Unluckily for them, I do not think LCC will ever find a conference or be able to start one. Just my opinion, been around Lima area for 60+ years.
LimaJock has left the building.
That gave me ideas for LEAGUE NAMES. WASL: Weak Animal Shelter League or [W]eak [A}s
I'm back!!! No joke unless those involved craw off into the dark.
Interesting!
Hmmm, it is, isn't it?
I used to think the same way. LB brings the gate$$. Bet a cold one $$ isn't any better on average.
I have no confidence anything will happen, but if it does....hold on! Lol. By the way JCM has attitude, I like it
JCM nailed it in his last sentence. I've heard variations of that a lot in Hancock County.
Or they could join the NBC where they would be bigger than Genoa and only 4 boys smaller than Eastwood. The truth is everyone wants to be the big school. Same story in Perrysburg, Anthony Wayne, Bryan, and Wauseon. (Maumee even just pulled it off somehow) Just don’t expect anyone to be impressed by LB’s “great seasons” beating teams with half as many kids for 7+ weeks and losing competitive games to teams their own size in the playoffs. I root for teams like Napoleon, Archbold, PH, even Mccomb, teams that have to punch above their weight to win the league, I think most of us do.
Could LB, Elmwood, VB and possibly Riverdale be left out to dry? Would be interesting to see if that would cause changes to NBC or NWOAL.
Yes
This ^^^ x100
Its not just football. Look up all the rest.. boys and girls.. truth is they should be embarrassed when they don't win. I have been around the BVC for the better part of 40+ years. I remember when LB was just another hick county school (like all the rest of them ) that was the door mat of the league. Never lost to them in football and only once in basketball in 4 years.
All things BVC or what is best for LB?
Explain to me how any other bvc school benefits revenue wise from liberty benton's state wide success? Liberty Benton's open enrollment gains have way more to do with the type of athletes coming in via open enrollment not those going to findlay high school for educational opportunities
In the absence of open enrollment this L-B thing reminds me of Van Buren back in the mid-80's. In the days of Chad Keller and Steve Endicott et al most of the other BVC schools resented VB as a bunch of preppies and valley girls. I don't know what their enrollment was then although I believe it was larger then than it is nowadays. I'm not sure where I stand on the L-B competitive imbalance thing. While the BVC does pretty well considering the size of several member schools I don't know how L-B switching leagues would change things that much although some sports might balance out better vs better competition. One look at the BVC site shows that it's basically L-B all the time in track and the all-sports trophy. I'm old enough to recall L-B struggling a lot so I don't begrudge them their success, fortunes can change quickly. The demographics of the Findlay area haven't varied much and Findlay in particular has done pretty well as far as economic development. I don't see that changing in the near future but I didn't see Fostoria turning into a ghost town coming until it was well under way. As far as competition is concerned I think that the track program seeks out ways to schedule Eastwood and other heavy hitters like Columbus Grove and Bluffton or maybe it was just Jack Quisno's preference. That being said the boys track team hasn't really recovered from going up to D-II.
From LB website
No one is debating the quality of LB's athletic department. They run a great program, and do a great job of hosting state tournament events. The conversation around them is that they simply no longer belong in the BVC. From the perspective of many people familiar with the situation, it would benefit both parties if LB would look for a larger league
Thank you, I guess that was easy to find. It would be interesting to know if they are getting kids from Findlay or the surrounding schools. I would totally get why CR or McComb would be pissed if LB was poaching their talent.
On the woman’s side LB is pretty dominate, no argument there, BUT the volleyball team referenced was the state champion! And the basketball team would have won most small school leagues in the state.