{"id":119223,"date":"2019-06-14T05:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T10:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=119223"},"modified":"2019-06-14T05:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T10:07:34","slug":"bonus-random-thoughts-football-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/06\/14\/bonus-random-thoughts-football-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Random Thoughts: football regions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the heels of the release of the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s 2019 regional football assignments, here are some thoughts. Keep in mind that the top eight teams from each region qualify for the postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division IV, Region 14<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys has moved up to Division III, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean this region is weaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clyde, a consistent regional championship contender in Division III slides into the place vacated by the Roughriders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The region itself remains ridiculously large, spanning from Van Wert all the way to Rocky River, which is just west of Cleveland. There is a slight improvement \u2013 last year it stretched to Orange, which is east of Cleveland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenton is out of Region 14 as well, having been shifted to Region 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, this remains a fairly strong region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBL teams<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of 10 Western Buckeye League teams, four will be in a new region this fall \u2013 St. Marys, Ottawa-Glandorf, Kenton and Bath, the league\u2019s only Division V school this year (Region 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

NWC teams<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All but one Northwest Conference team (Paulding) will be in a different region this year and the changes will present some challenges. Keep reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VI Region 23<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to term this reconfigured region would be brutal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New to Region 23 are 2018 playoff teams Anna, Coldwater, Columbus Grove, Fairview, Lima Central Catholic, Minster, Spencerville and St. Henry. Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other newcomers to the region include Wayne Trace, Ada, Allen East, Bluffton, Delphos Jefferson, Hicksville, Tinora and Parkway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WKSD\u2019s Kenny Stabler and I chatted about this Wednesday night and he noted for some teams, 8-2 might not be good enough for a playoff spot in this region. I completely agree. Mark it down \u2013 a team that probably would get a playoff spot in any other region will get left out this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division V, Region 18 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hypothetically, if Paulding and Beachwood met in the opening round of the playoffs, one school would have to travel roughly three hours and 30 minutes to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VII, Region 26<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s good news and bad news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that Crestview was in this region before and is somewhat familiar with the teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bad news is it still has several powerful teams, including Tiffin Calvert (a team Crestview beat in 2017), McComb, Mohawk and Norwalk St. Paul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, this seems like a good move for the Knights, a team that seemed a bit out of place in Region 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full list of 2019 regional assignments can be found at: https:\/\/www.ohsaa.org\/Portals\/0\/Sports\/Football\/2019\/RegionAssignments2019.pdf<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts on the regional assignments, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor On the heels of the release of the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s 2019 regional football assignments, here are some thoughts. Keep in mind that the top eight teams from each region qualify for the postseason. Division IV, Region 14 St. Marys has moved up to Division III, but that doesn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 10:11:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}