As a Ross parent myself, the timing is definitely not ideal.
My kids are in elementary school and I be lying if I said I am excited about the possible travel requirements-especially if the middle school teams will be playing the same schools. When the dust settles I think they will be a little less spread out but still not as compact as what they had.
The SWOC was the first conference in quite some time where Ross didn't travel as extensively for games-even less when Wilmington and Little Miami peeled off. In the old FAVC, their closest opponent was probably Norwood, then mainly Warren County schools. Wild to think they once played in a league with Mason.