Trouble in Tiger Town
It's been a tough year in Tiger Town.
North Baltimore has suffered through: a train derailment downtown, the loss of the town's lone grocery store, battles over taxes between the city council and citizens and the school district facing a $1.4 million deficit.
Now they don't even have a football coach.
Ryan Hite resigned as North Baltimore's head football coach at the end of last month. He's a young guy and in a tough situation.
Here's a link to my story about him and his stepping aside.
It's expected that the NB Board of Education will come up with a pay-to-participate plan at tonight's 7 p.m. meeting in the high school library. The plan will take affect if the school district's voters don't pass a 1-percent income tax which will be on the May 8 primary ballot.
The junior high already pays $277 per sport. The cost stopped the school from fielding an eighth grade boys basketball team this winter. I've been told the cost for varsity sports at NB in a pay-to-participate place could be in the range of $400-$500.
If a pay-to-participate plan is enacted after the levy fails, North Baltimore football is done — at least for this coming season. I just don't see enough parents coming up with the money to allow their kids to play football. Numbers will be an issue. Plus it's likely that a multi-sport athlete wouldn't have the funds to participate in 2 or 3 sports. They'd have to settle for one sport and NB needs every athlete it has to be a part of multiple sports teams if possible.
I can't really blame Ryan Hite for stepping down. He wants to coach and there's a pretty good chance he won't get that opportunity at NB in 2007 as more budget cuts loom on the horizon if the May 8 levy fails.
He said he resigned because it was in the best interest of his family. I take him at his word. He's a good kid taking on a tough job as the head football coach at NB. But I also think that deep down the sense of uncertainty about the program probably played a role in his departure too.
With the uncertainty, NB isn't only losing coaches (girls basketball coach Jeff Daniels also resigned) — they are losing athletes too already.
Junior Cory Herr, the baseball team's top pitcher and one of the school's best football and basketball players, has joined NB sophomore Evan Shank and both have transferred to Van Buren. If pay to participate is adopted expect others to jump ship to nearby schools like Elmwood, Van Buren and McComb — especially those in junior high school who can open enroll at neighboring schools without penalty.
I'm not confident the levy is going to pass. A few people I know from NB and people that work there don't think the levy will pass either. It's as if there's a big, dark cloud hanging over the village with a perpetual rainstorm. I want it to pass, I hope it passes.
It's your school NB, and it's time to step up to the plate.
NOTEWORTHY: I’ll post the daily schedule and baseball and softball results daily below each day for the rest of the spring.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday's Events
College Athletics
Women's Golf — Findlay at Bellarmine Invitational, TBA
Men's Tennis — Wayne State (GLIAC) at Findlay, 2
Women's Softball — Findlay at Urbana (GLIAC), DH, 3
Prep Baseball
Bluffton at Carey, 4:30
Elida at Columbus Grove, 4:30
Woodmore at Fostoria St. Wendelin, 4:30
Cory-Rawson at Pandora-Gilboa, 4:30
Upper Sandusky at New Riegel, 4:30
Ottoville at Ottawa-Glandorf, 4:30
North Baltimore at Elmwood, 4:30
Continental at Miller City, 4:30
