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updated 12-31-11
Public Vs Private
Lima (Ohio) Central Catholic AD Ron Williams talks about the Private vs Public issue LCC faced this year...
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updated 1-22-12
Red Lion Christian asks for DIAA reinstatement
OHIO
updated 1-13-12
OHSAA Board of Directors Meeting Highlights – January 12, 2012
The Board unanimously approved a motion to continue to support the work of the OHSAA’s Competitive Balance Committee, which meets again January 31. The motion was in response to a letter received from an Ohio public school superintendent that requested the Board of Directors immediately create a referendum item to go to the membership this spring that would place public and non-public schools into separate tournaments.
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GEORGIA
updated 1-14-12
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updated 1-11-12
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FLORIDA
updated 1-31-12
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updated 1-30-12
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updated 1-19-12
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updated 1-15-12
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updated 1-14-12
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updated 1-11-12
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Kentucky
updated 1-2-12
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updated 10-6-11
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VIRGINIA
updated 12-19-11
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COLORADO
updated 12-6-11
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updated 12-5-11
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updated 12-1-11
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L.C.C. REQUESTS WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
The Northwest Conference is announcing today that in accordance with Article III, Section 2.4 of the NWC Constitution, Lima Central Catholic High School has submitted a request to withdraw from the Northwest Conference at the conclusion of the 2012-13 school year.The conference is also announcing that a two year scheduling agreement between LCC and other NWC schools will be implemented to assist all parties in a smooth transition of athletic scheduling. This agreement will cover schools years 2013-14 and 2014-15 and will conclude at the end of 2014-15.
This decision was reached after productive meetings between the principals and athletic directors of both LCC and all other NWC schools. After being approached by certain conference members expressing concerns about competitive balance in the NWC, LCC felt it was in the best interests of all to initiate discussions to address these issues.
updated 11-30-11
UPDATED - Press Conference to be held at 1pm Thursday, 12-1-11
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Vince Koza comments on the Northwest Conference possibly asking Lima Central Catholic to leave...
near the end of the audio...you will hear Coldwater football coach Chip Otten first and Kenton football coach Mike Mauk discuss LCC...
updated 11-29-11
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Dave:
At this time, there has been no formal agreement reached regarding the future status of
Lima Central Catholic in the Northwest Conference.
Discussion on this matter has occurred, and naturally, there are rampant “rumors.”
The post you have listed below is one of the options being considered, but there
has been no resolution of the matter as yet.
If and when a change is made in the status of membership in the NWC, the media
will be officially notified.
Mike
changes coming to the NWC and it looks like LCC will no longer be a member of the NWC. Rumors say there was a vote today...that has not taken place at this time. But there is enough known that it will take place as all involved are discussing terms.
updated 11-29-11
Dave
I am not sure if you forwarded this to me given the topic or if I have subscribed to a service that gets The Senior Reports. Regardless, I appreciated receiving the article and was interested in the article.
I have a few thoughts/comments based on what I read.
I would like to clarify Commissioner Cox's quote about private/parochial schools, "They recruit students." I would expand that statement to say that Roncalli recruits students according to the following format:
For #3, #4 and #5, the student/family must initiate the contact before any Roncalli literature or communication will take place.
At no time is Roncalli involved in any contact or recruitment of a random student that does not fit into one of the five categories above. I cannot speak nor do I wish to speak for the other private/parochial schools in the state but I can say that for most/all Catholic schools in the state, their student recruitment process would the same/similar.
Next comment - what unfair advantage do folks claim that Warren, Carmel, Center Grove, Penn, Snider, Hamilton SE have since they have dominated Class 5A football for decades! Are they doing something illegal/unfair that is not going on at Lawrence North, Valpo, TH South, Jeffersonville, and other 5A schools?
There does need to be some tweaking of the by laws as it relates to the class tournaments. I have been in discussion with principals of some other local Catholic high schools. I am hopeful that we can come to some consensus and offer a proposal for consideration by the IHSAA Board of Directors to consider as well.
