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Twin Valley South takes home the coveted rivalry trophy with 43-40 win over North.  
(All Feature photos by Dale Barger)

LEWISBURG – Twin Valley South girls basketball defeated archrival Tri-County North in an emotional come from behind 43-40 win to hoist the coveted Panther trophy for the first time in 6 years.

TV South under 1^st year coach Kerry Crouch inherited a team who was 1-22 overall last year and winless in the WOAC with mainly al the same cast is off to a great start this year last coming in with a 4-2 overall record, 2-0 in the WOAC.

On the opposite end Tri-County North came into this year with high expectations but off to a surprising 1-5 overall record and 1-2 in the WOAC and so based on that it could be said that despite the TCN’s winning streak … they just might be the underdog on this one.

Regardless the records the 503 rivalry tends to bring out the fire in both communities and schools and the junior varsity game would be an indication of that with the game going into overtime that North would end up winning by a point setting up the atmosphere for the varsity contest.

There were 5 lead changes in the first quarter with Twin Valley South leading 11-6 but North would close to 11-9 on a triple from Nani Garci with 4 seconds to play in the 1^st quarter.

Tri-County North's Nani Garcia had a big game with 19 points but fouled out in 4th quarter.  

Garcia who had five points in the opening quarter scored six more in the 2^nd period and got some help from Bella Cherry with six as well gave North a 21-19 lead heading into the break.

South got lots of perimeter shots in the 2^nd period, but few were going in, Kelsie Maggard and Jordan Ritchie both connected beyond the arch and had 5 points each at the half.

Jordan Ritchie pulls up on a jumper, she had 10 points for South.

At the half South coach crouch noted they shot a lot of threes.

“We shoot like 25 to 28 a game, because we're small. We're got a bunch of guards. We went in the locker room. I mean, we took some bad shots. We took some deep shots. I don't really yell, if they shoot the ball, but instead of putting Brylii being at the high, we put her at the low and saying, pound it, and they found her and she made some shots,” Crouch commented.

Brylii Day scored twice in the paint in the third quarter and made her presence felt in the lane on defense with a couple big blocks as they tied the game at 25-25.

The score teetered back and forth with 6 more lead changes … and both teams racking up fouls that eventually affected Kelsey Maggard and Nani Garcia picking up their 4^th foul. 

TV South's Brylii Day presence inside on offense & defense was big in second half.

With North holding a 29-28 lead South freshman Grace Childers triple jumped them in front 31-29 and she added a short baseline jumper seconds later and those 5 points would be only one for her in the game but provide valuable to go up 33-29 at 1:01 in the 3^rd quarter.

Bella Cherry who was 4/6 from the line in the period tied the game up at 33 heading into the final stanza.

Playing with 4 fouls to start the final frame Garcia would connect on a trifecta and then added one of two free throws for a 4-point lead 37-33 at 5:00 minute mark with North looking to be in control.

Maci Arndts draws a hard foul from Cadence Darnell in a very physical game.

Day score for South to draw within a bucket … but on the trip down the floor for North Garcia would be whistled for a charge picking up her 5^th foul that would loom large.

South senior Guard Marci Arndts tied the game at 37 with a fielder at 2:27 only to see Cherry hit a free throw to go up 38-37.

Missed free throws would be the story for both teams with North going just 4-for-10 in the 4^thquarter and South 6-for-10. 

Two of the most important free throws would come from sophomore reserve player Amelia Suggs who replaced Madison Nelson that fouled out.  Here two tosses gave South a 40-39 lead and Kelsie Maggard added two more with 16 seconds left to increase the lead to 42-39.

It was a game where you gave as good as you got, in this case Bella Cherry from North was got in the backyard rivalry.  

Cherry would be fouled on an attempted layup making one charity throw but with just 6 second left North had to foul Macie Arndts converting one of them that was good enough for a 43-40 South victory and for the first time in the career of seniors Jordan Ritchie, Macie Arndts, Mackenzie Clouse and Kaitlin Proctor the thrill of being able to hold and raise up the 503 Panther Trophy.

“This my first-year coaching here, looking at the previous schedule of our record, I think they lost at least the last six times. A couple of seniors said they just wanted to beat North at least once and I’m happy for them,” Twin Valley South coach Kerry Crouch stated.

South Student section reacts after a big play.  Both student sections were into the game.

“It was up and down but we battled through it. We had a ton of foul issues, had some younger kids come bang some shots down, some played good defense. These girls are athletic, they're competitive, and I just feel like they wanted to win, and they did,” Crouch added.

