OVC Looking for more teams

[mattash]

Symmes Valley, Oak Hill, North West, and River Valley I assume would be the targets

[Tartanblue]

Northwest could be a good possibility they probably want to avoid burg, west, and now Portsmouth when they join.

People have been wanting symmes valley in the OVC, but would leaving the SOC really be what they want other than travel plus they would have to go against Gallia Academy.

I could also see Oak Hill for the same reason as Northwest.

[Zahns Corner]

Just some random thoughts:


Would the OVC entertain adding schools from WV? Wayne, Tolsia? St. Joe if they do in fact start football?

Would the OVC and SOC ever consider merger?

And there is the curious case of Ironton football. Is there a scenario where they want back in to the OVC? As much as we want their success, there are no guarantees that Pendleton and the resources to compete for state championships year after year last long term

Then of course Gallia Academy is again on an island.

[Ohio1979]

Oh yes the excellent athletic facilities of Gallia and Fairland

[RollCoal]

Of some of the schools mentioned, SV , RV , and Oak Hill were members of the OVC at one point in time.

SV and Oak Hill were in the conference back in the 80s. River Valley left probably 10 years ago. Also at one point, before a merger, Buffalo Wayne, now part of Spring Valley, was in the OVC. I believe 1995-1996 was the last season they were members.

[avalanche]

Of some of the schools mentioned, SV , RV , and Oak Hill were members of the OVC at one point in time.

SV and Oak Hill were in the conference back in the 80s. River Valley left probably 10 years ago. Also at one point, before a merger, Buffalo Wayne, now part of Spring Valley, was in the OVC. I believe 1995-1996 was the last season they were members.

CK was also a part of the OVC at one point I believe in the early 90's.

SV would make sense.

[RollCoal]

[quote=RollCoal post_id=2150562 time=<a href="tel:1749041655">1749041655</a> user_id=14610]
Of some of the schools mentioned, SV , RV , and Oak Hill were members of the OVC at one point in time.

SV and Oak Hill were in the conference back in the 80s. River Valley left probably 10 years ago. Also at one point, before a merger, Buffalo Wayne, now part of Spring Valley, was in the OVC. I believe 1995-1996 was the last season they were members.

CK was also a part of the OVC at one point I believe in the early 90's.

SV would make sense.
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I had forgotten about Ceredo Kenova. Thanks for the info

[TheFlyingDutchman]

St.Joe isn’t starting football back up. They had only 8 Seniors in their graduating class. Soccer is it for them.

[MisterGalliaGuy2016]

Symmes Valley, Oak Hill, North West, and River Valley I assume would be the targets IMG_8170.png

I propose a 1 for 1 trade of RV for GA, me being an unofficial spokesman for the OVC LOL

[GoBucks1047]

Y'all got me thinking, not that this will actually happen for the OVC.

Division A
Chesapeake
Fairland
Gallia Academy
Ironton (w/o football)
River Valley
South Point

Division B
Dawson-Bryant
Ironton St. Joe (no football)
Oak Hill
Rock Hill
South Gallia
Symmes Valley

Football plays 6 conference games (though you are free to schedule more in non-conference if desired).

Olympic sports play 16 conference games.

Maybe you still do this without River Valley and either South Gallia or Oak Hill.

[CuckooNest]

Just some random thoughts:


Would the OVC entertain adding schools from WV? Wayne, Tolsia? St. Joe if they do in fact start football?

Would the OVC and SOC ever consider merger?

And there is the curious case of Ironton football. Is there a scenario where they want back in to the OVC? As much as we want their success, there are no guarantees that Pendleton and the resources to compete for state championships year after year last long term

Then of course Gallia Academy is again on an island.

Probably not but that would be a great conference. Could probably go to four divisions and have plenty of cross over games to fill a competitive schedule

[goUK]

Portsmouth just wasnt competive. In 8 years(?) how many ovc championships did they have? Im betting 3 or less in all sports combined. RV wasnt competitive either. Symmes valley is too small, st joe is too small. I think the ball is in CG's court. They are the only ones that i could see skip town due to their size. Crazy, crazy take would be South Webster, wheelersburg and minford would be a great fit. At that point you would lose cg for sure and gallia needs to go to the TVC against bigger schools. Never going to happen obviously.

Ironton
Wheelerburg
Minford
SW
Fairland
South point
Rock hill
Chesapeake

[BuckeyeBlood]

Portsmouth just wasnt competive. In 8 years(?) how many ovc championships did they have? Im betting 3 or less in all sports combined. RV wasnt competitive either. Symmes valley is too small, st joe is too small. I think the ball is in CG's court. They are the only ones that i could see skip town due to their size. Crazy, crazy take would be South Webster, wheelersburg and minford would be a great fit. At that point you would lose cg for sure and gallia needs to go to the TVC against bigger schools. Never going to happen obviously.