Thanks again for forwarding the article. I look forward to the discussion in the coming months.
as you know, football is the only OHSAA sport in which regular-season results factor into deciding who qualifies for the postseason tournaments. (In all other sports, all teams qualify for the postseason.) If the new proposal is adopted by our member schools, out-of-state teams that play Ohio teams in football will not have their enrollment numbers passed through the same formula to determine their athletic count like Ohio schools. Just like how the football computer points system works now, the out-of-state teams will supply the OHSAA with their male enrollment number, and that number will decide how many points the Ohio team will receive if the Ohio team wins.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (1-13-11) – Acting on a recommendation from the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Competitive Balance Committee, the OHSAA Board of Directors today unanimously placed a new bylaw up for vote of the OHSAA membership that would be the first step toward possible changes on how schools are assigned to tournament divisions. The proposed new bylaw, which will be voted upon by OHSAA member schools during the annual referendum voting process in May, states that “each school shall be placed into tournament divisions based on its sport-by-sport athletic count.” Schools would not be separated into tournaments for public schools and non-public schools, nor would a “multiplier” be applied to non-public schools to increase their enrollment, which a few other states utilize. Rather, the enrollment numbers for all schools (both public and non-public) would be entered into a three-part formula to establish their “athletic count.”
The proposed bylaw goes on to say that the formula for determining “athletic counts” and to which sports the athletic counts shall be applied will be determined every other year by the Board of Directors and will be listed in the OHSAA’s General Sports Regulations. If approved, implementation of the new formula would begin no later than the 2013-14 school year. In addition, a standing committee would be formed to monitor the effectiveness of the athletic count formula and to recommend to the Board of Directors any changes in the weight to be given to any one or more of the factors in the formula.
At the present time, all schools are placed into tournament divisions based strictly on enrollment figures that the schools submit to the Ohio Department of Education. The proposed three-part formula to establish athletic counts would require the OHSAA to also include a school boundary factor (how students are obtained – non-public schools with no boundaries; non-public schools with limited boundaries; public schools with statewide open enrollment; public schools with adjacent open enrollment, and public schools with no open enrollment), a socioeconomic factor (the number of free lunch participants) and a
tradition factor (state championship game appearances, state tournament appearances and regional finals appearances). The school boundary and tradition factors could increase a school’s enrollment while the socioeconomic factor could decrease a school’s enrollment. The tradition factor is the only one of the three that would be implemented on a sport-by-sport basis. Once all three factors are applied to the enrollment count, each school will have a sport-by-sport “athletic count” for purposes of tournament division assignments.
“The issue of competitive balance has been discussed for years not only in Ohio but also in other states,” said OHSAA Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph. D. “Ohio is unique in that our public schools have the option to approve open enrollment policies, but, at the same time, there’s no question that most non-public schools in the state have no geographical boundaries in which they can secure students and the result has been a disproportionate number of championships won by those schools.
“The meetings we have conducted with the Competitive Balance Committee have been both productive and professional, and I believe the proposal from the group is fair and equitable and we will see some leveling of the playing field.
“Competitive balance is a complex issue,” Ross continued. “The formula recommended by the committee is not as complex as it sounds, nor is it as complex as any of the viable alternatives and the unintended consequences of those alternatives.”
The Board’s current plan is to propose that athletic counts only be utilized in the sports of football, soccer and volleyball in the fall; basketball in the winter, and baseball and softball in the spring. Consideration will be given to add other sports in the future.
The OHSAA Competitive Balance Committee was formed in January 2010 in response to concerns raised by a group of school administrators in northeast Ohio who conducted a study that showed that 43 percent (146 of 340) of the state championships in selected team sports between 1999 and 2010 have been won by non-public schools, even though non-public schools make up only 17 percent of the total membership of the OHSAA. The OHSAA Competitive Balance Committee met numerous times throughout 2010 in an attempt to identify competitive balance factors and to propose changes that would bring the competitive inequities into balance. The Committee was comprised of 29 school administrators and coaches from across the state from public and non-public schools both large and small along with members of the OHSAA Board of Directors and administrative staff and representatives from both the state superintendents and state principals associations.