Crouch coming from a bigger school was impressed with his first North South experience.

“I was at the boy’s game on Friday, and I was like, wow, this is crazy. And then coming from where I was at before the atmosphere here is like I love it, it’s a lot of fun. There's a lot of emotion out here, there was emotion in the locker room at halftime, we settled down and we came out excited they are a great group of kids to coach, and they wanted to win,” Crouch concluded.

For Tri-County North coach Jessica Spitler she felt like they were right there and had opportunities despite being the underdog going in.

“I honestly think coming in we were the underdogs.  We’ve had a rough start, I give them kudos, they’ve improved over the summer.  Our record doesn’t indicate who we are as a team and wanted to prove we are better than our record.  After winning the JV game in overtime we felt the momentum was on our side, and we had it with the lead at the end of the first half,” Spitler said.

“It's disappointing we lost by 3 points.  We had foul trouble and unfortunately we’re really good at the line but missed too free throws,” Spitler added.

“That was one of the biggest crowds I've seen coaching here, and I think it was bigger than some boy’s crowds, honestly. Both of the student sections were bringing it, and I told the South coach, that's what a good game looks like.  It’s not the outcome we wanted but we’ll get another chance at them come January 21^st at their place.  Unfortunately, it won’t be a league game but a chance for us to get that trophy back and retire it here for the year,” Spitler concluded.

Twin Valley South improves to 5-2 overall, 3-0 WOAC but will host an athletic and improved Ansonia team 5-2, 3-1 on Saturday.

Tri-County North falls to 1-6 overall, 1-3 WOAC and they will play at Bradford on Saturday.

BOX SCORE

SCORE BY QUARTERS

TVS        11 … 07 … 15 … 10 – 43
TCN       09 … 12 … 12 … 07 – 40

TEAM SCORING

TVS: K. Maggard 1-1-2/3 – 7, G. Childers 1-1-0/0 – 5, M. Nelson 1-0-1/2 – 4, A. Suggs 0-0-2/2 – 2, J. Ritchie 2-2-0/0 – 10, M. Arndts 0-1-3/8 – 7, B. Day 4-0-0/3 – 8, Totals 5-10-8/18 - 43

TCN: L. Garcia 2-6-1/2 – 19, G. Hemp 0-0-2/4 – 4, B. Cherry 0-2-10/16 – 14, J. Pinion 0-0-2/2 – 2, R. Myers 0-0-1/2 – 1, L. Grieshop 0-1-0/0 – 2, Totals 2-9-16/26 – 40

 
The senior girls from Twin Valley South finally got what they wanted, a win over Tri-County North in their career.

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FM coach Troy Myers' squad broke a 27 game WOAC win streak held by the Arrows with a 71-53 win at Preble Shawnee. (All Feature photos by Dale Barger)

CAMDEN – Franklin Monroe boys basketball trailed by one with two minutes left in first half but surged to a 10-point lead late in 2^nd quarter for a 30-20 lead at the break. It was enough for them to control the second half with solid defense and steady offense and then finish the game strong at the free throw line for a big 71-53 win over Preble Shawnee.

It was a game on the calendar to see with two of the top teams in the WOAC battling on a Tuesday night. Coming in the Arrows had passed a couple of early season test with wins over Dixie and Arcanum … but for both teams this would be the biggest test so far with the Jets flying high.

The first quarter would prove to be very physical as both teams started out in an extended zone defense. 

FM jumped in front 7-3 to start on a triple from junior Ben Denlinger and buckets from seniors EB Fall and Ty Riffle.

Preble Shawnee answered with an and one from Brayden Robinette to close the gap to 7-6 only to see the Jets extend the lead back out 12-7 on a lay-up and triple from junior Brandt Filbrun.

Senior Reece Smith answered quickly for the Arrows with a bomb from the right corner … but FM held a 14-10 lead at the end of one.

Shawnee tried get to the rim off the dribble and also pound the ball inside in the 2^nd quarter, but the Jets aggressively defended the paint forcing more perimeter shots.

Brayden Robinette did his part for the Arrows scoring 18 points in the game.

Shots weren’t falling for the most part with the exception of two triples from Robinette who would be the most consistent scorer for the Arrows all night, he ended up with a game high 18 points for his team. 

The Jets ability to handle the physicality and defend were big factors in the first half and Franklin Monroe coach Troy Myers gave credit to his assistant coaches and kids for executing well.

