Our Top 25 - Ohio high school basketball

Presenting our weekly Top 25 for high school basketball; Rank (previous) Team (record) 1 (1) Columbus Northland (3-0) Defeated Columbus Beechcroft 64-54 in its opener behind 21 points from Dayton commit, Jalen Robinson. Defeated Columbus Whetstone, 86-42 with Dayton commit Devon Scott scoring 18. On Saturday, the Vikings handled Logan (WV), 73-49. Scott had 19. The Vikings are ranked No. 16 in the country by USA Today. 2 (2) Cincinnati Taft (3-2) The Senators lost two games at the prestigious City of Palms tournament in Fort Myers, Florida. Taft lost on Saturday to nationally ranked Grace Prep (TX), 65-62. On Monday, the Senator fell to Lake Wales (FL), 65-61. Ohio State football commit Adolphus Washington scored 37 points and grabbed 19 boards in the two setbacks.3 (3) Dayton Dunbar (5-0) The Wolverines defeated Dayton Belmont (89-40) and Cleveland John Hay (85-65) this weekend. Wichita State commit Deontae Hawkins had 22 on Friday and 29 on Saturday. Cleveland State commit Gary Akbar scored 22 in the win over John Hay. 4 (4) Dayton Thurgood Marshall (3-1) Thurgood defeated previously unbeaten Dayton Meadowdale, 65-42. Junior Mark Alstork had 18.5 (5) Toledo Whitmer (3-0) The Panthers knocked off previously unbeaten No. 23 Findlay, 65-38. Junior Nigel Hayes went for 19 points.6 (6) Cincinnati Moeller (3-0) The Crusader got by conference foe Cincinnati Elder, 58-39. Junior Josh Davenport connected for 22 points and snared eight rebounds.7 (7) Columbus Walnut Ridge (3-0) The Scots knocked off Columbus South, 52-50. Senior Roy Alexander led Ridge with 15. On Saturday, Ridge blasted Columbus Independence, 91-44. Alexander scored 21.8 (8) Garfield Heights (2-1) The Bulldogs beat Medina, 68-50.9 (11) Shaker Heights (3-0) Defeated No. 10 Warren Harding, 60-50. Louisville signee Terry Rozier and junior Kash Blackwell each scored 16.10 (12) Toledo St. Johns (2-2) The Titans beat Fremont Ross, 77-53 with Tarvis Malone scoring 22 and Ohio State commit Marc Loving adding 20.11 (14) Cincinnati Withrow (4-0) Withrow raced by West High on Friday, 74-49 and came back to beat Aiken on Saturday, 61-55. Junior Devin Williams had 22 and 16 boards against West.12 (15) Middletown (4-0) The Middies defeated Cincinnati Aiken 66-60 behind 29 points from senior Geovonie McKnight and 20 points and 10 rebounds from Vince Edwards. Middletown beat previously unbeaten Mason, 72-58. Edwards had 22 and 10 and McKnight added 21.13 (10) Warren Harding (2-1) The Raiders escaped with a 48-43 win over No. 24 Canton McKinley behind 16 points from Rasaun Smith and 15 by Delshawn Bell. Harding lost to No. 11 Shaker Heights on Friday, 60-50. Bell scored 14.14 (16) Pickerington Central (5-0) The Tigers remained unbeaten with a 78-62 win over Dublin Jerome. Sophomore Connor Kern led the way with 23 and Ohio University signee Caris Levert added 16. Picktown got a hard fought 58-54 win over Gahanna on Friday. Sophomore Jaesean Tate led with 17.15 (NR) Cleveland Heights (4-0) The Tigers got 18 points from senior Tyree Gaiter to lead them to a 63-58 over No. 13 St. Edward.16 (13) Lakewood St. Edward (3-2) The Eagles beat No. 22 Akron SVSM (66-63) and lost to unbeaten Cleveland Heights (63-58). Myles Hamilton had 13 in the win and sophomore Tony Vuyancih had 11 in the setback.17 (17) Lyndhurst Brush (3-0) Brush got a 78-65 win over Hudson behind 16 points from Michigan football commit, Pharoah Brown.18 (18) Cincinnati Princeton (4-0) The Vikings defeated Cincinnati Colerain, 74-67. Deion Isham had 24 and junior Eric Tivis added 22. 19 (19) Mentor (3-0) The Cardinals beat Strongsville, 110-52. Mentor had seven players in double figures including Wheeling Jesuit signee Justin Fritts with 20.20 (20) Berlin Hiland (6-0) The Hawks drubbed league foe Tusky CC 63-28. Findlay signee Dylan Kauman led the Hawks with 18. The weekend brought two more wins over Ridgewood (58-31) and Orrville (67-39). Kaufman had 17 and 27, while West Liberty signee Seger Bonifant had 17 against Orrville.21 (9) Westerville North (3-2) North endured a tough week losing back-to-back games to Dublin Scioto (45-41) and Olentangy Liberty (59-50). Furthermore, the Warriors lost star junior Jack Gibbs in the opening quarter to Scioto with a knee injury and starter Matt Rhodes was unable to play against Liberty.22 (21) Cleveland Benedictine (2-1) The Bengals beat NDCL in overtime 70-67 and Cleveland Central Catholic 77-57. Desmond Ridenour had 17 in each game.23 (22) Akron SVSM (2-2) The Irish lost to No. 13 St. Edward, 66-63. Senior DJ Blanks had 26 in the loss. SVSM is still without High Point signee Lorenzo Cugini.24 (24) Canton McKinley (3-1) The Bulldogs fell to No. 10 Warren Harding, 48-43. McKinley beat Boardman on Friday, 73-41. Devaughntah Williams had 28 in the win.25 (25) Cincinnati Summit CD (5-0) The Silver Knights defeated Cincinnati Christian 59-26. Summit defeated Clark Montessori on Friday, 57-40. DROPPED OUT: Findlay (23)