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A look at Cincinnati’s fall sports alignment as OHSAA adds divisions

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A look at Cincinnati’s fall sports alignment as OHSAA adds divisions

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The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the preliminary divisional breakdowns and regional tournament representation for the upcoming fall sports.

The OHSAA Board of Directors approved the new divisions and tournament representation last week during its April board meeting, which included the previously announced football divisions and regions.  

The divisional assignments and regional tournament representation should be considered preliminary, as OHSAA member schools may opt to move up to Division I if Referendum Issue 1B passes this spring. Referendum voting results will be announced on May 16. Any changes to divisional assignments or tournament representation as a result of schools opting up to Division I will be announced by the OHSAA later.

As announced last February, girls and boys soccer will expand to five divisions this fall and girls volleyball will expand to seven divisions. In both sports, the largest 64 schools are placed in Division I, the next 64 largest schools are placed in Division II, and the remaining schools are divided as equally as possible into the other divisions.

Earlier this spring, the OHSAA received base enrollment data, comprised of students in grades 9, 10 and 11 as of October 2023, from the Ohio Department of Education to use for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. In addition to football, the fall sports of soccer and girls volleyball use competitive balance data from the previous season to create a new adjusted enrollment count.

The full release with all the alignments is here. Here are the local teams’ alignments in soccer and volleyball.

Boys soccer

In the new alignment, Anderson and Elder move to Division II. Badin and Indian Hill lead teams moving down to DIII.

Division I: Colerain, Fairfield, Hamilton, Lakota East, Lakota West, Lebanon, Little Miami, Mason, Middletown, Milford, Moeller, Oak Hills, Princeton, St. Xavier, Springboro, Sycamore, Walnut Hills, West Clermont, Western Hills.

Division II: Anderson, Elder, Harrison, Kings, Loveland, Winton Woods.

Division III: Aiken, Badin, Batavia, Edgewood, Franklin, Goshen, Indian Hill, La Salle, McNicholas, Monroe, Mt. Healthy, Northwest, Ross, Talawanda, Turpin, Western Brown, Wilmington, Withrow.

Division IV: Bethel-Tate, CHCA, Clark Montessori, Clermont Northeastern, Clinton-Massie, Fenwick, Madeira, Madison, Mariemont, New Richmond, Norwood, North College Hill, Reading, Roger Bacon, Waynesville, Wyoming.

Division V: Cincinnati Christian, CCD, Deer Park, Felicity-Franklin, Finneytown, Georgetown, Lockland, Purcell Marian, Seven Hills, Summit Country Day, Williamsburg.

Girls soccer

Cincinnati’s two reigning state champions, Summit Country Day (Division II) and Cincinnati Country Day (Division III), will be together in Division IV in the new alignment. Joining them is 2022 DII state champion Waynesville.

Mount Notre Dame, the 2021 state champions in Division I and regional runner-up to Seton the past two seasons, moves down to Division II. Anderson and Loveland also move down.

Division I: Colerain, Fairfield, Hamilton, Lakota East, Lakota West, Lebanon, Mason, Middletown, Milford, Oak Hills, Princeton, Seton, Sycamore, Walnut Hills, West Clermont.

Division II: Anderson, Edgewood, Harrison, Kings, Little Miami, Loveland, Mount Notre Dame, St. Ursula, Ursuline, Winton Woods.

Division III: Goshen, Monroe, Northwest, Ross, Talawanda, Turpin, Western Brown.

Division IV: Bethel-Tate, Cincinnati Country Day, Clinton-Massie, Fenwick, Indian Hill, Madison, McNicholas, Reading, Roger Bacon, Summit Country Day, Waynesville, Wyoming.

Division V: Clark Montessori, Clermont Northeastern, Deer Park, Felicity-Franklin, Finneytown, Georgetown, Madeira, Norwood, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place, Williamsburg.

Volleyball

Reigning Division I state champion Kings moves to Division II along with Girls Greater Catholic League schools Mt. Notre Dame and St. Ursula Academy.

Division I: Colerain, Fairfield, Hamilton, Lakota East, Lakota West, Lebanon, Mason, Middletown, Milford, Oak Hills, Princeton, Seton, Springboro, Sycamore, Walnut Hills, West Clermont.

Division II: Anderson, Edgewood, Harrison, Kings, Little Miami, Loveland, Mount Notre Dame, St. Ursula, Winton Woods.

Division III: Badin, Goshen, Monroe, Mt. Healthy, Northwest, Purcell Marian, Ross, Talawanda, Turpin, Ursuline, Western Brown, Wilmington, Withrow, Woodward.

Division IV: Batavia, Bethel-Tate, CHCA, Clinton-Massie, Gamble, Indian Hill, Madison, McNicholas, Mercy McAuley, North College Hill, Roger Bacon, Shroder, Taft, Taylor, Wyoming.

Division V: Blanchester, Cincinnati Christian, CCD, Clark Montessori, CNE, Deer Park, Fenwick, Finneytown, Georgetown, Madeira, Mariemont, Norwood, Reading, Seven Hills, Summit Country Day, Williamsburg.

Division VI: MVCA, Riverview East, St. Bernard.

Division VII: Felicity-Franklin, Lockland, New Miami, Oyler.

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