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Post by shelbyccfan on Sept 6, 2018 9:42:09 GMT -5
Would be nice to someday rebuild the NOL with the charter members from 1944.
With the only change being leave out Crestline and substitute Ontario.
I think they had it right all those years ago.
Bellevue, Shelby, Galion, Willard, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Norwalk, Ontario
Just my opinion.
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Post by mcm1019 on Sept 6, 2018 9:58:20 GMT -5
As a Norwalk fan, I'd much rather play Clyde/Sandusky/Perkins/Bellevue/Tiffin.
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Post by gibby23 on Sept 7, 2018 7:33:35 GMT -5
mcm, i agree i like seeing all the biggest schools in the immediate area playing in the same conference (sbc lake).
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Post by whippet4life on Sept 7, 2018 8:23:19 GMT -5
Would be nice to someday rebuild the NOL with the charter members from 1944. With the only change being leave out Crestline and substitute Ontario. I think they had it right all those years ago. Bellevue, Shelby, Galion, Willard, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Norwalk, Ontario Just my opinion. Willard and Bucyrus would never bite. They don't want any part of a league where they would be beat up week in and week out. |
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Post by shelbyccfan on Sept 7, 2018 9:33:32 GMT -5
I agree with you guys, just being nostalgic remembering the past days of the 70 and 80’s when these teams were competitive with each other.
Norwalk is too big for most of these schools and I wouldn’t think Bellevue would have much interest in playing most of them other than Norwalk and Shelby.
At this point the NOL is probably never to be again. It’s just sad.
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Post by Buckeye2b on Sept 7, 2018 21:08:09 GMT -5
Nostalgia is a *****, says this old Upper guy. I miss the league too, but there is too much change now. It would never happen.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Sept 7, 2018 21:58:36 GMT -5
Would be nice to someday rebuild the NOL with the charter members from 1944. With the only change being leave out Crestline and substitute Ontario. I think they had it right all those years ago. Bellevue, Shelby, Galion, Willard, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Norwalk, Ontario Just my opinion. You forgot about TC. Should've been TC, Bellevue, Shelby, Galion, Upper, Norwalk, Ontario, Clear Fork |
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Sept 7, 2018 22:08:49 GMT -5
Would be nice to someday rebuild the NOL with the charter members from 1944. With the only change being leave out Crestline and substitute Ontario. I think they had it right all those years ago. Bellevue, Shelby, Galion, Willard, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Norwalk, Ontario Just my opinion. You forgot about TC. Should've been TC, Bellevue, Shelby, Galion, Upper, Norwalk, Ontario, Clear Fork TC was not a charter member of the NOL. And where are you getting Clear Fork from? |
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Sept 7, 2018 22:39:10 GMT -5
AH.......charter
Didn't TC replace Crestline, 60 years before Ontario joined the NOL, who ccfan has Ontario replacing??
Get CF from the same place ccfan got Ontario
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Sept 7, 2018 23:39:22 GMT -5
Yes, TC replaced Crestline in 1954.
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Post by 68champs on Sept 8, 2018 8:52:13 GMT -5
I agree with you guys, just being nostalgic remembering the past days of the 70 and 80’s when these teams were competitive with each other. Norwalk is too big for most of these schools and I wouldn’t think Bellevue would have much interest in playing most of them other than Norwalk and Shelby. At this point the NOL is probably never to be again. It’s just sad. Yeah, it would be fun to kick Shelby's *** a few more times just for old times sake! |
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Post by sportsjock on Sept 8, 2018 9:38:35 GMT -5
I too would like to see the the NOL revived one day. My heart feels the same way of the old Buckeye Conference.
These mega-conference monstrosities that are trendy these days is all about the numbers.
Tradition, history, age old bonds and rivalries have all been lost in this latest concept that involves cold, unpersonal calculations. The schools enlisted in these monstrosities are merely a pawn in their scheme of things.
Kinda like describing the flavor vanilla.