In the near future, the OHSAA will place on its website examples of how the athletic count formula could look when applied.
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updated 11-28-11LCC out of the Northwest Conference
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updated 11-24-11
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11-25-11
1. Students that currently are enrolled in our Catholic grades schools.
2. Catholic students in our Catholic feeder parishes that attend public
schools but who also participate in Catholic youth ministry/faith
formation programs.
3. Students who have attended one of our Open Houses.
4. Students who have come and shadowed for a day at Roncalli
5. Students/families who have called our school and asked to be placed
on our mailing list.
For #1 and #2 those are mailing lists that we receive each August/September from our Catholic grade schools and parishes.
Chuck Weisenbach, Principal
Roncalli High School - Indianapolis, IN 46227
OHIO
updated 10-20-11
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REACTIONS TO OHSAA PROPOSAL
updated 1-21-11
CLICK HERE - OHSAA's Competiitive Balance Guide
updated 1-16-11
CLICK HERE - Local coaches no fans of OHSAA division proposal
CLICK HERE - Reactions mixed to proposed division changes
updated 1-15-11
CLICK HERE - High school playoff plan needs tweaks, but it's a good step
updated 1-14-11
CLICK HERE - OHSAA members to vote on new division formula
CLICK HERE - Domsitz warns of Catholic split from OHSAA if alignment formula is approved
updated 1-14-11
CLICK HERE - Proposal would shake up OHSAA playoffs
Out-of-State Computer Points
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OHSAA
OHSAA Board of Directors Tackles Competitive Balance Concerns
Referendum Issue is First Step in Possible Changes on How Schools are Placed Into Tournament Divisions
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updated 1-11-11
CLICK HERE - OHSAA Board likely "to act" on Public-Private Proposal this Thursday
updated 1-9-11
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updated 12-10-10
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updated 8-23-10
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Private vs Public Debate
updated 12-28-10
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updated 12-7-10
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updated 12-7-10
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updated 4-6-10
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updated 3-29-10
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updated 3-3-10
CLICK HERE - Ohio athletics need change, leaders agree
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updated 2-7-10
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Arizona
updated 3-10-10
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updated 3-10-10
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DELAWARE
updated 12-27-10
CLICK HERE - DIAA violations have Diamond State teams unwilling to play private school
Florida
updated 12-14-10
CLICK HERE - Mandarin Christian School Gets Break on Probation
updated 12-13-10
CLICK HERE - Jacksonville's Mandarin Christian School Fined for Athletics Violations
updated 9-25-10
CLICK HERE - Breakaway league asks permission to play FHSAA teams
updated 9-1-10
CLICK HERE - Agape Christian appeal denied by FHSAA
CLICK HERE - Gulf transfers Ty'Shon Peters and Kris Aratchiysky ruled ineligible for the season
updated 8-31-10
CLICK HERE - Arlington Country Day withdraws from FHSAA
CLICK HERE - Arlington Country Day, FHSAA better off apart
Illinois
updated 12-17-10
CLICK HERE - Boylan doesn’t give athletic scholarships
updated 12-13-10
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INDIANA
updated 12-5-10
CLICK HERE - IHSAA may consider 'competition clause'
updated 11-17-09
CLICK HERE - Ress wants to look closer at 'unique situation' for IPS football
Louisiana
Updated: 2-7-10
CLICK HERE - Carver High football team is placed on probation
Massachusetts
Updated: 1-16-11
CLICK HERE - MIAA proposal eyes playoff equity
CLICK HERE - Catholic schools may get left out
Michigan
Updated: 2-7-10
CLICK HERE - LMC could vote St. Francis out
Pennsylvania
Updated: 12-10-10
CLICK HERE - Colonial League once again turns down Pius X High School's membership request
Wisconsin
updated 4-1-10
CLICK HERE - A 5-division game? WIAA weighs expansion to ensure parity
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