OCC 2020

[dude]

5-1 Ashland
5-1 Wooster
4-1 West Holmes
3-2 Mount Vernon
2-4 Mansfield
1-5 Lexington
1-5 Madison

[unc4life]

Congratulations to Ashland on their OCC championship. Don’t care what anyone says, West Holmes is a game back and Ashland beats Wooster for the win.

Congratulations to everyone in the OCC for making this season happen. Most schools got a full season, Ashland and West Holmes both had nice run in the tournament. Thankful these kids all got a chance to play. Hope the winter sports get the same.

[ryman11677]

West Holmes attempted to play Mount Vernon they declined. So it’s not fair to punish west Holmes they are OCC co champs.
They should kick Mt. Vernon out of league for being afraid of playing a game that was supposed to be on schedule anyway.

[smitty1974]

ryman west holmes are tri champs with ashland and wooster.

[dude]

We can blame anyone we want to but the fact remains in this twisted football season that West Holmes finished a 1/2 game behind the teams from Ashland and Wooster.

[ryman11677]

So dude your saying that because Mount Vernon was afraid to play west Holmes leaving west Holmes the half game back that we should punish them . I vote to kick Mount Vernon out of the league.
Mount Vernon is claiming a winning season 5-4 if we played them they would lose thus winning season would be gone

[dude]

No. What I am saying is at this time, only 2 teams have the best record in the OCC. We could all make predictions about a game that was never played but the fact is 2 teams have a better record.

[ryman11677]

I got an idea no one gets any title this year because season in OCC is incomplete.

[dude]

That's a good idea. Since you can't have what you want, nobody gets anything. Typical for today's thinking.

[ryman11677]

It’s a fact dude season is incomplete and it’s because of the yellow jackets

[maplecityjake]

I remember 2001 when the NOL awarded Columbian a co-share with Bellevue despite finishing a 1/2 game back and also losing head-to-head to Bellevue.

[dude]

Nov 8, 2020 13:26:28 GMT -5 ryman11677 said:

It’s a fact dude season is incomplete and it’s because of the yellow jackets

It's a fact that your season is incomplete.

[Willard Fillmore]

How original

[unc4life]

Can we take a minute to enjoy the fact that Ashland was the only team this year to beat a team that has not lost a conference game in three years? I think that qualifies as a champion.

[ryman11677]

And west Holmes beat Ashland when they were undefeated giving them their only loss. That’s something of a champion

[BellevueBuckeye]

The Ashland newspaper is calling it a three way split:
www.times-gazette.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2020/11/07/ashland-knocks-off-wooster-creates-three-way-split-occ-crown/6187521002/

As is the West Holmes football twitter account:

I can't find anything specifically from the OCC itself, which apparently doesn't have an active website anymore and hasn't used its Twitter account in over a year.

[dude]

I don't believe the OCC has a site or anyone manning the twitter account. When the history books are written i'm confident the 2020 football season will show a 3-way split of the title. There were certain agreements made early on in the Covid discussions to award generously if something was in question. IN this specific case had West Holmes been knocked out of the playoffs a week earlier the WH and MV game may have happened. With winter sports beginning, not everyone wanted to extend the football season to fight over 3rd place.

So congratulations to all who participated in 2020 football. We made it thru.

[unc4life]

First of all, my last several posts were more fun then serious. Yes the OCC is a three way tie, Wooster, West Holmes and Ashland all deserve the Tri-Champion crown. Go print your OCC t-shirts and hang the banner.

[BellevueBuckeye]

There have now been 18 OCC football seasons. In the first half of that history there were 8 of 9 seasons with an outright champ, in the 2nd half it's been 6 of 9 seasons that had split titles, and this is the 4th time there's been a tri-share.

2003 - Wooster
2004 - Wooster
2005 - Madison, Orrville
2006 - Ashland
2007 - Ashland
2008 - Lexington
2009 - Ashland
2010 - Clear Fork
2011 - Ashland
2012 - Madison, Mansfield, West Holmes
2013 - Mansfield
2014 - West Holmes, Wooster
2015 - Ashland, Mansfield, Wooster
2016 - Ashland, Lexington
2017 - Ashland, Mansfield, Wooster
2018 - Wooster
2019 - Wooster
2020 - Ashland, West Holmes, Wooster

8 - Ashland (4 outright)
8 - Wooster (4 outright)
4 - Mansfield (1 outright)
3 - West Holmes (0 outright)
2 - Lexington (1 outright)
2 - Madison (0 outright)
1 - Clear Fork (1 outright)
1 - Orrville (0 outright)
0 - Mount Vernon

[unc4life]

Its always interesting looking back, but how many conferences can say that everyone has won a championship in football? Its also interesting to me, I think there are 5 teams in the last 18 years of the OCC that Ashland had truly great teams, and only three of them won conference championships.

