2025 Three Rivers Conference.

Bless Em All said:
Milton-independent
Covington-WOAC
Northridge-DCL
Lehman-NWCC
TC-Metro Buckeye
East-CBC
Riverside-OHC

This is my opinion. I sure hope I’m wrong about MU. Being independent could really sink Milton’s ship in some sports.
Too bad they couldn’t get FL to join. Milton has a new AD and this makes his job really tough.
Maybe Northmont could throw some overflow to us and we join the MVL. 😂😂💀
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You might get them anyways, sub varsity sports are on the chopping block in Clayton.
No Levy, no JV
 
I really expected the CBC to add Milton and East. Both have really good athletic programs and would enhance any league.

Makes sense for WOAC to add Covington.

Private schools, good luck.

If OHC really did add Riverside, excited for the Pirates to have a quality home and not be back in the NWCC.
 
formercardinal said:
I think Carlisle and Madison would love that idea. Not sure how Waynesville, Eaton, Brookville, Oakwood and VV would feel about it.
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I think Waynesville would hate it, but I don’t see the other 4 being too opposed to it. It makes their division overall more competitive, and at least for those 4 Greenville isn’t the worst trip ever. Greenville to waynesville is a bit of an abysmal drive though…
 
If you add Greenville maybe add Stebbins or West Carrollton.
Waynesville, MU, Carlisle, Madison, Brookville and Valley View are very similar in size.
I just don’t see anyway for Milton to make it out of this unless we luck into the SWBL, where we belong.
 
winbypin said:
TC would then be independent in football as well. Milton could join the metro buckeye league as well to at least have an affiliation for other sports.
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Not a bad idea. Travel would be good. Girls athletics not too overpowering for the conference. Pick up a few "rivalry " games in football and that would be a great addition to replace Dayton Christian.

It does not go unnoticed that TC got their athletic programs in good shape to be able to jump to the TRC while Dayton Christian was languishing behind. DC built their new facilities and got that huge invite, and now TC looks to be searching for a spot to land. The MBC would be better for girls, not so good for boys basketball or football. Baseball, track and soccer are pretty equivalent to the TRC. Yellow Springs probably rules soccer with no DC or TC but Legacy has their moments as well. At least it would not be the level of the WOAC.
 
I think the MBC would be a big mistake for MU. It would not benefit our programs and it would lessen the gates. Soccer, basketball and Football would have to be independent. I’d rather see them join the SCAL
 
Bless Em All said:
I think the MBC would be a big mistake for MU. It would not benefit our programs and it would lessen the gates. Soccer, basketball and Football would have to be independent. I’d rather see them join the SCAL
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I get the football being independent, but why soccer and basketball?
 
A 6 team TRC still might be better for everyone than other options.
scheduling weeks 4 and 5 in football will be tough, but not insurmountable.
MU - East - Covington - TC - Lehman - Northridge
(once we find out the OHC is taking Riverside)
Live as a 6 team league for a while, hoping that down the road 2 schools become unhappy where they are and want to join the TRC and kick it back up to 8.
 
dograt said:
A 6 team TRC still might be better for everyone than other options.
scheduling weeks 4 and 5 in football will be tough, but not insurmountable.
MU - East - Covington - TC - Lehman - Northridge
(once we find out the OHC is taking Riverside)
Live as a 6 team league for a while, hoping that down the road 2 schools become unhappy where they are and want to join the TRC and kick it back up to 8.
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Merge the WOAC and TRC. I saw a post proposing that.
Big side/small side. But I agree 100% to stick with the 6 team format unless East gets an invite from the CBC. WEEK 4-5 would be travel weeks for most. That or bye weeks, which might not be a bad idea with the expanded playoffs. If it were this year you would have the choice of Stivers and Jefferson for was 4-5.
 
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Bless Em All said:
I think the MBC would be a big mistake for MU. It would not benefit our programs and it would lessen the gates. Soccer, basketball and Football would have to be independent. I’d rather see them join the SCAL
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Your soccer and basketball are not that good.
 
Buckeyes04 said:
I really expected the CBC to add Milton and East. Both have really good athletic programs and would enhance any league.

Makes sense for WOAC to add Covington.

