Girls Night Out

It’s Thursday and that means it’s girls night out.

With five conference games in the books and four more to play in the Blanchard Valley Conference girls race, the league title is still up for grabs.
Pandora-Gilboa, Leipsic, Arcadia and Liberty-Benton each have one league loss and

Van Buren is sitting back in fifth place looking to knock off the top group down a peg because the Knights are 3-2.

I’m not sure we’ll see much movement this week although the Arcadia at Van Buren match up will be a biggie. The Black Knights are coming off a 40-34 win over unbeaten St. Wendelin on Tuesday and honestly, there’s no love lost between these two programs. It should be worth the price of admission.

Also, even though McComb is just 6-7 overall and 1-4 in the conference, they have played some of the top teams very, very tough and on the right night they could give the Rockets all they want. Especially since P-G is coming off a 50-15 butt-kicking at the hands of Ottoville Tuesday night.

First place in the Greater Buckeye Conference is also at stake for Findlay High School’s girls who shouldn’t have too much trouble with a crappy 2-12 Lima Senior team. The Trojans are ranked ninth in the latest Division I AP poll…no way should they be ranked that high after back to back losses last week.

The other big game on the girls slate tonight features Columbus Grove at Delphos Jefferson as both have one loss in Northwest Conference play and are trying to stay with conference leaders Lima C.C. and Convoy Crestview.

It’s Thursday night games for the boys in the Midland Athletic League with Fremont St. Joseph at St. Wendelin, New Riegel at Bettsville, North Baltimore at Hopewell-Loudon and Old Fort at Carey.
Nothing to get too excited about there.

Here’s something to get excited about though….read this story about what Jim Tressel said about the Buckeyes in the BCS Title Game. He says they weren’t mentally prepared.

Duh.

NOTEWORTHY:
Here are the state girls basketball and prep wrestling polls for the week---

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Weekly AP Poll
Division I
1. Wadsworth (11) 11-1 228
2. W. Chester Lakota W. (6) 10-1 210
3. Youngs. Boardman (4) 9-1 175
4. Dublin Scioto 9-0 158
5. Tol. Waite (1) 9-0 149
6. Pickerington Cent. 9-2 101
7. Trotwood-Madison 10-1 100
8. Cin. Mt. Notre Dame 8-4 65
9. Findlay 10-2 42
10. N. Can. Hoover (2) 10-3 39
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Tol. Notre Dame 35. 12, Marion Harding (1) 20. 13, Cin. Oak Hills 15. 14, Day. Chaminade-Julienne 14. 15, Vandalia Butler 13. 16, Miamisburg (1) 12.

Division II
1. Cuya. Falls Walsh Jesuit (16) 13-0 236
2. Warsaw River View (5) 12-1 187
3. Lewistown Indian Lake (3) 12-0 160
4. Washington C.H. Miami Trace 10-1 122
5. Morrow Little Miami 11-2 104
6. Circleville 11-1 97
7. Shelby 11-1 85
8. Ravenna SE 11-1 68
9. Sandusky Perkins 10-2 52
10. Kettering Alter (1) 9-2 29
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Washington C.H. 27. 12, Cols. Eastmoor 25. 13 (tie), Ravenna , Zanesville W. Muskingum 23. 15, Cols. DeSales 21. 16, Spring. Kenton Ridge 20. 17 (tie), Tipp City Tippecanoe, Warren Howland (1) 18. 19, Defiance 16. 20, Chillicothe 15.

Division III
1. S. Euclid Regina (13) 12-1 223
2. Cle. Cent. Cath. (6) 11-0 213
3. Anna (4) 12-0 199
4. Delphos St. John's (2) 12-0 172
5. Atwater Waterloo 9-0 106
6. Riverdale 11-1 88
7. Sugarcreek Garaway 7-1 87
8. Plain City Jonathan Alder 8-5 65
9. Zanesville Maysville (1) 11-0 57
10. Versailles 11-2 41
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, Marion Pleasant 35. 12 (tie), Old Washington Buckeye Trail, Castalia Margaretta 18. 14 (tie), Cols. Ready, Casstown Miami E. 13.

Division IV
1. Cols. Africentric (20) 11-1 229
2. Hopewell-Loudon (4) 13-0 212
3. Fort Recovery (1) 11-1 152
4. Berlin Hiland (1) 8-3 140
4. Kirtland 9-0 140
6. Ottoville 11-2 104
7. Fremont St. Joseph 10-1 103
8. Ottawa Hills 6-0 98
9. Minster 9-2 84
10. East Canton 10-2 46
OTHERS RECEIVING 12 OR MORE POINTS: 11, New Knoxville 44. 12, Fostoria St. Wendelin 18.

PREP WRESTLING
Weekly Coaches Poll
Division I
1. Lakewood St. Edward (8) 80
2. Cin. Moeller 63
3. Massillon Perry 59
4. W. Chester Lakota W. 52
5. Mentor 41
6. Brecksville-Broadview Hts 35
7. Wadsworth 23
8. Young. Austintown-Fitch 20
9. Hilliard Davidson 15
10. Reynoldsburg 11

Division II
1. St. Paris Graham (6) 60
2. Pemberville Eastwood 44
3. Oak Harbor 42
4. Ravenna 37
5. Cols. DeSales 36
6. Millersburg W. Holmes 27
7. CVCA 16
8. Urichsville Claymont 15
9. Hunting Valley University School 12
10. Clyde 11

Division III
1. Marion Pleasant (5) 85
2. Troy Christian (4) 84
3. Sandusky St. Mary's 60
4. Bedford Chanel 59
5. Burton Berkshire 51
6. West Jefferson 38
7. Galion Northmor 35
8. Genoa Area 33
9. Mechanicsburg 13
10. Bluffton 11

NEWSWORTHY:
NW Ohio Wrestling Results and Info
Findlay Courier Thursday Local Sports (Stories about UF basketball, Nathan Hyde and Jason Wehri and Van Buren Invitational)
Wayside Christian splits with Findlay Heritage Christian
Sandusky will try to stay hot against Findlay
Fostoria Review Times Thursday Sports
Ottoville defense stuffs P-G girls
Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune Sports
Defiance Crescent News Sports
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune Sports
Lima News Prep Basketball Preview Capsules
Shelby girls are winning with chemistry
Norwalk rally falls short against Upper
Fans pack gym to watch Diebler show
NOL Basketball Stats from the Shelby Globe