OHSAA Southwest Region athletic conferences

This is a list of high school athletic conferences in the Southwest 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.

Central Buckeye Conference

Kenton Trail Division

Mad River Division

Former members

Cincinnati Hills League

Conference Website: http://www.chlsports.com/

Former members

Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference

Website: http://www.cmacstats.com/

Former members

Cross County Conference

The conference was originally the Darke County League, begun in either the 1920s or early 1930's, and renamed itself after most of the Wayne Trace League merged with the DCL in 1978. Website: http://www.crosscountyconference.com/

Former members

Dayton City League

Dayton high schools were part of the Southwest Ohio Public League from 2002 to 2007, and will play football in the same conference beginning in 2015.

Main article: Dayton City League

Former members (all closed)

Eastern Cincinnati Conference

The Eastern Cincinnati Conference comprises teams mostly from larger schools in eastern Hamilton County and nearby counties in Greater Cincinnati. http://eccsports.com/

Greater Catholic League

Beginning with the 2013-14 Academic year, The GCL experienced a restructuring over the summer. The Co-ed schools merged into one division, and the Girls Greater Catholic League was merged into the GCL.[2]

Conference Website: GCL Co-ed, GCL South

North (Co-Ed)

Central (Co-Ed)

South (Boys)

South (Girls)

Former members

Greater Miami Conference

Conference Website: http://www.gmcsports.com/

Former schools

Greater Western Ohio Conference

The GWOC was formed in 2001 as a merger of the Western Ohio Conference and Greater Miami Valley League.

Conference Website: http://www.gwocsports.com/

East Division

North Division

South Division

West Division

Former Schools

Divisional Alignments

2001-06 2006-16
East West Central North South
Beavercreek Butler Beavercreek Butler Fairborn
Centerville Greenville (2001-05) Centerville Greenville (2010-16) Lebanon
Fairmont Northmont Fairmont Piqua Miamisburg
Springfield North Piqua Northmont Sidney Springboro
Springfield South Sidney Springfield North (2006-08) Trotwood-Madison West Carrollton (2010-16)
Wayne Trotwood-Madison Springfield South/Springfield Troy Xenia
Xenia Troy Wayne

Independents

Metro Buckeye Conference

Conference Website: http://www.metrobuckeyesports.com/

Former members

Miami Valley Conference

Conference Website: http://miamivalleyconference.org/

Gray Division

Scarlet Division

Former members

Ohio Heritage Conference

Future Members

Ohio Valley Athletic League

Shelby County Athletic League

Former members

Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference

The conference was formed as the Clermont County League in 1919, and changed their name to the Southern Buckeye in 1987. Conference Website: http://www.sbaac.net/

American Division

National Division

Future Members

Former schools

Southwest Ohio Conference

Conference website: http://www.swocsports.com/

Former members

Southwest Ohio Public League

This is the second incarnation of the SWOPL, which will include Cincinnati Metro schools, Dayton City schools, and the football-playing public schools of the OVAL. The first incarnation of the league was formed by the Dayton City League, who had been losing schools to consolidation, and the Queen City Conference, who had lost almost all of the suburban schools to other conferences. The league only lasted five years, as travel concerns, particularly I-75 rush hour traffic, trumped the lack of in-city opponents. The new version of the league is for varsity football only, which should alleviate travel problems.

Football-Only League (2015-)

Divisions are subject to change before the 2015 football season.

American Division

National Division

2002-07 League

American Division

National Division

Former members Both teams played in the American Division while in SWOPL play. Both left for the Fort Ancient Valley Conference

Southwestern Buckeye League

http://www.swblsports.com/

Southwestern Division (Bigger Schools)

Buckeye Division (Small schools)

Former Members

Defunct conferences

see Defunct Ohio high school athletic conferences

See also

Notes and references

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