Midwest Athletic Conference 2025

Who will be MAC champions

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Purple Vike said:
Could someone fill in the blanks for me. If I remember, doesn’t one of the MAC schools put on a QB competition? If so, who and what is the time frame.
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As another poster said, it is a Maria Stein Countryfest thing so indirectly Marion Local but not affiliated with the school. The countryfest is June 27-29 this year.
 
Blue Jay Fan said:
DSJ, Coldwater, Versailles and Parkway have wrestling. Those schools do okay so I don't think the MAC would dominate if more schools took up the sport. I really can't understand why no other MAC schools take up wrestling. There are plenty of kids at those schools who don't play basketball and would succeed at wrestling. And many college football coaches looks for kids who wrestled.
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1) Is that DSJ 1st wrestling state champion?
2) Did Kessin play football?

Versailles has had one individual state Champion. Aaron Moran, he quit football after his sophomore to concentrate on wrestling. If he would have stayed out for football, He would have all the rushing records and Versailles may have had 2 more State Championship. If he would have been healthy at the end of his sophomore year....3 more state championship. 86, 87, 88.
 
VTJGball said:
1) Is that DSJ 1st wrestling state champion?
2) Did Kessin play football?

Versailles has had one individual state Champion. Aaron Moran, he quit football after his sophomore to concentrate on wrestling. If he would have stayed out for football, He would have all the rushing records and Versailles may have had 2 more State Championship. If he would have been healthy at the end of his sophomore year....3 more state championship. 86, 87, 88.
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Yes, DSJ's first state champ. We've had a few runners-up. I don't think he played football.
 
StateChampion2012 said:
Let's take a look at the schedule

FORT RECOVERY
1(H) Dayton Ponitz- W Running Clock. Ordinarily I'd crap on a MAC team for scheduling a Dayton City League school but honestly it's the perfect game to start a rebuild.

2@ Allen East - Push. Very evenly matched contest that could go either way

3@ Coldwater- L. Probably won't fair too good but what I'd want to see from them is some effort, enthusiasm, and some progress

4(H) St. Henry- L. Not this year. Maybe next year. The Redskins are going to be good this year.

5@ Delphos St. John's- Push. Again it depends on what athletes Coach Wenning can get back out for football. This Probably can go either way.

6(H) New Bremen - L. Just a bit too much Cardinals. A good game to be competitive and show some life in.

7(H) Marion Local- L. Hopefully you're able to fire the cannon.

8@ Parkway- W. Winnable game for the Indians in year 1.

9@ Anna- L. Should compete with but it'd be quite the jump to beat them.

10(H) Minster- L. See Anna.

Floor: 3-7
Cealing: 5-5
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I think I heard Earl White formally of CJ was hired at Ponitz he is known for turning around the worst of schools in Dayton Public, that could be an interesting one, Rebuild Vs Rebuild
 
VTJGball said:
1) Is that DSJ 1st wrestling state champion?
2) Did Kessin play football?

Versailles has had one individual state Champion. Aaron Moran, he quit football after his sophomore to concentrate on wrestling. If he would have stayed out for football, He would have all the rushing records and Versailles may have had 2 more State Championship. If he would have been healthy at the end of his sophomore year....3 more state championship. 86, 87, 88.
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I doubt it, that is just pure speculation. Only 4 divisions back then. Sounds like a man crush!
 
Show Pony said:
I doubt it, that is just pure speculation. Only 4 divisions back then. Sounds like a man crush!
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Well, he kicked my bottom everyday in wrestling practice.
I went in for him on defence and missed a tackle that he would of made to win the state semi final game. Won the next week 44 to 0. 86 season
87 season I took his spot as running back. Got beat bad in horseshoe so maybe he doesn't make a big enough difference that season. The 88 season Versailles lost in State Championship.
Were there 5 division back then?
He made it to the NCAA D1 finals.
Top 10 athlete to come out of Versailles.
 
IndianaBanana said:
Great get for any MAC team in need.
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Marion Local would whip them worse than Linton. They'd whip my Jets that bad too. South Adams will have some great teams in 4 or 5 years. They will be good in Indiana this year and will be good in 1A. They have a hard time stopping the run defensively, but their offense bails them out.
 
Marion Local playing Monroe Central in hoops is throwing me off. Keep thinking Monroe Central near Muncie. That one is probably closer than the Monroe Central they are playing.
 
Fun thought experiment on a Friday:
Let's go back to 2001 and indulge in some alternate history.
What if when the MAC was looking to expand, they took all 3 schools that were on the table, instead of just Versailles? In this alternate timeline, Sidney Lehman Catholic, and Lima Central Catholic were added to the MAC for a 12 team conference (11 in football).
Before anyone starts saying "that's dumb, the MAC would never have added two more private schools," yes, we know. We're clearly living in that reality. Use a little imagination, for a moment.

