Twenty central Ohio football teams will change playoff divisions this fall under alignments announced Thursday by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
Ten are moving up a division either because of competitive balance or increased enrollment, while the other 10 are dropping a classification for the same reason.
Nine more teams would have changed divisions, but remained in their current spots because of competitive balance.
The largest 70 schools are in Division I, and schools in the other six divisions are divided as evenly as possible.
Several area Division I schools moved between regions 2 and 3. Region 2 now consists of the western portion of the Columbus area and much of the Dayton area, and Region 3 encompasses Delaware, Fairfield, the rest of Franklin and Licking counties.
Classifications for baseball, boys basketball, girls basketball, boys soccer, girls soccer, softball and girls volleyball will be announced at a date to be determined. Tournament divisions in those sports are expanding starting this fall, with soccer growing from three to five divisions and the other sports from four to seven.
Here are the central Ohio football teams impacted by Thursday’s announcement:
Here are the regions that include central Ohio teams:
Beavercreek, Centerville, Central Crossing, Clayton Northmont, Dublin Coffman, Dublin Jerome, Hilliard Bradley, Hilliard Darby, Hilliard Davidson, Huber Heights Wayne, Kettering Fairmont, Lebanon, Marysville, Middletown, Springboro, Springfield, Westland
Delaware Hayes, Gahanna Lincoln, Grove City, Groveport, Lancaster, Newark, Olentangy, Olentangy Berlin, Olentangy Liberty, Olentangy Orange, Pickerington Central, Pickerington North, Reynoldsburg, Thomas Worthington, Upper Arlington, Watkins Memorial, Westerville North
Ashland, Big Walnut, Briggs, Canal Winchester, DeSales, Dublin Scioto, Franklin Heights, Licking Heights, Logan, Marion Harding, Massillon Perry, Massillon Washington, Mifflin, Mount Vernon, New Albany, Northland, St. Charles, Teays Valley, Walnut Ridge, Westerville Central, Westerville South, Whitehall, Wooster, Worthington Kilbourne
Athens, Beechcroft, Bexley, Bloom-Carroll, Buckeye Valley, Carrollton, Centennial, Circleville, Dover, Dresden Tri-Valley, Eastmoor Academy, Granville, Hamilton Township, Hartley, Independence, Jackson, Licking Valley, Linden-McKinley, Marietta, New Concord John Glenn, New Philadelphia, South, Steubenville, Thornville Sheridan, Vincent Warren, Watterson, West, Wintersville Indian Creek, Zanesville
Batavia, Bellbrook, Bellefontaine, Celina, Chillicothe, Cincinnati Hughes, Cincinnati McNicholas, Cincinnati Woodward, Dayton Carroll, Dayton Chaminade Julienne, Dayton Dunbar, Dayton Meadowdale, Dayton Ponitz, Franklin, Goshen, Greenville, Hamilton Ross, Hillsboro, London, Mount Orab Western Brown, New Carlisle Tecumseh, Oxford Talawanda, St. Marys Memorial, Tipp City Tippecanoe, Wapakoneta, Washington Court House Miami Trace, Wilmington
Bidwell River Valley, Cambridge, Canton South, Chillicothe Unioto, Circleville, Duncan Falls Philo, East, East Liverpool, Fairfield Union, Gallipolis Gallia Academy, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley, Heath, Highland, Jonathan Alder, Lakewood, Lisbon Beaver, Logan Elm, Marion-Franklin, McArthur Vinton County, Millersburg West Holmes, Minerva, New Lexington, Ready, Richmond Edison, St. Clairsville, Waverly, Westfall, Zanesville Maysville
Archbold, Creston Norwayne, Delta, East Knox, Fairview Park, Findlay Liberty-Benton, Fostoria, Fredericktown, Genoa Area, Johnstown, LaGrange Keystone, Liberty Center, Milan Edison, Millbury Lake, Northridge, Northwood, Oak Harbor, Pemberville Eastwood, Port Clinton, Swanton, Utica, Wellington, West Salem Northwestern, Willard, Wooster Triway
Africentric, Albany Alexander, Amanda-Clearcreek, Barnesville, Belmont Union Local, Byesville Meadowbrook, Chillicothe Zane Trace, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant, Columbus Academy, Crooksville, Harvest Prep, Ironton, KIPP Columbus, McConnelsville Morgan, McDermott Northwest, Minford, Nelsonville-York, Oak Hill, Piketon, Pomeroy Meigs, Portsmouth, Proctorville Fairland, South Point, Wellston, Wheelersburg, Worthington Christian, Zanesville West Muskingum
Arcanum, Batavia Clermont Northeastern, Camden Preble Shawnee, Carlisle, Casstown Miami East, Cincinnati Clark Montessori, Cincinnati Finneytown, Cincinnati Madeira, Cincinnati Mariemont, Cincinnati North College Hill, Jamestown Greeneview, Lewistown Indian Lake, Lima Bath, Marion Pleasant, Middletown Madison, North Union, Norwood, St. Paris Graham, Springfield Greenon, Versailles, Waynesville, West Liberty-Salem, West Milton Milton-Union, Williamsburg
Belpre, Berne Union, Beverly Fort Frye, Bucyrus, Bucyrus Wynford, Caldwell, Cardington, Centerburg, Fairbanks, Galion Northmor, Grandview Heights, Grove City Christian, Liberty Union, Lore City Buckeye Trail, Marion Elgin, Mechanicsburg, Mount Gilead, North Lewisburg Triad, North Robinson Colonel Crawford, Reedsville Eastern, Sarahsville Shenandoah, Waterford, West Jefferson, West Lafayette Ridgewood, Woodsfield Monroe Central, Zanesville Rosecrans
Anna, Bainbridge Paint Valley, Blanchester, Chesapeake, Chillicothe Huntington, Chillicothe Southeastern, Cincinnati Country Day, Cincinnati Deer Park, Cincinnati Miami Valley Christian Academy, Cincinnati Purcell Marian, Cincinnati Summit Country Day, Coldwater, Covington, Frankfort Adena, Ironton Rock Hill, Lima Perry, Lucasville Valley, Madison-Plains, Miamisburg Dayton Christian, New Lebanon Dixie, New Paris National Trail, Portsmouth West, Sabina East Clinton, Springfield Northeastern, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place
Beallsville, Beaver Eastern, Bowerstown Conotton Valley, Bridgeport, Corning Miller, Crown City South Gallia, Danville, Fairfield Christian, Fisher Catholic, Franklin Furnace Green, Glouster Trimble, Hannibal River, Loudonville, Millersport, Morral Ridgedale, New Matamoras Frontier, New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Central Catholic, Newark Catholic, Portsmouth Notre Dame, Portsmouth Sciotoville Community, Racine Southern, Shadyside, Steubenville Catholic Central, Stewart Federal Hocking, Strasburg-Franklin, Willow Wood Symmes Valley
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