Leopards Football Moves Back North to Region 5

By Leopard Nation · Published May 14, 2011 · Updated May 14, 2011

There will be no more traveling to face Columbus teams in the playoffs during the upcoming season for Louisville Leopards football. For the 2011 and 2012 seasons Louisville will play in Division II, Region 5. The Alliance Aviators move up from Division III to DII and will join the Leps as the only other team from the NBC in Region 5. Canton Timken rounds out the region as the only other Stark County team. The Leopards are returning to the Region 5, a region full of Akron area teams, for the first time since their AP Poll Championship year of 2002.

Here’s a review of Lousville’s playoff history in Region 7:

2003: RQ: Louisville 35, Pickerington Central 34; RS: Columbus Independence 49, Louisville 26

2004: RQ: Louisville 18, New Philadelphia 7; RS: Lake 24, Louisville 0

2005: RQ: Louisville 48, Dublin Jerome 13; RS: Louisville 28, Dublin Scioto 23; RF: Canfield 7, Louisville 0

2006: Missed the Playoffs

2007: RQ: Louisville 34, Lake 21; RS: Louisville 22, Tri-Valley 23; RF: Louisville 25, Columbus St. Francis DeSales 20; SS: Louisville 41, Mayfield 13; SC: Cincinnati Anderson 31, Louisville 25

2008: RQ: Louisville 60, Columbus Independence 24; RS: Louisville 7, Logan 0, RF: Columbus St. Francis DeSales 38, Louisville 21

2009: RQ: Columbus Marion-Franklin 14, Louisville 7

2010: Missed the Playoffs