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Post by fbfan on Sept 8, 2018 12:29:22 GMT -5
Would be nice to someday rebuild the NOL with the charter members from 1944. With the only change being leave out Crestline and substitute Ontario. I think they had it right all those years ago. Bellevue, Shelby, Galion, Willard, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Norwalk, OntarioJust my opinion. If Willard had joined the NCC when they had the chance, you still might be seeing six of your preferred eight schools all in the same league. Instead they chose to remain loyal to TC, Bellevue, and Norwalk. Apparently no one in Willard knew anything about demographics. Just my opinion. |
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Post by Mr.BrownFinger on Sept 8, 2018 17:37:44 GMT -5
Willard sucks at everything except meth overdoses.
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Post by Willard Dad on Sept 8, 2018 17:46:06 GMT -5
Willard's Girls Tennis is in 1st place in the Bay Division 6-0, and just beat 2nd place Edison 4-1.
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Post by galion on Sept 8, 2018 18:24:17 GMT -5
Galion beat them earlier in the season.
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Post by Willard Dad on Sept 9, 2018 7:56:36 GMT -5
That's cool, did Galion join the SBC Bay Division? Willard is undefeated in the Bay Division and just defeated the 2nd place team Edison 4-1.
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Post by galion on Sept 9, 2018 9:19:11 GMT -5
Just saying it's a good thing for your girls tennis team that the "NOL" no longer exists or there would be no conference championship for them this season.
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Post by quiz on Sept 10, 2018 14:23:59 GMT -5
I too would like to see the the NOL revived one day. My heart feels the same way of the old Buckeye Conference. These mega-conference monstrosities that are trendy these days is all about the numbers. Tradition, history, age old bonds and rivalries have all been lost in this latest concept that involves cold, unpersonal calculations. The schools enlisted in these monstrosities are merely a pawn in their scheme of things. Kinda like describing the flavor vanilla. The Buckeye Conference was a beast. But how did Lorain, Lorain Admiral King, and Elyria travel all the way to Marion (and vice versa) especially in the winter during basketball season? My brother in law coached at Findlay and when scouting he was always afraid of having his tires slashed when going up to the Lorain schools. |
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Post by maplecityjake on Sept 11, 2018 20:43:04 GMT -5
I too would like to see the the NOL revived one day. My heart feels the same way of the old Buckeye Conference. These mega-conference monstrosities that are trendy these days is all about the numbers. Tradition, history, age old bonds and rivalries have all been lost in this latest concept that involves cold, unpersonal calculations. The schools enlisted in these monstrosities are merely a pawn in their scheme of things. Kinda like describing the flavor vanilla. The Buckeye Conference was a beast. But how did Lorain, Lorain Admiral King, and Elyria travel all the way to Marion (and vice versa) especially in the winter during basketball season? My brother in law coached at Findlay and when scouting he was always afraid of having his tires slashed when going up to the Lorain schools. You can't drive Mercedes, Bentley's, and Porsches and not suffer the consequences |
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Post by maplecityjake on Sept 11, 2018 20:47:01 GMT -5
Now I got that joke aside, God, who didn't love the Buckeye? One of the premier conferences back in the day. At any rate I think in part the NOL would still exist today had Bucyrus not opened the floodgates.However, I do like the setup with SBC Lake
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Post by quiz on Sept 11, 2018 21:52:48 GMT -5
Trust me, on a coaches' salary there were NO Mercedes, Bentleys, and Porsches being driven.
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Post by Willard Dad on Sept 12, 2018 9:01:15 GMT -5
Just saying it's a good thing for your girls tennis team that the "NOL" no longer exists or there would be no conference championship for them this season. If the Queen had balls she'd be King If Port Clinton was still in the Great Lakes League with Toledo Whitmer then PC could get pounded this year
If Rutgers hadn't joined the Big Ten then they wouldn't have to get blown out every year by Ohio State If ...
Life changes, get over it. Willard is in the SBC Bay Division with Edison, Port Clinton, Huron, Oak Harbor, etc and Willard is in first place.