Private schools, good luck.

If OHC really did add Riverside, excited for the Pirates to have a quality home and not be back in the NWCC.
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You’d have to move one of the current Mad River schools (Shawnee) back to the KT divisions…but the big monkey in the room - distance. MU to North Union and Ben Logan isn’t doable.
 
RollingTrain said:
You’d have to move one of the current Mad River schools (Shawnee) back to the KT divisions…but the big monkey in the room - distance. MU to North Union and Ben Logan isn’t doable.
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Milton used to be in the SRC with Ben Logan. It’s doable. N Union might be a stretch
 
Weiskittle said:
His SCAL statement is laughable, u hope it’s a joke.
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Based on recent performance Milton would be middle of the road in the mbc in both soccer and basketball. I have no idea what girls sports would look like. Milton is getting smaller and in a period of adjustment. I know BEA wants them to be like the days of old. I can respect that. I just don't think it's reality.
 
Bless Em All said:
Milton used to be in the SRC with Ben Logan. It’s doable. N Union might be a stretch
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I do realize they used to be in the same league…but times have changed. NU doesn’t like the travel in the CBC MR now…adding those two wouldn’t help any. I still think the CBC in its current state implodes and a group within the KT and MR forms and leaves to go on their own. The crossovers just don’t go over well across the board.
 
I personally like the WOAC fit the most for the remaining 6 TRC teams. Get that league to 16 football schools and 18 all together. Could do two divisions of 8 for football, and three divisions of 6 for basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball. All other sports probably won’t have enough teams to do multiple divisions and will be one big division. Size is a good fit, and travel works well too.
 
winbypin said:
Based on recent performance Milton would be middle of the road in the mbc in both soccer and basketball. I have no idea what girls sports would look like. Milton is getting smaller and in a period of adjustment. I know BEA wants them to be like the days of old. I can respect that. I just don't think it's reality.
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Agreed. I'm spending a little time tonight studying the girls programs to see how they would fit within the MBC. So far I'm pretty impressed with the potential this might have joining several TRC with the MBC to create a power player of small conference athletics in all but football.
 
So taking 4 hours to look at every sport and going back to fall of 2021 it looks like Milton girls would only have ever had one potential champion in the MBC sport back in 2022.
This years TRC Covington girls went 14-0 in league play but lost in the tournament to a MBC team.
Track wise, no surprise Yellow Springs and Legacy Christian combine for a strong 1-2 pair. The only girl who challenges some of the distance times is from Covington . The MBC has three girls under 14.0 seconds in the hundred compared to just one in the TRC and she is not from Milton.

Softball and soccer, while unlikely Milton would win the MBC conference they would do well, and only 4 MBC schools even field girls soccer and only three have softball.

Likely the larger issue would be Jv teams. Most MBC sports have varsity only and do not have JV teams.

Seems Milton would fit very nicely into the conference, would likely be top three in soccer and softball and top 3-5 in basketball. Volleyball and track they potentially struggle.
 
Now that moving to the WOAC is not an option for the remaining six (per other thread), where do they go from here? I wouldn't want to be in charge of football scheduling, that's for sure.
 
PrairieDog said:
Now that moving to the WOAC is not an option for the remaining six (per other thread), where do they go from here? I wouldn't want to be in charge of football scheduling, that's for sure.
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my guess is stay as a 6-team league. Maybe live that way for a few years hoping they find 2 schools somewhere that are unhappy and want to join to get back to 8.

6 would be tough in football, but not too bad? The Dayton City League is also 6, so maybe weeks 4 and 5 can be TRC-DPS weeks. MU-Dunbar, East-Meadowdale, etc...

If nobody else goes, it could work. If one more team goes though, I think the league is done.
 
PrairieDog said:
Now that moving to the WOAC is not an option for the remaining six (per other thread), where do they go from here? I wouldn't want to be in charge of football scheduling, that's for sure.
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dograt said:
my guess is stay as a 6-team league. Maybe live that way for a few years hoping they find 2 schools somewhere that are unhappy and want to join to get back to 8.

6 would be tough in football, but not too bad? The Dayton City League is also 6, so maybe weeks 4 and 5 can be TRC-DPS weeks. MU-Dunbar, East-Meadowdale, etc...

