The Blanchard Valley Conference is an Ohio High School Athletic Association affiliated athletic league located in Hancock , Putnam , and Wood Counties in northwest Ohio . Its name derives from the Blanchard River , which runs through the area in which the schools are located. Findlay , which is part of the Northern Lakes League , and Cory-Rawson , which is a part of the Northwest Central Conference , are the only high schools in Hancock County that are a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association that aren't part of the BVC.
22-573: 2.Charter Member 3.Need to check the league/conference name. P-G won conference title in another conference other than the BVC & NWC once. The BVC's roots lie in the Hancock County League often known as the Little 9/8/7 League , which formed in 1922. Arcadia , Arlington , Liberty-Benton , McComb , Mount Blanchard , Mount Cory , Rawson , Van Buren , Vanlue were the founding members. Cory-Rawson
44-528: A 12-team format, each football team would play the other teams in its division once, have two crossover games with the other division and an eighth conference game against a team in the same slot in the other division. Each school would have a second non-conference game on its schedule. All other sports will be in a single-division format. The two BVC members who are also part of the Putnam County League, Leipsic and Pandora-Gilboa, will remain full members of
66-556: A 14th member to join the league. Riverdale's membership in the N10 was terminated shortly thereafter, and they would likely not have joined the BVC until 2015–16 at the earliest, but with Hardin Northern dropping football in 2013, Riverdale was admitted for all sports beginning in 2014. This expansion of the conference of the latest 3 schools was controversial, and charged with nickname the "Liberty-Benton Membership-Extension Addition" because it
88-569: A full member for 2014–15 on March 19, 2014, with football joining in 2015–16. In August 2017 Hopewell-Loudon announced that they would leave the BVC for the Sandusky Bay Conference in the 2019–2020 school year after being offered an invitation to replace Shelby. In August 2020, Elmwood High School of the Northern Buckeye Conference announced they had received a formal invitation from the BVC and were seriously looking at
110-477: A response by March 1, 2014. After suspending Hardin Northern from league play in football from 2013 to 2015, the BVC voted 9-1 (HN the lone dissenting vote) to refuse a guarantee that Hardin Northern would return to the league for that sport. This pressure caused Hardin Northern's school board to decide on February 19, 2014, to withdraw from the BVC and apply to the NWCC for membership. The NWCC accepted Hardin Northern as
132-555: Is an OHSAA athletic league located in parts of northwest and western Ohio . The league came into existence in the 2001–2002 school year. The NWCC supports 10 league sports: Boys and Girls Cross Country, Boys Golf, Football, Volleyball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Baseball and Softball. The NWCC brings a rich athletic history and fierce competition. Every year the NWCC produces many college-level athletes from all divisions levels of NCAA to NAIA. This article related to sports in Ohio
154-586: Is now used as the Wooster Green . In Fall of 2019 the Bowling Green Middle School began using virtual reality headsets to teach history classes. Kenwood Elementary has 490 students as of 2014. On April 9, 2013, which was Arbor Day , the fifth grade students of the school were involved in helping with the maintenance of existing trees in Bowling Green. At the end, a sugar maple tree
176-576: Is the second largest school district in Wood County, after Perrysburg Exempted Village School District . Dr. Ann McVey took over as Superintendent in January 2011, replacing Hugh Caumartin who retired in December 2010 after 13½ years as Superintendent. In 2009, Bowling Green Middle School opened for students in grades 7 and 8. The former Junior High that once stood on W. Wooster Street was demolished in 2012 and
198-488: The 2022 season but remain in the BVC for the rest of their sports. This however, would change on Nov. 2, 2021 when North Baltimore announced they would join the NWCC fully for the 2023–24 school year. In May 2022, Liberty-Benton and the BVC announced that the Eagles would be leaving the league after the 2025–2026 school year, citing the district's student enrollment, competitive accomplishment and athletic facilities as reasons for
220-667: The PCL to be able to join the BVC in all sports, while keeping membership in both conferences, in 1971. On April 19, 2012, Ada High School of the Northwest Conference , along with Calvert, Hopewell-Loudon, and North Baltimore of the Midland Athletic League made pitches to join the BVC after answering a letter of interest made in February 2012. On May 21, 2012, the BVC extended invitations to Hopewell-Loudon and North Baltimore with
