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With football season officially over what happens on the hardwood? My predictions:

1. Sheridan-won 15 ball games last year and should have beaten VC in the tourny despite not having best player and point guard due to injury, he missed the last six ball games. They didn't lose anyone at all and picked up 6'6 soph guard matt freville who will help them off the bench. New coach greg booth has a lot to work with, very athletic.

Pg-6'2 sr Anthony Crane-returning all league/district despite missing nearly half the season.
G-6'2 sr Troy Sweeney-three year varsity starter
G-6'3 sr CJ Myers-Freakish athlete and returning starter
F-6'3 jr Jacob Horsley-Amazing athlete, avg 17 ppg as a soph
F-6'6 sr Josh Busby-Big boy, rebounds/defends/good role player

Bench:
Matt Freville-6'6 soph guard-Outstanding player
Tyler Snider-6'3 senior forward-strong role player
Derek Mattis-6'2 senior guard/forward-excellent shooter
Seth Helser-5'11 junior forward-good role player

2. Maysville-returns a nice group, talented but not very deep.
Landon Israel-sr pg 5'11
Ryan Cooper-sr g 5'11
Seth Brown-Jr g 6'1
Justin Wilson-so forward 6'4
JC Murasky-sr forward 6'8
Bryce Sidwell-jr guard 6'2

3.Tri-Valley-Well coached, big school
Matt Schley-sr pg
Brian Schley-sr g
Casey Williams-sr g
Rhys Jonard-sr f
Max Kilgore-sr f
Tanner Garber-sr g

4. John Glenn-returning player of the year, well coached
Jake Heagen-6'4 sr-signed with Findlay
Lane Crawford-6'3 sr
Heath Dodson-6'2 sr
some solid role players- will compete near the top.

5. West M-two nice returning players
Jordan Wilson-sr guard-athlete, good player when under control
Don Click-sr forward 6'6-great athlete-can get out of control
-Have a few nice role players, no depth and horrible at the lower levels

6. New Lex-have a few nice players returning
Sr G Aaron Wollenberg
Sr G Jacob Cozad
Jr G KJ Hook
Jr G/F Jacob Martin
Sr F Justice Ardetto
Jr F Broc Ryan
So G EJ Kunkler

7. Crooksville-good new coach, young but talented roster
Caleb Jago-so pg
Lake Channel-so g
Dakota Jones-so g
Mitchell Swingle-so f
Brody Payton-jr f

Bring Keylor/Marti/Dickerson and a few others off the bench. This team could suprise some people.

8. Morgan-New coach, one very good player and not much else
Teddy Vynalek can play, a few role players with him and thats about it.

9. Philo-Graduated several off of one of the worst varsity teams I've seen in some time. JV team was horrible and so was frosh team last season. Incoming frosh won the league but still lost 4 league games, they have a few nice players and rumor has it atleast three of them will be varsity starters this season. 0-21 is a stong possibility.

*I think the league race is Sheridan with a possible challenge from JG/TV/MV. ranked these teams in order of returning talent, honestly feel that Maysville will end up in 4th with Tv/Jg battling it out behind Sheridan. West/NL/CV could finish after those four in any order with Morgan and Philo battling it out for last place.

Coaches:(in order of experience)
Greg Woodard-John Glenn-several years at CV, JG since 99' season
Todd McGlaughlin-TV-several years at WM, TV for the past three seasons
Jeff Rinkes-PH-5th season in duncan falls
Todd Whiteman-MV-second stint at maysville, 2nd year. Also coached Meadowbrook.
Jeff Butler-WM-Long time JV coach-3rd year at West
Dustin Addington-NL-3rd year at New Lex
Troy Wolfe-CV-Long time Sheridan reserve coach-1st year
Greg Booth-SH-3 seasons as Sheridan reserve girls coach-1st year
Jay Brown-MO-background as an assistant near Dayton at several levels. 1st year

Thank you for the update. I always try to keep up with the MVL. I look for Tri-Valley to bring home the Trophy this season. Just an early, thought. A thought mostly based on what Coach has done in the past. However, I am aware that almost all the coaches are top notch, and players will determine the games.

I like Sheridan to win it this year and unless the injury/illness bug bites, I'd be surprised if they didn't win it all.

I could see Tri-Valley, John Glenn, and Maysville in any order for 2-4. I'd even put New Lexington over West Muskingum.

I hope Philo gives Rinkes time and allows him to coach at the school at least until those current freshman go through. They should at least be near the top of the league when that class gets to their junior and senior years. Don't know if they'll win an MVL championship or not, but Rinkes is a very good coach. We did have a winning season when I was there with him when we did have some players in the program and the games we lost, we were competitive in most of them.

Agree, rinkes does a very good job. That program is just in a really down cycle talent wise. Frosh class has some nice talent, was told 3 are playing varsity and 5 reserve ball this season. League should be competitive. New Lex will be improved.

marklane wrote:I could see Tri-Valley, John Glenn, and Maysville in any order for 2-4. I'd even put New Lexington over West Muskingum. We did have a winning season when I was there with him when we did have some players in the program and the games we lost, we were competitive in most of them.

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