Mister B wrote:First, TVC rules state that to have a league champion crowned, there must be a least 1/2 of the total members of the league fielding teams in that sport. The OHSAA has nothing to do with crowning a league champ. Adding Warren and Marietta for soccer proposes only still won't get you to that number. Athens, Belpre, Alexander, Warren and Marietta. Adding Trimble to the list of soccer programs is a little soon. Athens knew coming into the TVC that there was no league title and that would probably never be. This includes tennis. So much for soccer being king in Athens. Would they let their BIG sport play each year without a title? NO! They got into the TVC to compete for leauge titles in football, basketball etc. Winning breeds success, but you can't understand that.
Travel, yeah it may be shorter to drive to Cheshire then to Wellston from Belpre in terms of mileage but not in terms of time. The road to Cheshire stinks. It is a nice 4 lane drive from Belpre to Athens, Alexander, Wellston, Nelsonville and Vinton for the most part. Even the 2 lane drive to Meigs, Eastern and Southern is much better than the bad roads to Cheshire. Next time drive the roads that MapQuest gives you before you make a statement about travel.
Plus, the other TVC schools are the ones that constantly complain about the drive to Belpre, not Belpre complaining about travel to them. Last year for basketball Vinton County sent 2 different sets of busses in basketball that left their school at different times for their games at Belpre. How cost effective is that? Bussing kids twice to get them there once?
Warren and Marietta should play Parkersburg South. It is a 15 minute drive to a school that equates to playing a D-1 Ohio school in terms of size. Plus, they should beat them. Everybody knows Ohio football is superior to WV football.
There is no league for Belpre to get into. The drive to schools in the PVC would be worse than the TVC. The MVL is out of the question in terms of school size and drive time. So, I don't see Belpre going anywhere unless some schools split off from the TVC but that is HIGHLY unlikely.
Adding River Valley, in my opinion, is not the way to go for the TVC to expand. I don't have a say in it but if I did I would vote no. I am against having more than 6 schools in any league or division. I like 5 non-conference and 5 conference football games. It gives you the chance to gain more computer points and doesn't require you to go 10-0 or 9-1 or 8-2 to get in the playoffs. Playing a schedule in which the conference beats each other up means only 1 or 2 teams (10-0 and 9-1) get in the playoffs. Half of a schedule with nonconference teams in any sport gives you more leeway in scheduling teams that benefit you in building a program and increasing your gate.
Mister B,
Playing up for the Crown makes champions? I don't care what one does or says on here, Athens for a while will not be a powerhouse in football concerning SE-Ohio football no matter what you think. Two, look at the TVC-Ohio in general outside of N-Y. Who are all the teams scheduling? Wellston has Jackson every year. And has picked up Waverly for a 2 year series again. But this up-coming season Wellston is replacing Waverly with Lancaster Fairfield Christian D6 in a two year series? A year later Fayette-Perry another D6 Team in Southwestern Ohio in a two year series. This will be FP's first Varsity season when Wellston plays them. Meigs dropped Gallipolis off it's schedule and picked up the OVC for their non-league. Athens has started to play down getting defeated by D5 Federal Hocking, and playing Wahama. WV? They kept Gallipolis. Belpre plays Warren. Vinton County plays Jackson. And has picked up Waverly and Bloom Carroll for a series. Kudos to the VIKES for that. But still plays Unioto and has over the years played the likes of Berne Union. Alexander, playing what Southern? Your point is empty. Other than N-Y winning a State Championship, you haven't much in the rural conference. And adding a Warren and Marietta would end up ruining the league. In the long run if a Big, Medium and Small division was formed, which I don't think will ever happen, it would have a recerse effect, by having teams exit the TVC, either to form their own league or go into another one close to them. Like Meigs and VC leaving over Marietta.
Whatever N-Y puts in the water system up there, it is working. Ever since Bucthel-York consolidated, N-Y became a power in football. Wellston has had N-Y beat so many times as of late and ends up losing. In OT this season. I remember WATCHING the Nelsonville Greyhounds when I ws a kid and they were the joke in the SEOAL. It must of been the kids at Butchel-York that made the difference.
As for your arguement the roads to RV? The same 2 lane Rt. 7 that you say is O.K. to travel to Meigs continues south the Chesire? And your point is?
Mister B,
I think Belpre is really afraid to let RV in the TVC-Ohio knowing they will lose more times than they win in basketball against the Raiders. Two, also in football at times. Lets look at the TVC-Ohio. Outside N-Y in football, it's usually Wellston or Meigs with VC at times. Belpre last year. Wellston had Belpre's number for almost 10 years straight other than last years 0-10 season. Likewise Meigs. Meigs won last year and this season for the first time in a while against Wellston.
The conference is a rural one and fit overall for a RV verses a Marietta and Warren. No matter how you put it. As for Soccer, since the teams would have to be drawn from both divisions, maybe they could have a crown title in soccer.
The TVC is ripe for an invite to RV for number 8.