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Monday, November 16, 2009
Playing tougher schedules helped Trotwood, Winton Woods
If you’re in Cincinnati, and you’re not in the Greater Catholic League, you can have trouble getting noticed by the local preps fans.
So what does Winton Woods do? They play the GCL.
In the past few years, in preparing for seasons that would eventually be successful, Winton Woods started out with games against Cincinnati powers. It worked again this season, as Winton Woods opened with a 45-34 loss against Moeller on its way to a 8-2 regular season and a run to the Division II, Region 8 final.
There, Winton Woods will meet Trotwood-Madison, another team that boosted its schedule with bigger-division schools to find success heading into the 7:30 p.m. Friday game at Mason High School.
“If you find a difficult game in Week 1, it helps you stay focused on offseason preparation,” said Winton Woods coach Troy Everhart.
Plus, those battle-tested games prove useful for the playoffs.
Trotwood, for instance, played D-I schools Mason, Lebanon, Wayne and Springfield, and it cost the Rams, as they lost to Mason, Wayne and Springfield (all close). But now Trotwood is one of the state’s final eight playing a Winton Woods team that shares a lot of the same qualities.
“We played X one year, and the next week they played DeMatha, which was ranked No. 9 in the country, on ESPN,” Everhart said. “I’m telling our kids, if that’s No. 9, we’re No. 2, we played them a hell of a lot better than DeMatha did.”
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