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Hockey:
Rocky River scores five unanswered goals to stun Holy Name, advance to States
Holy Name could sense it. They could see the signs on Interstate-71 pointing towards Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the site of the OHSAA State Ice Hockey Tournament...
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Another Year, Another Showcase for the State: Padua Hockey Tournament Preview
Over the past sixteen years, the Padua Christmas Tournament has established itself as possibly the biggest high school hockey tournament in the state of Ohio, except of course the OHSAA State Tournament...
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Boys Basketball:
Late Momentum Shift pushes NDCL past Padua
It was tight, just like any North Coast League game. Any time Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin or Padua went up a few points and gained some momentum, the counterpart answered with some baskets of their own...
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Monster Second Quarter, Clutch Free Throws help Padua defeat Holy Name
You know what Yogi Berra used to say: "It ain't over till it's over." The Bruins of Padua had started off slow, but were able to build up a 42-25 advantage over rival Holy Name...
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Padua comes together to fend off NDCL
The message was, 'Play Together.' The message was, 'Play to win, not play not to lose.' The message was, 'Finish the game.'...
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Cold Shooting on a Cold Night: Bellbrook 47, Oakwood 34
Both the Oakwood Lumberjacks and Bellbrook Golden Eagles looked rusty Friday night after the holiday break. Both sides suffered through numerous turnovers and lukewarm shooting during their matchup in Bellbrook’s gym, with the Eagles prevailing in the end, 47-34...
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Bellbrook Wins the Battle of the Eagles, Topping Eaton 58-50
The Bellbrook boys’ basketball team opened their season with some stiff challenges, racking up tough losses to Fairborn, West Carrollton, and Franklin; but it seems those games may have helped to prepare the Golden Eagles for conference play...
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Padua drops another tough one in NCL play, 45-43 to Walsh Jesuit
It was deja vu times two inside Padua Gymnasium on Friday night. The Bruins Boys Hoops squad dropped a tight-knit 45-43 decision to the Warriors of Walsh Jesuit after holding a lead until late in the fourth quarter...
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Thurgood Marshall Outlasts Middletown
Playing without its highly touted freshman Derrick Daniels, the Thurgood Marshall Cougars had something to prove on Tuesday night in Middletown. The entire Thurgood team would give handshakes to Daniels prior to tip-off as the young big man sat...
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Beavercreek defeats West Carrollton 69-56
West Carollton won the final 28 minutes of this one, 56-54, but lost the first 4 minutes of the game 15-0, as Beavercreek upped its mark to 4-1 on the season with a 69-56 win...
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Jackson's tip at the buzzer gives Archbishop Hoban thrilling win over Padua
Battle. War. Fight. It was North Coast League basketball at it's finest. Archbishop Hoban and Padua both battled back from multiple deficits throughout the course of Friday...
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Franklin 68 Bellbrook 54
Franklin sophomore phenom Luke Kennard’s 16 point first half proved too much for a plucky Bellbrook Golden Eagle squad trying to defend their home court Friday night. Franklin prevailed 68-54 behind Kennard’s 27 points...
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Springboro Holds Off Beavercreek
The Springboro Panthers opened this match-up of the Dayton area's best Division-I teams by knocking down 12 consecutive field goals. On its first nine possessions, Springboro scored eight times. By the time senior Jake Pfahl missed a three-point field goal...
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Beavercreek 66 Middletown 61
The Beavers forced 8 turnovers in a ten possession stretch in the fourth quarter to turn a 2 point deficit into an 8 point lead, in winning at home in the season opener for both teams. The Beavers converted 13 of 21 second half free throws and 21-38 for the game...
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Stellar backcourt of Milliken and Ptacek highlight Padua rout of Valley Forge
Entering the 2012/2013 Boys Basketball season, all the attention at Padua was focused on Senior Guard Tyler Ptacek. Ptacek, the UNC-Wilmington recruit, entered the year with 998 career points and scored his 1000th career point just seconds into the Bruins' season opener at Valley Forge on Friday night...
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Girls Basketball:
Bellbrook 69, Northmont 30
If the entire game played out as the third quarter did tonight at the Bellbrook gym, the Lady Golden Eagles would have had a struggle on their hands. Unfortunately for visiting Northmont, the other three quarters counted as well, resulting in a 69-30 final...
