Portage Trail Conference

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The Portage Trail Conference or PTC is an association of sixteen high schools located in the United States; within the Northeastern Ohio counties of Portage, Summit, and Stark. Ten member schools are from Portage County, five from Summit County, and one from Stark County (note- Mogadore Schools serve residents of both Portage and Summit Counties, but the school buildings are physically located in Summit County). The conference is divided into two divisions, based on enrollment. The Metro Division contains the larger schools, who compete in Ohio's Divisions II & III for football (like the NCAA, Division I is the largest schools), while the County Division contains the smaller schools, who compete in divisions III-VI. Because they are based on enrollments, a school's membership in a given division can change if enrollment numbers change[1]. Games between teams of the same division count in conference standings, while games against schools from the other division are basically treated as non-conference games. The conference officially began play in the fall of 2005[2].

Contents

[edit] Metro Division

[edit] County Division

*The East Canton girls basketball team is known as the Wizards.

[edit] History

The PTC was formed as an expansion and reorganization of the original Portage County League or PCL, which included eight high schools in Portage County and two in neighboring Summit County. Beginning in 2003, school leaders in the league began to explore the possibilities of expansion and realignment to better meet the needs of all the schools involved due to the vast differences in enrollments at member schools[3]. It was decided to expand the league and divide it into two divisions based on enrollment figures. Initially Ravenna, Norton, Springfield, East Canton, and Coventry accepted invitations to join the new league beginning in 2005[4]. Later in the year, following news that the Western Reserve Conference (which had just lost member Ravenna) would be losing at least two additional member schools (leaving the South Division with just four teams), Kent Roosevelt left the WRC and accepted an invitation to join the new league effective in 2005 [5][6].


Portage County League Members (until 2005)

  • Crestwood Red Devils
  • Field Falcons
  • Garfield G-Men
  • Mogadore Wildcats
  • Rootstown Rovers
  • Southeast Pirates
  • Streetsboro Rockets
  • Waterloo Vikings
  • Windham Bombers
  • Woodridge Bulldogs

[edit] Championships

Football

  • 2005: Southeast Pirates (Metro); Garfield G-Men (County)
    • note- Southeast (Div. III) and Garfield (Div. IV) qualified for the state playoffs, both falling in the opening round. Mogadore also qualified for the state playoffs in Division VI and advanced to the second round.
  • 2006: Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders (Metro); Garfield G-Men, Mogadore Wildcats (County)
    • note- Kent Roosevelt (Div. II), Coventry (Div. III), Mogadore (Div. VI), and Windham (Div. VI) qualified for the state playoffs.

Boys Cross Country

  • 2005: Field Falcons (Metro); Woodridge Bulldogs (County)
  • 2006: Crestwood Red Devils (Metro); Woodridge Bulldogs (County)
    • note- Woodridge won the Division II state title

Girls Cross Country

  • 2005: Crestwood Red Devils (Metro); Woodridge Bulldogs (County)
  • 2006: Crestwood Red Devils (Metro); Woodridge Bulldogs (County)


Girls Tennis (winner based on conference tournament only)

  • 2005: Ravenna Ravens
  • 2006: Ravenna Ravens

Golf

  • 2005: Ravenna Ravens (Metro); Mogadore Wildcats, Rootstown Rovers (County)
    • note- the conference tournament is considered part of the regular season, so while Kent Roosevelt entered the tournament in first place with a 20-1 overall record, it's third place tournament finish behind Ravenna and Field gave Ravenna the overall division title. This was also the case with Rootstown, which entered the tournament ahead of Mogadore, but finished behind the Wildcats in the tournament to force a tie for the County title.
  • 2006: Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders (Metro); Mogadore Wildcats (County)
    • note- Ravenna and Mogadore each won their division's tournament title

Boys Soccer

  • 2005: Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders (Metro); Rootstown Rovers, Waterloo Vikings (County)
  • 2006: Crestwood Red Devils (Metro), Waterloo Vikings (County)

Girls Soccer

  • 2005: Woodridge Bulldogs (County)
  • 2006: Crestwood Red Devils, Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders, Norton Panthers, Ravenna Ravens (Metro), Garfield G-Men, Woodridge Bulldogs (County)

Girls Volleyball

  • 2005: Southeast Pirates (Metro); Streetsboro Rockets (County)
  • 2006: Crestwood Red Devils, Southeast Pirates (Metro), Streetsboro Rockets, Waterloo Vikings (County)

Boys Basketball

  • 2005-2006: Springfield Spartans (Metro); Windham Bombers (County)
    • note- Windham advanced to the Division IV state semifinals
  • 2006-2007: Springfield Spartans (Metro)

Girls Basketball

  • 2005-2006: Southeast Pirates (Metro); Waterloo Vikings, Rootstown Rovers, East Canton Wizards (County)
    • note- The Wizards were the state-runners up.

Wrestling

  • 2005-2006: Ravenna Ravens (Metro); Woodridge Bulldogs (County)

Boys Track & Field

  • 2006: Field Falcons (Metro); Streetsboro Rockets (County)

Girls Track & Field

  • 2006: Crestwood Red Devils (Metro); Woodridge Bulldogs (County)
    • note- Crestwood won the Division II state title

Baseball

  • 2006: Norton Panthers (Metro); Woodridge Bulldogs (County)

Softball

  • 2006: Springfield Spartans (Metro); Garfield G-Men (County)

Boys Tennis

  • 2006: Norton Panthers

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.recordpub.com/article.php?pathToFile=archive/08232005/sports/&file=portagetrail.txt&article=1&tD=08232005| accessdate=2006-08-07
  2. ^ http://www.recordpub.com/article.php?pathToFile=archive/08242004/sports/&file=_sports2.txt&article=1&tD=08242004| accessdate=2006-08-07
  3. ^ http://www.recordpub.com/article.php?pathToFile=archive/05112003/sports/&file=pclexpansionrecap--forsunda.txt&article=1&tD=05112003 accessdate=2006-08-07
  4. ^ http://www.recordpub.com/article.php?pathToFile=archive/05112003/sports/&file=pclexpansionrecap--forsunda.txt&article=1&tD=05112003 accessdate=2006-08-07
  5. ^ http://kent.k12.oh.us/kcs/news/join_pcl2003_2004.php| accessdate=2006-03-19
  6. ^ http://www.recordpub.com/article.php?pathToFile=archive/07012003/news/&file=rooseveltinpclmainstory.txt&article=1&tD=07012003 accessdate=2006-08-07
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