Hardin Northern at Ada, 4:30
Holgate at Leipsic, 4:30
Prep Track
Hardin Northern at RIverdale, 4:30
Ottawa-Glandorf & Fort Jennings at Elida, 4:30
Pandora-Gilboa, Cory-Rawson & Leipsic at Columbus Grove, 4:30
Arlington & Indian Lake at Ada, 4:30
Arcadia at Lakota, 4:30
Liberty-Benton, Carey & Mohawk at Van Buren, 4:30
Arcadia, Hopewell-Loudon & Bettsville at Lakota, 4:30
Ottoville at Lima Perry, 4:30
Bluffton at Delphos Jefferson, 4:30
Prep Softball
Hardin Northern at Liberty-Benton, 4:30
Cory-Rawson at Allen East, 4:30
Woodmore at St. Wendelin, 4:30
Continental at Leipsic (PCL), 4:30
Findlay at Maumee, 4:30
Upper Sandusky at New Riegel, 4:30
Patrick Henry at Miller City, 4:30
Bluffton at Carey, 4:30
Wayne Trace at Ottoville, 5
Prep Boys Tennis
Bluffton at St. Marys Memorial, 4:30
Monday March 26 Baseball
Bowling Green 11, Toledo Whitmer 8
Bryan 7, Ottawa-Glandorf 1
Defiance 6, Archbold 5
Delaware Hayes 11, Marion Harding 3
Delphos Jefferson 9, Kalida 7
Delphos St. John’s 5, Wapakoneta 1
Delta 6, Springfield 1
Edison 11, New London 8
Edon 4, Antwerp 1
Evergreen 12, Swanton 3
Findlay 11, Tiffin Columbian 0
Fort Jennings 7, Elida 5
Galion 5, Ridgedale 1
Galion Northmor 15, Mansfield Christian 6
Gibsonburg 7, Arcadia 2
Lakota 9, Fostoria 8
Lexington 13, Ontario 1
Liberty-Benton 24, Riverdale 0
Lima Central Catholic 3, Lima Bath 0
Lima Shawnee 6, Paulding 5
Lima Temple Christian 5, Lima Perry 2
Mansfield Madison 8, Bellevue 7
McComb 8, Bluffton 4
Norwalk 6, Ashland Crestview 2
Oak Harbor 6, Monroeville 5
Plymouth 12, Lucas 1
St. Henry 4, Indian Lake 3
St. Marys Memorial 10, Parkway 6
Sandusky 5, Clyde 2
Sandusky Perkins 3, Vermilion 0
Sandusky St. Mary’s 9, Tiffin Calvert 4
Seneca East 13, Buckeye Central 5
Shelby 21, Mansfield Senior 3
South Central 10, Bucyrus 3
Tinora 9, Liberty Center 8
Toledo Woodward 22, Toledo Rogers 16
Upper Scioto Valley 5, Hardin Northern 4
Wayne Trace 8, Continental 1
Western Reserve 2, Lagrange Keystone 1
Willard 3, Huron 2
Woodmore 4, Mohawk 3
Wynford 11, Carey 1
Margaretta 4, Norwalk St. Paul 3
Monday March 26 Softball
Bowling Green 5, Fremont Ross 2
Bucyrus 7, Mansfield Madison 1
Defiance 12, Liberty Center 0
Evergreen 3, Cardinal Stritch 1
Fayette 3, Emmanuel Baptist 2
Findlay 11, Tiffin Columbian 0
Hardin Northern 11, Ada 2
Hilltop 9, Edgerton 4
Huron 4, Lorain Brookside 3
Lima Perry 10, Lima Temple Christian 9
Lima Shawnee 9, Paulding 0
Mansfield Christian 6, Galion Northmor 5
Mansfield St. Peter’s 3, South Central 1
Margaretta 13, Western Reserve 3
McComb 8, Bluffton 2
Miller City 10, Pettisville 2
Mohawk 7, Woodmore 0
New Bremen 10, Bradford 1
New London 2, Edison 1
North Baltimore 5, Ayersville 4
North Union 7, Marion Harding 0
Norwalk 4, Ashland Crestview 2
Ontario 3, Lexington 2
Otsego 6, Archbold 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 15, LCC 2
Parkway 3, Spencerville 0
Perrysburg 4, Clay 3
Plymouth 6, Lucas 5
Ridgedale 4, Galion 1
Riverdale 6, Liberty-Benton 5
St. Marys Memorial 9, Indian Lake 0
Sandusky 12, Clyde 3
Seneca East 11, Buckeye Central 5
Sylvania Northview 4, Toledo Central Catholic 0
Tiffin Calvert 5, Sandusky St. Mary’s 4
Toledo St. Ursula 3, Maumee 0
Upper Sandusky 9, Kenton 1
Van Wert 9, Lima Senior 0
Wapakoneta 8, Benjamin Logan 1
Wayne Trace 8, Continental 1
North Baltimore has suffered through: a train derailment downtown, the loss of the town's lone grocery store, battles over taxes between the city council and citizens and the school district facing a $1.4 million deficit.
