Baseball: GWOC champion Centerville makes top-3 of state poll
Centerville leaped ahead of Springboro and Beavercreek in the newest Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association state poll this week. The Elks are now No. 3 in Division I and received two first place votes.
Centerville (17-2) swept Beavercreek (14-5) on Monday and clinched the Greater Western Ohio Conference championship in the process. They will play Springboro (15-4) on Wednesday and Friday. Beavercreek swept Springboro, the two-time defending league champs, and moved into the No.
4 ranking ahead of the No. 5 Panthers. Troy (17-1) remained in the third spot in D-II.
Butler (17-2), Kenton Ridge (17-3) and Badin (15-3) are still ranked first, second, and third, respectively, in the D-III poll. Tippecanoe (16-5) dropped nine spots to 17th and Bellbrook (17-2) four spots to 12th. Urbana (14-5) entered the D-IV rankings in a tie for 18th.
Coldwater (16-1) moved up one spot to No. 2 in D-V, and Anna (13-3) is up eight spots to No. 10.