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(07-16-2019 11:31 AM)Banter Wrote:  

(07-16-2019 10:12 AM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  I think a big difference between the two cities is where the residents come from.

Cincinnati residents are mostly born there and their families have been there for generations. Many of the people who move into town do so after attending college there (mostly UC).

Columbus is a typical government town. People move there from all across the state. Plus they have the OSU grads who stay in town.

Hence, high school sports are bigger in Cincinnati because more of the residents are "local", so to speak. Columbus people come from all over, so the high schools are less relevant and they glom onto the main institutions in the city: state government and OSU. Cincinnati residents have not locked onto UC because they still have their high schools to support and the main institutions in the city are the professional sports teams (especially the Reds).

This was one thing I never understood when I lived in Cincinnati. I could care less where you went to high school, or about High School football. When I have kids, I will care about HS football again for a couple of years, but I just always find it tough to watch.

My school was very good at football when I played. We even made it to the D1 state Semi-Finals where we got the crap beat out of us by Elder. I haven't been to a high school football game since then, and for the foreseeable future...have no interest in it.

Sounds like the good guys won (Elder). I'll usually attend 1 high school game every two years or so.

As with everything else high school football attendance has dropped off significantly as well since the late 90's through the 2000's. I can at least state that for GCL South and Colerain.