Now they don't even have a football coach.
Ryan Hite resigned as North Baltimore's head football coach at the end of last month. He's a young guy and in a tough situation.
Here's a link to my story about him and his stepping aside.
It's expected that the NB Board of Education will come up with a pay-to-participate plan at tonight's 7 p.m. meeting in the high school library. The plan will take affect if the school district's voters don't pass a 1-percent income tax which will be on the May 8 primary ballot.
The junior high already pays $277 per sport. The cost stopped the school from fielding an eighth grade boys basketball team this winter. I've been told the cost for varsity sports at NB in a pay-to-participate place could be in the range of $400-$500.
If a pay-to-participate plan is enacted after the levy fails, North Baltimore football is done — at least for this coming season. I just don't see enough parents coming up with the money to allow their kids to play football. Numbers will be an issue. Plus it's likely that a multi-sport athlete wouldn't have the funds to participate in 2 or 3 sports. They'd have to settle for one sport and NB needs every athlete it has to be a part of multiple sports teams if possible.
I can't really blame Ryan Hite for stepping down. He wants to coach and there's a pretty good chance he won't get that opportunity at NB in 2007 as more budget cuts loom on the horizon if the May 8 levy fails.
He said he resigned because it was in the best interest of his family. I take him at his word. He's a good kid taking on a tough job as the head football coach at NB. But I also think that deep down the sense of uncertainty about the program probably played a role in his departure too.
With the uncertainty, NB isn't only losing coaches (girls basketball coach Jeff Daniels also resigned) — they are losing athletes too already.
Junior Cory Herr, the baseball team's top pitcher and one of the school's best football and basketball players, has joined NB sophomore Evan Shank and both have transferred to Van Buren. If pay to participate is adopted expect others to jump ship to nearby schools like Elmwood, Van Buren and McComb — especially those in junior high school who can open enroll at neighboring schools without penalty.
I'm not confident the levy is going to pass. A few people I know from NB and people that work there don't think the levy will pass either. It's as if there's a big, dark cloud hanging over the village with a perpetual rainstorm. I want it to pass, I hope it passes.
It's your school NB, and it's time to step up to the plate.
NOTEWORTHY: I’ll post the daily schedule and baseball and softball results daily below each day for the rest of the spring.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday's Events
College Athletics
Women's Golf — Findlay at Bellarmine Invitational, TBA
Men's Tennis — Wayne State (GLIAC) at Findlay, 2
Women's Softball — Findlay at Urbana (GLIAC), DH, 3
Prep Baseball
Bluffton at Carey, 4:30
Elida at Columbus Grove, 4:30
Woodmore at Fostoria St. Wendelin, 4:30
Cory-Rawson at Pandora-Gilboa, 4:30
Upper Sandusky at New Riegel, 4:30
Ottoville at Ottawa-Glandorf, 4:30
North Baltimore at Elmwood, 4:30
Continental at Miller City, 4:30
Hardin Northern at Ada, 4:30
Holgate at Leipsic, 4:30