If nobody else goes, it could work. If one more team goes though, I think the league is done.
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If anyone else leaves the TRC, the league is cooked. However, I don't see anywhere else for anyone, WOAC said no, SWBL is probably not interested, Northridge doesn't want to get to the Dayton City, and etc. So I think they will survive as a 6 team league for awhile.

The DPS/TRC scheduling agreement idea is most definitely plausible, and I see it being beneficial for both sides. The only concern may be size differences, but in all honesty, that should be the least of anyones worries. Also, I could see that being an agreement for other sports, not just football. The other sport where an agreement could be made is boys and girls soccer. The TRC now only has 4 boys soccer teams and 3 girls soccer teams. DPS also has 4 boys and 3 girls teams (Trotwood might make this 5 and 3 respectively). But, this would help having more guaranteed games.

As for TRC expansion candidates, I think that list is exhausted, and the TRC will probably be a 6 team league until the league eventually disbands in the future.
 
footballsalads43 said:
If anyone else leaves the TRC, the league is cooked. However, I don't see anywhere else for anyone, WOAC said no, SWBL is probably not interested, Northridge doesn't want to get to the Dayton City, and etc. So I think they will survive as a 6 team league for awhile.

The DPS/TRC scheduling agreement idea is most definitely plausible, and I see it being beneficial for both sides. The only concern may be size differences, but in all honesty, that should be the least of anyones worries. Also, I could see that being an agreement for other sports, not just football. The other sport where an agreement could be made is boys and girls soccer. The TRC now only has 4 boys soccer teams and 3 girls soccer teams. DPS also has 4 boys and 3 girls teams (Trotwood might make this 5 and 3 respectively). But, this would help having more guaranteed games.

As for TRC expansion candidates, I think that list is exhausted, and the TRC will probably be a 6 team league until the league eventually disbands in the future.
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Playing Dayton public schools and boys soccer or girls soccer doesn't benefit anybody in the TRC. Those teams will be able to fill their schedules without any problem.
 
winbypin said:
Playing Dayton public schools and boys soccer or girls soccer doesn't benefit anybody in the TRC. Those teams will be able to fill their schedules without any problem.
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Scheduling in soccer is easier, just a suggestion in case games get hard to find… actually the Metro Buckeye would probably be better to make agreements with if they need to in those sports.
 
footballsalads43 said:
Scheduling in soccer is easier, just a suggestion in case games get hard to find… actually the Metro Buckeye would probably be better to make agreements with if they need to in those sports.
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Those would really be JV games for most the schools in the TRC.

I don't know if you need an agreement with the MBC because some of these teams already play each other. But yes, that would be a place to look for games to fill the remaining schedule.
 
The future looks strange in the money sports. Boys Tennis at Milton will be playing everyone that is anyone. I highly doubt all sports will play DPS schools or MBC schools. Football playing the DPS is a tragedy waiting to happen. You have a huge culture clash ( when Northridge doesn’t want anything to do with them…) and you could be asking for trouble. IMHO.
Milton needs to go looking NOW weeks 4-5 anywhere but the DPS.
Playing teams up north is always a better situation. These Dunbar, Meadowdale, etc schools are full of roughnecks. Milton kids aren’t ready for that. Most TRC schools aren’t ready. Again, just my opinion.
I get why Riverside left but Bethel, really?
 
Bless Em All said:
The future looks strange in the money sports. Boys Tennis at Milton will be playing everyone that is anyone. I highly doubt all sports will play DPS schools or MBC schools. Football playing the DPS is a tragedy waiting to happen. You have a huge culture clash ( when Northridge doesn’t want anything to do with them…) and you could be asking for trouble. IMHO.
Milton needs to go looking NOW weeks 4-5 anywhere but the DPS.
Playing teams up north is always a better situation. These Dunbar, Meadowdale, etc schools are full of roughnecks. Milton kids aren’t ready for that. Most TRC schools aren’t ready. Again, just my opinion.
I get why Riverside left but Bethel, really?
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I agree. PS had Meadowdale a few years ago when Bradford didn't field a team. Our game wasn't bad, fans were pleasant, but basketball is a different story.
 
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