242-411: The PCL. North Baltimore accepted the BVC's invitation on June 19, 2012, and Hopewell-Loudon did the same a day later. Both schools joined for the 2014–15 season. In April 2013, BVC President Traci Conley indicated the BVC wanted to expand to 14 members and first sent an invitation to Riverdale High School . Riverdale accepted the invitation on April 22, 2013, which meant the BVC wanted to pursue
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#1732895394913264-442: The conference a 14-team league. Football would be split into two divisions, based on boys enrollment figures combined with a multiplier of wins over the previous four seasons. The schools would then be ranked 1-12 (or 1-14, if two more schools are added); odd-number ranked teams would make up one division and even-number ranked teams the other. There will be no North-South, East-West or straight enrollment-based split of divisions. Under
286-549: The conference a 9 member/10 football member conference. When Westwood was absorbed by the Bowling Green City School District in 1966, Pandora-Gilboa replaced them in the league for the 1966–67 school year in football only. Leipsic and Pandora-Gilboa were both members of the Putnam County League for all non-football sports at this time. Leipsic and Pandora-Gilboa were able to work out schedules with
308-574: The conference were only in Division VII. School Officials said the school would have to look for a new conference by 2016 if the expansion didn't pass. In May 2013, Upper Scioto Valley publicly indicated that they were interested in joining the BVC as its 14th member, since they felt that its league, the Northwest Central Conference was no longer stable. In late 2013, the NWCC extended an invitation to Hardin Northern, which also required
330-504: The decision. At the time of the announcement, Liberty-Benton did not indicate if they had another league they were invited to join or to consider for membership. On December 16, 2022, the BVC Governing Board voted to remove Vanlue's football team from the conference beginning with the 2023–24 school year. Vanlue intends to continue fielding an 11-man football team, but has no league affiliation yet going forward. On April 26, 2023,
352-563: The following report coming from the Findlay Courier: By an 8-0 vote, with two abstentions, member schools of the Blanchard Valley Conference on Monday voted to approve expansion. North Baltimore and Hopewell-Loudon were formally invited to join the league. Those two schools have until July 1 to accept. Expansion would take effect for the 2014-15 school year. BVC officials still hope to add two more schools to eventually make
374-494: The opportunity. Following a school board meeting on February 8, 2021, multiple sources confirmed that Elmwood had unanimously approved to leave the NBC and join the BVC for the 2023–2024 school year or sooner. At a board meeting on March 18, 2021, Cory-Rawson voted to leave the BVC for the Northwest Central Conference (NWCC) in 2023. In August 2021, North Baltimore announced that their football team would go independent beginning with
396-585: The school board at Ada voted to accept the BVC's invitation to join their league. No timeframe had initially been set for when the Bulldogs would switch conferences, but it was reported in June 2023 that they would join the BVC for the 2024–25 school year. During a special board meeting held on Sunday, May 21, 2023, the Leipsic school board voted to rejoin the BVC. Similar to Ada, a timeframe for returning to their old league
418-463: Was an obvious attempt by the school to balance average school enrollment figures for Liberty-Benton to justify continuing their membership in the conference. Supporting Evidence of this nickname comes from Liberty-Benton officials commenting on spectator and media statements of the school needing to apply for a new conference because of the school is placed in Division V for football as all other schools in
440-474: Was formed by the consolidation of Mount Cory and Rawson in 1950. The eight team lineup lasted for another decade, until Mount Blanchard (due to consolidate into Riverdale in 1962) joined the Hardin County League. The remaining seven members decided to reorganize the league in 1965 and add other schools, giving birth to the BVC. Hardin Northern , Leipsic (football only), and Westwood signed on to make
462-579: Was not initially established, but they are aiming to get in the same time as Ada. The current enrollments of the nine BVC schools. Bowling Green City School District Bowling Green City Schools is a school district in northwest Ohio , the United States . The school district serves students who live in the city of Bowling Green located in Wood County including the villages of Portage , Rudolph , Sugar Ridge , Milton Center and Custar . It
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#1732895394913484-399: Was planted on the south side of the school. On November 8, 2013, Kenwood Elementary received a call from Bowling Green Police Division at 11:45 a.m and was locked down . Nobody was injured during the incident. 41°20′N 83°40′W / 41.333°N 83.667°W / 41.333; -83.667 Northwest Central Conference (OHSAA) The Northwest Central Conference
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