OHSAA Northeast Region athletic conferences

This is a list of high school athletic conferences in the Northeast Region of Ohio, as defined by the OHSAA.[1] Because the names of localities and their corresponding high schools do not always match and because there is often a possibility of ambiguity with respect to either the name of a locality or the name of a high school, the following table gives both in every case, with the locality name first, in plain type, and the high school name second in boldface type. The school's team nickname is given last.

Akron City Series

Main article: Akron City Series

Former members

All-American Conference

Red Division

White Division

Blue Division

Former members

Chagrin Valley Conference

Chagrin Division

Valley Division

  1. Played 1996-98 in Western Reserve.

Former members

Football divisions

Chagrin Valley Conference Divisions (1998-present, unless noted)
 Chagrin Division   Metro Division   Valley Division 
Aurora (1998-2015) Beachwood (2009-2015) Berkshire
Beachwood (2005-2009, 2015-) Cuyahoga Heights (2005-2015) Cardinal
Chagrin Falls Fairport Harding (2005-09) Cuyahoga Heights (2015-)
Geneva (2015-) Hawken (2005-2015) Fairport Harding (2009-)
Harvey (2009-) Independence (2005-2015) Grand Valley (1998-2009)
Kenston (2005-2015) Richmond Heights (2005-2015) Hawken (1998-2005, 2015-)
Orange Independence (2015-)
Perry Kirtland
West Geauga Newbury (1998-2014)
Wickliffe Richmond Heights (2015-)

Cleveland Senate Athletic League

Former members:

Federal League

  1. Joined for all sports, besides football, in Fall 2003. Joined conference for football in Fall 2004.

Former members

  1. Joined for all sports, besides football, in Fall 2003. Joined conference for football in Fall 2004.

Great Lakes Conference

Great Lakes League (ice hockey)

Ice hockey only league. see

Greater Cleveland Conference

This conference has two incarnations. The first version lasted until 1998, and the second was begun by remaining members of the Northeast Ohio Conference in 2015.

Second version

First version (1950-98)

Independents

Inter-Tri County League

The ITCL was formed as a merger of the Inter-County and Tri-County leagues in 2006. The two-tier system was realigned into a three-tier system in 2015 to reduce travel costs.[2] In March 2016, it was announced that the league would disband into two leagues, the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference and the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, effective for the 2017-18 year.

Blue Division

Red Division

White Division

Divisions 2006-15

Upper Lower
Anderson Jackson-Milton
Columbiana Leetonia
Crestview Lowellville
East Palestine McDonald
Mineral Ridge McKinley
South Range Southern
Springfield Western Reserve
United Wellsville

Lake Effect Conference

This conference does not include football, as only Ashtabula St. John has a football team. Only St. John, Cleveland St. Martin De Porres and Cleveland Horizon Science Academy are current members of the OHSAA.

Lake Erie League

Former members

Lake Erie League Divisions (1993-2011, unless noted)
 Lake Division   Erie Division 
Admiral King (2002-06) Admiral King (2006-10)
Cleveland Heights Bedford (1998-2011)
Elyria (1997-2003) Garfield Heights (1993-2007)
Euclid (1998-2011) Lorain (2010-11)
Lakewood (1993-2007) Maple Heights (1998-2006, 2010-11)
Maple Heights (2006-10) Normandy (1993-2003)
Mentor Parma (1993-2003)
Shaker Heights (1997-2011) Shaker Heights (1993-97)
Shaw (1993-97) Shaw (1997-2011)
Southview (2002-03) Southview (2003-10)
Valley Forge (1993-2002) Valley Forge (2002-03)
Warren Harding (2010-11) Warrensville Heights

North Coast League

Blue Division

White Division

Former members

Northeastern Athletic Conference

Stars Division

Stripes Division

Former Members

Northeastern Buckeye Conference

Former members

Patriot Athletic Conference

Stars Division

Stripes Division

Portage Trail Conference

Metro Division

County Division

Former members

Portage Trail Conference Divisions (2005-present, unless noted)
 Metro Division   County Division 
Akron Springfield Crestwood (2015-)
Cloverleaf (2015-) East Canton (2005-13)
Coventry Garrettsville
Crestwood (2005-15) Lake Center Christian (2015-)
Field Mogadore
Kent Roosevelt (2005-15) Rootstown
Norton Southeast (2011-)
Ravenna Streetsboro (2005-11, 2013-15)
Southeast (2005-11) Waterloo (2005-17)
Streetsboro (2011-13, 2015-) Windham (2005-13)
Woodridge (2015-) Woodridge (2005-15)

Principals Athletic Conference

Also known as PAC-7/8

Future Members

Former Members

Southwestern Conference

Former members

Suburban League

American Division

National Division

Former members

Wayne County Athletic League

Former members

Western Reserve Conference

The Western Reserve Conference is the name of four separate conferences (including two that ran simultaneously for a few years) in Northeastern Ohio.

Fourth Version (2015-)

This version was formed as most of the Premier Athletic Conference combined with two schools from the Northeast Ohio Conference, and one from the Chagrin Valley Conference.

Third Version (1996–2007)

This version was formed in 1996, as the Metro Conference merged with five schools from the Chagrin Valley Conference. This version of the WRC would combine with the Pioneer Conference to become the Northeast Ohio Conference.

Western Reserve Conference Divisions (1996-2005, unless noted)
 North Division   South Division 
Brush (1998-2005) Barberton
Kenston Cuyahoga Falls
Mayfield (1998-2005) Hudson (1997-2005)
Nordonia (1997-2005) Kent Roosevelt
Orange (1996-1998) Ravenna
Solon Stow-Munroe Falls
Twinsburg
West Geauga (1996-1998)

Second Version (1920s-68)

This version started as the Lake County League in the early 1920s, taking the WRC name in 1948 (despite the first WRC still existing). The league would last another 20 years before folding in 1968.

First Version (1919-51)

This league was originally the Trolley League until 1931, when it took the WRC name. The league folded in 1954, as Kent Roosevelt left for the Metro Conference, leaving the three remaining schools looking for other affiliations.

Defunct conferences

see Defunct Ohio high school athletic conferences

See also

Notes and references

  1. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  2. "The Inter-Tri County League will have a new look beginning fall 2015". Frankly Media. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. "N.O.C. Welcomes New Member the Mentor Cardinals!". NortheastOhioConference.org. Northeast Ohio Conference. July 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  4. Aaron Dorksen (2015-04-19). "PAC approves Loudonville as Football-Only Member". The Daily Record, Wooster, OH. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  5. March 24, 2014 (2013-03-20). "Midview to join SWC in 2015-16 - Chronicle-Telegram". Chronicle.northcoastnow.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
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