I wanted to start a new thread here with the outlook of the new occ dual alignments and possibly discuss ways to make state duals work for everyone. Me as a fan of the sport I would love to be part of state duals. I would love to make it mandatory! Its a cool team aspect of the sport. But not how it is set up and I understand why our coach chooses not to participate, It can be better, It can work for all! No wrestler wants to be injured this time of the year or fatigued, or sick! I also feel bad for the 12 entire teams and familys that have to drive all the way to Columbus from their respected part of the state for one match then have to go home.
My wife, my son and I have traveled the country due to wrestling and have met some awesome folks along the way, It has been a individual long many years, we wouldnt trade any of it for the world, but after that insane dual the other night with coffman and liberty I realize these local OCC duals can work! That was awesome! Intense! Hard core fans, Coaches going ape nuts, a rocking student section, and some crazy good wrestlers!
Looking at the new alignment OCC had just broke up the dual I talked about above but I see what they are doing putting the tangy's and westervilles together. Not sure why not make it the tangys and the dublins but thats another discussion.
Leave OCC as it is, or as its going to be, keep those little rivalries. Ohsaa needs to consider State duals earlier in the year. Youd could wrestle prelim rounds up to Christmas, then Holiday tourneys over Chirstmas, then the 8 man brackets first couple weekends of the new year. This gets all the state duals out of the way before OCC duals start up! Eliminates worrying about football players beginning of season, and holiday tournaments over break. Make the final 8 teams a double elimination bracket, Give everyone more bang for their buck!
Lets say Liberty was in state duals this year, and Coffman had Marysvilles line. not sure where Olib would be in those two spots but there would have been a chance of the coffman/liberty dual two nights in a row? Not sure it could have worked like that but either way coffman/marysville was 2 weeks apart, then in two weeks sectionals start. How many times do the same teams within 10 miles from each other have to wrestle each other? We also dont need 2 full rounds of 84-0 matches. This does absolutely nothing. We could even set up Dual entries according to how teams finished in the OCC and do state duals the week after individual. There is all kinds of ways we can go about this to make it better!
Before the trolls show up, please, I am only looking for logical opinions and or Ideas here, Nothing is gonna fix during my sons next year but would love for this to be more logical in the future so everyone wants to be a part of something that COULD be great! How do we get those involved on board to see we need change? Been a part of this sport for 30 years and have no idea the administration aspect, I probably should have just been a ref (o:
OCC realignment
The Ohio Capital Conference’s realignment plan for 2016-17 through 2019-20, with each school’s projected enrollment rank in parentheses:
Ohio Division
Gahanna (1), Grove City (10), Lancaster (8), Pickerington Central (18), Pickerington North (18), Reynoldsburg (3)
Buckeye Division
Olentangy (4), Olentangy Liberty (2), Olentangy Orange (5), Westerville Central (13), Westerville North (26), Westerville South (23)
Cardinal Division
Delaware (14), Dublin Jerome (24), Dublin Scioto (28), Hilliard Bradley (20), Hilliard Darby (22), Thomas Worthington (17), Worthington Kilbourne (30)
Central Division
Central Crossing (25), Dublin Coffman (9), Hilliard Davidson (16), Marysville (15), Upper Arlington (7), Westland (11)
Capital Division
Big Walnut (31), Canal Winchester (27), Franklin Heights (29), Groveport (12), New Albany (21), Newark (6)
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