Baseball: Badin new No. 1 in state Division III rankings
Badin has taken over the top spot in Division III as part of the newest Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association state top-20 polls. The penultimate rankings were released Monday, May 18. Badin (20-3) moved one spot to the top of the D-III rankings, receiving 10 first place votes, 5 second place and 1 third place on the 16 ballots.
Miami Valley teams make up five of the top-6 spots in D-III. Butler (21-5) had its five-week run at top end and comes in at No. 3, followed by No.
4 Tippecanoe (20-5), No. 5 Kenton Ridge (19-5) and No. 6 Bellbrook (21-3).
Centerville (21-2) remains No. 1 in the D-I rankings. Beavercreek (16-5) fell one spot to eighth, and Springboro (17-7) dropped two spots to 10th.
Lebanon (17-6) moved up to 13th. Troy (20-3) went from second to third in the D-II rankings after a mid-week loss to Centerville. Northmont (16-9) moved back into the rankings all the way up to a tie for ninth with Highland.