OHSAA adds seventh football division for 2013

OHSAA adds seventh football division for 2013

By Rob todor

todor@vindy.com

The first domino in what could be sweeping changes to high school athletics in Ohio fell on Thursday.

In a somewhat unexpected move, the Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Control approved the addition of a seventh division in football.

The move by the OHSAA, which oversees all governance for high school and middle school athletics in the state, means the 72 largest boys enrollment schools in Ohio will remain Division I for football.

That group includes the four largest schools in the Mahoning Valley — East, Warren Harding, Austintown Fitch and Boardman.

The rest of the state’s football-playing schools — 644 — will be equally divided among the other six divisions.

Read the story in Friday’s Vindicator and on Vindy.com.