“The physicality was a real deal in the first half, we were fighting like crazy to defend the post and the interior and had a couple calls go against us, a couple calls go for us. But I thought our plan and our work before the game was right, and that's a credit to our coaches. Honestly, not me. I'm not taking credit for that, but our coaches’ ability to come up with a plan on how we can best utilize our defense to take away what they want to do and make them one dimensional?  We weren't perfect, but I thought  we executed our defensive plan coming in well,” Myers commented.

Despite all that Preble Shawnee held a 19-17 lead with 2:12 to go in the first half.

That was until senior guard Eric Brenner got hot. He connected on three straight triples in the last two minutes including one as the horn sounded to help the Jets go up 30-20 at the break to  give Franklin Monroe momentum.

Jet's senior Eric Brenner led all scorers in the game with 27.  He had the hot hand in last two minutes of 1st half connecting on 3 triples to gain momentum for his team.

“This game is a game of runs, a game of momentum. His (Eric Brenner) ability to knock down shots obviously stretches the defense, and you have to be able to knock down shots, and fortunately, we knocked some down,” Myers said.

In the third quarter the pace quickened with both teams putting the ball through the cylinder, but Preble Shawnee came up short 20-16 at the end, trailing 50-36 heading into the 4^th frame.

FM’s EB Fall scored 8, Eric Brenner and sophomore Blake Riffle both had 6 points. 

Preble Shawnee senior Ian Blankenship who isn’t 100% from an ankle injury came to life in the 3^rd quarter had 5 points to help Robinette with 6 points.

Preble Shawnee's Ian Blankenship asserted his presence in the 3rd quarter to try to keep pace with the Franklin Monroe scoring 6 points.

In the final stanza the Arrows were forced to try and generate turnovers as the Jets spread the floor while still looking to score.  FM did a good job of handling the extended 1-3-1 trap getting the ball into the middle to Fall.  He was able to score attacking the basket and distribute enough that fouls would ensue.

The Jets were a combined 11-for-12 good enough to win the quarter 21-17 and proved to be a big key to win the game, drawing praise from coach Myers.

EB Fall scored 20 points and was key in 2nd half playing in the middle attacking the basket or distributing the ball to break down the 1-3-1 trap.  

“The first thing I would say is the ability to close down the game at the free throw line becomes ultra important. Obviously, you know that when you get into deep season play and you get into big time games, you have to close down the game at the free throw line. And that game was still within reach … but it was our ability to go to the line and have the poise to make shots to keep the lead the way it was and kept us from scrambling on defense and allowed us to get our “D” set on the other end,” Myers stated.

The 71-53 loss to Franklin Monroe was the first in the WOAC for Preble Shawnee, a streak that extends back to February 5^th, 2022, when they fell to Tri-Village, a span of 27 straight league victories.

Shawnee was led in scoring from Brayden Robinette 18, Brody Foxbower 11, Brody Morton 10, Ian Blankenship 6, Reece Smith 5, Braylon Dorrel 2 and Carson Hollon 1 point.

Preble Shawnee falls to 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the WOAC.  They will play at National Trail on Friday.

Franklin Monroe was led by Eric Brenner with 27, EB Fall 20, Blake Riffle 10, Trey Wilson 6, Ben Denlinger 5 and Brandt Filbrun 3 points.

Franklin Monroe remains undefeated at 6-0 and 3-0 in the WOAC they will host a scrappy and athletic 3-3 Dixie team on Friday and coach Troy Myers understands the importance of being able to win league games on the road is important.

I'm so proud of our guys, man. I mean, this is a road win in the conference. But we have to be sober and humble enough to know that tomorrow you can't take the rat bait and we better show up tomorrow and figure out how to beat Dixie,” concluded Myers.

Preble Shawnee coach Robinson pleads his case. The Arrows fell 71-53 to Franklin Monroe in a key WOAC contest. 
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Preble Shawnee's Brody Morton makes a free throw late, the Arrows needed all of them to hold on for a late comeback by Arcanum for a 57-51 win. (All feature photos by Dale Barger)

ARCANUM – Preble Shawnee took an 18-point lead into the 4^th quarter only to see Arcanum charge back scoring 25 points in the final frame and the Arrows had to hang on for a 57-51 WOAC win.

Preble Shawnee’s man-to-man defense and physicality appeared to frustrate the Trojans coming up short on their shots and scoreboard trailing the Arrows 17-7 end of 1^st quarter.

Shawnee connected on three trifectas, two from Reece Smith and got three inside buckets from center Brody Foxbower.

