OVC 2016

[PopeSnoopDogThe1st]

Ironton Schedule:
08/26...Wheelersburg.........A
09/02...Russell.................A
09/09...*Fairland...............A
09/16...Ashland................H
09/23...*South Point...........H
09/30...*Chesapeake...........H
10/07...*Rock Hill..............A
10/14...*Dawson-Bryant CG...H
10/21...*Gallia Academy......H
10/28...*Portsmouth...........A
All game times are listed at 7pm
*Denotes OVC Game
Schedule taken from following web page: http://www.tigertown.com/sports/index.htm click on the link for varsity football...

thank you popesnoop

You are welcome...

[Winchell]

2016 OVC Male Enrollment figures:
All #'s taken from the OHSAA website

Football Divisions:
I 581 & more
II 361 - 580
III 257 - 360
IV 186 - 256
V 144 - 185
VI 100 - 143
VII 99 & less

220 - Gallia Academy D-IV
182 - Fairland D-V
178 - South Point D-V
162 - Portsmouth D-V
153 - Ironton D-V
146 - Rock Hill D-V
132 - Dawson-Bryant / Coal Grove D-VI
129 - Chesapeake D-VI

Total Male Enrollment for the OVC = 1302
*The Ohio School with the largest male enrollment is Mason with 1350...

Other schools of note:
162 - River Valley D-V
152 - Oak Hill D-V
169 - Wellston D-V
175 - Minford D-V
157 - Northwest D-V
184 - Portsmouth West D-V
147 - Wheelersburg D-V (they have 81 kids on roster according to MaxPreps.com)
128 - Lucasville Valley D-VI
72- South Gallia D-VII
95- Symmes Valley D-VII
73 - Green D-VII
48 - Ports. Notre Dame D-VII
59 - Portsmouth East D-VII

Also need to have district square mileage figures as well. Imho, a larger influence on success.

[LetsGoPSU]

Portsmouth in Division 5 is not a shock, but a disappointment, wasn't to long ago we had numbers

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

SAME WITH IRONTON PSU. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL WE WERE AA. THERE WAS ONLY A,AA,AAA.

[ohbuckeye2]

SAME WITH IRONTON PSU. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL WE WERE AA. THERE WAS ONLY A,AA,AAA.

Yes, and we was D3 when we won the State Championship in 89

[PopeSnoopDogThe1st]

2016 OVC Male Enrollment figures:
All #'s taken from the OHSAA website

Football Divisions:
I 581 & more
II 361 - 580
III 257 - 360
IV 186 - 256
V 144 - 185
VI 100 - 143
VII 99 & less

220 - Gallia Academy D-IV
182 - Fairland D-V
178 - South Point D-V
162 - Portsmouth D-V
153 - Ironton D-V
146 - Rock Hill D-V
132 - Dawson-Bryant / Coal Grove D-VI
129 - Chesapeake D-VI

Total Male Enrollment for the OVC = 1302
*The Ohio School with the largest male enrollment is Mason with 1350...

Other schools of note:
162 - River Valley D-V
152 - Oak Hill D-V
169 - Wellston D-V
175 - Minford D-V
157 - Northwest D-V
184 - Portsmouth West D-V
147 - Wheelersburg D-V (they have 81 kids on roster according to MaxPreps.com)
128 - Lucasville Valley D-VI
72- South Gallia D-VII
95- Symmes Valley D-VII
73 - Green D-VII
48 - Ports. Notre Dame D-VII
59 - Portsmouth East D-VII

Also need to have district square mileage figures as well. Imho, a larger influence on success.

I agree. The larger and more spread out the district, the harder it is to get kids there.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

SAME WITH IRONTON PSU. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL WE WERE AA. THERE WAS ONLY A,AA,AAA.

Yes, and we was D3 when we won the State Championship in 89

those were the days man.

[Abe Froman]

SAME WITH IRONTON PSU. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL WE WERE AA. THERE WAS ONLY A,AA,AAA.

Yes, and we was D3 when we won the State Championship in 89

those were the days man.

I am gonna get you Ironton posters a hot tub time machine so you can travel back and enjoy the past

[TheFlyingDutchman]

I am sure everyone here wishes they had a past like Ironton.

[ohbuckeye2]

I am sure everyone here wishes they had a past like Ironton.

Right on

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Yes, and we was D3 when we won the State Championship in 89

those were the days man.

I am gonna get you Ironton posters a hot tub time machine so you can travel back and enjoy the past

I've been needing one of them anyway for various other reasons. i'll take the 1st one if that's okay.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

I am sure everyone here wishes they had a past like Ironton.

amen dutch. and I wish the mighty flyers were still playing as well. I remember in the day when ironton would not even consider playing the burg. and we owned them after we started playing them until 07. they could do nothing with us till bob lutz retired. now they been workin us over.

[Abe Froman]

Here you go YTB...climb in it and travel back to your youth, and the 2-a-day weeks and Coach Lutz shaping all you guys into champions.

Enjoy my friend.

[PTrojan59]

Went to the Midnight Madness Portsmouth had last night. Was obviously just offense vs. defense but I came away impressed. Coach Duncan has implemented some of the old things Portsmouth used to do back into the program. Think I counted about 52 boys out. Really excited to get the season underway.

[LetsGoPSU]

Im not sure but were we Div 2 in 2000. when we won the AP reg season poll?

[trojandave]

Portsmouth was D3 AP Poll Champion in 2000, beat a very good Dayton Chaminade Julienne team at Hillsboro 31-24 in the regional final, then lost to Van Wert 28-21 in the state semifinals. Van Wert then lost the state championship game to Canton Central Catholic 28-27 on a missed extra point.

What I am looking from the Trojans this season is to at least be competitive; there were a half dozen games decided by at least 25 points with a running clock in most of those games. Even as optimistic as I am normally, going from an average of 3-7 over the last 8 years to a season over .500 in 2016 is maybe a stretch. It is not unrealistic, however, to expect the Men of Troy to at least be competitive in every game. I told Coach Duncan the same thing that I'm typing here.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Portsmouth was D3 AP Poll Champion in 2000, beat a very good Dayton Chaminade Julienne team at Hillsboro 31-24 in the regional final, then lost to Van Wert 28-21 in the state semifinals. Van Wert then lost the state championship game to Canton Central Catholic 28-27 on a missed extra point.

What I am looking from the Trojans this season is to at least be competitive; there were a half dozen games decided by at least 25 points with a running clock in most of those games. Even as optimistic as I am normally, going from an average of 3-7 over the last 8 years to a season over .500 in 2016 is maybe a stretch. It is not unrealistic, however, to expect the Men of Troy to at least be competitive in every game. I told Coach Duncan the same thing that I'm typing here.

good luck to your Trojans this year TD. it would be awesome for the Tigers/Trojans match to get back to the game it used to be.and great for the league. can't wait to get ahold of them blue boys again from the French city. I hope the OVC is crazy wild and great parity this year. and ironton/Portsmouth is the game 10 matchup , so that's awesome for both teams.

[Raider6309]

Wasn't Jackson a low enrollment DI at one time?

Yeah, I think Athens, Logan, and Jackson were D1 up to 1979. 1980 OHSAA went from 3 to 5 divisions and Athens and Logan were D2 and Jackson was D3

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

just saw a team picture of the 2016 fighting tigers . and they have 51/52 boys out. some big ole boys on there. and some much needed depth.

[fred_flinstone]

From the write up in the Herald Dispatch today by Tim Stephens it looks like the Fairland Dragons are going to have an excellent year coming off of an 0-10 season.