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Post by amacomo on Oct 10, 2023 18:26:50 GMT -6
Looks like West plains and Bolivar are out of the OC. Also looks like Branson and CJ are out of COC. Carl Junctions school board passed a resolution about a new “Ozark Mountain Conference.”
Possible teams: West plains Bolivar Branson Carl Junction Marshfield? Rogersville?
Interesting part is this opens up West Plains football schedule. Could we maybe see a WP-Mountain Home matchup? Maybe some old SCA rivalries? Should be interesting!!
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Post by bonehead on Oct 10, 2023 20:10:47 GMT -6
Highly doubt any of the SCA schools schedule WP.
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Post by BearUp on Oct 10, 2023 20:26:52 GMT -6
Looks like West plains and Bolivar are out of the OC. Also looks like Branson and CJ are out of COC. Carl Junctions school board passed a resolution about a new “Ozark Mountain Conference.” Possible teams: West plains Bolivar Branson Carl Junction Marshfield? Rogersville? Interesting part is this opens up West Plains football schedule. Could we maybe see a WP-Mountain Home matchup? Maybe some old SCA rivalries? Should be interesting!! I’d love to see West Plains replace Strafford in week 2 on the Ava schedule.
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Post by mosooner on Oct 10, 2023 20:53:29 GMT -6
the funny thing is that the last thing to come out was actually among the first things that happened in this chain of events.... I will say that being in the middle of this thing has really been interesting.... and funny to see some of the speculation out there.
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Post by bonehead on Oct 10, 2023 21:01:13 GMT -6
the funny thing is that the last thing to come out was actually among the first things that happened in this chain of events.... I will say that being in the middle of this thing has really been interesting.... and funny to see some of the speculation out there. Can you expand on what you mean by this?
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Post by mghs on Oct 10, 2023 22:34:59 GMT -6
Yes please give some details that can be divulged.
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Post by jordanearl on Oct 11, 2023 6:22:27 GMT -6
WP quickly outgrew the SCA. Ava next year might(stretch) be able to compete. but in most years WP would not lose to any of us small schools. but get AVA AD on it, they have a week 2 opening.
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Post by jordanearl on Oct 11, 2023 7:25:42 GMT -6
WP has 1100 students. Almost 3 times as many as Mg and Ava.
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Post by mosooner on Oct 11, 2023 7:27:27 GMT -6
they have been working or at least talking about the formation of this conference for a couple of years.. Now it just gained more traction in recent weeks
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Post by dew on Oct 11, 2023 7:37:23 GMT -6
I dont' get the West Plains part of this. Many parents gripe about those long trips and getting home at midnight when Joplin was in the OC but still the trips to Springfield, Camdenton, Waynesville.... And now they go just as far to CJ? And as far as football goes them and Bolivar will be 1 and 2 about every year unless CJ rebounds to what they were.
And I agree that maybe Ava would play West Plains but the rest of us won't want anything to do with them. However that won't keep WP from trying
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Post by mghs on Oct 11, 2023 7:40:15 GMT -6
The reason you mention are the reasons Cabool leaving the SCA was a bad idea as well….and the reason that doing away with traditional conferences and going to 9 team district of same class schools in football travel etc. is a huge issue.
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Post by bonehead on Oct 11, 2023 7:43:28 GMT -6
WP is going to have a major problem filling those open dates because they have such a small conference.
Conferences will be gone in a few years. They pretty much mean nothing anymore. I hate that from a rivalry perspective. But the times they are a changing and it will impact the high school world sooner than later.
Sadly we are also going to see some football programs folding or at the least dropping down to 8 man teams.
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Post by jordanearl on Oct 11, 2023 7:46:00 GMT -6
I dont' get the West Plains part of this. Many parents gripe about those long trips and getting home at midnight when Joplin was in the OC but still the trips to Springfield, Camdenton, Waynesville.... And now they go just as far to CJ? And as far as football goes them and Bolivar will be 1 and 2 about every year unless CJ rebounds to what they were. And I agree that maybe Ava would play West Plains but the rest of us won't want anything to do with them. However that won't keep WP from trying WP is in a bad spot. there isnt enough schools their size to play in all the sports. the only way they could stay close is to split their school in half WP North, WP South. even then, they would be 500-550 . and then they would figure out how to put all the top athletes on 1 side, lol
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Post by dew on Oct 11, 2023 8:27:29 GMT -6
This also forces OC teams to look for opponents. Would any of these still be willing to play each other as a non-conf game or is there too many upset feelings (West Plains and Camdenton were getting a good rivalry going, West Plains and Bolivar had MMA matches every football game). The only benefit for the OC is they can now schedule non-conf opponents where they couldn't before. That is a both a blessing and a curse.
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Post by mosooner on Oct 11, 2023 8:45:50 GMT -6
It looks like the OC and COC have come to an agreement to do crossover games between the conferences to fill the holes in the schedule from the departures.. so scheduling football games with those guys is likely a NO GO
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