FSOhio's Top 25 - high school basketball
Published
Mar. 6, 2012 8:09 a.m. ET

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Rank | Previous | Team (Record) |
1 | 1 | Columbus Northland (21-1) |
The Vikings defeated Columbus West, 103-49 to advance to the district semis to take on unranked Zanesville on Wednesday. | ||
2 | 2 |
Dayton Dunbar (23-0) |
The Wolverines defeated Eaton (77-38) and Kettering Alter (65-56) to advance to the district championship game against unranked Cincinnati Aiken on Wednesday. | ||
3 | 3 |
Cincinnati Taft (18-4) |
The Senators thumped Batavia (110-41) and Batavia Clermont NE (96-34) to advance to the district final against St. Paris Graham on Wednesday. | ||
4 | 4 |
Columbus Walnut Ridge (20-1) |
The Scots defeated Worthington Kilbourne, 43-21 to advance to the district semis to meet unranked Mount Vernon on Wednesday. | ||
5 | 5 |
Mentor (20-2) |
The Cardinals got a pair of tournament wins over Painesville Riverside (110-45) and East Cleveland Shaw (102-8). Mentor will now meet Cleveland East Tech on Thursday. | ||
6 | 6 |
Toledo Whitmer (19-2) |
Whitmer got by Sylvania Northview, 52-40 setting up a third meeting with Toledo St. John's on Thursday. | ||
7 | 7 |
Garfield Heights (16-4) |
The Bulldogs beat Maple Heights, 61-37 and will now meet No. 19 Cleveland Heights on Thursday. | ||
8 | 8 |
Shaker Heights (19-2) |
The Red Raiders escaped with a 53-51 win over Cleveland JFK after trailing most of the evening. Shaker will now face Cleveland St. Ignatius on Wednesday. | ||
9 | 9 |
Lakewood St. Edward (14-7) |
The Eagles dismantled Cleveland John Marshall, 103-48 and will now face Midpark on Wednesday. | ||
10 | 10 |
Warren Harding (18-3) |
The Raiders opened up tournament play with a 60-30 win over Boardman and will now face Youngstown East on Wednesday. | ||
11 | 12 | Cincinnati Moeller (20-3) |
The Crusaders drubbed Amelia, 72-44 and Turpin on Sunday (53-35). Moeller will now face Beavercreek on Saturday with a trip to regional play on the line. | ||
12 | 13 | Cincinnati Summit CD (21-1) |
The Silver Knights defeated CHCA (49-26) and Cincinnati Finneytown (63-39) and will now face Miami East for a trip to the regional. | ||
13 | 14 | Pickerington Central (20-2) |
The Tigers rolled by Groveport-Madison, 71-34 and will now meet unranked Westerville South on Wednesday for with a trip to the district championship game on the line. | ||
14 | 11 |
Cincinnati La Salle (21-2) |
The Lancers got by Glen Este, 65-33 before being upset by a good Fairfield team on Saturday night, 35-30. | ||
15 | 15 | Berlin Hiland (20-1) |
The Hawks started their title defense with an 87-29 win over East Richland Christian School followed by a 64-40 victory over Strasburg advancing to district play. Hiland will face Hannibal River on Tuesday. | ||
16 | 16 |
Olentangy Liberty (19-2) |
Liberty handed Scioto a 60-40 loss to advance to district play on Wednesday night when they meet unranked Gahanna Lincoln. | ||
17 | 17 | Westerville North (18-4) |
The Warriors defeated Franklin Heights, 60-32 and will now meet Newark in the district semis on Wednesday. | ||
18 | 18 | Lyndhurst Brush (18-3) |
The Arcs opened up tournament play with a 74-58 win over Chardon and now face Eastlake North in the district semis on Wednesday. | ||
19 | 19 |
Cleveland Heights (17-4) |
Heights pulled out a hard-fought 56-53 win over Bedford and now get Garfield Heights in the district semis on Thursday. | ||
20 | 20 |
Dayton Thurgood Marshall (13-10) |
The Cougars got by Bellbrook, 68-51 before beating previously unbeaten No. 23 Frankin, 68-55. Thurgood will now take on Trotwood-Madison on Wednesday. | ||
21 | 21 | Cincinnati Withrow (17-6) |
Withrow advanced to the district championship with wins over Milford (69-64) and No. 25 Mason (63-57). | ||
22 | 24 | Toledo Central Catholic (17-4) |
The Irish throttled Toledo Bowsher, 91-46 setting up a district semis match up with Sylvania Southview on Thursday. | ||
23 | NR |
Westerville South (18-4) |
The Wildcats make their first appearance in the Top 25 following a 67-65 win over Westerville Central. South will meet No. 13 Pickerington Central on Wednesday. | ||
24 | 22 |
Franklin (21-1) |
Franklin outlasted Dayton CJ, 78-75 in triple overtime before falling to No. 20 Thurgood Marshall, 68-55 on Sunday. Freshman Luke Kennard had 33 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists including 12 points in the extra sessions against CJ. | ||
25 | NR |
Canton McKinley (15-7) |
The Bulldogs have now won 11-straight following tournament wins over Ellet (77-43) and Wooster (66-52). McKinley will now meet Akron Kenmore on Thursday. |
Dropped
out: No. 25 Mason
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