Prep Track
Hardin Northern at RIverdale, 4:30
Ottawa-Glandorf & Fort Jennings at Elida, 4:30
Pandora-Gilboa, Cory-Rawson & Leipsic at Columbus Grove, 4:30
Arlington & Indian Lake at Ada, 4:30
Arcadia at Lakota, 4:30
Liberty-Benton, Carey & Mohawk at Van Buren, 4:30
Arcadia, Hopewell-Loudon & Bettsville at Lakota, 4:30
Ottoville at Lima Perry, 4:30
Bluffton at Delphos Jefferson, 4:30
Prep Softball
Hardin Northern at Liberty-Benton, 4:30
Cory-Rawson at Allen East, 4:30
Woodmore at St. Wendelin, 4:30
Continental at Leipsic (PCL), 4:30
Findlay at Maumee, 4:30
Upper Sandusky at New Riegel, 4:30
Patrick Henry at Miller City, 4:30
Bluffton at Carey, 4:30
Wayne Trace at Ottoville, 5
Prep Boys Tennis
Bluffton at St. Marys Memorial, 4:30
Monday March 26 Baseball
Bowling Green 11, Toledo Whitmer 8
Bryan 7, Ottawa-Glandorf 1
Defiance 6, Archbold 5
Delaware Hayes 11, Marion Harding 3
Delphos Jefferson 9, Kalida 7
Delphos St. John’s 5, Wapakoneta 1
Delta 6, Springfield 1
Edison 11, New London 8
Edon 4, Antwerp 1
Evergreen 12, Swanton 3
Findlay 11, Tiffin Columbian 0
Fort Jennings 7, Elida 5
Galion 5, Ridgedale 1
Galion Northmor 15, Mansfield Christian 6
Gibsonburg 7, Arcadia 2
Lakota 9, Fostoria 8
Lexington 13, Ontario 1
Liberty-Benton 24, Riverdale 0
Lima Central Catholic 3, Lima Bath 0
Lima Shawnee 6, Paulding 5
Lima Temple Christian 5, Lima Perry 2
Mansfield Madison 8, Bellevue 7
McComb 8, Bluffton 4
Norwalk 6, Ashland Crestview 2
Oak Harbor 6, Monroeville 5
Plymouth 12, Lucas 1
St. Henry 4, Indian Lake 3
St. Marys Memorial 10, Parkway 6
Sandusky 5, Clyde 2
Sandusky Perkins 3, Vermilion 0
Sandusky St. Mary’s 9, Tiffin Calvert 4
Seneca East 13, Buckeye Central 5
Shelby 21, Mansfield Senior 3
South Central 10, Bucyrus 3
Tinora 9, Liberty Center 8
Toledo Woodward 22, Toledo Rogers 16
Upper Scioto Valley 5, Hardin Northern 4
Wayne Trace 8, Continental 1
Western Reserve 2, Lagrange Keystone 1
Willard 3, Huron 2
Woodmore 4, Mohawk 3
Wynford 11, Carey 1
Margaretta 4, Norwalk St. Paul 3
Monday March 26 Softball
Bowling Green 5, Fremont Ross 2
Bucyrus 7, Mansfield Madison 1
Defiance 12, Liberty Center 0
Evergreen 3, Cardinal Stritch 1
Fayette 3, Emmanuel Baptist 2
Findlay 11, Tiffin Columbian 0
Hardin Northern 11, Ada 2
Hilltop 9, Edgerton 4
Huron 4, Lorain Brookside 3
Lima Perry 10, Lima Temple Christian 9
Lima Shawnee 9, Paulding 0
Mansfield Christian 6, Galion Northmor 5
Mansfield St. Peter’s 3, South Central 1
Margaretta 13, Western Reserve 3
McComb 8, Bluffton 2
Miller City 10, Pettisville 2
Mohawk 7, Woodmore 0
New Bremen 10, Bradford 1
New London 2, Edison 1
North Baltimore 5, Ayersville 4
North Union 7, Marion Harding 0
Norwalk 4, Ashland Crestview 2
Ontario 3, Lexington 2
Otsego 6, Archbold 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 15, LCC 2
Parkway 3, Spencerville 0
Perrysburg 4, Clay 3
Plymouth 6, Lucas 5
Ridgedale 4, Galion 1
Riverdale 6, Liberty-Benton 5
St. Marys Memorial 9, Indian Lake 0
Sandusky 12, Clyde 3
Seneca East 11, Buckeye Central 5
Sylvania Northview 4, Toledo Central Catholic 0
Tiffin Calvert 5, Sandusky St. Mary’s 4
Toledo St. Ursula 3, Maumee 0
Upper Sandusky 9, Kenton 1
Van Wert 9, Lima Senior 0
Wapakoneta 8, Benjamin Logan 1
Wayne Trace 8, Continental 1
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