Some area high school football players to begin season in new division

MIAMISBURG — As area students go back to school, some athletes are seeing big changes.

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As reported Tuesday on News Center 7′s Daybreak, some Miamisburg City School students returned to class and there is a big change for high school football players.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) announced division changes for this upcoming football season, as News Center 7 reported back in April.

OHSAA moved Miamisburg High School from Division I to Division II for this school year.

Lance Schneider, head high school football coach, told News Center 7′s Xavier Hershovitz the team is not talking about that. They are focused on winning each week.

“I don’t think there’s a big difference between visual and visits here because there’s a lot of really good teams above us,” he said. “We’re going have to battle every week.”

Schneider also stated that being a smaller Division I school levels the playing field a bit for the playoffs. But it’s still tough competition.

“I keep telling them that the schedule is the same. You still got to win enough games to get in,” he told Hershovitz. “So, that’s our biggest focus right now is this what can we do to be successful week in and week out in a very tough league.”

Miamisburg’s first game will be Aug. 23 against Chaminade Julienne in Dayton.

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