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Wildcats maintain their 10th-place ranking in the latest cleveland.com seven-county area basketball poll

By Eddie Dwyer, 02/19/18, 9:00AM EST

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By Eddie Dwyer
 
 Ohio City - The 12-6 Wildcats, coming off an impressive performance at Massillon Washington on Saturday night, will close out their regular season with two games this weekend.
 
 Saint Ignatius will travel to Kenston on Friday night for Junior Varsity and Varsity matchups with the Bombers. The JV game will tip off at 5 PM, followed by the Varsity matchup at 6:30. It will be the final game of the season for the 17-2 JV Wildcats.  
 
 The regular-season Varsity finale will take place on Saturday night at Father Sullivan Gymnasium with a 7 PM tipoff versus the Warriors from Whitney Young.
 
 Coach Brian Becker's Wildcats will then focus on the OHSAA Division I Strongsville Sectional/District.
 
 Seeded third at Strongsville, Saint Ignatius will host a Sectional Final on March 3rd at 7 PM in Sullivan Gymnasium versus the winner of the Sectional Semifinal between Brecksville-Broadview Heights and Valley Forge. The tournament moves to Strongsville High School for District Semifinal action.
 
 Here are this week's Top 10 area teams by cleveland.com. The seven-county area poll champion will be crowned next week.
 
 1. Solon 20-0. The state's top-ranked Comets travel to St. Edward on Tuesday night for the game of the week in all of Northeast Ohio.
 
 2. St. Edward (17-3). The Eagles survived an overtime thriller at home versus the Jackson twins and those always tough Ironmen from Cleveland Central Catholic.
 
3. Garfield Heights (14-5)
4. Stow (18-3)
5. Benedictine (15-5)
6. Cleveland Central Catholic (16-5)
7. Archbishop Hoban (17-3)
8. Brunswick (16-5). A District Semifinal encounter with Saint Ignatius could be right around the corner for the second-seeded Blue Devils.
9. Shaker Heights (13-7)
10. Saint Ignatius (12-6)
 
 Have a great week and we will see you at Kenston on Friday night and back at Sullivan Gym on Saturday night for the matchup with Whitney Young.