Ohio Heritage Conference 2025

OHC Champs (Pick One From Each Division)

  • (N) Fairbanks

    Votes: 5 10.2%

  • (N) Mechanicsburg

    Votes: 8 16.3%

  • (N) Northeastern

    Votes: 4 8.2%

  • (N) Triad

    Votes: 2 4.1%

  • (N) West Jefferson

    Votes: 13 26.5%

  • (N) West Liberty-Salem

    Votes: 12 24.5%

  • (S) Catholic Central

    Votes: 3 6.1%

  • (S) Cedarville

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • (S) Greeneview

    Votes: 32 65.3%

  • (S) Greenon

    Votes: 3 6.1%

  • (S) Madison Plains

    Votes: 4 8.2%

  • (S) Southeastern

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • Total voters
    49
Mike4 said:
4 of 8 football teams with playoff wins, team state champs in CC, state runner up in BBK, state champ in GBK, 2 top 5 state ranked softball teams... pretty weak though.
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Talking football only, as a whole, there are a very competitive conference. Just my take on it
 
FballFan91 said:
These new OCC teams would never be able to compete in the OCC. Maybe with each other, but lets be real, JA has been dominated by Bloom and London last 4 or so years. Canal and TV are lucky to be in the by far weakest OCC division, but that would cause some really lopsided OCC cross games. And this is a football forum but gotta think about all sports, no way this is good all around for athletics.
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JA is very competitive at all sports, football has been a weak spot for them. I do not think the OCC however will have much interest in adding a smaller division of schools. It would just make more sense for a new D3-D4 Columbus area league to be created that is entirely independent of the OCC. But I just don't see that happening unfortunately as I am not sure surrounding schools would have much interest.

JA and London also do not necessarily need a change. I think the CBC is a good home for both schools, but I can see the interest from both communities to want to play more Columbus area teams vs. Dayton area teams.
 
Fried Bacon said:
FYI, Reading comprehension is key. Anyone can see that was a rhetorical question. Right under asking what incentive does Bellbrook and Tipp have for playing Versailles and Marion Local, I said Xenia would get more points for beating a 9-1 Greenview than a 1-9 Beavercreek. The entire thread I was advocating for Xenia to play Greenview .Not the own you think buddy. Obviously I’ve done something to get under your skin, I hope you can get that figured out. All love
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All Love...got it. I shall move on. Since you are a Tipp dude, I thought I'd give a shout out to Jakob Prall. The dude is a tire changer for Chris Buscher #17 ride. Just shows the athletes that can cross boundaries.
 
A snippet from the Southeastern 18 Mar board meeting:

Adopt Resolution – Supplemental Positions
Jeff Banion moved and Greg Rice seconded that the Board of Education adopt the following resolution
pursuant to O.R.C. 3313.53:

WHEREAS, the following supplemental positions are vacant for the 2025-2026 school
year:

Head Varsity Football Coach 0.17
Asst. Varsity Football 0.12
Reserve Football 0.10
Asst. Reserve Football 0.09
Head Varsity Girls Soccer 0.11

WHEREAS, none of the present certificated and/or qualified staff members employed so
desire these positions: and
WHEREAS, no certificated person not employed by the district has responded to
advertisement of said positions: therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following are awarded supplemental contracts for the
supplemental positions listed for the duration of their OHSAA sport season:
Head Varsity Football 0.17 James Dimitroff
Asst. Varsity Football 0.12 Brian Cooper
Reserve Football 0.10 Chris Kitchen
Asst. Reserve Football 0.09 Tyler Cooper
Head Varsity Girls Soccer 0.11 Amy Henry
Ayes: Banion, Rice, Farrell, Eriksen, Owens
Nays: None
Abstain: None
Motion Carried: 5-0-0

Looks like SE has a coach. Congrats Coach Dimitroff and looking forward to seeing the progression of SE.
 
GoLakers said:
I'm sure something like this has already been mentioned but, I think smaller divisions or pods with the current CBC/OHC/TRC schools joining under one umbrella would really help alleviate travel concerns. Kind of like the old GWOC had before they split a while back. Just a thought but would anyone complain about a division/pod setup like?

Indian Lake
Ben Logan
West Liberty
Triad or Riverside
Mechanicsburg
Graham

or

Shawnee
Northeastern
Northwestern
Kenton Ridge
Greenon
Tecumseh

or

SCC
Lehman
TC
Triad or Riverside
Southeastern
Cedarville


Plus another 1-2 divisions depending on how many schools would want in on something like this.


