Scott No. 1 in Blade basketball poll
1/5/2001
The first Blade boys basketball poll of the season is out and only one of last season's four divisional poll champions starts the new season at No. 1.
Liberty-Benton (6-0), which won the Division III Blade title last year, opens 2000-01 at the top in that division, one notch above last year's Division II poll winner, Otsego (5-0), which has dropped a classification because of reduced enrollment.
Liberty-Benton collected four Blade Division IV poll titles in succession under coach Steve Williman (1993-96).
In Division I, coach Earl Morris's Scott Bulldogs (5-1) begin January at No. 1, replacing archrival Libbey, which went 25-1 last year to win the big-school Blade trophy. Scott sits at No. 1 on the strength of handing preseason City League favorite St. John's Jesuit (8-1) its only loss of the season. Libbey (7-1) ranks third.
Ottawa-Glandorf sits atop Division II, and in Division IV, veteran head coach Paul Wayne's Holgate Tigers are the last remaining unbeaten among the area's small-school teams.
DIVISION I
|
W
|
L
| |
| 1. | Scott |
5
|
1
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| 2. | St. John's Jesuit |
8
|
1
|
| 3. | Libbey |
7
|
1
|
| 4. | Waite |
6
|
0
|
| 5. | Perrysburg |
6
|
0
|
DIVISION II
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W
|
L
| |
| 1. | Ottawa-Glandford |
7
|
0
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| 2. | Oak Harbor |
5
|
2
|
| 3. | Bellevue |
4
|
2
|
| 4. | Bryan |
5
|
3
|
| 5. | Port Clinton |
5
|
3
|
DIVISION III
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W
|
L
| |
| 1. | Liberty-Benton |
6
|
0
|
| 2. | Otsego |
5
|
0
|
| 3. | Swanton |
7
|
1
|
| 4. | Eastwood |
5
|
1
|
| 5. | Elmwood |
5
|
1
|
DIVISION IV
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W
|
L
| |
| 1. | Holgate |
7
|
0
|
| 2. | Northwood |
6
|
1
|
| 3. | Arlington |
6
|
1
|
| 4. | Edgerton |
5
|
1
|
| 5. | Danbury |
4
|
1
|
DIVISION I (409 or more boys in upper three grades): Anthony Wayne 426, Bowling Green 474, Bowsher 535, Central Catholic 481, Clay 480, Findlay 738, Fremont Ross 622, Libbey 426, Maumee 412, Northview 475, Perrysburg 512, Rogers 444, Sandusky 507, Scott 604, Southview 478, Start 634, St. Francis 513, St. John's 623, Tiffin Columbian 436, Waite 596, Whitmer 828, Woodward 532.
DIVISION II (232-408): Bellevue 313, Bryan 311, Clyde 299, Defiance 397, Fostoria 299, Napoleon 353, Oak Harbor 263, Ottawa-Glandorf 259, Perkins 250, Port Clinton 290, Rossford 273, Springfield 399, Upper Sandusky 254, Wauseon 235.
DIVISION III (140-231): Archbold 202, Delta 224, Eastwood 229, Edison 231, Elmwood 160, Evergreen 168, Fairview 156, Genoa 227, Huron 207, Lake 230, Lakota 196, Liberty-Benton 152, Margaretta 203, Montpelier 150, Otsego 228, Seneca East 146, Swanton 196, Tinora 166, Woodmore 168.
DIVISION IV (139 or less): Arcadia 85, Arlington 72, Ayersville 119, Bettsville 41, Cardinal Stritch 115, Carey 118, Columbus Grove 132, Continental 94, Cory-Rawson 109, Danbury 101, Edgerton 101, Edon 115, Fayette 50, Fort Jennings 44, Fostoria St. Wendelin 86, Fremont St. Joe 108, Gibsonburg 121, Hardin Northern 85, Hicksville 106, Hilltop 84, Holgate 72, Hopewell-Loudon 114, Kalida 89, Leipsic 120, Liberty Center 135, Maumee Valley 52, McComb 110, Miller City 71, Mohawk 135, New Riegel 58, North Baltimore 105, North Central 95, Northwood 139, Old Fort 71, Ottawa Hills 108, Ottoville 68, Pandora-Gilboa 80, Patrick Henry 138, Pettisville 67, Sandusky St. Mary 79, Stryker 84, Tiffin Calvert 118, Toledo Christian 90, Van Buren 94, Vanlue 36.