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Indeed, gahs4ever, I was as impressed with that crowd in Week 9 as I was with a (then) 1-win GAHS team busting backside all night long.

Speaking of visitors' gates ... I know Marietta struggled this year in football, and there sure were not an overwhelming number of fans at our game there. But I also wonder what kind of visiting crowds there were. Ours was pretty good for a rainy, cold night. I can tell you, however, that schools li...

Logan 14, Zanesville 7. Was our first JV loss of the year, too. Anyway, Logan's had a tremendous run of talent these past few years, but they have certainly set the tone for the program. Sheridan likes their motto of "Tradition doesn't graduate," and I think Logan is in that mode now, too....

Paladin ... We remain on the Logan schedule for 2010 (Week 7 or 8; I can't recall for sure), and I know we'd like to continue that. It's developed into a good rivalry over the past couple of decades, with only a couple of interruptions due to readjustments needed to accommodate existing contracts. I...

gahs4ever ... that would be Zanesville you're forgetting! LOL The thing about the ECOL regarding fans is this -- existing ECOL fans travel well. Dover, NP, Cambridge, Coshocton, etc. While Dover fans, as an example, might not like a longer trip to Marietta for a football or basketball game, they sti...

We strictly refer to ours as a transportation fee. Only those activities that utilized school transportation are required to pay it, so marching band is no different than football, for that matter. Ours is $135 for one activity, capped at $270 for an individual with two or more activities, and $405 ...

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They actually won't face those schools, at least not often, and especially if the league adds a couple more small schools shortly. They'd only have one crossover under the "current" format.

Our girls teams play Rosecrans, our soccer teams play Rosecrans. There have been occasional basketball games, but it's been awhile (even though the RHS coach, Todd Rock, is a teacher at ZHS!). Football really hasn't been desirable mostly because of the difference in school size. There used to be a w...

I brought up to some insiders yesterday that there would be the possibility, since we now share Sulsberger Stadium with Rosecrans, that we could be playing them on our campus but be the VISITING team. Bizarre!

Perfect analysis right there. Our football program struggled for most of a decade and it's taken a lot of work to get it back on solid ground and successful again. It's just as difficult to stay successful once you get there, as our boys basketball program knows. I think schools should give more con...

Mr. Farbizo, BTW, is a well-respected administrator state-wide. He was also recently an ad-hoc member of the OHSAA Board of Control. Having him "out front" in this effort has vital, IMO.

And I would suspect Marietta would petition the OHSAA to be moved to the East District.

Tack on a few more from the school to the interstate and the interstate to the school, on a school bus -- 2 hours-ish. We get to MHS in about an hour-fifteen or so.

As I noted to you otherwise ... I don't think it's the trip to Gallipolis. It would be more the trips to Ironton, Portsmouth, Jackson, Chillicothe and Logan. We made those trips similarly, and they're not easy.

I would suspect '11, if possible. I know there is a notice period to leave the SEOAL, so I think they'd probably still be in there through next season. But that is my best guess only. Rosecrans and Zanesville, being independents right at the moment, and pending contracts, could get in as early as ne...

gahs ... I would estimate about 2+ hours to Dover via school bus, but it's almost all interstate.

As far as Marietta, yes. Rosecrans, no. But .... from my discussions, the ECOL did some deep research with RHS and found them to be a strong fit, believe it or not.

Beat you to it!

And they're not done yet, though I think they're not likely to add anyone else south of 70.

Marietta and Rosecrans were admitted today.

Marietta was admitted to the ECOL today. Along with Rosecrans.