I don’t think many from Elmwood have embraced the BVC move. It wasn’t close to unanimous at the time. I believe it was a 3-2 BOE vote. And are they really going to find rivalries with Riverdale, Ada and Pandora?
Port Clinton is looking for a new Athletic Director. I believe this change is what drove them to stay put, not a good time to switch leagues
I don’t think they’re in a bad spot at the moment. How long are they going to accept being a doormat though? Elmwood went 0-10 last year and Fostoria has struggled ever since joining the NBC. With Maumee getting its ducks in a row the league is only getting stronger across the board
Fostoria schedules Arcadia in sports. That’s all that needs to be said.
I would argue Elmwood is in the better of the two. As to Fostoria.....they could be looking potentially.....
The NBC has a pretty good stable of schools. Fostoria isn’t going to be able to be successful in the NBC as a whole. Nothing about their situation gets any better with time. BUT, a switch to a situation where they could have some success consistently could be a huge community boost. They schedule the smaller county schools in sports as it is. They’d be a stones throw away from many of the schools in the SBC.
Wonder if any of their old members want to come back. Seems unlikely and I can't think of a school that might have strong interest.
Makes me wonder if they think any other NWC school will bite. I still can see Arcadia leaving for the NWCC and them staying at 8. Unless someone like Elmwood leaves for the remainder of the SBC River schools which isn't impossible IMO
CG, Bluffton and AE are the only schools geographically that fit well. Can't see CG or Bluffton making the move and even less so for just one to switch conferences. So that just leave Allen East from NWC.
Fostoria is better suited for what’s left of the SBC. And honestly so is Elmwood as I’ve said before. A lot of Elmwood’ers would agree.
It's a pretty compact footprint. The longest drive is 45 mins, most conferences would be thrilled with that.
Luck had nothing to do with it. Leipsic left due to LB. Basically, forced league to realize LB needed to go. LB out and Leipsic just magically rejoined. THE TRUE STORY!
The only reason I can think of is because they have some history with some of said schools. They were in the Suburban lakes league with a few of them
Correct. Those guys were together a long time and unfortunately the schools around Toledo got bigger and the ones in the sticks got smaller and forced their hand. Elmwood has their pick of the litter here and I wouldn't be shocked if they joined back up in the SBC with Gibsonburg, Lakota, and Woodmore.
I guess the reason why I like it is cause the old SLL schools were together for a long time and only left cause the numbers got skewed the wrong way. Otherwise, with you for the most part that the BVC doesn't really have a stick of dynamite and they're similarly sized as Van Buren and such.
It is a little bit of a drive, but I could see Crestline applying to join. They are right on US 30, a similar size the schools, have played a few in the recent past, and are desperate to get into a conference(especially for football.
The 10th spot they vacated in the NWCC is still available
They may as well come back. I don't see anyone that could possibly fill it that hasn't already said no thanks (Arcadia).
Was Arcadia invited to SBC or NWCC prior?
I have no formal knowledge just heard that they were invited to NWCC in the last couple years and said no thanks.
Yeah, I know. They had something like four ADs in five years and a new principal almost every other year for a while. It has been tough sledding. Two years ago they had to play all their home football games on Saturday because the previous AD didn't schedule officials and the person that they hired did not look until summer to find out he didn't have officials. They would fit in with the BVC in terms of size.
