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13 area football teams change divisions
Thirteen area football teams were among 117 state-wide that were reassigned divisional status Thursday by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
The change goes into effect this fall and last for two seasons. The OHSAA reassesses divisions every two years, based on male enrollment from grades 9-11. The latest revision was made from 2008 figures.
Moving up
• Changing from D-IV to D-III: Oakwood, Ben Logan.
• From D-V to D-IV: Waynesville.
Moving down
• From D-II to D-III: Bellbrook and Dunbar.
• From D-II to D-IV: Marshall.
• From D-III to D-IV: Valley View and Indian Lake.
• From D-IV to D-V: Coldwater and Greeneview.
• From: D-V to D-VI: Marion Local, National Trail and Arcanum.
Notable
• Defending D-IV state champion Alter stays put. But its playoff path was considerably cleared with Steubenville and Youngstown Cardinal Mooney both bumping up to D-III and Coldwater moving down to D-IV.
• After a two-year run in D-V that produced a state title in ‘07, Marion Local returns to D-VI. That means the MAC’s two best current powers — Local and Coldwater — still can run the table in separate divisions.
• Valley View’s drop to D-IV didn’t hurt its playoff fortunes. Of course, now the Spartans must go through Alter at some point.
• That population explosion at Bellbrook and Sugar Creek Twp. is officially suspended. The Golden Eagles’ drop to D-III brings it more in line with its SWBL brethren and should help its postseason return.
• Just two schools throughout the state made a two-division jump; Marshall and Cincinnati Taft both dropping from D-II to D-IV.
Quotable
“The fun part is finding out who’s coming with you or leaving you. … Oh, that’s great. I look a little more short sided, at the local stuff first.”
— Oakwood coach Paul Stone, whose Lumberjacks dodge Alter but are now lumped with state heavyweights Steubenville, Mooney and Parma Padua Franciscan.
The breakdown
There are 718 schools that field football programs. Those teams are divided into six divisions:
• D-I: 120 schools (518 boys or more);
• D-II: 118 schools (348-517 boys);
• D-III: 120 schools (252-347 boys);
• D-IV: 119 schools (177-251 boys);
• D-V: 120 schools (125-176 boys);
• D-VI: 121 schools (124 boys or less).
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By Burg Man
May 7, 2009 7:27 PM | Link to this
To bad there’s not a Division VII for schools like West Carrollton. Lots of boys with no tallent.By R J..Miamisburg, Oh
May 8, 2009 10:36 AM | Link to this
I still want to see a BIGGER D-one for schools with more then 518 boys. Call it Div-One, those who had boys up to the 518 then become DivOneA. Draw the line with the schools that have 1,000 boys. Only fair. IMHO that is. Now I will sit back and see who yells at me for this.By Don
May 8, 2009 1:12 PM | Link to this
Wow Burg Man, it is nice to see that just about everyone in Miamisburg carries themselves with such class and sportmanship. I would have thought after the poor class the Miamisburg team and students displayed after the contest between Miamisburg and West Carrollton last year things might have changed, but I guess I was wrong. Nice to know that everyone in you town enjoys picking on high school kids who are going out and giving their best effort every day. If you look at the records of the two schools I think West Carrollton did better the Miamisburg last year and they have been to the state playoff more recently than the burg as well. So why don’t you stop trying to make yourself feel big by picking on high school kids and either post something positive or noghting at all… As for RJ, I totaly agree that a new bigger division is needed to make things a little more even.By Don
May 8, 2009 1:14 PM | Link to this
Wow Burg Man, it is nice to see that just about everyone in Miamisburg carries themselves with such class and sportsmanship. I would have thought after the poor class the Miamisburg team and students displayed after the contest between Miamisburg and West Carrollton last year things might have changed, but I guess I was wrong. Nice to know that everyone in you town enjoys picking on high school kids who are going out and giving their best effort every day. If you look at the records of the two schools I think West Carrollton did better the Miamisburg last year and they have been to the state playoff more recently than the burg as well. So why don’t you grow up and stop trying to make yourself feel big by picking on high school kids and either post something positive or nothing at all… As for RJ, I totally agree that a new bigger division is needed to make things a little more even.By Chris
May 9, 2009 1:39 PM | Link to this
Although I graduated from Oakwood, there is no way they are a DIII caliber team.