Reece Smith had the hot hand in 1st half from beyond the arch with three triples.

Arcanum found success through Cameron Ball in the 2^nd quarter with 6 of their 12 points but the Arrows put up 14 to take a 31-19 halftime lead.

Arcanum coach Kevin Brackman tried to mix up defenses from man to zone but never found the right combination to slow down the Arrows in the first half.

Arcanum's Cameron Ball gave the Trojans some needed offense in the 2nd quarter with six points.

Shawnee knocked down five triples, three from Reece Smith and one each from Brayden Robinette and Brody Morton, they also had a good an inside game with Foxbower scoring 10 points.

Coach Brackman stressed the importance of going out and stringing together 3-4 plays at a time and they would be able to get back in the game in the 2^nd half.

“My message to the guys was simple, they were going to let us back in the game. Numbers told us they were going to let us back in the game. They didn’t know it, but we had to trust in us,” Brackman said.

Arcanum didn’t start the way he hoped, in fact they turned the ball over four consecutive times to start the 3^rd quarter and in a blink of an eye Shawnee was up 40-19.

It also was a point in the game where Brackman took his senior leader Landon Flatter aside on the bench to challenge him to get the team going.

Arcanum was challenged in the paint by Brody Foxbower who had 14 points in the game.

Over the course of the last 12 minutes of the game Flatter would do just that scoring 17 of his game high 23 points over that span.

Arcanum needed a spark in the 2nd half and they would get that from senior Landon Flatter who had 17 of his game high 23 points to storm back into the game.

He came back in and hit a  triple and took a drive to the basket as the Trojans closed out the 3^rd quarter trailing 46-19.

Arcanum proved out coach Brackman’s halftime statement with Matthew McCans hitting a triple, a knockdown shot from Flatter followed up by a couple drives to the basket and with 5:36 to go the Trojans cut the margin to 48-36 prompting a timeout by Preble Shawnee.

Matthew McCans hit some key points in the second half when the Trojans made their run.

Out of the time-out McCans and Flatter both made lay-ups drawing to 48-40 … and finally the Arrows answered with an and one by Morton up 51-40 at 4:07.

What was once an impervious Shawnee defensive shield, turned porous with Flatter going around and through the defense pulling the team to within four, trailing 53-49 with 48 seconds left to play.

Preble Shawnee was able to collect themselves enough to work clock, draw fouls and make enough free throws to escape Arcanum’s flurry for a 58-53 WOAC win.

Senior Brayden Robinette was the steady force handling the basketball, running the offense and getting to the rim leading the Arrows with 15 points in the game.

Preble Shawnee Coach Ryan Robinson was breathing a sigh of relief after the game knowing his team didn’t finish the game strong but still happy to get the win.

“We created our separation in the game from defense, it wasn't from points on the board, and I think we just got away from that, whether it's tired, mentally or physically, we just got to be able to push through the wall to get stops late in the game,”

“Arcanum started getting great action. We were guarding their main sets early, pretty well, and they just got different stuff going there in the 2^nd half, so all credit to them,” Robinson said.

“Part of that for us is just maturity and learning how to close games on both ends of the floor. The guys are just growing up right in front of our eyes learning to play without a Shrout or Hawley,” coach Rob, added.

Preble Shawnee showed good balance again placing four players in double figures.  Brayden Robinette led with 15, Brody Foxbower 14, Brody Morton and Reece Smith each with 13 points.

Local resident Harry Niswonger celebrated his 100th birthday taking in his beloved Trojans basketball game.

Arcanum was led by Landon Flatter with 23, Cameron Ball 13 and Matthew McCans had 12 for the Trojans. 

Coach Brackman felt there were things his team can build off from the game, notably the reaction by senior Landon Flatter and his resolve by stepping up after being challenged in the 3^rd quarter when things were going the wrong way.

Arcanum falls to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the WOAC and will be going through a tough stretch over the next week hosting Dixie on December 17^th and then traveling to Tri-Village on Friday December 20^th against two more top contending teams in the WOAC.

Preble Shawnee improves to 2-2 overall and 2-0 in the WOAC with a big win over Dixie and Arcanum … but they too will be facing a huge challenge on Tuesday when they host undefeated Franklin Monroe at 5-0.

“We just got to keep stacking them (wins) and it’s a big one on Tuesday (FM) that we're preparing for now,” concluded Robinson.

