COLUMBUS – The Franklin Monroe and Greenville boys basketball teams both dropped down a division for the upcoming season.
In the 2017-18 divisional alignments released by the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Thursday, Greenville’s boys basketball team dropped down from Division I to Division II while Franklin Monroe’s boys dropped from Division III down to Division IV.
Greenville joins fellow Greater Western Ohio Conference members Tippecanoe, Trotwood-Madison and West Carrollton in Division II. The other 16 GWOC boys basketball teams all are in Division I.
From the Cross County Conference and Midwest Athletic Conference, the Arcanum, Bethel, Coldwater, Fort Recovery, Miami East, National Trail, Twin Valley South and Versailles boys basketball teams will be in Division III.
The rest of the CCC and MAC boys basketball teams including Ansonia, Bradford, Franklin Monroe, Mississinawa Valley and Tri-Village are in Division IV.
In the girls basketball all the Darke County teams will remain in the same divisions as last year.
Greenville remains in Division II. The Lady Wave are one of only three GWOC teams in Division II along with Tippecanoe and Trotwood-Madison. The other 17 GWOC teams all are in Division I.
Arcanum and Versailles remain in Division III. The only other CCC and MAC teams in Division III are Bethel, Coldwater and Miami East.
Ansonia, Bradford, Franklin Monroe, Mississinawa Valley and Tri-Village all remain in Division IV with most of the CCC and MAC teams.
Below are the divisions that football teams from the CCC, GWOC and MAC will play in during the 2017 season:
Boys basketball
Division I
Beavercreek
Centerville
Fairborn
Fairmont
Lebanon
Miamisburg
Northmont
Piqua
Sidney
Springboro
Springfield
Stebbins
Troy
Vandalia-Butler
Wayne
Xenia
Division II
Greenville
Tippecanoe
Trotwood-Madison
West Carrollton
Division III
Arcanum
Bethel
Coldwater
Fort Recovery
Miami East
National Trail
Twin Valley South
Versailles
Division IV
Ansonia
Bradford
Covington
Delphos St. John’s
Franklin Monroe
Marion Local
Minster
Mississinawa Valley
New Bremen
New Knoxville
Newton
Parkway
St. Henry
Tri-County North
Tri-Village
Girls basketball
Division I
Beavercreek
Centerville
Fairborn
Fairmont
Lebanon
Miamisburg
Northmont
Piqua
Sidney
Springboro
Springfield
Stebbins
Troy
Vandalia-Butler
Wayne
West Carrollton
Xenia
Division II
Greenville
Tippecanoe
Trotwood-Madison
Division III
Arcanum
Bethel
Coldwater
Miami East
Versailles
Division IV
Ansonia
Bradford
Covington
Delphos St. John’s
Fort Recovery
Franklin Monroe
Marion Local
Minster
Mississinawa Valley
National Trail
New Bremen
New Knoxville
Newton
Parkway
St. Henry
Tri-County North
Tri-Village
Twin Valley South
