In the case of Pickerington North being moved around, PLSD does not want the two schools to be in the same division. They would prefer the regular season game to be a marquee out-of-conference matchup with a potential rematch being in the playoffs/tournament if it comes to it.
I don't see anyone clamoring to get out, unlike the soap opera over in the Mid-State League.
I agree with some of this. When I look at Lancaster's OCC accomplishments over the last 20 years, some of them just don't strike me as bearing any significance given that (like you said) the flights change over so often. The hardest part, and this is what is so maddening in the scheme of it, is invariably over time a school is going to change divisions... which means the trophies that say "OCC-Ohio champions" from 10 years ago stop meaning a bucket of warm piss to kids when their school doesn't play in the OCC-Ohio division anymore. The only school this doesn't apply to as much is Gahanna since they've always been in the OCC-Ohio. But you have crap (not the best way to refer to it, but in the absence of a better word...) like Lancaster being in the Ohio the entire time of their OCC tenure -- only they are now in the "Buckeye", which wasn't even an original division name. That, and the weird business of Capital/Cardinal/Central designations changing over like control of Congress.
TV and Logan are going to be in the Buckeye with the following schools...Agreeing with The Dock here - traffic always seems to be worse on the east/southeast side of Columbus than in the rest of the Metro. Older freeways (and especially the interchanges) haven't kept up with the growth. Of course, based on the "Columbus Bidding on OSHAA Finals" thread, no one dares transit I-71 due to the rampant criminal attacks on random motorists near the Fairgrounds.
The ripple effect of adding even one new school is surprising - given keeping 40 or so AD's happy, balancing enrollments, geography, and maintaining competitive balance isn't easy. And it's a moving target at that.
Any speculation on how adding Teays Valley and Logan to the OCC will pan out alignment-wise?
Over the last 25-30 years, how many districts have added additional HS’s? What is the current landscape of district expansion? If I understand correctly, Olentangy has potential for 1 more HS. What about Dublin, Hilliard, Pickerington? Are new HS’s eventually in their future, or are they done growing out? Reason I bring this up is, if districts are done expanding for the foreseeable future, maybe they consider long-term divisional setups. Honestly, the continuous re-shuffling seems to be in due part to districts continuing to add new schools.
Since 1995
Why would it be boring?
play it in nonconference. the issue with them sharing a division is that Lancaster fits well with Newark/Logan/Teays Valley/Canal but the Pickerington schools don’t.
The OCC doesn't hold strictly to OHSAA football division assignments - it's a multi-layered decision balancing multiple programs. Hilliard, for example, has 23 varsity sports at each high school, plus separate JV and freshman teams for many of them. Add in a similar number of middle school teams, and there is a great deal more to think about than just football.
All of these schools ASKED to join the OCC and knew their likely division assignments ahead of time.
whoever from Logan volunteered to be in a division with Pickerington Central should lose their job. you’re putting the safety of your kids at risk at that point.
The AD at Logan who got them put into the OCC with Pickerington Central is, today, the AD at PC.
That is due to racism and classism. Nobody at ODOT cares about the black people living in the housing projects on the southeast side off Hamilton and Gender or the hilljack tradespeople in pickup trucks from Lunkster. It's taken 30 years to address the east side parking lot at 70 and 270, and it's doubtful that it will alleviate much. Any time traffic slows on 270 on the Northwest or Northeast side, they add another lane.
I’ll just settle for the removal of the Bixby and Rager Road accesses!
I wouldn't trust the school board. After banging on doors and promising angry voters in 1989 & 1990 that Pick Central would be infinitely expandable like Mason, they built the north side Taj Mahal. Eventually they'll build a new high school on the western edge to funnel the undesirables west of 256 out of North. North will eventually be Donley High. Everything along Diley and Hill will eventually get developed down to 33. But yeah, not for a while.
I'll be using the Pickerington Rd traffic light to recycle some cardboard here in about 5 minutes, but I'd like for them to remove that light now instead of waiting for the project to finish. Yeah. Bixby and Rager (apologies to Jerry) needed to close five years ago. Those clowns getting onto 33 at Rager because of the Winchester Pike shutdown are a highway safety menace.
