Buckeye Border Conference

The Buckeye Border Conference is a high school athletic league located in extreme northwest Ohio. The conference sponsors basketball, cross country, golf, and track and field for both boys and girls. In addition, baseball is sponsored for the boys, and softball and volleyball are sponsored for the girls.

Members

The member schools of the Buckeye Border Conference are in red, future members are in blue.

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Joined League

Edon	Bombers	Edon	Blue, Silver	1967
Fayette	Eagles	Fayette	Purple, Gold	1967
Hilltop	Cadets	West Unity	Red, White	1967
North Central	Eagles	Pioneer	Black, White	1967
Pettisville	Blackbirds	Pettisville	Black, Gold, White	1967
Stryker	Panthers	Stryker	Blue, White	1967

^Edon and Hilltop have football teams that participate in the TAAC, but are members of the BBC for every other sport. In 2016, Stryker announced plans for a football team but haven't announced plans for a conference.

Future member

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Joining

Montpelier	Locomotives	Montpelier	Columbia Blue, Navy, White	2016-17

Former members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Membership Tenure

Edgerton	Bulldogs	Edgerton	Maroon, Gold	1967-1975
Hicksville	Aces	Hicksville	Red, White	1967-1975

League history

The BBC was established in 1967 primarily as a basketball conference. The initial members were Edgerton, Edon, Fayette, Hicksville, Hilltop, Montpelier, North Central, Pettisville, and Stryker.

Montpelier was also a member of the NWOAL at the same time and in 1969, joined the Northern Border League as well. Hilltop joined the football-only Northwest Buckeye League in 1971 so their football program had a league to compete in, and Edon followed suit shortly after. Montpelier would eventually leave in 1978 to become solely affiliated with the NWOAL. Edgerton and Hicksville would later join the Green Meadows Conference for all sports in 1975.

In 1995, the 6 remaining BBC schools made an agreement to play cross-over games with the Toledo Area Athletic Conference in the newly dubbed Toledo Buckeye League. This setup only lasted until June 30, 1998 before being dropped.^[1]

In 2005, Edon and Hilltop joined the TAAC as football-only members in order to get out of the primarily-Michigan based Southern Central Athletic Association. Previous ties with the old Toledo Buckeye League made for an easy transition.

In 2014, Montpelier was approved to join as a full member in the 2016-17 school year. They will play football in the TAAC with Edon and Hilltop, and remain an affiliate of the NWOAL for wrestling only.^[2]

References

↑ Oregon Cardinal Stritch High School Athletic Banner titled "Toledo Buckeye League" (accessed 2010-02-20)
↑ http://www.montpelier.k12.oh.us/userfiles/440/Montpelier%20League%20Change%20Press%20Release.pdf Montpelier League Change Press Release, June 5, 2014

http://www.greenmeadowsconf.com/home/

Sources

1968 BBC Boys Basketball Standings

Buckeye Border Conference

Edon (Bombers) Fayette (Eagles) Hilltop (Cadets) North Central (Eagles) Pettisville (Blackbirds) Stryker (Panthers)

Northwest District (Ohio) High School Athletic Conferences (Northwest Ohio)

Current Conferences	Blanchard Valley Conference (BVC) Firelands Conference (FC) Green Meadows Conference (GMC) Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) Northern 10 Athletic Conference (N10) Northern Buckeye Conference (NBC) Northern Lakes League (NLL) Northern Ohio League (NOL) Northwest Conference Northwest Central Conference Northwest Ohio Athletic League (NWOAL) Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC) Sandusky River League (SRL) Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) Toledo Area Athletic Conference (TAAC) Toledo City League Western Buckeye League (WBL)

Non-Football Conferences	Buckeye Border Conference (BBC) Putnam County League

Outlying Conferences	Mid-Buckeye Conference (MBC) Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference (MOAC) Shelby County Athletic League Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (2017-18)

Defunct Conferences	Buckeye Conference/League Great Lakes League (GLL) Greater Buckeye Conference (GBC) Lakeshore Conference Maumee Valley League Michigan-Ohio Border Conference Midland Athletic League (MAL) North Central Conference (NCC) Northern Border League Northwest Buckeye League (football only) Suburban Lakes League (SLL)

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