Ohio rules on travel are restrictive but a rematch between the Cocoa Tigers and the Colerain Cardinals would be a lot fun.
The Cocoa team is traveling a lot this year and it is a great learning experience for their young men. Ohio tends to overlook that aspect. Also with the way the Harbin ratings work, it is a disadvantage to play a lot of teams within the region because too many common opponents put a drag on points needed to qualify for the playoffs.
The system makes it difficult for the schools with the more successful and sustained programs to find non-league opponents. It forces the large GCL-South teams to schedule more games with teams in the contiguous states that only count regional games toward the playoffs. Colerain is in the same boat. Most years they schedule one GCL team. The Cardinals have had games with teams from Texas, Pennsylvania and now Florida. Their next game is also against Ryle High School out of Northern Kentucky.
As long as an entity like ESPN is willing to cover expenses or boosters are able to raise the travel funds, why deny the experience?
Cocoa coach John Wikinson would like to host the Cardinals in 2012.
"I would love to play them in the future," Wilkinson said via email. "Maybe they can travel down to Cocoa next year. It was a great environment (Sunday at Colerain)."
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- Gary Schatz
- I am a freelance writer. I've covered the Cincinnati Reds, Bengals and others since 1992. I have a background in sales as well. I've sold consumer electronics, advertising and consumer package goods for companies ranging from the now defunct Circuit City to Procter&Gamble. I have worked as a stats operator for Xavier University, the University of Cincinnati, the College of Mount St. Joe and Colerain High School.
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