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Post by usramfan on Jun 5, 2017 7:02:50 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't believe that officials are assigned multiple playoff games in a weekend as it is. That being said, this would seem to me to potentially have a negative effect on attendance since fans can no longer attend multiple playoff games.I agree that it could have the opposite effect. I am one of those casual fans who goes to games both nights. This change gives me more options as far as choosing a game to attend, but now the OHSAA gets only one night worth of my money instead of two.
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Post by usramfan on May 20, 2017 9:09:19 GMT -5
Will Upper be playing for their third 22-0 season? Will Ry Adams be able to fill Wes Vent's shoes?Nope. He won't be back on the team because the family is moving back to Colorado.
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Post by usramfan on May 16, 2017 9:15:19 GMT -5
From what I remember Willard will be playing Shelby(twice), Norwalk and Bellevue. Tiffin, Ontario, and Sandusky were off the schedule. I think a lot of the other non league games were still the same like Lex, Upper, BC, Hopewell Loudon, Madison. Willard opens up on the road @ Upper.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 27, 2017 17:47:06 GMT -5
"Very small" D2 is what is misleading. I believe Upper's enrollment # is 205 and the D2 bottom is 181. Upper fans want everyone to think they are this really small D2 school on the verge of D3 when in fact that is not the case. They are in the bottom 1/3, but it's not like they are really close to the cut line. When the upper limit for D2 is 327 girls and we are at 205 - then you're damn right we are a very small D2. Norwalk is at 298, which is 45% bigger than Upper. Are you telling me those schools are the same size? If so, then I expect to see some criticism of Norwalk for their schedule, too.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 26, 2017 18:34:50 GMT -5
Upper Girls season ends @ 3-2 in the NOL (could have been 2-3 had Bellevue not been dinged up) losing 60-44 to Norwalk. Bright side update Upper goes 19-0 vs the rest of their N10 and D3/D4 foes... That's right all of the 19 other wins on their schedule none were against bigger schools and all were vs. schools smaller than them and in a lower division... Who do you want Upper to play? We may have the same D2 designation, but to say we had no wins against bigger schools is a little misleading because you know very well that we are a very small D2.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 26, 2017 18:08:15 GMT -5
NOL Girls league was really tough this year for sure. 5th place Willard has a serious shot at making Regionals in D3.All 4 teams in the NOL D2 District are Regional quality teams imo. That's because that D3 district is really weak.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 20, 2017 17:16:34 GMT -5
I was told by a CC fan that 4 Juniors didn't go out this year when the Freshman were moved ahead of them. Their JV team didn't have much. Sheldon is building for something big in 2 or 3 years. They'll get away from St.Petes next year, as I also was told they're moving up to DIII. probably for good. Except for St.Petes, DIII could be more problematic. WF, your information is in-correct. CC will be D4 for the next few years. Boys HS enrollment down to around 94. St. Pete's loses PG next year and then the following year they lose coach's kid and Campbell. Probably lose coach too! I will have to probably agree with WF here. You have to remember that CC has a larger % of open enrollment kids than most schools do and with the multiplier factored in, that will likely bump them higher than they might be otherwise.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 14, 2017 13:12:12 GMT -5
Upper can't do much about their conf schedule. Maybe they need to drop some cupcakes off their non-conf schedule. That would be: Willard New Riegel Galion Shelby Bellevue Tiffin Columbian Funny how those are 5 of the 7 schools they played against in the NOL. Seven years ago Upper was called cowardly for not wanting to play those "tough" schools 10 times a year. Now Upper is criticized for playing those "cupcake" schools 5 times a year. These things go in cycles and its hard to predict who to schedule too far out. Upper will be dropping New Riegel off the schedule and adding Lexington.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 12, 2017 15:35:55 GMT -5
LIMA SENIOR
