(9-11-17) The Midwest Athletic Conference has a grip on this week’s D III and D IV Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association State Rankings with 7 schools ranked.

Coldwater picked up 25 1st place votes for 324 points to outdistance 2nd place Utica who had 188 points. MAC member Versailles is ranked at #10 with 50 points. The WBL’s O-G Titans are ranked at #4 with 143 points.

Division 3 OHSVCA Coaches Poll – Week 1

1 COLDWATER (25) 324
2 UTICA (1) 188
3 TUSCARAWAS VALLEY (6) 179
4 OTTAWA-GLANDORF 143
5 EASTWOOD 133
6 INDEPENDENCE (2) 131
7 MIAMI EAST (1) 128
8 MEADOWBROOK 69
9 FAIRBANKS (1) 67
10 VERSAILLES 50
11 SOUTHEASTERN 45
12 HURON 44
13 ALEXANDER 44
14 LIBERTY-BENTON 37
15 BUCKEYE TRAIL 31
16 NEWARK CATHOLIC 27
17 WAYNEDALE 25
18 HILAND 23
19 BERKSHIRE 23
20 CANTON CENTRAL CATHOLIC 20

In D IV, five MAC schools are ranked led by  the New Bremen Cardinals picked up 14 1st place votes to take the #1 spot with 273 points, just 5 points ahead of Norwalk St. Paul.

MAC member St. Henry is just behind New Bremen at #3 with 250 points, Marion Local is 5th (96 points), Ft. Recovery is 6th (94 points)  and Delphos St. John’s is 16th (26 points).

Division 4 OHSVCA Coaches Poll – Week 1

1 NEW BREMEN (14) 273
2 ST PAUL (NORWALK) (12) 268
3 ST HENRY (5) 250
4 LEIPSIC 145
5 MARION LOCAL 96
6 FORT RECOVERY 94
7 OTTOVILLE 91
8 DALTON 81
9 BUCKEYE CENTRAL 75
10 COLUMBUS GROVE 47
11 ARLINGTON 43
12 FORT LORAMIE 39
13 SOUTHERN LOCAL 39
14 JACKSON CENTER (2) 30
15 RUSSIA 28
16 ST JOHN’S (DELPHOS) (1) 26
17 FRANKLIN MONROE 24
18 NOTRE DAME (PORTSMOUTH) 24
19 LEHMAN CATHOLIC 23
20 NEW RIEGEL 22
20 CAREY 22