Ohio MaxPreps MinuteOhio high school highlights from around the Buckeye State.
The MaxPreps/JJHuddle Terrific 20 boys basketball rankings debut this season. The poll, created by JJHuddle senior basketball writer Kurt Stubbs, is an all-encompassing, all-divisional ranking. Every team in Ohio is eligible.
Here is who made the second cut.
1.) Jackson (Massillon) (2-0)*Defeated Firestone and Glen Oak.
2.) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (3-0)*Defeated Kings and Covington Catholic (KY)
3.) Pickerington Central (Pickerington) (3-0)*Defeated Zanesville and Pickerington North
4.) Wayne (Huber Heights) (2-0)*Defeated Kettering Fairmont and Indianapolis Northwest
5.) Westerville South (Westerville) (4-0)*Defeated Olentangy and Columbus Eastmoor
6.) Newark (3-0)Defeated New Albany
7.) St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (3-1)*Defeated Lima CC, Ross, and Skyline (MI) and lost to Lima Senior.
8.) Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood) (2-0)*Defeated Fairborn and West Carrollton
9.) Garfield Heights (3-0)*Defeated Bedford and East Cleveland Shaw
10.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (2-0)*Defeated Youngstown Ursuline
11.) Cleveland Heights (3-0)*Defeated Richmond Heights
12.) Upper Arlington (Columbus) (2-0)*Defeated Central Crossing
13.) St. Edward (Lakewood) (3-0)*Defeated Cornerstone Christian
14.) St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (1-2)*Lost to Archbishop Carroll (PA) and defeated McDowell (PA)
15.) Oak Hills (Cincinnati) (3-0)*Defeated Hamilton and Cincinnati Princeton
16.) Pickerington North (Pickerington) (1-2)*Defeated Delaware Hayes and lost to No. 3 Pickerington Central
17.) Lorain (2-0)*Defeated Elyria Catholic
18.) Hilliard Bradley (Hilliard) (2-1)*Defeated Thomas Worthington and Mount Vernon
19.) La Salle (Cincinnati) (2-0)*Defeated Turpin and Cincinnati NW
20.) Mason (4-0)*Defeated Loveland, Fairfield, and Lakota West
Dropped Out:No. 17
Lincoln (Gahanna), No. 19
Shaker Heights, and No. 20
Harding (Warren)Challengers:Northland (Columbus),
Mentor,
Lima Senior (Lima),
Springfield,
Dunbar (Dayton),
Centerville,
Beavercreek and
St. Francis de Sales (Toledo).