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Bellbrook Survives a Trip to the Pit, Topping Oakwood 52-28
Oakwood’s Pit is an intimidating place for any visiting team, with its gladiatorial feel and constricted throw-in areas. The Bellbrook Lady Eagles did not let the unfriendly confines keep them from another SWBL win Saturday afternoon, prevailing over the Lady Jills 52-28...
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Bellbrook Tops Monroe 56-31
The Bellbrook Lady Golden Eagles bounced back from their loss to CJ earlier this week with a 56-31 win over Monroe Thursday night at Bellbrook...
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Chaminade-Julienne tops Bellbrook 45-29
The Chaminade Julienne girls’ basketball team recovered well from a loss to Carroll on Saturday, besting the area’s top-ranked team, the Bellbrook Golden Eagles, 45-29 Monday night at Bellbrook. With a swarming defense...
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Bellbrook 58 Clinton Massie 47
In spite of the loss through graduation of standouts Leisha Crawford (now playing at Clarion) and Shelby Sigman (now playing at Capital), the Bellbrook Lady Golden Eagles don’t appear to be resting on the laurels of their Final Four appearance last season...
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Hockey:
Another Year, Another Showcase for the State: Padua Hockey Tournament Preview
Over the past sixteen years, the Padua Christmas Tournament has established itself as possibly the biggest high school hockey tournament in the state of Ohio, except of course the OHSAA State Tournament...
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DI Championship: Cincinnati Moeller 20 Toledo Whitmer 12
DV Championship: Coldwater 10 Kirtland 9
DIII Championship: Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 42 Bellevue 21
DII Championship: Toledo Central Catholic 16 Trotwood-Madison 12
DIV Championship: Clarksville Clinton Massie 46 St Clairsville 36
DVI Championship: Maria Stein Marion Local 28 Newark Catholic 21
Football: TV, Radio, Internet Broadcasts (Week 15)
Weekly Football Polls (Released 10/31/12)
Division I Poll (Discuss)
1 St Edward (Lakewood) (10-0) [410] (33)
2 Colerain (Cincinnati) (10-0) [376] (9)
3 St Ignatius (Cleveland) (9-1) [333] (1)
4 Whitmer (Toledo) (10-0) [224] (2)
5 Massillon Washington (Massillon) (9-1) [152]
6 Hilliard Darby (Hilliard) (10-0) [148]
7 Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (7-3) [146] (1)
8 Mentor (Mentor) (9-1) [138]
9 St Xavier (Cincinnati) (6-4) [92]
10 Dublin Coffman (Dublin) (9-1) [80]
Others - South (Willoughby) (10-0), Pickerington North (Pickerington) (9-1), Austintown-Fitch (Austintown) (9-1), Elder (Cincinnati) (7-3), Springboro (Springboro) (10-0)
Division II Poll (Discuss)
1 Turpin (Cincinnati) (10-0) [109] (4)
2 Tri-Valley (Dresden) (10-0) [93] (1)
3 Central Catholic (Toledo) (9-1) [92] (5)
4 Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood) (8-2) [88] (1)
5 Columbian (Tiffin) (10-0) [70]
6 Aurora (Aurora) (9-1) [61]
7 Mount Healthy (Cincinnati) (9-1) [39] (3)
8 New Albany (New Albany) (8-2) [36]
9 Zanesville (Zanesville) (9-1) [35]
10 Avon (Avon) (9-1) [35] (2)
Others - Winton Woods (Cincinnati) (7-3), Tallmadge (Tallmadge) (8-2), Chardon (Chardon) (8-2), Licking Heights (Pataskala) (10-0), Westlake (Westlake) (9-1)
Division III Poll (Discuss)
1 Chagrin Falls (Chagrin Falls) (9-1) [79] (2)
2 Thurgood Marshall (Dayton) (9-1) [71] (3)
3 Archbishop Alter (Kettering) (8-1) [65] (2)
4 St Vincent-St Mary (Akron) (8-2) [63] (1)
5 Napoleon (Napoleon) (9-0) [60] (1)
6 Bryan (Bryan) (10-0) [57] (3)
7 Steubenville (Steubenville) (8-2) [42]
8 Marlington (Alliance) (8-2) [29]
9 West Holmes (Millersburg) (9-1) [27]
10 Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon) (8-2) [26]
Others - Bellevue (Bellevue) (9-1), Archbishop McNicholas (Cincinnati) (7-3), Bishop Watterson (Columbus) (7-3), Niles McKinley (Niles) (8-2), Dover (Dover) (8-2)
