With high school football season just a month away now, here's a continuing look at what's new on area teams' schedules, focusing this time on Geauga County.
BERKSHIRE (Div.5, CVC Valley)-The Badgers won't play Cuyahoga Hts. or Western Reserve Academy this year, but will play Richmond Hts. and apparently Grand River Academy (who has never had a football team before). That's the GRA located in Austinburg, in Ashtabula County. Berkshire has suffered through losing seasons the past two years, but ran off winning seasons in each of the previous six.
CARDINAL(Div.4, CVC Valley)-No changes from last year whatsoever, other than the game sites. For the past 8 years, the Huskies have won between 4 and 6 games each season.
CHARDON (Div.2-PAC)-The Hilltoppers will open the Hewitt era with 3 schedule changes from last year. They will lose Cleveland schools Benedictine, VASJ, and John Adams from the schedule and gain Maple Hts. and new PAC members Geneva and University. The last winning season for Chardon was in 2007, which was the end of a five-year run of winning marks.
HAWKEN (Div.5, CVC Metro)-The Hawks will have just one schedule change from last year-a swap of week 10 games between Beachwood and Wickliffe means that Hawken will now play Wickliffe in Week 10 this season. The Hawks struggled to a 3-7 record last year but were 8-2 in 2009.
KENSTON (Div.2, CVC Chagrin)-For the Bombers, there will be just one change this year-the opener will be against Hudson rather than Kent Roosevelt. Last year's 8-2 mark was Kenston's best since going 9-1 and advancing to the Division III State Title game in 1995.
LEDGEMONT (Div.6, NAC)-Coming off the best season in school history (10-0 and advancing to the second round of the playoffs), the Redskins will have two new opponents this season. Brookfield and Youngstown Christian will be replaced with Independence and Div. 3 Edgewood.
NEWBURY (Div.6, CVC Valley)-The Black Knights will play two different non-conference opponents this year than last year-Arcadia and Columbia are out, Johnstown Northridge and Sebring McKinley are in. In 1998, Newbury's first year in the CVC, the Black Knights were 6-4. That was their last winning record. The NAC (Grand Valley, Ledgemont, Pymatuning Valley, Southington, Vienna Mathews) might be a better option for Newbury, or maybe the potential addition to the CVC Valley of Ledgemont, Lutheran East, or a move of Richmond Hts from the Metro (all D6 schools) could give Newbury another team they're competitive with besides Fairport.
NDCL (Div.3, NCL Blue)-The Lions will have 4 new opponents this year. Gone are Lakeside, Youngstown Ursuline, VASJ, and Holy Name. New to the ledger are South, Bay, Toledo Rogers and new NCL member Walsh Jesuit. Benedictine, also a new NCL team, remains on the schedule from last season. Like neighbor Chardon, the Lions last had a winning season (6-4) in 2007.
WEST GEAUGA (Div.2, CVC Chagrin)-The Wolverines will trade North for South and Wickliffe for Beachwood as the only two schedule changes for 2011. With winning seasons in 10 of the last 12 years, this may just be the 'Golden Era' of West Geauga football.
There will be just 9 Geauga County intra-county matchups this season.
Week 1-Chardon vs. West Geauga
Week 2-Kenston vs. Chardon, Ledgemont vs. Newbury
Week 3-Cardinal vs. Ledgemont
Week 4-None
Week 5-Newbury vs. Cardinal
Week 6-None
Week 7-None
Week 8-None
Week 9-Berkshire vs. Newbury, Cardinal vs. Hawken, West Geauga vs. Kenston
Week 10-Berkshire vs. Cardinal
NEWBURY-
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