Top GWOC, MVL teams ranked near top of OHSBCA state polls
Three Greater Western Ohio Conference teams are in the top-11 of the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association poll released Monday. Springboro, Beavercreek and Centerville all received votes in the Division I top-20 after completing unbeaten weeks of league play. Springboro, the 2025 state runner-up, is ranked third after its 7-0 to start this season.
The Panthers received one second place and 10 third place votes. Beavercreek is ranked sixth in the poll. The Beavers are 7-1 overall and received two third place and three fourth and fifth place votes, respectively.
Centerville comes in 11th with its 6-2 start to the season. The first game between those three teams occurs April 27 when Beavercreek plays at Springboro. Lakota West (6-2) is also ranked 20th in the first D-I poll.
Three Miami Valley League teams are also ranked in the top-10 of their respective polls. Troy (8-0) is fourth in the D-II poll, with Butler (8-0) third and Tippecanoe (8-3) eighth in the D-III poll. Badin (4-3) is ranked sixth in the D-III poll.
Elsewhere, Coldwater (6-1) is seventh in the D-V rankings, with Anna (6-0) ranked 10th, Carlisle (5-3) 18th, and Versailles (7-3) in a four-way tie for 20th. St. Henry (8-0) starts in second for D-VI, and Mechanicsburg (6-0) is seventh.