Frontier Athletic Conference (FAC) 2025 Discussion/Preview

[fball43]

With basketball season over, its reached a bit of a dry point on here... so lets get some football discussion going early!

The 2025 FAC season looks to be real interesting, here are a few key points I would like to point out.

1. Miami Trace is returning a lot of great talent. Last year they gave Jackson a good game, and overall had a good season, losing in a heartbreaking thriller to St. Marys in the first round of the playoffs 28-24. I expect them to be very good this year.

2. Jackson always seems to be a team that just reloads, and they have great talent in their community overall. I think this year will be no different, and they will be a great team once again.

3. What can be done to save Greenfield McClain football? I just feel bad for that community and those kids.. I thought the future was bright after the 2023 season where they had their first winning season in what had to be YEARS, and their first multiple win season since the FAC was formed in 2017. However, they went back to the Greenfield McClain of old in 2024 and was the leagues punching bag yet again.. since the FAC was formed in 2017 they are a grand total of 3-37 in league play.. is there just an overall lack of talent in Greenfield? I am not sure what can be done to save the Tigers..

4. Washington Court House and Chillicothe where both young teams last year, and it showed at times.. this year they will be more experienced and I expect both teams to be more competitive this year. I think both teams will be making a playoff push this season.

5. Does anyone have it in them this year to knock off Jackson? Jackson has currently won 4 straight FAC titles and has not lost a league game since the 2020 season (Chillicothe beat them in 2 OT). They are currently on 20 game FAC win streak.

Speaking of schedules, here is what the schedules are looking like for 2025:

Frontier Athletic Conference
CHILLICOTHE
1 @ Bloom-Carroll
2 @ London
3 (H) Western Brown
4 (H) Portsmouth West
5 (H) Wilmington
6 @ Miami Trace
7 @ Washington Court House
8 (H) Hillsboro
9 (H) Greenfield McClain
10 @ Jackson

GREENFIELD-McCLAIN
1(H) Adena
2@ McDermott Northwest
3@ Paint Valley
4(H) East Clinton
5@ Williamsburg
6(H) Washington Court House
7@ Jackson
8(H) Miami Trace
9@ Chillicothe
10(H) Hillsboro

HILLSBORO
1(H) Western Brown
2(H) Goshen
3@ Portsmouth West
4@ Williamsburg
5(H) Dayton Ponitz
6(H) Jackson
7(H) Miami Trace
8@ Chillicothe
9(H) Washington Court House
10@ Greenfield-McClain

JACKSON
1(H) Little Miami
2(H) Gallia Academy
3(H) Wheelersburg
4@ Western Brown
5@ Ironton
6@ Hillsboro
7(H) Greenfield-McClain
8@ Washington Court House
9@ Miami Trace
10(H) Chillicothe

MIAMI TRACE
1@ Waverly
2(H) Wilmington
3(H) Logan Elm
4@ Batavia
5@ Western Brown
6(H) Chillicothe
7@ Hillsboro
8@ Geenfield-McClain
9(H) Jackson
10(H) Washington Court House

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
1(H) Mechanicsburg
2@ Circleville
3(H) Cincinnati Finneytown
4(H) Granville
5(H) Cincinnati Shroder
6@ Greenfield-McClain
7(H) Chillicothe
8(H) Jackson
9@ Hillsboro
10@ Miami Trace

Chillicothe has quite a challenging OOC schedule! Bloom-Carroll, London and Wilmington are all great to good teams... Western Brown has their years and you can never count them out!

Glad to see WCH is playing a much easier OOC schedule. Last years schedule was just way too much for them. I see many winnable games for the Blue Lions this year.

Nice to see Miami Trace and Batavia playing... that will be an excellent matchup.

Jackson and Little Miami? That is an interesting game to say the least.. didn't have that on my bingo card! I wonder if the Ironton game will be more competitive this year..

Hillsboro and Pointz is an odd matchup... but Hillsboro definitely could use a free win in the schedule since the series with East Clinton has ended..

Finally, I just wanted to share my way too early pre-season poll/prediction!

FRONTIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2025 PREDICTION:

1. Miami Trace
2. Jackson
3. Washington CH
4. Chillicothe
5. Hillsboro
6. McClain

I think Miami Trace is returning enough talent that we will see them have a great year, and knock off Jackson giving the Ironmen their first league loss since 2020. I am very high on the Panthers this year! I still think Jackson will have a good season as well.

Washington CH and Chillicothe are neck and neck for me, they could be flip-flopped in the standings. I expect both teams to be much improved.

I expect both Highland county schools to have rough years as Hillsboro looks to gain more consistency in their program with talent, and McClain continues to try and build a program, but they need a lot of help...

Share any insights, thoughts or opinions you have on this upcoming FAC football season!

[noreply66]

Nice read

[Rolltanks]

Jackson
Miami trace
Chillicothe
Hillsboro
Wash court house
McClain

[Skyhawk412]

I have a question for fball43. How and where did you find all of those football schedules? I am compiling local schedules, and want to know how you found them.

[fball43]

I have a question for fball43. How and where did you find all of those football schedules? I am compiling local schedules, and want to know how you found them.

Hello,

Check PM.