(5) Shawnee vs (8) Kenton, Feb 28, 6:15 Winner vs (2) Upper Sandusky, Mar 3, 6:15
(7) Defiance vs (12) Bath, Feb 28, 2nd game Winner vs (3) Wapakoneta, Mar 3, 2nd game
PAULDING
(10) Bryan vs (11) Celina, Feb 28, 6;15 Winner vs (1) Ottawa-Glandorf, Mar 3, 6:15
(6) Van Wert vs (9) St. Mary's, Feb 28, 2nd game Winner vs (4) Elida, Mar 3, 2nd game
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Post by usramfan on Feb 11, 2017 22:48:36 GMT -5
Seeding is as follows: 1. O-G 2. Upper 3. Wapakoneta 4. Elida 5. Shawnee 6. Van Wert 7. Defiance 8. Kenton 9. St. Mary's 10. Bryan 11. Celina 12. Bath I wouldn't be surprised seeds 2-5 all go opposite of OG. 2-4 will for sureI don't think there's any way they all do that. That would mean two teams passing up a bye simply for the sake of avoiding OG.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 11, 2017 22:39:53 GMT -5
The game has passed him by. Times have changed. They have underachieved. Amazing how they almost beat Clyde without him on the bench. The manner in which he speaks to young women is just downgrading. Perkins needs to get on board. Coach Neil does the same stuff and needs to go. Only 15 girls out and several already saying no way they are playing next year. Kids always make that threat and many times don't follow through with it.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 11, 2017 11:24:30 GMT -5
Seeding is as follows: 1. O-G 2. Upper 3. Wapakoneta 4. Elida 5. Shawnee 6. Van Wert 7. Defiance 8. Kenton 9. St. Mary's 10. Bryan 11. Celina 12. Bath You know that for fact or is it your guess? That is a fact.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 11, 2017 8:53:53 GMT -5
Thanks BB. Even with the competitive balance adjustments in April, I don't see any division movement for anyone. Those numbers do not include the multiplier, but yeah, you should have a good idea where everyone will land.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 11, 2017 8:48:38 GMT -5
Seeding is as follows:
1. O-G 2. Upper 3. Wapakoneta 4. Elida 5. Shawnee 6. Van Wert 7. Defiance 8. Kenton 9. St. Mary's 10. Bryan 11. Celina 12. Bath
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Post by usramfan on Feb 8, 2017 10:03:40 GMT -5
Update: CPO filed against him. Link to AT article here: LINKI know in today's age of text, snapchat,twitter and whatever else, that coaches use texts to communicate with players. Heck my son's Coach sends 10-20 a week in group form to the team. But this is definitely a bigger deal than that is appears. And with the hudle app at least on the boys side of things there is no need to " look at film" at a coaches house.Not that that would ever be appropriate. This seems pretty bad. Bad for the coach, bad for the kid because at over 600 texts between them something was going on... Definitely not. Kids have access to the film through an email address.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 7, 2017 23:46:13 GMT -5
Are the sectional game locations based on the seeds and draw or are they set in place before the season? I'm assuming the former is now the case (because why else would Upper being going all the way to Monroeville while Bellevue goes to Bucyrus?) Before the season most cases. There have been last minute changes, but nothing to do with seeds. The #1 seed coach gets first choice of what site he wants to play at. A coach could choose one site over another based on his best guess at where coaches of other high seeds might have a preference for. True for the most part. Way back in the day, you used to be locked into a sectional site. Now you can go to either place. Introduces more strategy in the process, as you said.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 5, 2017 22:16:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the update, I have not heard or read about such a change. I did not hear anything about it until Friday morning and then confirmed it Saturday afternoon. Shows you how much I pay attention.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 5, 2017 16:34:13 GMT -5
It's different in the Girls Tournament?? By rule, 2 MUST go opposite 1 in Boys Tournament. Nope....The change applies to the boys tournament as well.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 5, 2017 16:00:40 GMT -5
BUCYRUS
(8) Lexington vs. (11) Columbian, Wed 2/22, 6:15. Winner to face (3) Bellevue, Sat 2/25, 6:15.
(6) Mansfield Senior vs. (10) Sandusky, Wed 2/22, 8:00. Winner to face (5) Ontario, Sat 2/25, 8:00.
MONROEVILLE
(9) Vermilion vs. (7) Perkins, Wed 2/22, 6:15. Winner to face (1) Shelby, Sat 2/25, 6:15.