What different events do you think would happen?
-Would DSJ feel less of a geographical outlier with one of their big rivals in conference?
-What would happen with the football schedule with 11 teams?
-With LC in a conference, would Anna have stayed in the CCC? Or would both them and Fort Loramie be travel partners in this fictitious version of the TRC.
-Would the Conference Destabilize, or be just fine?

I think this effects DSJ, Anna, Fort Loramie, the TRC, the NWC and (to a lesser extent) the CCC the most.

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IndianaBanana said:
Fun thought experiment on a Friday:
Let's go back to 2001 and indulge in some alternate history.
What if when the MAC was looking to expand, they took all 3 schools that were on the table, instead of just Versailles? In this alternate timeline, Sidney Lehman Catholic, and Lima Central Catholic were added to the MAC for a 12 team conference (11 in football).
Before anyone starts saying "that's dumb, the MAC would never have added two more private schools," yes, we know. We're clearly living in that reality. Use a little imagination, for a moment.

What different events do you think would happen?
-Would DSJ feel less of a geographical outlier with one of their big rivals in conference?
-What would happen with the football schedule with 11 teams?
-With LC in a conference, would Anna have stayed in the CCC? Or would both them and Fort Loramie be travel partners in this fictitious version of the TRC.
-Would the Conference Destabilize, or be just fine?

I think this effects DSJ, Anna, Fort Loramie, the TRC, the NWC and (to a lesser extent) the CCC the most.

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On a side note, Coldwater's Izzy Zahn and FR's Anna Roessner were dominant at a recent "state" indoor track meet.

I don't recall the details for sure, but I believe Zahn won the 200m in a sensational time (24.21 I think), and won the long jump with a leap of 18' 2-1/2"

And I believe Roessner won the 60m (maybe 7.8x) and 400m (56.xx), and finished 2nd to Zahn in the 200m

These are fantastic times for indoor track.
 
Also, didn't Keith Bergman or brother Kevin Bergman win individual state in wrestling for Versailles in about 1992?
 
IndianaBanana said:
Fun thought experiment on a Friday:
Let's go back to 2001 and indulge in some alternate history.
What if when the MAC was looking to expand, they took all 3 schools that were on the table, instead of just Versailles? In this alternate timeline, Sidney Lehman Catholic, and Lima Central Catholic were added to the MAC for a 12 team conference (11 in football).
Before anyone starts saying "that's dumb, the MAC would never have added two more private schools," yes, we know. We're clearly living in that reality. Use a little imagination, for a moment.

What different events do you think would happen?
-Would DSJ feel less of a geographical outlier with one of their big rivals in conference?
-What would happen with the football schedule with 11 teams?
-With LC in a conference, would Anna have stayed in the CCC? Or would both them and Fort Loramie be travel partners in this fictitious version of the TRC.
-Would the Conference Destabilize, or be just fine?

I think this effects DSJ, Anna, Fort Loramie, the TRC, the NWC and (to a lesser extent) the CCC the most.

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LCC would have hired Tim Goodwin and MSML wouldn't have any football State Championship 🙄.
 
IndianaBanana said:
Fun thought experiment on a Friday:
Let's go back to 2001 and indulge in some alternate history.
What if when the MAC was looking to expand, they took all 3 schools that were on the table, instead of just Versailles? In this alternate timeline, Sidney Lehman Catholic, and Lima Central Catholic were added to the MAC for a 12 team conference (11 in football).
Before anyone starts saying "that's dumb, the MAC would never have added two more private schools," yes, we know. We're clearly living in that reality. Use a little imagination, for a moment.

What different events do you think would happen?
-Would DSJ feel less of a geographical outlier with one of their big rivals in conference?
-What would happen with the football schedule with 11 teams?
-With LC in a conference, would Anna have stayed in the CCC? Or would both them and Fort Loramie be travel partners in this fictitious version of the TRC.
-Would the Conference Destabilize, or be just fine?

I think this effects DSJ, Anna, Fort Loramie, the TRC, the NWC and (to a lesser extent) the CCC the most.

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LCC would've never been a fit. Just a year later we would beat LCC 76-7.

Lehman at that time was on a pretty good roll as they were state semifinalists in 2001 in football and might have actually been a good fit. These days not as much but if we did add LC then the likelihood of us adding Anna is way less. My issue with Lehman is they offer too many sports which keeps numbers low. Plus they mirror DSJ in enrollment decline.


But in a modern scenario, let's say Parkway and St Johns leave for the NWC (NOT rooting for that just giving an example). Lehman would give Fort Loramie a travel buddy to make it 10 football members.
 
Anyone know if SA passed up an offer from the Flyers? See they are still looking and supposedly had offers they didn't like & said no thanks.
 
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