Division IV Poll (Discuss)
1 Bishop Hartley (Columbus) (10-0) [123] (5)
2 Clinton-Massie (Clarksville) (10-0) [101] (3)
3 Norwayne (Creston) (10-0) [98] (3)
4 Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa) (10-0) [93] (1)
5 Brookfield (Brookfield) (10-0) [92] (1)
6 St Clairsville (St Clairsville) (10-0) [78]
7 Genoa Area (Genoa) (10-0) [52]
8 Batavia (Batavia) (10-0) [30] (2)
9 North Union (Richwood) (10-0) [21]
10 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (Cincinnati) (9-1) [19]
Others - Galion (Galion) (9-1), Norwood (Norwood) (9-1), Bishop Ready (Columbus) (7-2), Bishop Fenwick (Franklin) (8-2), Carlisle (Carlisle) (8-2)
Division V Poll (Discuss)
1 Coldwater (Coldwater) (10-0) [79] (4)
2 Kirtland (Kirtland) (10-0) [76] (3)
3 Lima Central Catholic (Lima) (10-0) [68] (1)
4 Covington (Covington) (10-0) [51] (2)
5 Crestview (Columbiana) (10-0) [39]
6 Ursuline (Youngstown) (6-4) [34]
7 Summit Country Day (Cincinnati) (10-0) [28] (1)
8 Northwood (Northwood) (10-0) [26]
9 West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty) (10-0) [23]
10 Garaway (Sugarcreek) (10-0) [22]
Others - Liberty-Benton (Findlay) (9-1), Dayton Christian (Miamisburg) (10-0), Liberty Center (Liberty Center) (8-2), St Thomas Aquinas (Louisville) (9-1), Patrick Henry (Hamler) (8-2)
Division VI Poll (Discuss)
1 Mogadore (Mogadore) (10-0) [86] (4)
2 Ada (Ada) (9-1) [84] (2)
3 McComb (McComb) (10-0) [83] (5)
4 Marion Local (Maria Stein) (8-2) [79] (1)
5 Minster (Minster) (8-2) [44] (1)
6 Newark Catholic (Newark) (8-2) [40]
7 St Henry (St Henry) (7-3) [34]
8 St Johns (Delphos) (6-4) [30]
9 Malvern (Malvern) (9-1) [28]
10 Shadyside (Shadyside) (10-0) [24]
Others - Danville (Danville) (9-1), Leipsic (Leipsic) (8-2), St Joseph Central Catholic (Fremont) (9-1), Fort Loramie (Fort Loramie) (8-2), Colonel Crawford (North Robinson) (8-2)
Clinton Massie defeats Milton-Union 35-7
The starting kickoff of this battle on "The Gridiron" began in favor of the Bulldogs from West Milton. Nick Fields the Milton-Union Punter/Kicker booted the opening kickoff to the Clinton Massie 3 yard line where it was muffed and brought back to the 23 yard line...
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Crestview Rebels Advance in Shootout
You wouldn't expect a defensive play to be the game winner in a 51-50 shootout, but that was what decided the fate of the Crestview Rebels victory over St. Thomas Aquinas in a Region 17 1st round playoff game...
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The Norwood Indians win 8th straight by beating GCL North Champion Fenwick Falcons
The Norwood Indians 10-1 (4-0) keep proving that actions speak louder than words and wn their 8th in a row by beating the high powered offense GCL North Champion Bishop Fenwick Falcons 8-3 (6-1) by a score of 21-14...
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Western Reserve Wins Nail Biter
The Western Reserve Blue Devils scored early, and then held on late to preserve a 19-18 Region 21 playoff win over Shadyside Friday night. Those scores, and the defense was led in large part by senior multi-purpose player Tim Cooper...
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The Norwood Indians win 7 straight & claim an SBAAC Championship as a 1st year member
The Norwood Indians 9-1(4-0) ran past, around, and through the pre-season favorite DII Western Brown Broncos who finished their season with a 8-2(3-1) on a cold rainey Senior night in the tri-state area by halftime the score was 33-7...
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Archbishop Alter survives soggy win over C-J
Alter stymied C-J on a 2-pt conversion attempt late in the game to earn a 17-15 victory at rain-drenched Centerville High School. The game was dominated by great defense on both sides and costly mistakes by the Alter offense, losing several fumbles...
