Federal League (OHSAA)
The Federal League is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) sports conference that was established in 1964 and includes schools from Stark and Summit counties.
Current members
Former members
League history
1960s
- The Federal League begins league play in 1964 with Canton South, Fairless, Glenwood, Jackson, Marlington, Perry, and Sandy Valley as charter members.
- In 1968, Sandy Valley leaves the league and is replaced by Louisville, North Canton Hoover, and Oakwood.
1970s
- In 1975, Fairless leaves the league while Glenwood and Oakwood consolidate to form GlenOak.
1980s
- In 1983, Alliance joins the league.
- In 1985, Marlington leaves the league.
- In 1987, Lake joins the league.
- In 1988, New Philadelphia, Canton Timken, and Wooster join the league, prompting the league to split into an American Division and a National Division:
| Federal League Divisions 1988/89-1989/90 |
| American Division |
National Division |
| Alliance |
Canton South |
| GlenOak |
Lake |
| Hoover |
Louisville |
| Jackson |
New Philadelphia |
| Perry |
Canton Timken |
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Wooster |
1990s
2000s
- In 2003, Alliance and Wooster leave for the Metro Athletic Conference[2] and the newly formed Ohio Cardinal Conference, respectively. Alliance would move again to the NBC in 2005.[3]
- At the same time, Austintown-Fitch, Boardman, and Canton McKinley join in all sports except for football, which they would fully join in the following school year.
2010s
- In 2011, Austintown-Fitch left the Federal League for the All-American Conference for all sports except football.[4] They had hoped to remain a football-only member of the Federal League, but that did not work out. They replaced Salem, who left for the NBC.
- In 2013, Boardman announced that they are looking to leave for the All-American Conference.[5]
- In 2013, Green announced that they would join the Federal League for 2015-16.[6]
League champions
| Year | Football Champions |
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| 1964 |
Glenwood |
| 1965 |
Jackson |
| 1966 |
Glenwood |
| 1967 |
Perry |
| 1968 |
Hoover, Oakwood |
| 1969 |
Perry |
| 1970 |
Louisville, Perry |
| 1971 |
Louisville |
| 1972 |
Hoover |
| 1973 |
Hoover |
| 1974 |
Louisville |
| 1975 |
Hoover |
| 1976 |
Hoover |
| 1977 |
Louisville |
| 1978 |
Louisville |
| 1979 |
Hoover |
| 1980 |
Hoover, Perry |
| 1981 |
Louisville |
| 1982 |
GlenOak |
| 1983 |
Alliance |
| 1984 |
Hoover, Perry |
| 1985 |
GlenOak, Perry |
| 1986 |
Hoover, Jackson |
| 1987 |
Alliance, Hoover, Perry |
| 1988 |
GlenOak, Hoover, Lake, Perry |
| 1989 |
GlenOak, Hoover, Jackson, Wooster |
| 1990 |
Jackson |
| 1991 |
Lake |
| 1992 |
Perry |
| 1993 |
Lake, Perry |
| 1994 |
GlenOak, Lake, Perry |
| 1995 |
Hoover, Perry |
| 1996 |
Alliance, Jackson |
| 1997 |
Hoover, Perry |
| 1998 |
Hoover, Jackson, Lake |
| 1999 |
Hoover, Perry |
| 2000 |
Hoover, Perry |
| 2001 |
Jackson |
| 2002 |
Hoover |
| 2003 |
Hoover |
| 2004 |
Austintown-Fitch |
| 2005 |
Canton McKinley |
| 2006 |
Canton McKinley |
| 2007 |
Hoover |
| 2008 |
Hoover |
| 2009 |
GlenOak |
| 2010 |
Austintown-Fitch |
| 2011 |
Canton McKinley, Boardman, GlenOak |
| 2012 |
Canton McKinley |
| 2013 |
Canton McKinley |
| 2014 |
GlenOak |
| 2015 |
Perry, GlenOak |
| 2016 |
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League champions
| Year | Cross Country Champs |
|---|
| 2004 |
Perry |
| 2005 |
Hoover |
| 2006 |
Perry |
| 2007 |
Hoover |
| 2008 |
Perry |
| 2009 |
Hoover |
| 2010 |
Hoover |
| 2011 |
Jackson |
| 2012 |
Boardman |
| 2013 |
Boardman |
| 2014 |
Lake |
See also
Ohio High School Athletic Conferences
References
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