{"id":192387,"date":"2025-05-01T21:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T02:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=192387"},"modified":"2025-05-01T21:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T02:09:02","slug":"football-divisions-regions-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/05\/01\/football-divisions-regions-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Football divisions, regions announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns and playoff regions for 2025 football season, and there are remarkably few changes involving teams from the Green Meadows Conference, Midwest Athletic Conference, Northwest Conference and Western Buckeye League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those four conferences\/leagues, just two teams are changing divisions. The Bath Wildcats are moving from Division V, Region 20, to Division IV, Region 14. Three other Western Buckeye League teams are switching regions, but not divisions. Celina, St. Marys Memorial and Wapakoneta are shifting from Region 12 to Region 10. GMC member Ayersville is shifting from Division VII, Region 26, to Division VI, Region 22.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Keaten Welch and Van Wert Cougars will remain in Division IV, Region 14 in this fall. Monica Campbell photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

All other area teams will remain in the same division and\/or region this fall. That includes Van Wert (Division IV, Region 14) and Crestview (Division VI, Region 26). Statewide, no schools in Divisions II-VII opted to move up to Division I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a breakdown of divisions and regions of GMC, MAC, NWC and WBL teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GMC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antwerp \u2013 Division VII Region 26 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayersville \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (Division VII, Region 26 last year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edgerton \u2013 Division VII Region 26 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairview \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hicksville \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paulding \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tinora \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Trace \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

MAC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna \u2013 Division VI Region 24 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coldwater \u2013 Division VI Region 24 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s \u2013 Division VII Region 26 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Recovery \u2013 Division VII Region 28 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marion Local \u2013 Division VII Region 28 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minster \u2013 Division VII Region 28 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Bremen \u2013 Division VII Region 28 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parkway \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Henry \u2013 Division VII Region 28 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Versailles \u2013 Division V Region 20 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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No change for Huxley Grose and the Crestview Knights – they’ll remain in Division VI, Region 22. Bob Barnes photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Allen East \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bluffton \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Grove \u2013 Division VII Region 26 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos Jefferson \u2013 Division VII Region 26 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Loramie \u2013 Division VII Region 28 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic \u2013 Division VII Region 26 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spencerville \u2013 Division VI Region 22 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Bath \u2013 Division IV Region 14 (Division V, Region 20 in 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celina \u2013 Division III Region 10 (Region 12 in 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance \u2013 Division III Region 10 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elida \u2013 Division IV Region 14 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenton \u2013 Division IV Region 14 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa-Glandorf \u2013 Division IV Region 14 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee \u2013 Division III Region 10 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys Memorial \u2013 Division III Region 10 (Region 12 in 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert \u2013 Division IV Region 14 (same as 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wapakoneta \u2013 Division III Region 10 (Region 12 in 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schools can have up to 13 days of practice without pads during the summer, beginning May 12. An additional five days are permitted beginning July 15 for schools to complete the mandatory five-day acclimatization period. The OHSAA does not set a limit on physical fitness and conditioning workouts in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OHSAA recently conducted a survey with member schools regarding the format of the postseason tournament. More information on those results will be released at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns and playoff regions for 2025 football season, and there are remarkably few changes involving teams from the Green Meadows Conference, Midwest Athletic Conference, Northwest Conference and Western Buckeye League. Among those four conferences\/leagues, just two teams are changing divisions. […]<\/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-192387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 22:20:54","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\/192387","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=192387"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192393,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192387\/revisions\/192393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}