People will only be happy when their team is one of the big fish. Somebody always has to be the smallest and this talk always comes up from those teams. Jackson won D1 Championship in 2017 with enrollment around 700, dont hear them complaining about competing with teams with 1000+ boys. Nobody wants to be a small fish in big pond.
700 is not small. There are teams below 400 in D1. 700 would still be D1 if they redistributed.
This was the tallest Dover team in many years but the numbers for the starters are.
That's the problem with BVK offense. He really only wants two players to take shots. Against normal teams this would be okay if they are not hitting them, against a good team (Fitch- New Phila) it means a defeat. He must open up his offense for the other players.He runs a Charlie Huggins offense from the 60's.
Probably 2. The JV team is really good.
And your team would like to be half this good over the last 30 years. They’re in Athens in D-2. It is what it is.
WE hear this every year in football and basketball, the JV team in really good. Still the results are the underachievement of both, when they move to varsity.
Sorry for your hatred. They have little chance in D-1. Much like Zanesville and others over recent years. Both schools would be multiple regional participants in last 10 years in D-2. Until OHSAA has a super division like football, then divide up the other 3 divisions equally, this is the end results for Small D-1 schools.
Zanesville does not complain about being small for D1 , They won a state championship and runner-up in D1 basketball an final 4 in football just a few years ago. Quit complaining an work harder and better.
Go type on an Indian Valley thread, please. They may have underachieved in the basketball tournament but they did a lot of great things in both sports. As a Dover fan I enjoyed watching them night in, night out. More importantly, my son looked up to these seniors like they were super hero’s. Great kids and great role models. That’s the bigger picture, if you get that, but keep typing on here about how a highschool graduating class underachieved?
Don't hate on Dover just stating facts, Dover posters are always bragging about their teams, an make excuses when they lose
Yes but really good teams don't get beat by a 28 seed, football got destroyed in football regionals
Whatever dude,you are the one that constantly predicts the demise of Dover football and basketball,never seems to work out that way. Just a heads up,Dover is loaded for baseball,gonna be a good year.
Outside of 25 years ago, that’s not happened more than 2-3 times since then. They aren’t even close to Dover in today’s world. Some of these schools are mid majors today and they’re never going going to the next level.
Yes, because they are the biggest school in the Eastern District.New Phila beat them in basketball this year and in football in 2020 when Dover had a losing record. Look for IV to get them in football next year. Their enrollment excuse is as stated weak, for losing to a 28 seed.
Nobody from Zanesville can say anything. They couldn't hang with NP or dover. They tucked their tails and ran away as fast as they could.
Excuse me but Zanesville won a state championship in D1 basketball and was a final 4 player a few years ago in football. They have made more noise in the tournaments then NP and Dover put together. They don't use enrollment as an excuse when they lose like Dover.