
9. Cleve. St. Ignatius 7-2 ....... 66
10. Canton McKinley 7-2 ....... 58
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Logan 26. 12, Findlay 18. 13, N. Canton Hoover 14. 14, Shaker Hts. 13.
DIVISION II
1. Dover (21) 9-0 ....... 307
2. Piqua (2) 9-0 ....... 273
3. Cuy. Falls Walsh Jesuit (3) 8-1 ....... 214
4. Trenton Edgewood (3) 9-0 ....... 205
5. Marysville (4) 9-0 ....... 195
6. Lebanon 8-1 ....... 132
7. Cols. Brookhaven 8-1 ....... 121
8. Cols. Independence 9-0 ....... 110
9. Kings Mills Kings 8-1 ....... 54
10. Madison 8-1 ....... 51
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Mentor Lake Cath. 45. 12, Wadsworth 28. 13, Grafton Midview (1) 25. 14, Ravenna 14.
DIVISION III
1. Poland Seminary (17) 9-0 ....... 303
2. Bellbrook (8) 9-0 ....... 257
3. Copley (3) 9-0 ....... 243
4. Cols. Watterson (3) 8-1 ....... 209
5. Steubenville (2) 8-1 ....... 190
6. Millersburg W. Holmes (1) 9-0 ....... 164
7. Lima Bath 8-1 ....... 135
8. Bellevue 7-1 ....... 60
9. Willard 8-1 ....... 50
10. Orrville 7-2 ....... 35
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Ashville Teays Valley 28. 12, London 25. 13 (tie), Eaton, Jackson 21. 15, Hubbard 17. 16, Akron Hoban 14. 17, Thornville Sheridan 13. 18 (tie), Chesterland W. Geauga, Louisville 12.
DIVISION IV
1. Wheelersburg (16) 9-0 ....... 284
2. Youngs. Mooney (9) 7-1 ....... 269
3. Sandusky Perkins (4) 9-0 ....... 221
4. Germantown Valley View (2) 8-1 ....... 200
5. Campbell Memorial (2) 9-0 ....... 198
6. Utica 8-1 ....... 107
7. Chagrin Falls 8-1 ....... 95
8. Wyoming 8-1 ....... 89
9. Akron Manchester (1) 8-1 ....... 58
10. Oak Harbor 8-1 ....... 53
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Martins Ferry 39. 12, Bellville Clear Fork 31. 13, Ironton 29. 14, Bellaire 28. 15, Hamilton Badin 27. 16 (tie), Doylestown Chippewa, Marion Elgin 22. 18, Girard 20. 19, Coldwater 17. 20, Wauseon 12.
DIVISION V
1. Bedford Chanel (20) 9-0 ....... 319
2. Cleve. VASJ (7) 9-0 ....... 263
3. Milford Ctr. Fairbanks (1) 9-0 ....... 201
4. Liberty Ctr. (1) 7-1 ....... 179
5. Johnstown Northridge (2) 9-0 ....... 175
6. Woodsfield Monroe Central 8-1 ....... 86
7. Smithville 8-1 ....... 78
8. Amanda-Clearcreek (1) 8-1 ....... 69
9. Gibsonburg (1) 9-0 ....... 61
10. St. Henry 6-2 ....... 59
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Massillon Tuslaw 42. 12, N. Lima S. Range 35. 13, Lisbon Anderson 32. 14, Barnesville 26. 15 (tie), Chesapeake, Waynesville 25. 17 (tie), Baltimore Liberty Union, Columbus Grove, Malvern, W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 19. 21 (tie), Batavia, Chillicothe Huntington 18. 23, Versailles 15. 24, New Middletown Springfield 14. 25, Apple Creek Waynedale 12.
DIVISION VI
1. Delphos St. John's (32) 9-0 ....... 338
2. Tiffin Calvert (1) 9-0 ....... 281
3. Mogadore 8-1 ....... 203
4. Country Day 9-0 ....... 193
5. Toronto 8-1 ....... 159
6. Bellaire St. John 8-1 ....... 127
7. Independence (1) 9-0 ....... 116
8. Beallsville 8-1 ....... 99
9. Springfield Cath. Cent. 8-1 ....... 84
10. Hemlock Miller 8-1 ....... 65
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Pandora-Gilboa 42. 12, Norwalk St. Paul 39. 13, Oregon Stritch 29. 14, Cuyahoga Hts. 26. 15, Kirtland 15.
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