The Saint Ignatius Wildcats varsity baseball team, which is gearing up for Thursday's 4:30 District Semifinal match up with the Midpark Meteors at Strongsville High School, was ranked 17th in the final regular season Division I state poll by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Mason, defending state champion Archbishop Moeller and Brecksville-Broadview Heights were ranked 1-2-3, respectively. Other area teams in the top 20 were Walsh Jesuit (ninth), Brunswick (12), Mentor (13), Nordonia (tied for 13th), Hudson (16), Aurora (19) and Highland (20).

Coach Brad Ganor's Wildcats (21-6), winners of 16 of their past 17 games, will complete their regular season schedule at 12th-ranked Brunswick on Tuesday at 4:30. Brunswick faces Twinsburg in a District Semifinal on Thursday at 4:30 in The Ball Park at Hudson. Twinsburg stunned Walsh Jesuit, 1-0, in last weekend's sectional final at Walsh Jesuit.