Leopards Drop to Division II in Several Fall & Winter Sports

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The OHSAA Board of Directors approved and released the enrollment division breakdown of all Fall Sports as well as basketball this week. Louisville dropped to Division II in 5 of the 10 sports that have been announced (Note this does not count football which remained in DIII, see Football Breakdown Article).

The Leopards will drop down to Division II in Basketball (both Boys & Girls), Soccer (both Boys & Girls), NBC Champions T-Shirt Boys Basketball 2014-15 Beatty's Sportsand Volleyball. Louisville will be the biggest school in both Boys & Girls Soccer as they snuck under the Division I cut-off by one student. The Leopards are easily in Division II in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, & Volleyball as all three sports were 19 students under the Division I enrollment cut-off.

Louisville will remain in Division I for Cross Country (both Boys & Girls), Golf (both Boys & Girls), and Tennis (Girls). In all of these sports the Leopards easily cleared the Division I mark.

Spring Sports and many of the Winter sports have yet to be announced. Below you can see a breakdown of divisions for each Leopards Sports and how far away they were from the Division I Cut-Off. Enrollment figures have Louisville at 369 Boys and 351 Girls for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Seasons. In addition, you can see a breakdown of enrollment figures for each sport announced below:

Sport Division Enrollment DI Cut Difference
Baseball TBA 369
Basketball (Boys) DII 369 -19
Basketball (Girls) DII 351 -19
Cross Country* DI 360 +30
Golf (Boys) DI 369 +86
Golf (Girls) DI 351 +56
Soccer (Boys) DII 369 -1
Soccer (Girls) DII 351 -1
Softball TBA 369
Swimming (Boys) TBA 369
Swimming (Girls) TBA 351
Tennis (Boys) TBA 369
Tennis (Girls) DI 351 +30
Track (Boys) TBA
Track (Girls) TBA
Volleyball DII 351 -19
Wrestling (Team) TBA
Wrestling (Individual) TBA

* For Cross Country you take the average between both boys and girls. Thus the average of 369+351 is 360.

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Division Breakdown By Enrollment for 2015-16 & 2016-17

Basketball (Boys)

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 388 and more 200
   II 201 to 387 199
   III 116 to 200 198
   IV 115 and less 202
Total Teams 799

Basketball (Girls)

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 370 and more 196
   II 196 to 369 197
   III 110 to 195 200
   IV 109 and less 196
Total Teams 789

Cross Country

Division

Enrollment

Schools
   I 330 and more 213
   II 166 to 329 210
   III 165 and less 218
Total Teams 641

Golf (Boys)

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 283 and more 217
   II 145 to 282 216
   III 144 and less 216
Total Teams 649

Golf (Girls)

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 295 and more 150
   II 294 and less 152
   Total Teams 302

Soccer (Boys)

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 370 and more 189
   II 185 to 369 191
   III 184 and less 191
Total Teams 571

Soccer (Girls)

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 352 and more 174
   II 184 to 351 175
   III 183 and less 173
Total Teams 522

Tennis (Girls)

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 321 and more 198
   II 320 and less 199
Total Teams 397

Volleyball

Division Enrollment Schools
   I 370 and more 196
   II 196 to 369 198
   III 111 to 195 198
   IV 110 and less 198
Total Teams 790

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