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It's official, 2025-26 high school sports are rolling! Friday Night Football for the next 2 1/2 months THEN roundball kicks in...graduation of players from last years squads are huge - Minford with their Big 3 - Montgomery/Kayser/Shoemaker, South Webster- Roberts/Shuppert ... Fairland - Buchannan, Polcyn, Smith, Warren losing 100% of their scoring including All Ohio guard Julian Stadelman ... THAT'S ALL out of anyones hands - teams move on ... BUT now that school has started up, players are now officially IN schools where they will be playing ball ... Who are the players who have transferred into new districts for the upcoming year/season? Players that will be difference makers?

... I'll start things off with a couple MAJOR "transfer portal" moves:

* 6-5 Reed Brinager to Southern from Meigs
* 6-4 Grady Barber to Williamsburg from Eastern Brown
* 6-3 Colben Beucler to Meigs from Oak Hill
* ??????????

none for the burg that im aware of. hoped Adkins woulda came back but he stayed at ptown so we're rolling out bout the same squad as last year minus mowery

burgpirater wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:44 am none for the burg that im aware of. hoped Adkins woulda came back but he stayed at ptown so we're rolling out bout the same squad as last year minus mowery

Thanks burgpirater ... with Adkins staying at Portsmouth THAT will be a BIG boost for the Trojans as Adkins didn't play during the regular season for PHS due to injury ... good information! ( I had forgotten about Adkins' transfer for last school year and not getting to play with the season ending injury) ... here's what trojandave had to say on his Trojan thread :

"With the roster they have now, they can easily go 8-9 deep, and that doesn't include 6-2 Logan Adkins, who is still on the mend from knee surgery in January. He may be medically cleared by August or September."

... any transfers in the Fairland, Chesapeake, South Point, Ironton ranks ??? usually there is movement along the river in the OVC ...

pfloyd wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 3:02 pm ... any transfers in the Fairland, Chesapeake, South Point, Ironton ranks ??? usually there is movement along the river in the OVC ...

Heard some rumblings in the summer of a move from Peake to Fairland, but I'm not sure if it ended up happening. It was a multi-year starter for Peake, so it would definitely be impactful for a team with state title hopes.

Lots of rumblings in the SVC as well, but no confirmation on any of those as well. So, basically, I'm not adding anything of substance to this topic.

danicalifornia wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 10:09 am

pfloyd wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 3:02 pm ... any transfers in the Fairland, Chesapeake, South Point, Ironton ranks ??? usually there is movement along the river in the OVC ...

Heard some rumblings in the summer of a move from Peake to Fairland, but I'm not sure if it ended up happening. It was a multi-year starter for Peake, so it would definitely be impactful for a team with state title hopes.

Lots of rumblings in the SVC as well, but no confirmation on any of those as well. So, basically, I'm not adding anything of substance to this topic.

... you media guys are all alike - hyping the topic, peaking our interest, then not telling us anything of substance until the NEXT show - MAYBE! LOL ... the OVC traditionally is a league where "movement" over the years between schools happens ... even getting some of those players from "foreign" teams across the Big River ... Fairland lost a lot BUT they return 2 "dudes" in Trevor Lochow and Cliff Fransen - add another proven player off of a loaded Chesapeake team - could make them viable in the 2025-26 season ... I haven't heard anything on either fronts, if Chesapeake had lost some PLAYER I'm guessing peake71 would have posted something ...

... good luck with the Fall season coverage daniC !

That supposed transfer didn't happen.The one in the rumor is still at The Peake playing football. He also played with team during summer ball.

peake71 wrote: Sat Sep 06, 2025 4:45 pm That supposed transfer didn't happen.The one in the rumor is still at The Peake playing football. He also played with team during summer ball.

... the Panthers of Coach Ater are definitely in the top 10 mix for Pfloyd's Preseason Elite 8 coming out October 31st ... glad they didn't lose players to the transfer portal peake71 !

meigs loses a great player but then gets one right back strange the kid left considering him and Carson are best friends

From one of the other threads :

Kaiser Keesee , fr. PG going back to Waverly from a year long stint at the U ...

6”2 - So - Baron Phipps to Miami Trace from Clinton Massie ... from another thread, Phipps is an excellent athlete - fits the mold at MT , they will benefit from the add for sure after losing 2 outstanding athletes in Trey Robinette, Sky Salyers to graduation ...

To open this thread up a little more to information , Who are the players coming up from the JV teams of last season who will be impact players at the varsity level ??? or how about - Are there any freshmen who will crack the varsity lineups in the upcoming season?

Did Fairland also lose their coach from last year?

Tartanblue wrote: Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:10 am Did Fairland also lose their coach from last year?

... yes, Coach Speed stepped aside, still at Fairland but took on a administrative position I believe ... new coach is Coach Scott Thomas, with Luke & Clayton Thomas to be assistant coaches along with Coach Ibby Djimde ... Coach Zack Tooley will stay on from Coach Speeds staff of last season ...