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 School^A	Bluestreaks	Cleveland Hts., Cuyahoga County	Blue & Gold
Benedictine High School^A	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

↑ Fortuna, Bob (April 1, 2010). "North Coast League confirms expansion: Beaumont, Benedictine, Warren John F. Kennedy and Walsh Jesuit to join in 2011, Elyria Catholic headed to West Shore Conference". Cleveland.com. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
↑ http://www.holynamehs.com/2014/05/01/new-great-lake-conference-to-include-7-local-schools/
↑ http://www.vindy.com/news/2014/aug/19/youngstown-christian-in-north-coast-leag/

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

Current Conferences	Akron City Series All-American Conference Chagrin Valley Conference Federal League Firelands Conference Great Lakes Conferences Greater Cleveland Conference Inter Tri County League Inter Valley Conference Lake Erie League North Coast League Northeast Athletic Conference Northeast Ohio Conference (NOC) Northeastern Conference Northeastern Buckeye Conference Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) Patriot Athletic Conference Portage Trail Conference (PTC) Principals Athletic Conference (PAC-8) Senate Athletic League Southwestern Conference Suburban League Wayne County Athletic League Western Reserve Conference

Former Conferences	Northeast Ohio Conference (2007-2015) Premier Athletic Conference (1997-2015) West Shore Conference (2005-2015) Youngstown City Series (1925-2003)

Outlying Conferences	Mid-Buckeye Conference Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference North Central Conference Northern Ohio League

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