North Coast League

North Coast League
Data
Classification OHSAA Division II, III, and IV
Established 1984
Members 13
Sports fielded 10 boys and 9 girls
State Championships 41
Country United States
Region Midwest
States 1 - Ohio

The North Coast League (NCL) is a high school athletic conference for Catholic schools in Greater Cleveland, Ohio.

Member schools

The North Coast League was founded by six parochial high schools in 1984. Its original members were Cleveland Central Catholic, Holy Name. Lake Catholic, Padua Franciscan, St. Peter Chanel, and Trinity. Elyria Catholic and Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin joined the league shortly after it was founded. The schools were then separated into two four-team divisions based on enrollment. Villa Angela-St. Joseph joined the league in 2004 and Archbishop Hoban in 2005, but Cleveland Central Catholic left, creating unevenly sized divisions. Central Catholic re-joined the league in 2006, creating a balanced ten-team lineup.

In 2011, the NCL added Beaumont, Benedictine, Walsh Jesuit, and Warren John F. Kennedy high schools. Elyria Catholic left the league to join the West Shore Conference. Benedictine is an all-boys school and Beaumont is an all-girls school, so twelve schools compete in most sports, in two divisions of six schools each.[1]

St. Peter Chanel left the North Coast League on July 1, 2013 due to the school's closing. St. Thomas Aquinas joined the North Coast League on that date. In 2014, Holy Name announced that they would be leaving the North Coast League for the new Great Lake Conference effective July 1, 2015.[2] Later that year, Youngstown Christian School, which is currently independent of a league, was unanimously accepted to replace Holy Name.[3] YCS is the first North Coast League school that is not operated by a Roman Catholic diocese or order.

The NCL is currently made up of 13 schools across 7 counties in northeast Ohio. The schools are separated into two divisions, based on their enrollment. The Blue Division consists of larger schools, while the White Division is made up of smaller schools.

Blue Division

School Nickname Location Colors
Archbishop Hoban High School Knights Akron, Summit County Navy Blue & Old Gold
         
Beaumont SchoolA Bluestreaks Cleveland Hts., Cuyahoga County Blue & Gold
         
Benedictine High SchoolA Bengals Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Columbia Blue & White
         
Lake Catholic High School Cougars Mentor, Lake County Forest Green & Gray
         
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School Lions Chardon, Geauga County Blue & Gold
         
Padua Franciscan High School Bruins Parma, Cuyahoga County Brown & White
         
Walsh Jesuit High School Warriors Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County Maroon & Gold
         

A Beaumont (all girls) and Benedicine (all boys) compete as a tandem.

White Division (smaller schools)

School Nickname Location Colors
Cleveland Central Catholic High School Ironmen Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Navy Blue & Red
         
John F. Kennedy High School Eagles Warren, Trumbull County Navy Blue & White
         
St. Thomas Aquinas High School Knights Louisville, Stark County Black & Gold
         
Trinity High School Trojans Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga County Blue & White
         
Valley Christian School Eagles Youngstown, Mahoning County Blue & Bright Gold
         
Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School Vikings Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Red & Columbia Blue
         

Former members

School Nickname Location Colors Left Current Conference
Elyria Catholic High School Panthers Elyria, Lorain County Green & White
         
2011 Great Lakes Conference
Holy Name High School Green Wave Parma Hts., Cuyahoga County Green & White
         
2015 Great Lakes Conference
St. Peter Chanel High School Firebirds Bedford, Cuyahoga County Red & Black
         
2013 School closed

Rivalries

Archbishop Hoban vs. Walsh Jesuit

Benedictine vs. Cleveland Central Catholic

Benedictine vs. Lake Catholic

Benedictine vs. NDCL

Cleveland Central Catholic vs. VASJ

Lake Catholic vs. NDCL

Lake Catholic vs. Walsh Jesuit

Trinity vs. Cleveland Central Catholic

State championships

This chart only includes state championships won by the schools while in the North Coast League.

School Sport Year(s)
Archbishop Hoban Football
Girls Soccer
2015
2015
Beaumont School Volleyball 2012
Benedictine Football 2014
Cleveland Central Catholic Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
2009
2007
Elyria Catholic Girls Tennis 2006
Holy Name Girls Soccer 2006
Lake Catholic Football
Wrestling
Volleyball
1991, 1992, 2001
1989
2010
NDCL Baseball
Golf
Volleyball
2001, 2009
2000, 2009
2014, 2015
Padua Franciscan Ice Hockey
Volleyball
1986, 1989, 2006
2008, 2009, 2013
St. Peter Chanel Boys Basketball
Football
Wrestling
1999
2001
1986, 1987, 1988, 2011
St. Thomas Aquinas Girls Cross Country
Girls Track and Field
2015
2015
Trinity Girls Basketball
Cheerleading
Boys Track & Field
1990, 1994, 1996
2013
2009
VASJ Boys Basketball
Cheerleading
Volleyball
2013, 2015
2006, 2010
2005

Scheduling

Football

During the season, every school must play five league games, one against every other school in its own division. They are generally played the final five weeks of the season. Schools are also allowed to schedule schools in the other division, however these games are considered independent and do not count in NCL standings. Prior to 2011, each school played an additional school in the other division in a "crossover" game. The crossover opponents rotated on two-year stints.

Other sports

In other sports, such as basketball and volleyball, where more games are played during the season, each school must play 10 games against NCL opponents. Every school plays every other school in its division twice (once home, once away) Schools are also allowed to schedule schools in the other division, however these games are considered independent and do not count in NCL standings. Prior to the 2011 expansion, schools played 13 games: a home-and-away series against division opponents and a single game against inter-division foes.

In other sports such as track and swimming where schools have "meets" instead of individual games, there is one NCL meet for all schools in the league. For ice hockey a tournament is played in December to determine the conference champion as teams do not play an NCL schedule during the regular season.

References

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