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BELOIT -- It appears that a new football-only league will try to get off the ground to serve area teams left out in the most recent league shake-ups.
The West Branch Board of Education approved by a 5-0 vote on Monday that the Warriors would join a yet-to-be-named league to begin play in the 2028-29 school year.
The Warriors would join Crestview, Salem, Alliance, Howland and Canton Central Catholic pending approval from the other schools involved.
West Branch, Howland and Alliance were left in the cold after Marlington, Minerva and Carrollton made it known they would leave the Eastern Buckeye Conference for the Northeast Senate League to begin the 2028-2029 school year.
Salem will begin play in the Northeast 8 at the start of the 2027-2028 school year in all sports but football.
Crestview will see its conference affiliation with the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division come to an end at the close of the school year. The Rebels recently announced they would seek membership in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference, but the OVAC offers no mandatory scheduling for football.