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Big Walnut
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Brian Shelton
  • Email Address: brianshelton@bwls.net
  • Phone Number: (740) 965-7778
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Canal Winchester
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Jacob Ramsey
  • Email Address: jramsey@cwls.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 833-2155
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Central Crossing
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  • Member Division: Buckeye Division
  • Athletic Director: Jon Marshall
  • Email Address: jon.marshall@swcsd.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 801-6563
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Delaware Hayes
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Steve Glesenkamp
  • Email Address: glesenri@delawarecityschools.net
  • Phone Number: (740) 833-1021
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Dublin Coffman
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  • Member Division: Central Division
  • Athletic Director: Duane Sheldon
  • Email Address: sheldon_duane@dublinschools.net
  • Phone Number: (614) 764-5900
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Dublin Jerome
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  • Member Division: Cardinal Division
  • Athletic Director: Jay Schwanke
  • Email Address: schwanke_jay@dublinschools.net
  • Phone Number: (614) 718-8272
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Dublin Scioto
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Nick Magistrale
  • Email Address: magistrale_nick@dublinschools.net
  • Phone Number: (614) 718-2464
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Franklin Heights
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Brock Mullins
  • Email Address: brock.mullins@swcsd.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 801-3209
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Gahanna Lincoln
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  • Member Division: Ohio Division
  • Athletic Director: Kathryn Harris
  • Email Address: harrisk@gjps.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 479-1560
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Grove City
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  • Member Division: Ohio Division
  • Athletic Director: Scott Todd
  • Email Address: scott.todd@swcsd.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 801-3306
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Groveport Madison
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  • Member Division: Buckeye Division
  • Athletic Supervisor: Tommy Snyder
  • Email Address: tommy.snyder@gocruisers.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 836-4968
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Hilliard Bradley
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  • Member Division: Central Division
  • Athletic Director: Chad Bobek
  • Email Address: chad_bobek@hboe.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 921-7430
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Hilliard Darby
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  • Member Division: Cardinal Division
  • Athletic Director: Chris Ludban
  • Email Address: chris_ludban@hboe.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 921-7330
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Hilliard Davidson
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  • Member Division: Central Division
  • Athletic Director: Nathan Bobek
  • Email Address: nathan_bobek@hboe.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 921-7230
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Lancaster
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  • Member Division: Buckeye Division
  • Athletic Director: Pam Bosser
  • Email Address: p_bosser@lcsschools.net
  • Phone Number: (740) 681-7550
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Marysville
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  • Member Division: Cardinal Division
  • Athletic Director: Joey Day
  • Email Address: joey.day@mevsd.us
  • Phone Number: (937) 578-6214
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New Albany
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  • Member Division: Ohio Division
  • Athletic Director: Richie Wildenhaus
  • Email Address: wildenhaus.1@napls.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 413-8325
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Newark
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  • Member Division: Buckeye Division
  • Athletic Director: Jeff Quackenbush
  • Email Address: jquackenbush@newarkschools.us
  • Phone Number: (740) 670-7435
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Olentangy
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  • Member Division: Cardinal Division
  • Athletic Director: Tori Fedak
  • Email Address: tori_fedak@olsd.us
  • Phone Number: (740) 657-4111
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Olentangy Berlin
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  • Member Division: Cardinal Division
  • Athletic Director: John Betz
  • Email Address: john_betz@olsd.us
  • Phone Number: (740) 657-5911
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Olentangy Liberty
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  • Member Division: Central Division
  • Athletic Director: Darin Meeker
  • Email Address: darin_meeker@olsd.us
  • Phone Number: (740) 657-4210
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Olentangy Orange
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  • Member Division: Central Division
  • Athletic Director: Andre Nash Jr.
  • Email Address: andre_nash@olsd.us
  • Phone Number: (740) 657-5100
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Pickerington Central
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  • Member Division: Buckeye Division
  • Athletic Director: Lisa Morelli
  • Email Address: lisa_morelli@plsd.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 548-1825
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Pickerington North
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  • Member Division: Ohio Division
  • Athletic Director: Colin Beemiller
  • Email Address: colin_beemiller@plsd.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 830-2700
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Reynoldsburg
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  • Member Division: Buckeye Division
  • Athletic Director: Jack Purtell
  • Email Address: jpurtell@reyn.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 501-4033
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Thomas Worthington
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  • Member Division: Cardinal Division
  • Athletic Director: Molly Feesler
  • Email Address: mfeesler@wscloud.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 450-6288
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Upper Arlington
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  • Member Division: Central Division
  • Athletic Director: Spencer Smith
  • Email Address: ssmith@uaschools.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 487-5210
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Westerville Central
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  • Member Division: Ohio Division
  • Athletic Director: Andy Ey
  • Email Address: eya@wcsoh.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 797-6802
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Westerville North
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Wes Elifritz
  • Email Address: elifritw@wcsoh.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 797-6241
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Westerville South
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Jeff Good
  • Email Address: gooda@wcsoh.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 797-6004
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Westland
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  • Member Division: Ohio Division
  • Athletic Director: Greg Gantt
  • Email Address: gregory.gantt@swcsd.us
  • Phone Number: (614) 801-7006
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Worthington Kilbourne
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  • Member Division: Capital Division
  • Athletic Director: Jeff Todd
  • Email Address: jtodd@wscloud.org
  • Phone Number: (614) 450-6400

Who we Are

The Ohio Capital Conference is a high school athletic conference located in Central Ohio. It comprises 32 public high schools located primarily in suburban Columbus, Ohio, encompassing Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking and Union counties. The league is geographically divided into four divisions of six teams each (Buckeye, Cardinal, Central and Ohio) and one division of eight teams (Capital). Twenty-three schools compete in the OHSAA’s Division I classification for football while eight schools compete in Division II. All conference members compete in the Central District postseason tournaments prior to the regional and state tournaments.

Steve Petros named next OCC commissioner

Former Groveport Madison athletic director Steve Petros named next Ohio Capital Conference commissioner, succeeding Ken Baker

The Ohio Capital Conference will have a new leader at the end of the calendar year.

Former Groveport athletic director Steve Petros will succeed Ken Baker as commissioner, the conference announced Wednesday (November 9). Baker has been commissioner since April 2020.

Petros, 56, has been an intervention specialist at Asbury Elementary School in Groveport Madison Schools since the beginning of the school year. He had been athletic director for 12 years and will retire from the intervention specialist position in February.

“It happened really fast,” Petros said. “You’re figuring out what you want to do with your life after retirement. I’m not one to sit around and I told my wife (Gina) that I don’t know what I’m going to do, but I’m going to work with great people and try to do a lot of positive things. I didn’t know what that was going to look like and then this opened up. Some of the best people I know are in that athletic director room and I’m really excited to work with them again.”

Petros said he will immediately begin working with Baker in a transition period. “Nobody is a bigger fan of Ken Baker than I am,” Petros said. “I’ve been in education for about 35 years and there’s no one I respect more than him. That man is the epitome of integrity. This job is not only an honor, but stepping in for that man is an honor.”

Baker and his wife, Debbie, have two sons, one daughter and eight grandchildren.

“I really enjoyed myself in spite of COVID,” Baker said. “There are great athletic directors, principals and coaches. It’s truly been an honor, and I feel we did some good things. Eight grandkids and travels will keep us busy. I’m excited about what Steve will bring to the OCC.”

The conference will add Teays Valley and Logan during the 2024-25 school year. In addition, Franklin Heights, an OCC member since 1981, will join the Central Buckeye League in all sports except football in 2024-25, with the football program moving to the CBL in fall 2025.

Story by Frank DiRenna, The Columbus Dispatch

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