Idk St Ignatius in the north doesn’t look bad, as for the East, liberty has an insanely light schedule this year so they will look good on the books, and Thomas is also undefeated so far but have Badin and Fenwick coming up which will be big proving games for if they a threat
Ignatius has already been beaten by Elder this year pretty handily. They may be the team coming out of the north but they don't look to be in the same category of the teams in the South. Don't really know much about Liberty or Thomas.
Given Walnut's recent form, I'd argue that the top 4 teams in the state are in the South. Although I'd love to see how Carroll matches up with those teams.
Thomas plays liberty, Badin, and Fenwick soon and depending on those games I’d say they are a team to watch as of now
If you go on the OHSBVA website, there is a tab for maps of current teams. If you click there is a map of "potential" teams as well. I'd assume there was some communication between those schools and the OHSBVA about having interest in having a team.
I’ve seen that before, but some of those schools have been listed for awhile. That’s why I wasn’t sure if others were potentially being talked about, but maybe not listed. Hell, South D2 just in 2019 had 8 instead of 6, but Monroe and Purcell folded their programs.
I'm not familiar with this situation, but I know Fairfield had a female libero a few years back. She had torn her ACL or something and missed her senior season so she asked to play for the boys team. She was pretty good and definitely helped Fairfield be more competitive.I’ve seen Beavercreek play Elder and Moeller. I’m curious, what is with the female player on Beavercreek’s team? Apparently she played for the girls team, and now the boys. ?
Pretty sure she did not play for the girls team. Some kind of issue during their season which didn't allow her to play then.I’ve seen Beavercreek play Elder and Moeller. I’m curious, what is with the female player on Beavercreek’s team? Apparently she played for the girls team, and now the boys. ?
Could be. She played and recorded stats in ‘20. No stats in ‘21.
But why? If we are trying to build the sport of boys volleyball, does it make sense to take a spot away from a player to have a girl play Libero. Beavercreek has to have some boy who can pass and play defense. If I’m a parent and my son isn’t playing because of this I would not be happy.
Agree. And in my opinion (I’m newer to the sport) they are better without her out there. Oh well. I will see Beavercreek play again a few times later this season; curious what her role continues to be with their team.
I’m with you. I’ve always been a fan of doing 24 matches. It tends to work out to about three a week. In my opinion, it’s the best way to get ready for the playoffs.
Would that time frame match up to St. X’s spring break/Easter?
Looks like their spring break was about a month ago. They have the usual Easter holiday days off of Good Friday and Easter Monday, so I'm still confused about that long of a break between matches and only scheduling 17 matches.
Even if you can't do the max of 24, getting to at least 20 would seem like a priority.
No, they had spring break weeks ago. They’re off 4/17-4/20 for Easter.
That is half their regular season in 8 days! Makes no sense at all.
I am guessing you are basing this off of Worthington having an easier schedule, but not necessarily better than Carroll? I don't know anything about Liberty.
Well, Thomas and Liberty play each other on May 4th, so obviously they can’t both go undefeated in the regular season. Liberty’s schedule is so weak that it’s almost certain they won’t drop a set before then. Thomas has the tri match with Badin and Fenwick to worry about, as well as a few OCC-Cardinal rematches. The fact that Thomas has won once against everyone in that conference is quite impressive. I would even argue it’s the the most competitive conference second to the GCL, so it makes it all the more impressive that they’ve come this far. I haven’t seen much of Carroll’s play, so I can’t speak to that too much.