Which Southwest Ohio boys basketball teams are Top 10 this week?

With a loss to Turpin last week, Elder High School dropped a spot in the latest Ohio high school boys basketball media rankings. Turpin knocked off Elder 49-41 Jan. 11 with the Panthers missing starting guard Sean Keller. They rebounded Friday with Keller, defeating La Salle 50-43 on the road.

Elder now comes in at No. 6, with Fairfield moving up from 10th to share the spot with the Panthers. Fairfield is 13-2 after losing 71-67 to Division II No. 1 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in the Flyin' To The Hoop weekend tournament. Fairfield will host Mason Friday, while Elder is at Oak Hills Tuesday and at St. Xavier Friday. 

Woodward dropped from No. 3 to No. 5 after a Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference win over Taft, followed by a loss to Maumee Valley Country Day 60-57. 

In Division III, Taft moved up a spot despite falling to Woodward last Tuesday. The Senators rebounded with a 58-49 win over Withrow.  Both Taft and Woodward were scheduled in Martin Luther King  Jr. Day games at the Flyin' To The Hoop tourney in Kettering. Woodward (9-3) will play at Western Hills (10-4) Tuesday.

Taft is on the road this week at Hughes Tuesday and Aiken on Friday. 

DIVISION I

1. Centerville (17)                     

2. Pickerington Cent.                   

(tie) Westerville S.                       

4. Kettering Fairmont                     

5. Gahanna Lincoln                      

6. Elder                          

(tie) Fairfield                         

8. Lakewood St. Edward              

9. Sylvania Northview                   

10. Upper Arlington                     

Others receiving 12 or more points: Lima Sr. 24. Lyndhurst Brush 16. Green 14.