Is there a chance to form a OVAC type league in SE-Ohio?

[Army]

Especially with gasoline prices rising.

[2trap_4ever]

I have wanted this for years, have a Lawrence, Scioto, Jackson, and Gallia county conference, that would be awesome.

[Army]

I have wanted this for years, have a Lawrence, Scioto, Jackson, and Gallia county conference, that would be awesome.

I would add Pike, Ross, Pickaway, Meigs, Hocking and Athens Counties to that mix also. Ten Total Counties. With 49 total teams. Six doesn't have football.

There would be:
3 D2 Schools
5 D3 Schools
16 D4 Schools
13 D5 Schools
12 D6 Schools


Lawrence County Teams
Ironton D4
Ironton St. Joseph (Central) D6.........Non-Football School
Ironton Rock Hill D4
South Point D4
Coal Grove Dawson Bryant D5
Chesapeake D5
Proctorville Fairland D4

Scioto County Teams
Portsmouth West D5
Portsmouth D4
Wheelersburg D5
Glenwood New Boston D6................Non-Football School
Sciotoville Community (Portsmouth East) D6
Franklin Green TWP D6
South Webster D5................Non-Football School
Minford D5
Lucasville Valley D5
McDermott Northwest-Scioto D4
Portsmouth Clay D6.................Non-Football School
Portsmouth Notre Dame D6

Jackson County Teams
Wellston D4
Oak Hill D5
Jackson D2

Gallia County Teams
Gallipolis (Gallia Academy) D4
Chesire River Valley D4
Mercerville South Gallia D6

Vinton County Teams
McArthur Vinton County D3

Ross County Teams
Chillicothe Huntington-Ross D5
Londonderry Southeastern-Ross D5
Chillicothe D3
Chillicothe Unioto D4
Chillicothe Zane Trace D4
Bainbridge Paint Valley D6
Frankfort Adena D5

Pickaway County Teams
Circleville D3
Circleville Logan Elm D3
Ashville Teays Valley D2
Westfall D4

Pike County Teams
Waverly D4
Piketon D4
Latham Pike Western D6..............Non-Football School
Beaver Pike Eastern D6...............Non-Football School

Meigs County Schools
Pomeroy Meigs D4
Reedsville Eastern Meigs D6
Racine Southern Meigs D6

Athens County Teams
Albany Alexander D4
The Plains Athens D3
Glouster Trimble D6
Nelsonville-York D5
Stewart Federal Hocking D5

Hocking County Schools
Logan D2

[91Buckeye]

Army you have 44 football playing schools listed and I added Symmes Valley to your list of Lawrence Co. teams and put this together. I took all 45 schools and put them into 5 different divisions based on geography and competition.

Division 1
Logan d2
Teays Valley d2
Jackson d3
Circleville d3
Logan Elm d3
Chillicothe d3
Vinton Co. d3
Westfall d4
Waverly d4

Division 2
Huntington d5
Southeastern d5
Unioto d4
Zane Trace d4
Paint Valley d6
Adena d5
Minford d5
Piketon d4
Wellston d4

Division 3
NY d5
Trimble d6
Athens d3
Alexander d4
Federal Hocking d5
Eastern d6
Southern d6
Meigs d4
River Valley d4

Division 4
Ironton d4
Rock Hill d4
South Point d4
Gallia Academy d4
Portsmouth West d5
Wheelersburg d5
Portsmouth d4
Lucasville Valley d5
Coal Grove d5

Division 5
South Gallia d6
Notre Dame d6
Northwest d4
Green d6
Sciotoville d6
Symmes Valley d6
Fairland d4
Chesapeake d5
Oak Hill d5

This would give each team 8 league games and still have two open spots for rivalries. I don't think anything like this will ever happen in our area, but you never know.

[tl895]

how many bleedin teams you want in this here league

[91Buckeye]

I don't want any of those teams in a new league. I happen to like the one NY is in, but I got bored and couldn't resist.

[86cavs]

Buckeye 91
not a bad divisional breakdown.But that is helluva alot teams in a league.How would you crown a champion one for each division??

[Am I Evil]

As many positives the OVAC has, there are negatives. You can just look in the past two years that two new leagues have formed within the OVAC. The Buckeye 8 and the River Valley. Because the OVAC is so big and covers such a big area many champions are crowned without even playing each other in some sports like football. Does it help other sports? Sure, but lets be honest football is king and the bread winner.

Ask Zanesville how the OVAC has helped them? 40 plus teams in the OVAC, yet in B-Ball Zanesville can't find anyone to play and was not eligible for the first ever OVAC B-Ball Tourney because they did not play enough OVAC teams. Do you think Zanesville would have been 4A champs? Yep, but because no one wants to play them Zanesville gets left out.

I believe leagues of 8-12 teams is the best way to go to fight gas prices. The bigger is better attitude does not work.

[Orange and Brown]

I think a league like the OVAC is a bad idea.
You don't really get a true champion.

[91Buckeye]

Buckeye 91
not a bad divisional breakdown.But that is helluva alot teams in a league.How would you crown a champion one for each division??

Yeah one champ in each division. Trying to crown an overall champ would be a nightmare. I got bored one day and tried to break all the teams army had listed into divisions based on geography and competition, based solely on that I thought it was a pretty good overall league. The down side is that a conference involving that many teams would probably be destined to fail if any of the teams decided to drop out. And we have seen that league commitments aren't a given anymore. I think hiring someone to administer it would require a doctorate and six figures at least.