Box Scores

Score by Quarter

PS:          17 … 14 … 15 … 12 – 58
ARC:     07 … 12 … 09 … 25 – 53

Team Scoring:

PS: Foxbower 0-5-0/0 – 14, Robinette 1-4-4/5 – 15, Morton 1-3-4/5 – 13,Blankenship 0-0-1/2 – 1, Taylor 0-1-0/0 – 2, Smith 3-2-0/0 – 13, Totals 5-15-9/12 – 58

ARC: Flatter 2-8-4/5 – 23, McCans 2-3-0/1 – 12, Weiss 0-2-0/0 – 4, Kessler 0-0-1/2 – 1,         Ball 0-5-3/6 – 13, Totals 4-18-8/14 – 53

Brody Morton powers one in for the Arrows, he had 13 in the win.

Ansonia girls basketball coach Connor Custenborder gives pointer in timeout. The Lady Tigers would defeat Dixie 75-40.  (All feature photos by Dale Barger)

ANSONIA – The Lady Tigers basketball team improved to 4-2 on the year with a 75-40 win over the visiting Dixie Greyhounds.

If you are playing Ansonia, you better buckle up and be prepared to go the distance because it’s 32 minutes of exciting basketball.

Ansonia showed early on how they wanted to play ... pushing the ball in transition and pressing full court after a made basket. 

They jumped on Dixie right off the tip from sophomore London Reichert to freshman Charlotte Barga who took it in for a lay-up.  Just a few seconds later the Tigers generated a turnover, and Charlotte drained a triple to set the tone going up 5-0 at the 7:35 mark.

Freshman Charlotte Barga had 3-triples & 13 first quarter points to jump start the Tigers in game vs Dixie. 

Dixie sophomore Teegan Miller scored at 6:20 on a stick back to make the score 7-2.

The Tigers continued to push going up 13-4 prompting a timeout by Dixie coach Justin Keirns trying to slow the game down for his team to be more precise beating the pressure.

It was inspiring to see the coach working the sideline as his squad found success scoring three straight times all by sophomore Madison Caldwell to close the gap 13-10, prompting a timeout from Ansonia coach Connor Custenborder with 1:26 left in the period.

Dixie sophomore Maddison Caldwell help bring the Greyhounds back in the game in the first quarter with 6 of her team high 11 points.

The Tigers roared back with a triple from senior Gabby Leeper, followed by two straight Charlotte Barga treys, one as the 1st quarter horn sounded for a 21-10 lead.

“We like to get up and down the court by playing fast, we use our press to create turnovers and also get the ball up court quickly from defense to offense so we can keep the pressure on the other team,” Custenborder said.

It was a big first quarter for Charlotte Barga with 13 points drawing praise from the coach.

“She's a great player, she worked hard in the off season on her shot. I think she's just going to keep developing and eventually be one of the best players in the conference. She has a great mentality, still pass first and gets her teammates involved, even when she has the hot hand,” Custenborder said.

Ansonia senior Gabby Leeper has the experience to guid and settle her team as she knocks down this big triple after the Greyhounds closed to within a score.

With the Greyhounds now more focused on the perimeter and Charlotte in the 2^nd quarter the Tigers showed they can score in other ways with junior Olivia Creager working in the paint on drives to the cup or posting up where she scored 8 of the 25 Tigers second quarter points.

Dixie scored 9 … but trailed at the half 47-19.

Junior Olivia Creager has a knack of getting to the rim inside and scores through contact.

The Greyhounds came out in the 3^rd quarter more aggressive and was able to draw fouls by taking the ball into the paint.  They shot 12 free throws making 8 of them, a triple and a fielder from Teegan Miller was enough for them to win the period 13-12 giving coach Keirns something positive to build on.

Ansonia won the final stanza 16-8 as junior Rose Barga led the way in the second half with 11 points for the Tigers who went on to earn a WOAC league win 75-40.

The Greyhound were led in scoring by Maddison Caldwell with 11, Bethany Himan 8 and Teegan Miller with 7 points. 

Rose Barga scored 11 points in the second half after the Dixie defense was focused on shutting down her sister Charlotte who had 18 points in the game.

Dixie fell to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in the Western Ohio Athletic Conference.  The Hounds will be back in action next Wednesday traveling to Miami Valley.

After the game coach Custenborder talked about his team and the contributions that came from all over as the Tigers handed out 19 assists in the game.

“We share the basketball well and had nearly 5 players in double figures, Charlotte Barga (18), Olivia Creager (12) Gabby Leeper (11) and Rose Barga (11) all double figures and London Reichert had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocked shots,” Custenborder stated.

