Plans for this years golf outing took on a big twist. The Alter High School Development Office and the Alter Booster Association along with the Knights of Gold are teaming up to provide one comprehensive and coordinated golf outing benefiting all parties. These changes will consolidate the yearly Booster outing with the KOG outing. As of this post the outing will take place at Sugar Valley Country Club on Thursday June 28th, a cost for the event is being finalized. More information about this years outing will come as details are available.
Back Row: Coach Domsitz, Doug Penno '03, Eric Lauman '03, Jim Stangle '66, Steve Fortson '79, Jason Boeckman '93, TJ Poelking '87, Jim Harnett '85, Jay Tant '96, Fr. Manning
Front Row: Bob Vari '66, Tim Quinn '69, Mark Thuney '76, John McVay '71, Former Coach Jack Ward, Matt Riazzi '89, Mike Rose '96, Jerry Rudzinski '94, Coach Dave Imber.
Not Pictured: Nick Mangold '02, Jeff Graham '87, Former Coach Bill Rankin.
Special thanks to the Sophomore Team Moms, Knights of Gold members: Ralph Mantica, Doug Stone, Ed Leschansky, Mike Conway and Greg Merrill for making this such a memorable event. See the attachment of the bios for each award winner. Gridiron Greats 2011 Award winner bios
...A DVD of the Gridiron Greats ceremony is now available at a cost of $25.00.
To purchase a copy contact Ralph Mantica: rmmud@aol.com
2011 TEAM WELCOMES PAST CAPTAINS
18 past captains joined this year's team for lunch on Saturday, August 6, where they talked about their number one regret while playing for Alter. Although their regrets were varied they all wished the team good luck and told them to "Beat Fairmont!"
Front row (L to R): 2011 Captains - Keenan Plate, Ryan Goulden, Brian O'Donnell, Joey Bolek, Andrew Asebrook, Ryan Bayer
Middle Row (L to R): Ed Griffith, Brian Thibo, Brett Mahle, Rick Rueth, Mike Gorman, Zane Pitzer, Paul Howe, Jake Cochran, Tim Mantica, Greg Engler, Mike Williams
Back Row (L to R): Tim Quinn, Matt Krystofik, Evan Neff, Mike Rose, AJ Savino, Teddy Link, Matt Shafer
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Twelve area football teams to change divisions in fall
Significant moves include , Bellbrook, Franklin going up; Carroll and CJ going down.
By Kyle Nagel, Staff Writer11:37 PM Thursday, May 12, 2011
Playing in the fourth-largest of the state’s six football divisions, the have won two state championships and compiled a 50-6 record in
The OHSAA recalculates enrollment figures and division standards every two years. The updated enrollment figures include boys and girls in grades 9-11 as of October 2010.
In that two-year span,added 19 boys. That addition, combined with the OHSAA changing the enrollment levels that place schools in which divisions, moved Alter back up.
Divisions are significant in football because it is the state’s only team sport that requires qualification for the postseason. Teams are ranked on a points system, and they are compared with the other teams in their region. Thirty-two teams in each division — eight each from four regions in the state — advance to the postseason.
Bellbrook will be one of three area teams, joining Franklin and Tippecanoe, to move up from D-III to D-II next season. Bellbrook and Franklin are members of the Southwestern Buckeye League, which now includes two teams in D-II, three in D-III, eight in D-IV and one in D-V.
That disparity could potentially hurt Bellbrook and Franklin in the regional points system. Beating teams in lower divisions provides fewer points.
Bellbrook is also an example of how much Thursday’s division updates changed from the previous two years. The Eagles lost two boys in enrollment numbers, from 346 to 344, but moved up a division because the division levels shifted downward.
“Our division (of the SWBL) has been strong, and if the teams are winning, it helps you no matter what (OHSAA) division they are,” said Bellbrook coach Kevin Basinger. “That’s all that matters.”
Other notable Dayton-area changes Thursday included:
• Ponitz Tech, a Dayton City Schools program that will play its third season this fall, will move up two divisions from D-VI to D-IV and was just 14 boys from jumping all the way to D-III.
• St. Henry, which has won four state titles at D-V and two at D-VI (1994 and ’95) moved from D-V back to D-VI.
The divisions set Thursday, though, could be short-lived. OHSAA member presidents are in the process of voting on a , which was created by a committee last year to address concerns that private schools have advantages in state tournaments in certain sports.
The proposal, if passed, could increase or decrease a school’s enrollment number — creating an “athletic count” — based on boundary, socioeconomic and tradition factors. Principals have until Monday to submit their votes, and the results are expected to be announced Tuesday. The new athletic count could go into effect as soon as the 2012-13 academic year.
Bellbrook |
III |
II |
Franklin |
III |
II |
Tippecanoe |
III |
II |
Meadowdale |
II |
III |
Marshall |
IV |
III |
Greeneview |
V |
IV |
Ponitz Tech |
VI |
IV |
Covington |
VI |
V |
St. Henry |
V |
VI |
During the 2005 Alter football season, we started the Knights of Gold (KOG) football social organization for all past Alter football players, parents of past players and interested fans. Learn More...
