In 2016, what many who posted on here called a very weak Troy Christian team (big bucks fan among others) saw that they really were not weak at all when compared to the CCC in general. Other than a one point loss to Covington they soundly beat teams such as Miami East 42-21 (ME qualified for playoffs) . I would say other than Tri Village and Shawnee, the TRC is the stronger conference.
Tri Village was the last conference team Bradford beat when they went 3-7 back in 2016. So Tri Village is not always real strong. Lately yes. Still, if you pitted the bottom 3 of the. TRC vs the bottom 3 of the WOAC I dont think the WOAC would win a game very often.
Bethel, Miami East and Covington vs Bradfird, Mississinawa and National Trail. Not likely to be competitive. And it shouldn't be, the TRC has much larger schools on average with the exception of the private schools.
Size of schools:
TRC:
Northridge d4
Bethel d4
MU d5
East d5
Covington d6
Lehman d7
Troy Christian d7
Riverside d7
WOAC:
Shawnee d5
Arcanum d6
National Trail d6
Tri Village d6
Dixie d6
Twin Valley S d6
Ansonia d7
Miss Valley d7
Tri County N d7
Bradford d7
Looks like TRC is a smidge larger. I’d take MU over every WOAC team in most years.
Riverside would be top 2-3 every year.
East and Covington are having down years, typically they are in the top 2-3.
Troy Christian would be top 2-3
Northridge would be top 3-4.
Lehman would struggle but still beat everyone but the top 3.
Flip side is Tri Village and Shawnee who would struggle with most TRC schools. Arcanum is having a good streak with the QB that left. Everyone else would get smoked. MU will put a running clock on NT every time and most other WOAC schools. Riverside the same. Shawnee and TV would be the only two that would compete with the TRC top 4, who I think are MU, Riverside, Northridge and Troy Christian. Overall, the WOAC would lose more than the TRC would.
Shawnee in ‘22 would beat everyone but MU.
TV would beat everyone but MU maybe Riverside.
Arcanum is on the Miami East level, to me.
Milton would, this year, beat everyone including Shawnee by 14+. The Dogs just have so much speed and athleticism. Shawnee is a great team and I hope we see them in the playoffs.