Dover, West Holmes, Fairless, Malvern on the move in divisional football assignments
Four area high school football teams are on the move as the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Monday the new divisional breakdowns for the 2022 fall sports season, along with football playoff regional assignments.
Dover is moving up to Division II from Division III and West Holmes is moving down to Division IV from Division III, while Fairless is dropping to Division V from Division IV and Malvern is moving up from Division VII to Division VI.
The OHSAA Board of Directors approved the new divisions during its June meeting late last week.
The OHSAA uses enrollment data provided by the Ohio Department of Education to determine each school’s base enrollment numbers for girls and boys sports, which will be used for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.
Divisional breakdowns for the sports that utilize competitive balance data, which include soccer, volleyball and football in the fall, are reconfigured every year, while non-competitive balance sports are reconfigured every two years using only base enrollment numbers.
The winter sports divisional breakdowns will be announced Tuesday and the spring sports will be announced in September.
Here is a breakdown of where Times-Reporter area schools are in each football division.
Division II, Region 7
Dover
Division III, Region 9
New Philadelphia
Division IV, Region 14
West Holmes
Division IV, Region 15
Claymont, Carrollton, Indian Valley, River View
Division V, Region 17
Fairless, Garaway, Harrison Central, Sandy Valley
Division V, Region 19
Coshocton, Ridgewood
Division VI, Region 23
Newcomerstown, Malvern, Tusky Valley
Division VII, Region 25
Central Catholic, Conotton Valley, Strasburg
This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: Dover, West Holmes, Fairless, Malvern football programs on the move
