Lady Leps Snubbed Again in State Coaches Poll

No matter how many teams the Louisville Lady Leopards mow down and no matter how many giants they slay, the Ohio Coaches Softball Poll will still overlook them.  The 15-1 Leopards, who earned the #1 seed in the Massillon District Tournament this past weekend, were again overlooked in the latest state poll voting.  Better yet, despite both Perry and Hoover losing twice this week, they moved up in the poll.  Perry fell to Hoover 6-2 and also lost in the opening game of the Loudonville Tournament on Friday.  Hoover fell to undefeated Central Crossing 5-4 and Elyria 3-2 this past week as well.  Yet North Canton moves from tenth to seventh and Perry moves from tenth to eighth.  North Canton has a record of 13-3 and Perry a record of 9-5, but our 15-1 Lady Leps (who are 3-0 against these two teams) remain unseen.

What did the Lady Leps do this week? They played four straight days, mercying Minerva 11-0, Marlington 11-1, and pulverizing Akron Hoban 26-3.  All three of those games they won in five innings, while they also defeated Federal League foe Canton McKinley 9-1 on a windy and rainy day.

Here is a look at all four divisions Coach’s Poll:

Ohio Coaches Softball Poll (3rd of 6 Polls)

Division I

1, Lakota East (9)    118

2, Elyria (1)    92

3, Grove City Central Crossing    81

4, Gahanna Lincoln    67

5, Glen Este    64

6, Ellet (2)    62

7, Hoover    42

8, Perry    33

9, Fairfield    31

10, Anthony Wayne (1)    30

Division II

1, Keystone (6)    91

2, Columbus DeSales (2)    84

3, Lima Shawnee    49

3, Poland    49

5, Greenville    47

6, River View (1)    41

7, Lakewood    35

8, Tippecanoe    23

9, Hilliard Bradley    22

10, Urbana    22

Division III

1, Champion (6)    104

2, Archbold (5)    99

3, Liberty Union    81

4, Norwayne    62

5, River Valley    45

6, Lucasville Valley    40

7, West Liberty Salem    34

8, Mt. Gilead    31

9, Cleak Fork    27

10, North Union 22

Division IV

1, Pleasant Hill Newton (4)    94

2, Strasburg (6)    89

3, New Riegel    50

4, Leesburg Fairfield    49

5, Twin Valley South    40

6, Crestview    39

7, Tuscarawas Central Catholic    36

8, East Canton    27

9, North Baltimore    25

10, Fisher Catholic    19

*First Place Votes in Parenthesis

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