Northwest Ohio Soccer Excellence at the State level for Boys and Girls - and it continues to get better...

Toledo - For many who do not know - this area has seen many great teams and programs have the opportunity to advance to the State Final Four...this is great for our soccer community who has always been overshadowed to the bigger metropolitan areas in Ohio (Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati). You would be amazed how many people forget about the young men and women who were able to propel their teams to highest level of Ohio High School Soccer - let's take a look at the programs who were able to represent us at the OHSAA State Soccer Final Four and including two State Champions in Division I (girls) and Division III (boys).

Boys' Programs

Findlay (coached by Albert Laux) - 1979 & 1995 (both times State finalist) - Division I

Perrysburg (coached by Pete Raffa) - 1994 & 2001 (2001 State finalist) - Division I

St. Francis de Sales (Toledo) (coached by John Orozco) - 2003 (State finalist) - Division I

St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (coached by Mark DelVerne and Dan Weisenberger) - 2002 & 2010 - Division I

Sylvania Southview (coached by Chad Cody) - 2012 (State finalist) - Division I

Sylvania Northview (coached by Ryan Creech) - 2007 - Division I

Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse) (coached by Chip Smith & Brian Billings) - 2008, 2013

Lima Shawnee (coached by Dick Hagen) - 2001 - Division II

Ottawa-Glandorf (coached by Mike Weirauch) - 1998 - Division II

Napoleon (coached by Tim Carney) - 2007 - Division II

Ottawa Hills (coached by Greg McElroy & Francis Stephens & Robert Gabriel III) - (2008 OH Div. III State Champions) 2010, 2012 - Division III

Kalida (coached by Mark Czubik) - 2001 & 2002 - Division III

Van Buren (coached by Tom Swiasgood) - 2003 - Division III

Fort Jennings (coached by Greg Luthman) - 2004 - Division III

Girls' Programs

Perrysburg (coached by Jorge Diaz & Margaret Bernard) - (2012 OH Div. I State Champions)

St. Ursula Academy (Toledo) (coached by Bruce Peterson & Chris Black) - 2004, 2011 (State finalist), 2012 - Division I & II

Sylvania Northview (coached by Rick Burgin) - 2011 - Division I

Archbold (coached by James Kidder) - 2011 - Division III

Oak Harbor (coached by Renee Goldstein) - 2013 - Division III

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