2014

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What are some thoughts on the 2014 season? The State Tourny Teams were all very young(Lickiing Valley, Kenton Ridge, Granville and Walsh) and it sounds like Keystone has yet another loaded group.

 

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sounds like Keystone has yet another loaded group.

Only because of all the open enrollment:lmao:

 

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Licking Valley, Granville, Lakewood, Heath... the top of the Licking County league is right up there with any league in the state. LV won DII state with a strong group of Sophs(I believe) and Lakewood won the league. These 4 teams beat each other last year and made LV tournament ready. I predict a state champ will come out of this league again in '14.

 

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Hoover should be top dog in D1 again. Jackson and Lake may make some noise in NE. Walsh is supposed to be D1 this year. Have a tough JR pitcher but SUPPOSEDLY Piper is not playing because of her bball scholarship.

D2 Fairless may be the best in the NE. Tallmadge has a good pitcher, Springfield has a new coach, St V has a stud pitcher and Hoban lost Diestel due to a ****** injury. Still think Keystone is the team in D2.

 

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Greenville should be strong again this year, they had two seniors last year. The first basemen Albright will be missed for her power, but right feilder Rachel Class missed 13 games because of mono. They started 4 Freshmen and two sophmores last year. Pitcher Alley Russell will be back on the mound with soph. left hander Allison Minnich also helping out on the mound.Greenville could start three or four freshmen this year also, the furture looks bright for the Lady Wave.

 

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Hoover should be top dog in D1 again. Jackson and Lake may make some noise in NE. Walsh is supposed to be D1 this year. Have a tough JR pitcher but SUPPOSEDLY Piper is not playing because of her bball scholarship.

D2 Fairless may be the best in the NE. Tallmadge has a good pitcher, Springfield has a new coach, St V has a stud pitcher and Hoban lost Diestel due to a ****** injury. Still think Keystone is the team in D2.

Keystone is very tough yet again. Saw them play once, (against my dd 14u travel team) hit the ball very well, solid "D" as well. Fairless has a junior pitcher returning with great power and speed. Good bats, and good "D" as well.

 

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Monroe high school in southwest ohio should be primed for a good season with an in coming freshman class that has plenty of sticks to go along with the returning upper class. Should be very solid on defense and have 3 good arms.

 

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Jonathan Alder is very impressive! They flat out hit the ball from top to bottom. They will do well this year!

 

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3 of those freshmen play for us in the summer. It sounds like the Monroe program is building something strong. I'm hoping to get the chance to come and watch this spring.

 

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Only because of all the open enrollment:lmao:

Remember, Open Enrollment can only come from schools that BORDER your school district...even then, Elyria's #1 pitcher last year was a Keystone girl who open enrolled in Elyria. Helped Elyria to a great season. Keystone has such a good Freshman group this year, that one of it's top pitchers from 2013 Open Enrolled to Midview this year (a bordering school). Want to throw stones, look at Walsh Jesuit, Magnificat, etc... who draw girls from all over and in all sports. Well over 99% of Keystone girls are home grown!

 

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Clearfork?

 

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Here is the results of the 1st DII Central District Weekly Poll

1. Licking Valley
2. Hebron Lakewood
3. Johnathan Alder
4. Granville
4. Hartley
6. River Valley

 

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Licking Valley, Granville, Lakewood, Heath... the top of the Licking County league is right up there with any league in the state. LV won DII state with a strong group of Sophs(I believe) and Lakewood won the league. These 4 teams beat each other last year and made LV tournament ready. I predict a state champ will come out of this league again in '14.

I couldn't agree more. To me this is amongst the top leagues. In the first round they beat on each other. The current records all include a loss from one or another. This is some of the best HS softball. They all have talented players at many positions. Even the teams not mentioned improve each and every year. Johnstown can sneak up on anyone, Northridge, Heights and Watkins don't quit! You cannot have a bad inning or have a letdown in a game or you will lose. A singler player cannot beat any team in this league. High School ball in this league is more demanding than Summer Travel. With the weather they have to play 3 to 4 games a week to get them all in. That could be 28 or more innings a week... No byes or seeding, so you can't skip over any opponents.

 

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An interesting team to watch this season is Edison. I believe they just moved up to D2 this season. They are only two years removed from state in D3 and from what I hear are loaded with hitters this year.

 

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Who cares if Keystone open enrolls. It is what it is, and they are a fantastic ball club. As far as Walsh Jesuit goes (my alma mater) private schools can draw players from all over, but they can just as easily lose players too, because players have a choice to go back to their original districts (I think they lost some good players this past year)
Some of the public schools have enrollments of 3,200 (Mentor) and Hoover (2,600) Elyria (2100) at D1, where just down the road, Avon High School competes in the same playoff division with and enrollment of only 1000.
To make another big super division, or separate private schools from public has been an argument for years, and there is no good answer. When these teams play and gut it out at every level in the playoffs and eventually in Akron, I don't think any of those young women give two **** about paragraph one, and that's what really matters.

 

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No rule on open enrollment being limited to bordering schools. You can declare as a statewide open enrollment school and you can declare as a bordering school open enrollment school

 

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No rule on open enrollment being limited to bordering schools. You can declare as a statewide open enrollment school and you can declare as a bordering school open enrollment school

You are correct, it used to be bordering schools only and changed to allow statewide, as well. Enrollment fact, Keystone has usually been on the border of D3-D2 and have won championship in both. Softball this year has a 205-350 spread...Keystone has 242 girls, lower third. However, I think softball is one sport where I see the least difference in enrollment as a factor in success (a truly great pitcher can even the playing field very easily). The Prebis has great teams from the top 3 Divisions and there are surprises!!