By Dan Ries
CCM Sports Reporter
The naming of Jason Eddy as the new principal of Carrollton High School, left a hole at the top of the Athletic Department.
It didn\u2019t take Superintendent Dave Davis long to find the person he wanted to fill the position, naming Caleb Crowl the new Athletic Director in May with an Aug. 1 start date. He will also continue coaching football for the Warriors.
Crowl is a graduate of Lisbon David Anderson where he was coached by Carrollton\u2019s own Jim Tsilimos. He continued his football career at Mount Union. He came to Carrollton the first time in 2010 as a football coach and high school social studies teacher. He left in 2014, accepting an assistant principal position at Edison. He returned to Carrollton in 2017 as an assistant principal and to be reunited with Tsilimos on the football field.
He currently lives in Carrollton with his wife Katherine and his daughter Temperance.
He doesn\u2019t like to talk about himself, but mention his linemen and his eyes open wide and a smile crosses his face.
\u201cWait until the fans see these guys run onto the field. They are big. We have guys going 285 lbs. And they are experienced. Two of our linemen, who didn\u2019t play last year will get lots of playing time. There will be big holes for our running backs. Defensively, it will be hard to run on us. We may have the best front seven in the league,\u201d he said stopping a minute to catch his breath.
The veteran of the sports world hit the ground running. \u201cIt\u2019s really an all-year job. There is so much work that has to be done before the sport seasons even start,\u201d he said.
One thing he had to learn this summer was the OHSAA\u2019s new Dragonfly website, replacing the old system Arbiter. Dragonfly is an all-in-one website for athletic directors. It allows them to schedule games, hire and pay officials, keep up on coaches\u2019 certification, communicate with other athletic directors and league officials, among dozens of other things. If you visit the athletic section of the Carrollton Schools website, you will see the fan accessible section of the Dragonfly system
\u201cIt has a few bugs yet, but it makes some things much easier. No longer do I have to make phone calls to see which school is coming to an invitational. I just go to Dragonfly and see who accepted,\u201d he noted.
As the athletic director and football coach, he knows his Friday night home games will be busy. He plans on doing as much Athletic Director work as he can before turning it over to his staff and volunteers. \u201cRon Colaprete (assistant athletic director) has been here for who knows how many years. April Rogers has control of the tickets and the gate and does a great job. Superintendent Dave Davis, Principal Jason Eddy and Assistant Principals Craig Brooks and Craig Rodgers will all be in attendance if needed. And we have dozens of volunteers.\u201d
Long hours will await Caleb during the week as well. He\u2019ll arrive at school around 7 a.m. football practice after school, and won\u2019t leave until the last volleyball or soccer ball has been put away.
The director believes strongly in the EBC.
\u201cIt\u2019s a good league, the schools are about the same size and they are all committed to the EBC. Would we like more teams in the league, sure. There are no plans of dissolving or merging with another league.\u201d
Two teams he thinks would make great additions to the EBC are Lisbon Beaver Local and East Liverpool. \u201cThey are rivals and would still have their week 10 rivalry. Just like our Minerva rivalry,\u201d he noted.
A sly crooked grin crossed his face as he said the word \u201cMinerva\u201d. He laughed, adding, \u201cI want to beat Minerva in everything. Don\u2019t get me wrong. I wish them no ill will. I want Minerva to succeed. The rivalry is better when both teams are competitive. I just want to win. Go Warriors!\u201d he stated.
One project he would like to see is concession stands at all athletic events. Sports like soccer, track, baseball and softball have been underserved by a lack of concession stands. He has been talking with the athletic boosters about the idea and they are interested, but the biggest hurdle is the lack of volunteers.
\u201cWe can always use volunteers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Dan RiesCCM Sports ReporterThe naming of Jason Eddy as the new principal of Carrollton High School, left a hole at the top of the Athletic Department.It didn\u2019t take Superintendent Dave Davis long to find the person he wanted to fill the position, naming Caleb Crowl the new Athletic Director in May with an Aug. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":32824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Caleb-Crowl-WEB-RBG.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theccmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}