Ohio Heritage Conference will have opening when Greenon leaves after 2026-2027 year
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February 5, 2025
Fairbanks’ Sydney Cutler (right) guards Greenon’s Sarah Riley (1) during a game earlier in the 2024-25 season. Greenon is leaving the Ohio Heritage Conference after the 2026-2027 season with plans to join the Central Buckeye Conference. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Ohio Heritage Conference will have opening when Greenon leaves after 2026-2027 year

By Tim Miller 

The Ohio Heritage Conference will take on a new look in a couple of years.

It was recently announced that Greenon, which is currently in the conference’s South Division, will be leaving the OHC at the conclusion of the 2026-2027 academic year.

At that time, Greenon’s contractual obligations to Ohi...

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