Ironton
Wheelerburg
Minford
SW
Fairland
South point
Rock hill
Chesapeake

Dumbest post of the day goes to you. Just off the top of my head I can think of 5 OVC titles for Portsmouth across all sports, including a STATE TITLE. Not sure who else brought that to the OVC. Numerous 2nd place finishes in numerous sports. Numerous final 4 appearances in multiple sports, several state qualifiers in track & tennis. Not competitive lol okay bud. Also your hypothetical conference is stupid. Hope you don’t actually bet ya dweeb

[REDMAN]

if i am northwest i jump to the ovc. the trip won’t be bad with the new highway and the competition would be about the same plus i bet it cuts down on transfers

[REDMAN]

Northwest
Rock Hill
Coal Grove
Oak Hill
south point
chesapeake
fairland
gallia if they leave then river valley don’t matter

[goUK]

Im sure fairland and Gallia wont miss the drive to Portsmouth on weeknights.

Ironton 5 (FB independent)
Gallia academy 4
Fairland 5
South Point 5
Coal Grove 5
Chesapeake 6
Rock Hill 6

-Potentials-some of these would have to join together to make sense.
River Valley 5
Oak Hill 5
Wellston 5
SV 7
SG 7
St. Joe 7 (no fb)

[RBH23]

if i am northwest i jump to the ovc. the trip won’t be bad with the new highway and the competition would be about the same plus i bet it cuts down on transfers

That doesn’t make sense for Northwest given the travel. Would up their travel costs with no revenue benefit.

[greygoose]

Logistically speaking I would think Oak Hill would make the most sense, however I've said for years that the Oaks should make a push for the TVC. Ppl talking about Symmes Valley I have to wonder the thought process behind that SV is still a DVII still and for whatever reason some think that going into a conference of mainly DV schools is a good idea?? Things would be so lopsided in football you won't have to worry about those drives anymore because football would disappear at SV. They got a good group coming up and should compete against Eastern this season for the title and will probably win it the following year or 2. NOW ppl want to talk about putting them against these OVC schools who are they going to compete with?? Rock HIll, South Point?? Doubtful. Just a terrible idea

Northwest only makes sense from a size standpoint outside of that travel would increase drastically for NW and you have to take all sports into consideration with it. Could I see them moving to get away from Burg and West possibly but then they're just going to find themselves against Fairland for NW there's always going to be that better team they'll have to face whether it's SOC or OVC so why would they add the travel?? I know there were a lot of NW ppl up arms over the move to SOC2 play but I think they're starting to adjust and they just knocked off Waverly last year on their way to a 6-4 record.

[Dundas]

Logistically speaking I would think Oak Hill would make the most sense, however I've said for years that the Oaks should make a push for the TVC. Ppl talking about Symmes Valley I have to wonder the thought process behind that SV is still a DVII still and for whatever reason some think that going into a conference of mainly DV schools is a good idea?? Things would be so lopsided in football you won't have to worry about those drives anymore because football would disappear at SV. They got a good group coming up and should compete against Eastern this season for the title and will probably win it the following year or 2. NOW ppl want to talk about putting them against these OVC schools who are they going to compete with?? Rock HIll, South Point?? Doubtful. Just a terrible idea

Northwest only makes sense from a size standpoint outside of that travel would increase drastically for NW and you have to take all sports into consideration with it. Could I see them moving to get away from Burg and West possibly but then they're just going to find themselves against Fairland for NW there's always going to be that better team they'll have to face whether it's SOC or OVC so why would they add the travel?? I know there were a lot of NW ppl up arms over the move to SOC2 play but I think they're starting to adjust and they just knocked off Waverly last year on their way to a 6-4 record.

Oak Hill was given a red carpet to the TVC after they applied last year. The TVC voted them in and the OH board declined the invitation. That most likely put the nail in the coffin for OH ever joining the TVC. I believe they will remain in the SOC for years to come. They won’t jump to the OVC if they declined the TVC invitation. Northwest won’t make the jump either. I agree with you there.

In terms of the OVC, they now have a football schedule that requires no non conference games during conference play. This is a current problem with the TVC. The OVC is fine as it is now. With that said, if they lose one more school, they will be in a difficult situation. Gallia, imo, would get into the TVC if they petition for membership. That’s the outlier. I don’t see any of the other OVC schools looking to move anywhere. If Gallia leaves for the TVC, the OVC may have to look to a KY or WV school to fill that slot.

[BiggieSmalls]

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