Youth Football State Championships

[90buckeye]

The Ohio Athletic Committee is sponsoring the first annual Grade School Football State Championships of Ohio over Thanksgiving weekend at the Marion Coliseum in Marion, Ohio.

Nelsonville-York is hosting the division 3 regional youth football championships in October. Division 3 is comprised of all youth teams that feed into the southeast, east, and central district division 5 and 6 high schools as defined by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. All players on a team must be in the 4th, 5th or 6th grade; must be enrolled in an Ohio school; must not be older than 13 as of September 1; and must have had a physical. Futher playing rules and guidelines are available at this link: http://www.ohioathletics.com/oacfootball10.html. Team entry fee is $250. For more information or if you have questions, contact Nelsonville-York Varsity Head Coach Dave Boston via e-mail at ny_dboston@seovec.org.


Here's a list of the 71 schools that are eligible to participate in this region (all football D5 & D6 schools in the CE, SE and E districts):

ADENA
AFRICENTRIC EARLY COLLEGE
BARNESVILLE
BEALLSVILLE
BELPRE
BERNE UNION
BISHOP READY
BISHOP ROSECRANS
BRIDGEPORT
BUCKEYE TRAIL
CALDWELL
CARDINGTON-LINCOLN
CATHOLIC CENTRAL
CENTERBURG
CHESAPEAKE
COLUMBUS ACADEMY
CONOTTON VALLEY
CROOKSVILLE
DANVILLE
DAWSON-BRYANT
EASTERN
FAIRBANKS
FEDERAL HOCKING
FISHER CATHOLIC
FORT FRYE
FREDERICKTOWN
FRONTIER
GARAWAY
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS
GREEN
GROVE CITY CHRISTIAN
HARVEST PREPARATORY
HUNTINGTON
LIBERTY UNION
MALVERN
MANCHESTER
MARION CATHOLIC
MILLER
MILLERSPORT
MINFORD
MONROE CENTRAL
MOUNT GILEAD
NELSONVILLE-YORK
NEWARK CATHOLIC
NEWCOMERSTOWN
NORTH UNION
NORTHMOR
NORTHRIDGE
NOTRE DAME
OAK HILL
PAINT VALLEY
RIDGEDALE
RIDGEWOOD
RIVER
SCIOTOVILLE COMMUNITY
SHADYSIDE
SHENANDOAH
SOUTH GALLIA
SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTHERN
ST JOHN CENTRAL
STRASBURG-FRANKLIN
SYMMES VALLEY
TORONTO
TRIMBLE
TUSCARAWAS CENTRAL CATHOLIC
VALLEY
WATERFORD
WELLSVILLE
WEST JEFFERSON
WHEELERSBURG

[swbaseballfan]

this is great that the kids get to actualy play for a state championship

[oldcoachb]

I think Minford could have won that in 1994. Ask anybody from Nelsonville.

[knowledge]

I think Minford could have won that in 1994. Ask anybody from Nelsonville.

Coach, I think we could of done some damage in 97-98.. we were Nasty and Loaded.