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Post by dude on Sept 12, 2018 22:09:12 GMT -5
Just saying it's a good thing for your girls tennis team that the "NOL" no longer exists or there would be no conference championship for them this season. Galion ran from the NOL a long time ago. If the NOL still did exist Galion would not be winning anything in it.  |
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Post by redmen62 on Sept 12, 2018 22:45:20 GMT -5
Just saying it's a good thing for your girls tennis team that the "NOL" no longer exists or there would be no conference championship for them this season. Galion ran from the NOL a long time ago. If the NOL still did exist Galion would not be winning anything in it. Same with Fostoria Sadly |
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Post by galion on Sept 13, 2018 6:57:38 GMT -5
Just saying it's a good thing for your girls tennis team that the "NOL" no longer exists or there would be no conference championship for them this season. If the Queen had balls she'd be King If Port Clinton was still in the Great Lakes League with Toledo Whitmer then PC could get pounded this year
If Rutgers hadn't joined the Big Ten then they wouldn't have to get blown out every year by Ohio State If ...
Life changes, get over it. Willard is in the SBC Bay Division with Edison, Port Clinton, Huron, Oak Harbor, etc and Willard is in first place.
I am "over it". YOU brought the Willard girls tennis team up on this thread to begin with. I simply pointed out the competition that they would have had if the NOL still existed which I assumed was the point of the thread. |
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Post by galion on Sept 13, 2018 7:00:15 GMT -5
Just saying it's a good thing for your girls tennis team that the "NOL" no longer exists or there would be no conference championship for them this season. Galion ran from the NOL a long time ago. If the NOL still did exist Galion would not be winning anything in it. Good Lord dude, if you really feel the need to troll me this badly could you at least have the courtesy to do it within a day or so of the post that I made? |
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Post by dude on Sept 13, 2018 7:41:25 GMT -5
Galion ran from the NOL a long time ago. If the NOL still did exist Galion would not be winning anything in it. Good Lord dude, if you really feel the need to troll me this badly could you at least have the courtesy to do it within a day or so of the post that I made? Hey Snowflake, I'll read the page when I want to read it. And when I do, if I feel the desire to write something, I will post it. If you do not like how it works, tough. Or you can keep whining and i'll get another chuckle. Apparently you did not see the emoji, I was trying to be funny, but i guess I hurt your feelings. I hope you have your safe space ready. I would have replied that way regardless of who said it. |
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Post by Whittaker on Sept 13, 2018 10:23:37 GMT -5
Just saying it's a good thing for your girls tennis team that the "NOL" no longer exists or there would be no conference championship for them this season. Galion ran from the NOL...  Everybody did. That's why its empty. Seriously, when Upper and Galion wanted changes around 2007-2009, that should have been a wake-up call to the NOL. They had a chance to be pro-active and adapt to the times. They instead chose to put their noses in the air and wait for other schools to come begging. That's when I (and a couple others) predicted the NOL was going to collapse. I even started a thread titled "NOL Deathwatch" on the previous website. The general response was "The NOL Is Fine". When the NOL slipped into a coma and that response was exposed as farce, the new excuse became "The changing times doomed the NOL. It was inevitable". That's BS. We all have to adapt and adjust to changes. Football and basketball coaches shouldn't coach as if its 1950 and then blame their lack of success on changing times. A coach who can't adjust and adapt is a poor coach. Its a failure of leadership. The failure of the NOL can be placed squarely on the leadership of the NOL. They lacked vision and open minds. The NOL died because of the close-minded pride of a few individuals. The rotten cherry on the rotten sundae was the pathetic description of the death as some kind of 'merger' with the SBC. It was no such thing. It was a fire sale. The remnant NOL Schools were like so many mismatched chairs waiting by the curb for someone to give them a home before the next rain. The only way the NOL returns is as a result of dramatic population growth in the area combined with more enlightened leadership. |
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Post by dude on Sept 13, 2018 11:12:45 GMT -5
I think you are right. When lost 3 schools decided to leave the NOL it was the end. Even though they did pick up Sandusky and Ontario 2 years later. It always seemed the people holding the NOL together were living in the past.
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