The Dock
Persona Non Grata
Alder would be an imperfect fit in any currently-existing Central District conference. Metro Columbus conference alignments make as much sense the mid-2000's color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System.
Hamilton and Teays could, in theory, form a "Southern Six" conference by convincing Southwestern City Schools to withdraw from the OCC. Those schools could be a potential match for Alder and an 8th, although the travel from points west into that part of Columbus has already been mentioned as being problematic.
Really, what I see, as a possible avenue is if indeed Circleville and Logan Elm try to go south to the Frontier Athletic Conference (FAC) or Scioto Valley Conference (SVC.) From there, the MSL would be tasked with having to do some sort of realignment. That might be enough a push to either realign based on enrollment (was voted down before) or just make four divisions of six. How and what, I'm not too certain.
And how it would even shape future league prospects for Alder, unsure.
Hamilton and Teays could, in theory, form a "Southern Six" conference by convincing Southwestern City Schools to withdraw from the OCC. Those schools could be a potential match for Alder and an 8th, although the travel from points west into that part of Columbus has already been mentioned as being problematic.
Really, what I see, as a possible avenue is if indeed Circleville and Logan Elm try to go south to the Frontier Athletic Conference (FAC) or Scioto Valley Conference (SVC.) From there, the MSL would be tasked with having to do some sort of realignment. That might be enough a push to either realign based on enrollment (was voted down before) or just make four divisions of six. How and what, I'm not too certain.
And how it would even shape future league prospects for Alder, unsure.