Split up these divisions however you wish, I just did a quick example without a ton of thought. Something with NU, Fairbanks and WJ together would seem to make sense too. Bellefontaine and Urbana would want to be together I'm sure I understand this would never actually happen so needless trips across 2 or sometimes 3 counties on a bus will continue to be a reality on a weeknight as opposed to games that would be just as competitive in a lot of cases and can bring much better gates on a consistent basis. Don't really care how you would split it up as far as being 2 or 3 separate conferences but the whole area could benefit so much from a fresh start IMO.
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Yeah, I did, LOL and it was met with are you insane....the travel, etc, it'll never work. What you propose is possible but beyond the GWOC but more to the OCC footprint. Things are looking to get ugly with schools jumping ship and in order for there to be a common base, the OHC/CBC/TRC and even Dayton Public should look to a merger into a "mega" conference. Granted there is a geographical footprint in this proposal but ultimately, where would a school in this arena go beyond this type of merger to have a stable future.

I like your take and outline, now include the DPS and some of the other outliers. You may even find one or two MAC schools that could jump into this mix. Hell, why not include the MAC as a stand-alone division of the conference while giving first dibs to conference opponents in a week 1/2 crossover match up.

Lets put a little NIL funding into this mix and see what happens. LOL
 
Gamma Gobbler said:
Yeah, I did, LOL and it was met with are you insane....the travel, etc, it'll never work. What you propose is possible but beyond the GWOC but more to the OCC footprint. Things are looking to get ugly with schools jumping ship and in order for there to be a common base, the OHC/CBC/TRC and even Dayton Public should look to a merger into a "mega" conference. Granted there is a geographical footprint in this proposal but ultimately, where would a school in this arena go beyond this type of merger to have a stable future.

I like your take and outline, now include the DPS and some of the other outliers. You may even find one or two MAC schools that could jump into this mix. Hell, why not include the MAC as a stand-alone division of the conference while giving first dibs to conference opponents in a week 1/2 crossover match up.

Lets put a little NIL funding into this mix and see what happens. LOL
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Here in northeast Ohio they have the Chagrin Valley Conference which is a 28 team conference (4 divisions of 7 schools) that houses schools that range from D2-D7. If you combine the OHC/TRC/CBC you can get a mega conference that is extremely similar in makeup to that league. It works very well too. The league has been very stable.

The Dayton City League just needs to merge with the Cincinnati Metro Conference again, and let Trotwood, Northwest and Mt Healthy all participate.
 
footballsalads43 said:
Here in northeast Ohio they have the Chagrin Valley Conference which is a 28 team conference (4 divisions of 7 schools) that houses schools that range from D2-D7. If you combine the OHC/TRC/CBC you can get a mega conference that is extremely similar in makeup to that league. It works very well too. The league has been very stable.

The Dayton City League just needs to merge with the Cincinnati Metro Conference again, and let Trotwood, Northwest and Mt Healthy all participate.
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I would say the CVC is impressive and now bringing in N/S Chardin and Fairport....al a 29 schools. Wow.

Can it happen in SW OH? Doubtful but merging smaller and outlier similar schools, like mentioned, into one "mega" conference would bring a stability. I would guess London, Alder, Bellefontaine, North Union and possibly Tecumseh, though God knows why, would look elsewhere.

I just see Bethel and Greenon as starting that domino effect and I guess we will see where all this ends up in the next couple of years.
 
Gamma Gobbler said:
I would say the CVC is impressive and now bringing in N/S Chardin and Fairport....al a 29 schools. Wow.

Can it happen in SW OH? Doubtful but merging smaller and outlier similar schools, like mentioned, into one "mega" conference would bring a stability. I would guess London, Alder, Bellefontaine, North Union and possibly Tecumseh, though God knows why, would look elsewhere.

I just see Bethel and Greenon as starting that domino effect and I guess we will see where all this ends up in the next couple of years.
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In SW OH it would have to be smaller schools coming together to form a mega conference. Although I think the GWOC/GMC could make a mega conference work well... it just wont happen unfortunately. Best chances at it happening would be the Dayton and Cincinnati Publics merging, and the OHC/TRC/CBC merging.

I do agree that if it did happen I could definitely see those 4 looking elsewhere.