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Crestview Rebels Capture ITCL Crown
The Crestview Rebels continue to set the bar higher each year as they completed their first 10-0 season, and won their fifth consecutive ITCL Upper Tier crown by pounding South Range 57-14 Friday night at home...
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'Elusive complete game' comes at perfect moment as Padua shuts out Benedictine
For weeks, Padua Head Coach Tony Shuman has spoke about how his team needed to play a full, or complete game. A nagging problem had been playing well in one half and not so well in the other, or simply just not finishing...
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Beavercreek Wins Share of GWOC Central Title with 10-0 Victory over Faimont
This game was a battle of defenses on another rainy Friday night. As the rain pounded down and the wind blew hard, Beavercreek and Fairmont struggled to get their offenses going. The weather played right into Beavercreek's hands...
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Scoring comes easy for NDCL in commanding win over Padua
Well, when a team scores 56 unanswered points, it's somewhat difficult to lose. Padua Senior Nathan Kaszei blocked a NDCL punt, which was recovered by fellow Bruin Senior Mike Roder to give Padua a 14-7 lead with 5:54 remaining in the 1st Quarter....
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McDonald Blue Devils Intercept Columbiana
McDonald - The McDonald Blue Devils had an unlikely hero Friday night in their 10-7 victory over the Columbiana Clippers. Usually a skill player makes a big play to provide the winning margin, but on this night it was the coaches son Carson, a defensive linemen...
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Wayne Wins Hard Fought Battle vs Fairmont 23-13
Fairmont's bid to upset Wayne's Senior Night falls short as they lose a hard fought, physical game 23-13. The Firebirds dominated this game in nearly every aspect except the scoreboard. Fairmont struck first scoring on a 37 yard Tom West field goal...
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Newark Catholic Green Wave dominate Whitehall
Lat night Newark Catholic traveled to Gahanna to battle to Whitehall Rams in a game that ended with the Green Wave easily defeating the Rams,41-6. The Rams came into this one in the heels of a 24-6 victory over the Lakewood Lancers...
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Western Reserve Takes ITCL Lead
Berlin Center - The Western Reserve Blue Devils (6-2, 5-0) used the talents of their stand-out tailback Tim Cooper to beat the Southern Indians 28-6 Friday night. The win, along with a loss by the Columbiana Clippers now gives the Devils sole possession of the league...
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Norwood Indians win their 4th straight road game at Blanchester 41-0
The Norwood Indians won their 4th straight road victory this past friday night over the Blanchester Wildcats with a final score of 41- 0 in a SBAAC American vs National match-up. It didn't take the Indians long to take control of the game...
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Dominant run game anchors Lake Catholic shutout of Padua
Just when Padua thought they had Lake Catholic's offensive schemes figured out, they brought out the same weapon in a different form...
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Fairmont Loses Heart Breaker to Northmont 26-24
A season of could'ves, should'ves, would'ves continued for the Fairmont Firebirds tonight as they lost a nail biter to the Northmont Thunderbolts 26-24. The story of the first half was one of offensive ineptness ending with a 3-3 half-time score...
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Norwood Indians defeat Goshen Warriors 21-3
The Norwood Indians won their 3 straight road victory friday over the Goshen Warriors 21-3 in a SBAAC match-up with a stingy defense. All 3 road wins for the Norwood Indians were the home teams homecoming. The first team to strike first on the scoreboard...
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South Range Keeps Pace in ITCL
North Lima - The South Range Raiders continue to keep pace with the Crestview Rebels for first place in the ITCL Upper Tier with a dominating 55-20 victory Friday night over Mineral Ridge. The win pushes the Raiders record to 5-2, 4-0 in the league, and keeps their playpff hopes alive in Region 17...
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Newark Catholic Dominates Licking Valley,25-9
Division three Licking Valley Panthers (4-2) came into their game with Newark Catholic (5-1) red hot with a huge win two weeks ago over Granville (5-1) and a 54-0 win over Lakewood(1-5). Newark Catholic who has been very hot themself came into this one on the heels of a 20-0 shutout over a bad Bexley (2-4)team...
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Orsini leads 2nd Half charge to put Hoban past Padua
It's no secret that the North Coast League teams play some of the most brutal out-of-conferences schedules in the area. That was surely the case for the Knights of Archbishop Hoban, as they entered NCL play at 0-5 before falling to Lake Catholic, 27-20 last week to drop to 0-6...
