SPARTA — It’s the sad price the Buckeye Valley Barons pay for being the largest school in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference — a much tougher run to a playoff berth.

The Barons were more than likely denied a spot in the Division III Region 10 playoffs again Friday night after a 14-0 MOAC Red Division loss to the Highland Fighting Scots at a rainy Covrett Field in Sparta.... Cont'd