(12) Clear Fork vs. (4) Norwalk, Wed 2/22, 8:00. Winner to face (2) Upper Sandusky, Sat 2/25, 8:00.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 4, 2017 22:48:30 GMT -5
That district is WEAK.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 4, 2017 22:43:24 GMT -5
This district is definitely going to be fun to watch. Shelby is the 1, Upper Sandusky the 2, and Bellevue the 3. I actually think Bellevue gets the best seed with getting the option of what side of the bracket to go to. They play Shelby on February 18th and barely lost the first time they played. I think Bellevue as the 3 will go to the Shelby side and Ontario/Norwalk as 4 and 5 will go to the Upper Sandusky side. The #1 and #2 seeds do not have to go to opposite sides of the bracket.
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Post by usramfan on Feb 3, 2017 22:28:12 GMT -5
The deadline for the bio is midnight Wednesday 2/8. The deadline for voting closes at 2:00 pm Friday 2/10.
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Post by usramfan on Jan 22, 2017 12:25:34 GMT -5
Upper 85-56 over Carey. Rams hitting on all cylinders. Doing what they should do to teams they should beat. Startedgame off on a 26-2 run. Tiffin Columbian up next on Thursday. A win will be a clean sweep of the NOL schools on the schedule for them. In that 1st quarter, Carey was 0 of 13 from the field with 7 turnovers.
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Post by usramfan on Jan 12, 2017 17:35:36 GMT -5
Former Huron head coach Jeff Winslow is the Rams head coach. Always liked him. Didn't have any talent to work with during his time at Huron, but would have been fun to see what he could have done with the back to back regional teams the Tigers had a few years back. Sometimes it just takes being at the right place. IN his previous 2 jobs his teams went down the longer he was there. Stepped into a good place at Upper. A generous schedule and lots to work with. I hope he thanks Coach Adams on a regular basis. That would not be hard to do since Adams is his JV coach now.😉
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Post by usramfan on Jan 7, 2017 23:10:21 GMT -5
The problem is everyone wants to focus on the non league for Upper. They play mostly old foes from the NOL of similar size or bigger. In my humble opinion, the problem was the recommendation and vote to join the N10. 16 games against low D3 and D4 teams is a joke. And for those saying it's too hard to find games or change schedules, there were no issues when Diebler wanted it done. Of course, he wanted the challenging games to prepare for a state run, I'm not so sure this regime does. Appears to me bullying up on the low level D3 and D4 teams by 50 points and going 22-0 is enough. And if that's what they set their sites on, 22-0 and district semi losses then that's their prerogative. And before someone comes on here and says 22-0 is an accomplishment, go watch the N10 this year. That is an apples to oranges comparison.
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Post by usramfan on Dec 27, 2016 0:00:24 GMT -5
Bottom line is look at the schedules of the two teams and you can maybe see why OG was better. There may be something to that. Upper got the #2 seed over OG by only 1 point, despite OG having its 5 regular season losses at the time of the tournament draw.
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Post by usramfan on Dec 26, 2016 23:53:39 GMT -5
Upper beat BC 71-37. BC led by 7 a couple of minutes into the 2nd quarter, then Upper outscored them 57-16 the rest of the game. Was this Vents first game back? Yes, it was.
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Post by usramfan on Dec 22, 2016 23:11:06 GMT -5
Today, scheduling is done thru emails and phone calls. How hard can it be. You simply needs to be ahead of the schedule and do a little work early. When I say "easy," it's not a matter of effort but rather the desire to keep things the same instead of trying something different that might better prepare you for the tournament. In theory, New Riegel SHOULD have brought a decent crowd, but in reality, it wasn't much different than any other night. When your district is comprised of the entire WBL plus Bryan, playing a D4 school like that doesn't do you much good come March.
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Post by usramfan on Dec 21, 2016 15:58:07 GMT -5
I thought I heard that they picked up Lexington to beef up the non-league I might be mistaken though. Nope, you are correct. At Lexington in 17-18 and then in Upper in 18-19. Upper's AD does what is easiest for him. Most of the time, that means scheduling opponents that will bring in the biggest gate.$$$$ The quality doesn't matter as much.
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Post by usramfan on Dec 21, 2016 0:03:12 GMT -5
Upper beat BC 71-37. BC led by 7 a couple of minutes into the 2nd quarter, then Upper outscored them 57-16 the rest of the game.
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