Girls basketball postseason draws closer with little movement in the cleveland.com Top 25

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A few of the cleveland.com Top 25 teams lost some close games in the last few days, but not enough to overturn this week’s rankings. However, Magnificat dropped its fifth game and in turn lost its place in the Top 10. See what...

Girls basketball postseason draws closer with little movement in the cleveland.com Top 25

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A few of the cleveland.com Top 25 teams lost some close games in the last few days, but not enough to overturn this week’s rankings. However, Magnificat dropped its fifth game and in turn lost its place in the Top 10.

See what other teams moved and check back next Tuesday for the final Top 25 rankings.

Records as of Feb. 12 at 11:59 p.m. The next edition will have updates from Monday games.

1, Solon (18-2)

Last week: Ranked No. 1, beat then-No. 7 Magnificat 54-43 and Strongsville 72-49

This week: Wednesday at Mentor, Saturday vs. No. 13 Wadsworth

2, Gilmour (16-5)

Last week: Ranked No. 2, lost to then-No. 13 Hathaway Brown 49-43 and beat John Hay 84-38

This week: Thursday vs. Western Reserve Academy

3, Stow (19-3)

Last week: Ranked No. 3, beat Brecksville 66-32 and lost to St. Vincent St. Mary 54-52

This week: Wednesday at North Royalton

4, Twinsburg (16-5)

Last week: Ranked No. 4, beat Shaker Heights 61-43 and Nordonia 68-34

This week: Wednesday vs. Cuyahoga Falls

5, St. Joseph Academy (19-3)

Last week: Ranked No. 5, beat then-No. 20 Padua 52-44 and East Tech 56-41

This week: Monday at Avon, Wednesday at No. 6 Berea-Midpark

6, Berea-Midpark (19-2)

Last week: Ranked No. 6, lost to Olmsted Falls 49-47 and beat Avon Lake 57-34

This week: Wednesday vs. No. 5 St. Joseph Academy

7, Mentor (15-6)

Last week: Ranked No. 8, beat Chardon 68-42 and Elyria 49-34

This week: Wednesday vs. No. 1 Solon

8, Elyria Catholic (19-2)

Last week: Ranked No. 9, beat Bay 42-24 and Massillon 52-49

This week: Monday vs. Valley Forge

9, Brush (19-3)

Last week: Ranked No. 10, beat Madison 55-29

This week: Off

10, Archbishop Hoban (13-7)

Last week: Ranked No. 11, beat St. Vincent-St. Mary 70-53

This week: Monday at Padua, Wednesday at Notre Dame Cathedral Latin

Rest of the Top 25: 11. Amherst (17-4), 12. Hathaway Brown (12-10), 13. Wadsworth (10-10), 14. Laurel (18-3), 15. Magnificat (9-12), 16. Chardon (16-5), 17. Eastlake North (17-4), 18. Bay (16-6), 19. Southeast (17-3), 20. Padua (15-4), 21. Garrettsville Garfield (17-4), 22. Revere (14-6), 23. Euclid (12-7), 24. Perry (19-1), 25. Maple Heights (16-6).

Dropped out: None.

On the bubble: Shaker Heights (10-10), Strongsville (10-10), Medina (8-13), Lake Ridge (13-8), Lakewood (15-7), Olmsted Falls (12-9), Westlake (12-9), Norton (15-4), John Hay (16-5).

Closing: Readers will only notice a slight shift as the regular season comes to an end this week. The only fall was for Magnificat who dropped its fifth straight game after earlier wins against Top 25 teams Twinsburg, Wadsworth and Hathaway Brown.

There’s no question that the Blue Streaks have a challenging schedule, but there’s no reason to keep them in the Top 10 after their fall in the past few weeks. Magnificat dropped eight spots.

Hathaway Brown, St. Vincent-St. Mary and Olmsted Falls deserve recognition after their wins against cleveland.com’s Top 10 teams. While their victories were not enough to complete overturn the rankings, it’s important to know these teams are peaking at the right time before the postseason.

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