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See which Southwest Ohio fall high school sports teams will change divisions next season

james weber, cincinnati enquirer
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The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the 2023 divisional breakdowns for fall sports other than football, which was announced May 3.

The OHSAA uses enrollment data provided by the Ohio Department of Education to determine each school’s base enrollment numbers for girls and boys sports. The base enrollment data is collected every other year to be used for two school years. The upcoming 2023-24 school year is the second year for the current base enrollment data.

The fall sports of soccer and volleyball utilize competitive balance data, so their divisional breakdowns are reconfigured every year. The fall sports of golf, girls tennis and cross country do not include competitive balance data, so their divisional breakdowns are the same in 2023 and 2022. The fall sport of field hockey has one division.

More: Which local teams will move divisions in 2023 after OHSAA football alignment?

More about competitive balance is posted here.

The full breakdown of divisions for each sport is located here.

Here are all the Southwest Ohio schools that changed divisions in the new alignment. Unless competitive balance is cited, the change came because of enrollment.

Boys golf

Hillsboro: Moves up from DII to DI.

Summit Country Day: Moves from DII to DIII.

Taylor: Moves down from DI to DII

Girls golf

Indian Hill: Moves up from DII to DI.

Girls tennis

Mercy McAuley: Moves down from DI to DII.

Wilmington: Moves down from DI to DII.

CHCA will be in Division II in cross country this fall.
CHCA will be in Division II in cross country this fall.

Boys cross country

Aiken: Moves up from DII to DI.

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy: Moves up from DIII to DII.

Clark Montessori: Moves up from DIII to DII.

Girls cross country

Clermont Northeastern: Moves down from DII to DIII.

Mercy McAuley: Moves down from DI to DII.

Boys soccer

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy: Stays in DII after moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

Fenwick: Moved down from DII to DIII on competitive balance.

Finneytown: Stays in DIII after moving up in enrollment then down in competitive balance.

Mariemont: Stays in DIII after moving up in enrollment then down in competitive balance.

Middletown Madison: Moved up from DIII to DII.

Mt. Healthy: Stays in DII after moving up due to enrollment then down on competitive balance.

Girls soccer

Bethel-Tate: Moves down to DIII from DII due to competitive balance.

CHCA: Stays in DII after moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

Fenwick: Stays in DII after moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

McNicholas: Stays in DII after moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

Northwest: Stays in DII after moving up due to enrollment then down due to competitive balance.

Reading: Moves up to DII from DIII.

Seven Hills: Moves down to DIII from DII.

Summit Country Day: Stays in DII after moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

Volleyball

CHCA: Stays in DII After moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

Cincinnati Country Day: Stays in DIII after moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

Fenwick: Stays in DII after moving down due to enrollment then up due to competitive balance.

McNicholas: Moves down to DIII from DII.

Reading: Moves down to DIII from DII due to competitive balance.

Riverview East: Moves up to DIII from DIV due to competitive balance.

Seven Hills: Moves up to DII from DIII due to competitive balance.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: OHSAA announces changes in 2023 fall sports teams' divisions