Hiland, Malvern among latest AP boys’ basketball state top ten

Inter-Valley Conference teams Hiland and Malvern High School were ranked in the latest top ten of the Division IV Ohio high school boys basketball rankings released on Monday.

Hiland (12-2) stands at No. 8 in Division IV (33 votes), while Malvern (11-2) followed at No. 9 with 29 votes.

Both teams lead their respective IVC divisions, with the Hawks (8-0) charging in the South, and the Hornets (7-0) leading the North.

DIVISION I

1. Centerville 14-0

2. Pickerington Central 13-1

3. Westerville South 14-0

4. Kettering Fairmont 15-1

5. Gahanna Lincoln 14-2

6. Lakewood St. Edward 11-2

7. Cincinnati Elder 14-3

8. Fairfield 14-2

9. Sylvania Northview 13-1

10. Lyndhurst Brush 11-2

Cincinnati Moeller 18, Brecksville-Broadview Heights 16, Lima Senior 12

DIVISION II

1. Kettering Alter 14-2

2. AkrON St. Vincent-St. Mary 14-2

3. Toledo Cent. Catholic 13-2

4. Bloom-Carroll 14-2

5. Cincinnati Woodward 10-3

6. Dresden Tri-Valley 10-3

7. Waverly 12-3

8. Columbus Beechcroft 11-2

9. Akron Buchtel 11-5

10. North Bend Taylor 13-2

Dayton Oakwood 23, Huron 22, Gates Mills Gilmour 19, Delaware Buckeye Valley 18, Heath 16, Dayton Dunbar 14

DIVISION III

1. Versailles 15-0

2. N. Robinson Col. Crawford 14-0

3. Collins Western Reserve 15-0

4. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 10-2

5. Ottawa-Glandorf 11-2

6. Haviland Wayne Trace 13-1

7. Columbus Africentric 11-4

8. Cincinnati Taft 8-5

9. Swanton 14-1

10. Cleveland Hts. Lutheran East 9-4

Camden Preble Shawnee 21, Columbus Ready 16, Richwood N. Union 12

DIVISION IV

1. Botkins 15-1

2. Antwerp 12-1

3. Glouster Trimble 11-0

4. Tiffin Calvert 15-0

5. New Madison Tri-Village 10-1

6. Spring. Cath. Central 16-1

7. Richmond Heights 11-4

8. Hiland 12-2

9. Malvern 11-2

10. Lucasville Valley 12-3

New Bremen 15