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Fairmont Beats Springfield 38-13 in GWOC Central Cellar Dweller Battle
The Fairmont Firebirds, as well as the rain, put a damper on the Springfield Wildcats’ homecoming this Friday night as they won the battle to stay out of the GWOC Central cellar in convincing fashion, 38-13. Chris Rhoades set the tone on the first play...
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Trenton Edgewood @ Cincinnati Northwest , Week 7
On a night that had an absolutely relentless downpour of rain, Trenton Edgewood traveled down to Cincinnati to play Cincinnati Northwest in what was undoubtedly one of the greatest games fans of both teams have seen in a long time. The Edgewood Cougars...
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Winton Woods Defeats Jonathan Alder
he Winton Woods Warriors made the trip to Plain City Friday night to take on the Pioneers of Jonathan Alder. After a lackluster first quarter, Winton Woods started the scoring off with 10 minutes left in the first half. Shemar Hooks, the Winton Woods quarterback, ran the ball in from nine yards out.
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Centerville Beat Fairmont 17-13
In a game surprisingly dominated by both teams' defense, the Elks capitalize on two second half special team mistakes to come back and defeat the Firebirds, 17-13. Fairmont(1-5, 0-1), largely due to the play of their QB/K, Tom West, took a lead of 13-0 into the half, with Damon Baughns scoring on a short TD run, and West kicking 2 field goals of 37 and 40 yards.
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Backyard Brawl, Centerville Wins
The Centerville Elks and their vaunted triple option attack traveled to Roush Stadium this Friday night to take on GWOC Central rival Fairmont Firebirds. The Elks came in needing a win to salvage their playoff hopes while the Firebirds were just looking to salvage some pride. The fans got pumped as paratroopers brought the game ball in style!
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Newark Catholic blanks Bexley, 20-0
Newark Catholic entered their contest with Bexley on a four game win streak and knowing a win tonight would keep their hopes of hosting a playoff game alive. For the hosting Lions they came in hoping to right the ship and salvage what was becoming another disappointing season.
The Lions took the opening kick off and moved down field using eleven plays to get into field goal range for Will Gingery, who has easily connected on kicks through out his career, but this time his kick would be short and wide in large part do to pressure by Brian Schumaker.
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Walsh Jesuit runs past Padua for first victory
At the start of the 2012 season, it's a fair statement to say that not many people would have predicted that the Walsh Jesuit Warriors would start out 0-4.
After four tough losses, the Warriors finally came out on top Friday night, cruising past the visiting Padua Bruins, 35-7, in both teams' North Coast League opener at Conway Memorial Stadium on the campus of Walsh Jesuit.
Walsh came right out of the gate on jumped on the scoreboard, as Sophomore Pat Ford capped off a 63 yard drive with a 33 yard touchdown pass to Senior Crissean Caver, and with Mike Knoll's extra point the Warriors were ahead 7-0 less than two minutes into the contest.
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Tallmadge defeats Highland 35-21
The Highland Hornets visited Rossiaky Stadium Friday night and came out swinging. Highland jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead on the Devils in the 1st quarter. The veteren Blue Devil squad re-grouped and the defense dug in forcing 4 turnovers. Senior Anthony Gotto went to work, methodically picking apart the Highland defense.
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2012 Football Season:
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Football: Game Highlight Videos (Week 5)
Football: Game Highlight Videos (Week 4)
Football: Game Highlight Videos (Week 3)
Football: Game Highlight Videos (Week 2)
Football: Game Highlight Videos (Week 1)
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will be adding a seventh tournament division in football beginning in 2013, Commissioner Daniel B. Ross has announced. The addition of a seventh division was approved by the OHSAA’s Board of Directors by a 6 to 3 vote during its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday.
The plan will place the top 10 percent of schools based on enrollment in Division I, with the remaining 644 schools divided evenly among the next six divisions. This will leave 72 schools in Division I with the other six divisions averaging approximately 108 schools. Each of the seven divisions will continue to qualify 32 teams to the tournament. Currently, the six OHSAA football divisions are comprised of an average of 120 schools per division.
The plan for adopting an additional division was in response to a concern by some OHSAA member schools about the enrollment disparity that exists in Division I, where the current range is 494 males at the lower end of the division to 1,164 at the top. Based on current enrollment data, the lower end of Division I would increase to 600 males. Committee meetings were held to address the issue and the recommendation to add a seventh division came from the committee.