Honestly if you put Tecumseh in the MVL in a division with Fairborn, Stebbins, West Carrollton, Xenia and Greenville, I actually don't totally hate that fit. They would compete very well. But we would see some ATROCIOUS football matchups between the Greenville/WC/Tecumseh trio. Non $$ sports would not be good at all either.
 
footballsalads43 said:
True, I’m out here talking about everything but the OHC LOL, my bad folks🤣

But who’s the favorite in the North? Greeneview and MP seem to be the south favorites. Who’s returning what In the North?
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Mechanicsburg and Northeastern probably have the most production returning. West Jeff returns an elite QB and a running back with a solid freshman season. West Liberty and Fairbanks will have to replace 90% of production from huge senior classes. Triad loses a handful of seniors as well.

Early predictions for North standings

Burg 5-0
NE 4-1
WJ 3-2
WLS 2-3
FB 1-4
Triad 0-5
 
footballsalads43 said:
True, I’m out here talking about everything but the OHC LOL, my bad folks🤣

But who’s the favorite in the North? Greeneview and MP seem to be the south favorites. Who’s returning what In the North?
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I apologize as well. Just post/pre season doldrums.

Now that SE has a HC. What should we expect from the Trojans. They graduated seven and look to have a young base. What happened to the individual team stats on the OHC site? Nothing listed from last year (or out years), that I can access, to give a peek into this year.

I assume Greenview is the outright favorite but I do think Greenon may nip at their heels.
 
Gamma Gobbler said:
Yet, here we are on page 2 of thread topics... At least off topic keeps the thread on page 1 of the topics 🤔

Any word on what schools have been accepted. @ghsknightsfan guessed it would be before the end of the school year and we are getting to the end of the school year.
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DeGraff Riverside joining in 2027. We haven’t heard an official announcement, but thats what has been said by others on here.
 
ghsknightsfan said:
I wonder if Greenon will keep any OHC teams on the schedule in 2027? They will have to replace Shawnee and Northwestern, who will become league games.

I think Northeastern should be kept on the schedule as a non-league.
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Good question. Greenon has not been known to be a travelling team....though ME and Taylor are exceptions for them. I agree NE should be on their schedule but somehow, I see them looking more to SCC and Cedarville than a Minster, Anna, Maderia, Bluffton, Stebbins, Valley View as other MRD schools have recently played.

I will give the OHC credit for who they are and what they accomplish but Greenon thinking the CBC MRD will be an equal fit to the OHC South is questionable. Yes, NE is a good fit, for now, but if they want to have the preparation going into crossover and divisional play, they need to have WL-S, Burg, WJ or at least (best) GV on their schedule...if they don't want to travel.
 
ghsknightsfan said:
I wonder if Greenon will keep any OHC teams on the schedule in 2027? They will have to replace Shawnee and Northwestern, who will become league games.

I think Northeastern should be kept on the schedule as a non-league.
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I think a perfect Greenon non-conference schedule would look like:

Week 1: Fairborn/Stebbins
Week 2: Northeastern
Week 3: TRC School (ME or MU)
 
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Gamma Gobbler said:
Good question. Greenon has not been known to be a travelling team....though ME and Taylor are exceptions for them. I agree NE should be on their schedule but somehow, I see them looking more to SCC and Cedarville than a Minster, Anna, Maderia, Bluffton, Stebbins, Valley View as other MRD schools have recently played.

I will give the OHC credit for who they are and what they accomplish but Greenon thinking the CBC MRD will be an equal fit to the OHC South is questionable. Yes, NE is a good fit, for now, but if they want to have the preparation going into crossover and divisional play, they need to have WL-S, Burg, WJ or at least (best) GV on their schedule...if they don't want to travel.
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Think Greenon likes to keep travel close and I cannot blame them.

Love going to games at Cedarville, but hope they don’t stay on the schedule. Same with SCC and Southeastern.. Greenon shouldn’t be playing D7 schools.
 
ghsknightsfan said:
Think Greenon likes to keep travel close and I cannot blame them.

Love going to games at Cedarville, but hope they don’t stay on the schedule. Same with SCC and Southeastern.. Greenon shouldn’t be playing D7 schools.
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I do not foresee Cedarville, SCC or Southeastern looking to schedule Greenon either. Greenon has shown that by going to the CBC MRD that they want to play mostly D4-D5 schools, which with their current enrollment is best for them. Those 3 OHC South schools need to schedule D6-D7 schools.
 