“Reichert has done a great job for us on the inside this year, anchoring the post spot and really our only girl with true post size, so her staying out of foul trouble and playing straight up and still getting blocks for us ius big,” Custenborder touted.

London Reichert gets one of her 3 blocks on the night and gives the Tigers a rim protector inside.  She had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocked shots in the game.

An area of the game coach Custenborder might be disappointed was his defense.

“We definitely want to hang our hat on the defensive end and 40 points is a lot to give up, we want to it be less than that,” Custenborder concluded.

The Tigers improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the WOAC.  One of their two losses came at the hands of St. Henry who is the favorite to win the MAC, the other Arcanum who is a challenger for a title in the WOAC giving notice that Ansonia is going to be a tough game.

The Tigers are back in action next Thursday hosting Bradford.

Box Scores:

Score by Quarter:

Dixie:       10 … 09 … 13 … 08 – 40

Ansonia:  22 … 25 … 12 … 16 – 75

Team Scoring

Dixie:   C. Miller 0-0-3/4 – 3, T. Miller 1-2-0/0 – 7, M Caldwell 0-5-1/2 – 11, McConnell 0-2-1/2 – 5, K. Loch 0-0-3/4 – 3, B Himan 2-1-2/2 – 8, K. Hypes 0-0-1/2 – 1;
Totals 3-10-11/16 – 40

Ansonia: C. Barga 3-3-3/5 – 18, G. Leeper 0-1-2/2 – 11, L. Hahn 0-1-2/2 – 4, Barga 0-5-1/2- 11, O. Creager 0-5-2/3 – 12, O. Schmitmeyer 0-1-4/4 – 6, Caldwell 0-1-0/0 – 2, L. Reichert 1-2-2/4 – 9, S. Aultman 0-1-0/0 – 2;
Totals 5-23-14/20 - 75

Dixie head coach Justin Keirns showed enthusiasm & passion & had his team playing well at time ... the Tigers ability to score in bunches was too much in this one.
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The 2024 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association All-Ohio Football Teams as selected by a media panel from around the state with 17 WOAC Football players getting recognition.

More about the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association can be found at:
https://www.ohsaa.org/news/OPSWA.

The OPSMA was created in 1972 to support, promote and recognize coverage of high school sports across Ohio and is endorsed by the Ohio High School Athletic Association

For a complete list please go to https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media

WOAC Players selected for All-State recognition in DV, VI and VII. 

2024 Division V All-Ohio Football Teams

First Team Defense

LB: Brody Lynch, Camden Preble Shawnee, 6-0, 225, sr.  

Third Team Offense

QB: Brody Morton, Camden Preble Shawnee, 6-3, 170, jr.

OL: Cooper Shrout, Camden Preble Shawnee, 6-4, 280, jr.

Honorable Mention

DB: Reece Smith, Camden Preble Shawnee, 5-11, 175, sr.

DB: Lucas Miller, Arcanum, 6-0, 170, So.

2024 Division VI All-Ohio Football Teams

Second Team Defens

 DL:  Brady Thompson, New Paris National Trail, 6-7, 215 sr.

Honorable Mention

 OL:  James Baker, New Paris National Trail, 6-1, 270, sr. 

2024 Division VII All-Ohio Football Teams

First Team Offense 

QB:  Trey Sagester; New Madison Tri-Village, 6-3, 160, jr.

 RB: Zane Henderson, Ansonia, 5-11,190, sr.

First Team Defense

DB: Lane Bierly, New Madison Tri-Village, 6-2, 165, sr.

Second Team Offense

WR/TE:  Griff Richards, New Madison Tri-Village, 6-1, 150, so.

OL:  Asher Shives, Ansonia, 5-11, 205, sr.

Second Team Defense

DL: Peyton Kelch, Ansonia, 6-1, 230, sr.

LB: Kaeden Lipps, New Madison Tri-Village, 6-3, 185, sr.

DB: Owen Canan, Bradford, 5-8, 160, sr.

Third Team Offense

OL:  Dom Black, New Madison Tri-Village, 6-5, 280, so.

Honorable Mention

P:  Griff Roell, West Alexandria Twin Valley South, 6-5, 195, sr.

Congratulations to all WOAC football players recognized at the State level.

Four WOAC Football Players earn 1st Team All-State honors. Trey Sagester threw 3242 yards, 38 Tds - Lane Bierly had 3 Int, 65 Tackles - Zane Henderson 1,921 rush yds, 31 Tds - Brody Lynch - had 133 Tackles.(Dale Barger Photo)