“Adding a seventh division not only helps address the enrollment disparity in Division I, but it also will create 32 more tournament opportunities for student-athletes, their schools and their communities, many of which have never or rarely experienced the playoffs,” Ross said. “The committee members believe that this is an issue unique to football, especially since not all schools qualify for the OHSAA football tournament.”
A separate committee, comprised of OHSAA Board and staff members, school administrators and officers of the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association, will be formed to finalize the details of this plan. Among the details to be determined: adjustments to the Harbin Computer Ratings with the addition of another division; regional breakdowns and assignments for Division I, and dates in which specific divisions will play their tournament contests, including logistics of an additional state tournament contest.
Approval of an “athletic count” formula, which is included within a competitive balance proposal that OHSAA member school principals will vote on during the annual referendum process that will occur between May 1 and 15, would also be factored in before placing schools into their respective tournament divisions.
The next two-year cycle for reassigning schools to tournament divisions begins in the fall of 2013. Based on current enrollment figures, a sample of the football tournament divisional enrollment ranges when adding a seventh division would be (again, keeping in mind that this will change before the 2013 season): Division I – 600 to 1,164; Division II – 410 to 599; Division III – 288 to 409; Division IV – 216 to 287; Division V – 159 to 215; Division VI – 114 to 158, and Division VII – 30 to 111. The current football tournament divisional enrollment ranges, which run through through 2012, are: Division I – 494 to 1,164; Division II – 327 to 493; Division III – 243 to 326; Division IV – 172 to 242; Division V – 120 to 171, and Division VI – 30 to 119.
This is the first time the OHSAA has expanded the number of football tournament divisions since 1994, when a sixth division was added. Five years later, the number of tournament qualifiers in each division expanded from 16 to 32. When the tournament first began in 1972, there were three football tournament divisions, and expansion to five divisions occurred in 1980.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fourteen of the 15 proposed Ohio High School Athletic Association Constitution and Bylaw revisions passed as voted upon by OHSAA member schools, Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D., has announced. Changes were approved to three Constitution items and 11 Bylaw items.
The bylaw issue that did not pass was a proposal to change how schools are assigned to tournament divisions in the team sports of football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball. Rather than place schools into OHSAA tournament divisions based strictly on male or female enrollment, a recommendation to develop a sport-by-sport athletic count would have begun with enrollment and then potentially added enrollment based on how schools secure students (boundary factor) and a four-year tradition of success factor, while schools could have potentially lost enrollment based on a socioeconomic factor (high school students involved in the free lunch program). The proposed bylaw on this issue to address competitive balance in OHSAA tournaments failed 332 to 303 (52 percent to 48 percent).
“As most of our school administrators and coaches are aware, this change was recommended by an OHSAA Competitive Balance Committee, and we believe this would have been a fairer way to assign schools in team sports to their tournament divisions,” Ross said. “We also stressed to the membership that this was just a starting point for change since a companion OHSAA Sports Regulation would have allowed the Board of Directors to make modifications over time as a standing committee on competitive balance made recommendations.
“Our Board of Directors will have to provide direction on whether to reconvene the OHSAA Competitive Balance Committee to review other ‘competitive balance’ options, so I cannot speculate on whether or not that possibility exists. At the same time, we’re also hearing that discussions to file a petition may be taking place by some member schools that are seeking to separate our tournaments totally between public schools and non-public schools. Again, whether that occurs or not, it’s too early to tell.”
In order for the latter scenario to take place, a petition must be signed by 75 principals, including a minimum of five principals within each of the six OHSAA athletic districts, and submitted to the OHSAA office between August 1 and December 1. Voting on an issue would take place during the first two weeks of May 2012. Two such issues to separate the tournaments failed overwhelmingly in both 1978 (83.9 percent to 16.1 percent, or 637 to 122) and 1993 (66.8 percent to 32.3 percent, or 482 to 240).
All 15 proposals in 2011 were placed up for referendum vote by the OHSAA Board. High school principals had between May 1 and 16 to cast their votes, and a simple majority is all that is required for a proposed amendment to be adopted. The referendum issues that passed become effective August 1 unless noted.
The complete final voting results are available on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org), and the 2011-12 Constitution and Bylaws will be posted on the site sometime in late June or early July.
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