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TVC-OHIO PRE-SEASON PREVIES:
BY: PAUL BOGGS
It’s a new decade, and a new alignment, of Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division football.
But, is it the same old championship story for the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes?
That’s because the TVC-Ohio's top team of the past decade is aiming to add another division championship to kick off the next 10 years.
For those into counting, the Buckeyes are battling for — and are favored to capture — their seventh league championship in the past eight seasons.
There will be strong challenges of course, and Nelsonville-York needs not look beyond its own county to find them.
After last season’s showings, co-champion Athens and first-time Buckeye beater Alexander are indeed confident that they can claim the Ohio's outright throne.
Athens, in only its second season in the TVC, shared the championship with Nelsonville-York — thanks to Alexander’s 21-0 blanking of the Buckeyes in week seven.
That mud-soaked shutout by the Spartans secured the school’s first-ever victory over their county neighbors to the north.
The setback snapped a 10-game league win streak for the Buckeyes, as Nelsonville-York — starting with the season finale of 2002 and until a 10-6 upset by Belpre three years ago — notched 24 straight division triumphs.
The four straight 5-0 tallies in the TVC-Ohio meant four consecutive championships from 2003 thru 2006.
Another half-dozen wins two years ago gave the Orange and Brown its fifth division crown in six years.
And speaking of six, by bouncing back from the Alexander upset the very next week by upstaging Athens (14-13), Nelsonville-York salvaged a split of the championship as both the Buckeyes and Bulldogs won their final conference clashes to complete league play at 5-1.
Since the TVC’s inaugural season in 1969, Nelsonville-York has won or shared an amazing 19 league championships.
Since 1990, the Buckeyes have captured a dozen of those crowns and — including the year 2000 — N-Y owns seven of the last 10 league titles.
The only exceptions were Belpre three years ago and Wellston’s lone league titles in 2001 and 2002.
Now, Nelsonville-York looks to start the second decade of the 21st century the same way it started — and ended — the first.
The Buckeyes bring back a boatload of experience, which includes all-TVC-Ohio selections Isaiah Andrews and Justin Cunningham.
Nelsonville-York coach Dave Boston begins his eighth season leading his alma mater.
The Buckeyes, though, must replace several graduated seniors, including three-time all-TVC-Ohio running back Derek Arnold.
The Bucks and Bulldogs boasted seven players apiece on the all-league list, including four apiece which were seniors.
But Nelsonville-York wasn’t the only Athens County club impacted by graduation.
So too were Athens and Alexander, as the teams' two head coaches — Athens’ Ryan Adams and Alexander’s Sean Arno — claimed Co-Coach of the Year honors in the league.
The Bulldogs were a point away from an outright championship, spearheaded by Ohio Division Defensive Player of the Year Vinnie Rider.
Rider graduated with three other all-league performers, but fellow two-way lineman Doug Chapman, quarterback Trey Harris and wide receiver/defensive back Ian Dixon all return off that list.
The Bulldogs and Buckeyes battle in the regular-season finale this season, as Athens must travel to Nelsonville-York, and two weeks after venturing to Alexander.
Speaking of the Spartans, which also qualified for their first-ever state playoffs last season and was the only TVC-Ohio team to do so, they are led by two-time all-league selection Cody Lawson.
Arno enters his sixth season as the Red and Black boss, and is already etched in Alexander history.
In Arno’s first five seasons, the Spartans have won their first TVC-Ohio game (2006), beaten the Buckeyes (2009), and advanced to the state playoffs (2009).
This year, Alexander is at Nelsonville-York a week after hosting Athens, and closes the season by meeting Meigs.
The Marauders spoiled the Spartans’ chances of an initial TVC-Ohio title by defeating them only a week after Alexander bounced the Buckeyes.
Both Alexander and Meigs finished 4-2 in the division to tie for third.
The Marauders have finished third or better in the division for three straight seasons, but must overcome multiple graduation losses this fall, including TVC-Ohio Offensive Player of the Year Jeremy Smith.
After opening Ohio Division action against Athens, Meigs must travel to Nelsonville-York the next week, before concluding the season with ventures to Vinton County and Alexander.
Sandwiched in between is a home duel with Wellston, which — along with Route 93 rival Vinton County — features new head coaches.
Former Wellston standout Chris Hutchinson heads the young Golden Rockets, while former South Gallia mentor Justy Burleson seeks to right the Vikings’ ship.
Both teams graduated their five combined all-league players from a year ago.
The Vikings visit Wellston for the regular-season finale, as Wellston will have an early opportunity at Nelsonville-York (week six) and Alexander (week seven) in its league openers.
Both bouts are at home, as the Vikings open Ohio Division action against Alexander before facing Athens, Nelsonville-York and Meigs.
Meigs and Vinton County combine for the longest league title droughts, as the Marauders last took the title in 1998 and the Vikings a year later.
Re-alignment job
For the past two seasons, seven teams have competed in the TVC-Ohio, with the addition of Athens.
But Belpre — one of four charter members of the TVC — is now a member of the small-school TVC-Hocking, thanks to the additions of South Galllia andWahama (W. Va.) to the conference, which now features a nine-team TVC-Hocking and a six-team TVC-Ohio.
All of the league games span the second half of the season, which is the entire month of October for this fall.
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TVC-HOCKING PRE-SEASON PREVIEW:
BY: TROY BOLIN
Trimble has been the Big Dog on a small block for years - but heading into the 2010 football season - the Tomcats have some new neighbors and a much tougher road to travel if they plan on winning another Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division championship.
Thanks to the addition of three new programs, the TVC-Hocking went from a tiny 6-team league to a whopping 9-team mega conference. Trimble hasn't lost more than two league games in a single season since 2000, and has racked up an incredible 44-6 mark over the 10-year span.
The big question mark heading into the season is will the addition of South Gallia, West Virginia small-school power Wahama, and former TVC-Ohio member Belpre do anything to change the Tomcats dominance in the Hocking Division.