2003- Coach V's second team, lost three games that year, Bellevue by 1 in OT (on a terrible 2 point conversion call). 1 point to Wooster in Double OT and to the eventual state Champion Avon Lake in the playoffs.

2010 - Ashland led by Marcus Fuller and Chris Thomas had a great run to the Regional Final. Lost a battle at Clear Fork. That Clear Fork team was tough, had a bunch of guys go on to play college ball, and their defense just gave Ashland's five wide fits.

Overall I think the original OCC was a great conference at the time. You had big schools, and small schools all out competing. Really had a bunch of good teams that you had to bring it for every week.

[dude]

The original OCC was very good. When Orrville stopped getting the transfers from the larger Akron area schools they stopped being competitive and felt that needed to leave. But when they left they weren't winning many non-league games either so the OCC was not the problem for them. Once that happened and MV joined, Clear Fork had the same feelings so they left and both landed in good spots.

[Willard Fillmore]

AND Lex wanted to follow Clear Fork to the MOAC, but was turned down.

[dude]

Nov 10, 2020 8:59:59 GMT -5 unc4life said:

First of all, my last several posts were more fun then serious. Yes the OCC is a three way tie, Wooster, West Holmes and Ashland all deserve the Co-Champion crown. Go print your OCC t-shirts and hang the banner.

Awarding all three teams is what will be done for sure.

[maplecityjake]

Nov 10, 2020 8:59:59 GMT -5 unc4life said:

First of all, my last several posts were more fun then serious. Yes the OCC is a three way tie, Wooster, West Holmes and Ashland all deserve the Co-Champion crown. Go print your OCC t-shirts and hang the banner.

I have to bust your chops; wouldn't that be a tri-championship?

[maplecityjake]

Nov 10, 2020 10:55:19 GMT -5 unc4life said:

Its always interesting looking back, but how many conferences can say that everyone has won a championship in football? Its also interesting to me, I think there are 5 teams in the last 18 years of the OCC that Ashland had truly great teams, and only three of them won conference championships.

2003- Coach V's second team, lost three games that year, Bellevue by 1 in OT (on a terrible 2 point conversion call). 1 point to Wooster in Double OT and to the eventual state Champion Avon Lake in the playoffs.

2010 - Ashland led by Marcus Fuller and Chris Thomas had a great run to the Regional Final. Lost a battle at Clear Fork. That Clear Fork team was tough, had a bunch of guys go on to play college ball, and their defense just gave Ashland's five wide fits.

Overall I think the original OCC was a great conference at the time. You had big schools, and small schools all out competing. Really had a bunch of good teams that you had to bring it for every week.

In SBC Lake, in just 4 years, 5 of 6 have won, and 4 of 6 have played for Regional Titles, with 3 winning. Ok, I went off a tangent to pimp the Lake.

Btw, great call to go for 2 by Nasonti in 2003. That year, Bellevue actually had a Kicker. Any rate, the ball only has to cross the plane. And, with Bellevue up 28-7 at one point, it shouldn't had come to that. Redmen were cramping up like champs that night.

[unc4life]

Nov 10, 2020 14:34:56 GMT -5 maplecityjake said:

Nov 10, 2020 8:59:59 GMT -5 unc4life said:

First of all, my last several posts were more fun then serious. Yes the OCC is a three way tie, Wooster, West Holmes and Ashland all deserve the Co-Champion crown. Go print your OCC t-shirts and hang the banner.

I have to bust your chops; wouldn't that be a tri-championship?

Forgive me..I was thinking one thing and typing another...edited it..lol

[ryman11677]

I want mt Vernon kicked out of league. There was no reason why they couldn’t have played 1 more game. I think it was because they have winning season without loss to west Holmes

[maplecityjake]

Good. Mt. Vernon and Marion Harding can swap.

[unc4life]

Nov 10, 2020 17:51:42 GMT -5 maplecityjake said:

Good. Mt. Vernon and Marion Harding can swap.

I think the OCC would fold before they ask Marion Harding to join the league again...and I’m not joking this time.

[maplecityjake]

I remember dude saying something about Harding, but I don't recall a problem with them in the old Buckeye nor Greater Buckeye.