Baseball: Badin new No. 1 in state Division III rankings

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May 18—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.

Also appearing in D-III was Monroe (18-4) in 15th, and Urbana (20-5) was 14th in D-IV.

Coldwater (19-4) remains second in D-V, followed by Anna (19-5) in 10th and Arcanum (20-3) in 16th.

The D-VI rankings has St. Henry (21-3) at No. 3 and Mechanicsburg (19-2) at No. 5. D-VII has No. 7 Newton (17-4), No. 12 Fort Loramie (14-8) tied with Minster (15-8), and No. 18 Russia (12-11).

District tournament play for D-III through VII teams started Monday with first and second round games taking place during the week.

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