I somewhat agree, the main concern would be travel expenses... Just running off the top of my head...pmow3 wrote:The OVC did what the SOC should've done and that's add Portsmouth and Ironton. I won't get into my old complaining I've done for years about the SOC and OVC. There is no reason there should be 2 conferences. They should've combined both a long time ago. This should've been fixed years ago with a 15 or 17 team conference with 3 divisions. It would be amazing. And would've given AD's flexibility to schedule anyone in Southern Ohio and keep everything competitive. But anyway, I think it's funny to put a post on here "taking a shot" at Minford who won the SOC in Basketball last year. And besides Valley, has dominated basketball conference play for about 5 years now. They aren't going anywhere.
But The SOC would've been smart to have combined with the OVC years ago.... SMH....
SOVC (Southern Ohio Valley Conference)
SOVC 1 (Big Schools):Portsmouth, Wheelersburg, Ironton, Minford, Gallia Academy, Fairland, South Point, Waverly
SOVC 2 (Medium): Coal Grove, Valley, Oak Hill, Rock Hill, Northwest, Chesapeake, West Portsmouth (South Webster basketball)
SOVC 3(Small): Basically everyone in SOC I besides Northwest and Oak Hill