(3-6-26) Miamisburg, for the time being, will remain a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC)..at their January meeting the Southwestern Buckeye League (SWBL) athletic directors turned down Miamisburg’s membership request..

Miamisburg started the process last October.

Miamisburg athletic director Jason Shade confirmed to the Dayton Daily News the Vikings were denied by the SWBL.Bellbrook athletic director Charlie O’Dell in a Daily News story there was “almost no support” from SWBL athletic directors in adding Miamisburg.

Miamisburg is in D II while the other GWOC members are D I except for Northmont who are also D II. The Vikings have the smallest enrollment of the eight GWOC member schools. Centerville has the largest enrollment of 2,014.

This past fall Miamisburg had no team finish in the top half of the GWOC standings. Winter sports resulted with the Vikings girls bowling team getting a second place finish, and boys bowling and wrestling team earning third places, respectively.

The SWBL Southwest Division, which includes Bellbrook, Edgewood, Franklin, Monroe, Ross and Talawanda, primarily competes in D-II and D-III. The other eight schools that make the up SWBL Buckeye Division — Brookville, Carlisle, Dayton Christian, Eaton, Middletown Madison, Oakwood, Waynesville, Valley View — compete in D-IV and D-V.

Related: Parkway Receives Official Invitation To Join The Northwest Conference