Just a thought on LCL Expansion, Gahanna Lincoln has 948 boys...still just one school, and they will get more kids yet.
Licking Heights is at 560 now. I hope they are able to keep it to just one school. If not, they could use the old name of Pataskala Township...to the:
Lima Township Vespids (Maroon & Gray)
Here is a fun vision of the league by expanding to 6 more schools for an 18-school league of 3 divisions of 6 schools each. I like 6 teams in a division because then there could be cross-divisional games in the league to play old foes.
Here is a line-up of Northwest & Southeast expansion schools, just outside of Licking County, with all schools having contiguous borders.
6 expansion schools added with Zanesville & Mount Vernon:
Newark, Big Walnut, Centerburg, Tri-Valley, Sheridan, West Muskingum.
LCL
BUCKEYE DIVISION
Newark, Licking Heights, Watkins Mem., Big Walnut, Mount Vernon, Zanesville
SCARLET DIVISION
Tri-Valley, Granville, Sheridan,
Licking Valley, Johnstown, Heath
CARDINAL DIVISION
Lakewood, Utica, Northridge, Centerburg, West Muskingum, Newark Catholic
This expansion would help Zanesville of not being on an "island", anymore by itself.
Scarlet Division name, is for the Scarlet Carnation, our state flower