Ohio forward slams one homeLorain is one of the top teams in the state, and it is partly
because they have amazing athletes like Taevon Pierre Louis.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 latest cut.
MaxPreps JJHuddle Ohio Big School Terrific 20 Poll
1.) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (21-0)*Defeated Cincinnati St. Xavier and Lakota West
Previous: 1
Next: Friday vs. Cincinnati Elder
2.) Jackson (Massillon) (18-1)*Defeated Lake and Wooster
Previous: 2
Next: Friday vs. Akron SVSM and Monday vs. Canton CC
3.) Pickerington Central (19-2)*Defeated Grove City
Previous: 3
Next: Friday vs. Gahanna Lincoln
4.) Newark (20-1)*Defeated Groveport-Madison
Previous: 4
Next: Friday vs. Canal Winchester
5.) St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (18-2)*Defeated Oregon Clay, Toledo Rogers, and Toledo St. Francis
Previous: 5
Next: Friday at Findlay
6.) Trotwood-Madison (19-2)*Defeated Xenia, Centerville, and Stebbins
Previous: 6
Next: Friday at Springfield
7.) Upper Arlington (Columbus) (19-2)*Defeated Marysville and Wellington
Previous: 7
Next: Friday at Dublin Coffman
8.) Westerville South (15-5)*Defeated Westerville North
Previous: 8
Next: Friday at Westerville Central and Saturday at Cleveland St. Ignatius
9.) St. Edward (Lakewood) (13-5)*Lost in overtime to Cleveland St. Ignatius
Previous: 9
Next: Friday vs. Cleveland JFK and Saturday at Cleveland CC
10.) St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (14-4)*Defeated Lakewood St. Edward in OT and Solon
Previous: 11
Next: Friday vs. Massillon and Saturday vs. Westerville South
Trotwood-Madison is the highest ranked D-II team in the MaxPreps JJHuddle Terrific 20 big school rankings.
Photo by Nick Falzerano
*Defeated Princeton and Sycamore
Previous: 12
Next: Friday vs. Fairfield
12.) Hilliard Bradley (20-1)*Defeated Dublin Scioto and Logan
Previous: 13
Next: Monday vs. Bishop Watterson
13.) La Salle (Cincinnati) (18-3)*Defeated Elder and Dayton CJ
Previous: 15
Next: Friday vs. Cincinnati St. Xavier
14.) Springfield (18-2)*Defeated Wayne, Northland, and Fairmont
Previous: 18
Next: Friday vs. Trotwood-Madison and Saturday vs. Miamisburg
15.) Hoover (North Canton) (15-4)*Defeated Bowling Green and lost to Louisville (60-45)
Previous: 10
Next: Friday vs. Bowling Green
16.) Lorain (16-2)*Defeated Warrensville Heights and East Shaw
Previous: 17
Next: Friday at Bedford and Saturday at North Ridgeville
17.) Dunbar (Dayton) (19-3)*Defeated Dayton Stivers and Springboro
Previous: 19
Next: Friday the 24th vs. Bellbrook in the Sectional Tournament
18.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (14-5)*Defeated Walsh Jesuit and lost to Cleveland VASJ
Previous: 14
Next: Friday at Massillon Jackson
19.) Mason (17-2)*Defeated Lakota West and Cincinnati Princeton
Previous: 16
Next: Friday at Sycamore
20.) Garfield Heights (16-4)*Defeated Lutheran East
Previous: 20
Next: Tuesday vs. Akron North
Dropped Out:None
Challengers (Alphabetical Order):Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (17-2);
Hughes (Cincinnati) (17-3);
Northland (Columbus) (18-3);
South (Columbus) (20-1);
Copley (19-0);
Wayne (Huber Heights) (14-7);
Pickerington North (15-6);
Upper Sandusky (20-0);
Wauseon (18-1) and
Wooster (19-1).
