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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
GWOC adds West Carrollton, Greenville
West Carrollton and Greenville will join the Greater Western Ohio Conference beginning in some sports next season and fully by the 2012-13 academic year, the conference principals decided Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The principals voted at a regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday to accept the applications of the two districts, which currently don’t have conference membership. Greenville will be added to the conference’s North Division, and West Carrollton will join the South Division, GWOC commissioner Eric Spahr said.
The additions will increase membership in those two divisions to six teams each and total membership to 18 districts. The GWOC Central Division already has six members.
West Carrollton and Greenville will begin conference competition next year in cross country, swimming, bowling, track, wrestling, cheerleading and academics, Spahr said. They will begin conference football competition in 2012, and the addition of the remaining sports will be determined later, Spahr said.
“These are two great communities with two great followings,” Spahr said. “They support the characteristics of the GWOC.”
The conference last approved expansion in 2004, when it added Lebanon, Springboro, Miamisburg and Fairborn, Spahr said.
“We worked through that growth, and this was another appropriate time,” Spahr said.
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Eaton’s Caudill, with 1,930 yards, displays surprising power
The first contact with Eaton High School running back Dalton Caudill can be a learning experience for some defenders.
“When people hit him, they’re a little surprised,” said Eaton coach Ron Neanen. “He doesn’t look very big, but he has an amazing amount of power for his size.”
The 5-foot-10, 175-pound Caudill should be a major factor in deciding the Eagles’ fate in their Division III, Region 12 quarterfinal game against Cincinnati Wyoming on Friday, Nov. 6. He has already, though, had a strong senior season, rushing for 1,930 yards and 24 touchdowns for the 8-2 Eagles in helping them open the pass game for senior quarterback Austin Fudge.
After sharing time last season and still getting to 1,400 yards, Caudill has taken his second season as a starter to a different level in helping Eaton win its final four games — including victories against Valley View and Franklin, both 7-3 — to earn the No. 7 seed in Region 12.
Eaton now faces a Wyoming team (10-0) that has scored at least 42 points seven times this season, so the defense, led by linebackers senior Jake Tressler and junior Kyle Yoder, will hope to continue its bend-but-not-break trend of allowing yards but not as many points.
Fudge has been an impressive leader for the Eagles and a successful passer (following brother Jeremy, who went from Eaton to Ohio Dominican, where he’s a sophomore). He also has five interceptions on defense and has returned both a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns, so he’s a versatile contributor.
But Caudill has carried the offensive load with multiple 300-yard games.
“He’s strong in our weight room, has been to every one of our offseason sessions, but he’s also a naturally strong young man,” Neanen said. “He’s been that way since he was young.”
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