Bless Em All said:
Last time we played Greenon we destroyed them in the playoffs…maybe they take on Troy Christian.
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I remember back in the 90s, early 00's(??) Greenon played MU and didn't fare any better. However, when looking at OOC schedules for the Knights (CBC Part Deux), MU would be a good measure. Honestly, I like MU better than ME but just my opinion and how I perceive MU as a quality opponent. They may be down certain years but somehow their downs are better than many schools ups. Greenon is a DV but maybe by the time they hit the CBC they are a IV or borderlining. Not saying the CBC MRD is all that and a bag of chips but there are teams that look to CIncy, MAC and other top level schools that Greenon could potentially have a benefit in playing while building that program back to the Hale days. Also, the Region they are in, a MU, Valley View, Stebbins, Northridge, any top tier OHC North, GV and even renewing Fairborn could test them to see where they are in the grand scheme. It would be to their betterment that they look to schedule "local" upper level competition as a measure and to have the potential for maximizing their points come week 11.

As much as I hammer on Greenon, I see an upside to their jump yet there will be growing pains. They just need to ditch their ideals of normal and decide that being competitive on all phases is not an easy thing. And if travel is involved with that, then so be it.
 
ghsknightsfan said:
I wonder if Greenon will keep any OHC teams on the schedule in 2027? They will have to replace Shawnee and Northwestern, who will become league games.

I think Northeastern should be kept on the schedule as a non-league.
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I am not trying to be mean, but I am not sure why anyone from the OHC would want to keep Greenon on their schedule in any sports? If I were an athletic director at an OHC school there would be no way I would compete in any athletic contest with them. They basically snubbed their nose at the OHC and claimed it was because teams didn't bring a big enough gate. They picked up their ball and went home to the CBC, leave them there.
 
footballsalads43 said:
I do not foresee Cedarville, SCC or Southeastern looking to schedule Greenon either. Greenon has shown that by going to the CBC MRD that they want to play mostly D4-D5 schools, which with their current enrollment is best for them. Those 3 OHC South schools need to schedule D6-D7 schools.
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The people from Cedarville and South Charleston that I've talked to are still upset. Even though Greenon was a much bigger school, they wanted them to stay in the league. They both competed in almost all sports with them. Ville beat Greenon the last 3 years in football and SE 2 out of the last 3 years. Both basketball teams have also finished ahead of Greenon in the standings the last few years. Some of the fans are a little upset about it.
 
Call It Like I See It said:
The people from Cedarville and South Charleston that I've talked to are still upset. Even though Greenon was a much bigger school, they wanted them to stay in the league. They both competed in almost all sports with them. Ville beat Greenon the last 3 years in football and SE 2 out of the last 3 years. Both basketball teams have also finished ahead of Greenon in the standings the last few years. Some of the fans are a little upset about it.
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Which speaks to the ridiculousness of them coming to the CBC.
 
Call It Like I See It said:
The people from Cedarville and South Charleston that I've talked to are still upset. Even though Greenon was a much bigger school, they wanted them to stay in the league. They both competed in almost all sports with them. Ville beat Greenon the last 3 years in football and SE 2 out of the last 3 years. Both basketball teams have also finished ahead of Greenon in the standings the last few years. Some of the fans are a little upset about it.
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I am sure they are as Greenon has struggled these last few years in both those sports, and now they will have to play either Northeastern or West Jefferson every year who are much better than Greenon at football.

Its been said already, but the OHC should really look into going to a big/small setup for their divisions. It would benefit Triad, Cedarville, SCC and Southeastern a lot.
 
While I do overall like the Greenon move to the CBC, I will say the one thing that confuses me about their move is that their travel is going to be worse and it seems like Greenon wants to keep travel costs down from what I've read on here. They will have plenty of quick trips (Graham, Shawnee, Northwestern) but Ben Logan, Indian Lake and especially North Union are going to be hauls. Everyone in the OHC South was under 40 mins.
 
Call It Like I See It said:
I am not trying to be mean, but I am not sure why anyone from the OHC would want to keep Greenon on their schedule in any sports? If I were an athletic director at an OHC school there would be no way I would compete in any athletic contest with them. They basically snubbed their nose at the OHC and claimed it was because teams didn't bring a big enough gate. They picked up their ball and went home to the CBC, leave them there.
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I don’t think so. I don’t foresee this much pettiness. If other schools want to cut-off Greenon because they did what they felt was best for its kids, then that is a weak excuse.

It would be a different story if Greenon left with no notice or screwed the league in another way.

The CBC schools did not cut-off Greenon when they left the CBC for the first time.
 
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