Sports 31 July 2014

Paint Valley football moved to Region 25 for 2014 season

By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
It was announced by the OHSAA on Thursday the Paint Valley Bearcats will be moved to Region 25 for the 2014 high school football season in Division VII.

Last season, the Bearcats were a part of Division VII, Region 26 where they were a No. 5 seed in the 2013 OHSAA Playoffs.

In 2013, PV lost to Sidney Lehman Catholic in the first round, finishing with an overall record of 8-3 on the year (5-2 in the SVC), along with being tri-champions of the Scioto Valley Conference.


[[In-content Ad]]In Region 25 last seson the champion was Glouster Trimble, the Associated Press No. 3 ranked team in Division VII. Trimble reached the Division VII State Championship game where they lost 33-0 to Maria Stein Marion Local, the AP No. 1 ranked team in the division.

Here are all the Region/Division changes for 2014:

• Ada (Div. VI) – changed from Region 20 to Region 22

• Ashland Crestview (Div. VI) – changed from Region 19 to Region 20

• Bainbridge Paint Valley (Div. VII) – changed from Region 26 to Region 25

• Danville (Div. VII) – changed from Region 25 to 23

• Franklin Furnace Green (Div. VII) – changed from Region 26 to Region 25

• Hamilton New Miami – changed from Div. VI to VII

• Loudonville – changed from Div. V to Div. VI

• Malvern (Div. VII) – changed from Region 25 to Region 23

• Mt. Blanchard Riverdale (Div. VI) – changed from Region 20 to Region 22

• Portsmouth Notre Dame (Div. VII) – changed from Region 26 to Region 25

• Portsmouth Sciotoville Community (Div. VII) – changed from Region 26 to Region 25

• Steubenville Catholic Central (Div. VII) – changed from Region 25 to Region 23

• Toronto (Div. VII) – changed from Region 25 to Region 23

• Union City Mississinawa Valley – changed from Div. VI to Div. VII

• West Lafayette Ridgewood (Div. VI) – changed from Region 21 to Region 19

The OHSAA also announced the new football schools for 2014. They included:

• Ashtabula St. John – Division VII

• Cincinnati Hillcrest Academy – Division VII

• Cincinnati Miami Valley Christian Academy – Division VII

• Cleveland Whitney M. Young – Division VII

• Dola Hardin Northern – Division VII

• Fostoria St. Wendelin – Division VII

• Troy Christian – Division VII

• Worthington Christian – Division VI

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