Realigning D-I isn’t as simple as it sounds. There are 72 schools classified as D-I in football compared to 107 on average for the other six divisions. If the OHSAA adds a couple of D-I regions and stays with eight qualifying teams per region, a disproportionate amount of D-I teams will be playoff bound. That likely would be OK with D-I programs; not so much for all others.
• The 71st Ohio North-South Classic all-star football games will be held at Dayton’s Welcome Stadium on April 30. The combined Divisions IV-VII game is at noon, followed by Divisions I-III at 4 p.m.
Playing for the South Division I-III will be Darryl McCleskey and Mikal Tolliver (Wayne), Justin Rigg and Elijah Cunningham (Springboro), Louie Wasoski (Miamisburg) and Danny Holstein (Beavercreek). On the South Divisions IV-VII are Mitch Clune and Brandon Forsthofel (Coldwater), Davey Tunon and Jake Garrison (Clinton-Massie) and Trent McIntyre (Triad).
Coldwater coach Chip Otten is the small-divisions South coach and Stebbins’ Trace Smitherman is a South large-divisions assistant. Tickets are $10 at the gate and good for both games.
• The Miami Valley Football Coaches Association “Pigskin Classic” will be held at 7 p.m. on June 10 at Centerville High School. Joel Marratta of Kenton Ridge is the North head coach and Dion Black of Miamisburg the South head coach. Rosters have not been released.
• Beavercreek lost one of its finest last week with the passing of former athletic director Bevan Garwood to cancer at age 69. He was a beloved high school history and government teacher, tennis and football coach. He started at the school in 1969 and was Beavercreek’s AD from ’83 until his retirement in 2000.
A 1965 Xenia graduate, Bevan was a first team All-Ohio middle guard and played on the 1964 Buccaneers team that won a Western Ohio League championship. He also is enshrined in both schools’ athletic halls of fame.
• MVP Jarron Cumberland (Wilmington) hit four free throws in the closing seconds and scored a team-high 15 points in leading Ohio to a 94-92 defeat of Kentucky in a basketball all-star series at Thomas More College at Crestview Hills, Ky., on Sunday. Trey Landers (Wayne) added 13 points for Ohio and Warriors teammate Rockrick Caldwell two points.
Ohio made it a sweep, also winning the girls game 76-71.
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