Wayne County Athletic League

The member schools of the Wayne County Athletic League.

The Wayne County Athletic League is an OHSAA athletic conference whose eight members are from Wayne County and Ashland County, Ohio. The following are currently members:

School Nickname Location Colors Middle School
Chippewa Chipps Doylestown Blue, White
         
Chippewa MS
Dalton Bulldogs Dalton Orange, Black
         
Dalton Intermediate
Hillsdale Falcons Jeromesville Columbia Blue, Gold
              
Hillsdale MS
Northwestern Huskies West Salem Blue, Gray
         
Northwestern MS
Norwayne Bobcats Creston Scarlet, Gray
         
Norwayne MS
Rittman Indians Rittman Red, White, Black
              
Rittman MS
Smithville Smithies Smithville Green, White, Black
              
Greene MS
Waynedale Golden Bears Apple Creek Brown, Gold
         
John R. Lea MS

Former members

School Nickname Location Colors Left League
Apple Creek Aces[1] Apple Creek Black, Gold
         
cons. 1955
Big Prairie Bobcats Big Prairie Black, Gold
         
late 1930s
Burbank Bombers[1] Burbank Purple, White
         
cons. 1953
Chester Pups Chester Township Blue, ??
    [2]
cons. 1951
Congress Senators[1] Congress Scarlet, Gray
         [2]
cons. 1951
Creston Panthers[1] Creston Red, Black
         
cons. 1953
Fredericksburg Freddies[1] Fredericksburg Red, Black
         
cons. 1955
Marshallville Tigers[1] Marshallville Blue, Gold
         
cons. 1938
Mt. Eaton/Paint Township Pirates[1] Mount Eaton Green, White
         
cons. 1955
Shreve Trojans[1] Shreve Red, White
         
cons. 1963
Sterling/Milton Township Eagles[1] Sterling Blue, Gold
         
cons. 1953
Triway Titans Wooster Purple, White
         
1970
West Salem Clippers[1] West Salem Orange, Black
         
cons. 1951

League history[1]

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

2010s

On December 3, 2011, the WCAL had its first-ever state football champion when Norwayne defeated Kenton 48-42 in the Division IV championship at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon.[3]

Boys league championships

Year Football Boys Basketball
1924-25 Doylestown
1925-26 Doylestown
1926-27 Doylestown
1927-28 Dalton
1928-29 Rittman
1929-30 Dalton
1930-31 Doylestown
1931-32 Dalton, Rittman
1932-33 Doylestown
1933-34 Rittman
1934-35 Doylestown
1935-36 Rittman
1936-37 Dalton Fredericksburg
1937-38 Rittman Fredericksburg, ??
1938-39 Dalton Fredericksburg
1939-40 Rittman
1940-41 Dalton
1941-42 Rittman
1942-43 Doylestown
1943-44 None
1944-45 None
1945-46 None
1946-47 None
1947-48 None
1948-49 None
1949-50 None
1950-51 None
1951-52 Rittman
1952-53 Rittman
1953-54 Doylestown
1954-55 Dalton, Doylestown
1955-56 Doylestown
1956-57 Doylestown
1957-58 Doylestown
1958-59 Rittman
1959-60 Dalton, Waynedale
1960-61 Waynedale
1961-62 Dalton
1962-63 Smithville
1963-64 Dalton
1964-65 Rittman
1965-66 Norwayne
1966-67 Dalton
1967-68 Dalton, Northwestern
1968-69 Dalton
1969-70 Doylestown
1970-71 Doylestown
1971-72 Dalton
1972-73 Waynedale
1973-74 Waynedale
1974-75 Dalton
1975-76 Rittman
1976-77 Dalton
1977-78 Dalton
1978-79 Waynedale
1979-80 Rittman
1980-81 Rittman, Smithville
1981-82 Waynedale
1982-83 Waynedale
1983-84 Smithville
1984-85 Smithville
1985-86 Waynedale
1986-87 Rittman
1987-88 Smithville
1988-89 Smithville
1989-90 Waynedale
1990-91 Smithville
1991-92 Dalton
1992-93 Dalton, Waynedale
1993-94 Dalton, Smithville, Waynedale
1994-95 Smithville
1995-96 Waynedale
1996-97 Dalton
1997-98 Waynedale
1998-99 Waynedale
1999-00 Chippewa
2000-01 Smithville
2001-02 Northwestern, Smithville
2002-03 Smithville
2003-04 Dalton, Smithville, Waynedale
2004-05 Smithville
2005-06 Smithville
2006-07 Northwestern
2007-08 Northwestern, Waynedale
2008-09 Norwayne, Waynedale
2009-10 Dalton
2010-11 Hillsdale Northwestern
2011-12 Hillsdale, Norwayne, Smithville Dalton
2012-13 Norwayne Dalton
2013-14 Northwestern Norwayne
2014-15 Chippewa, Hillsdale Dalton, Chippewa
2015-16 Norwayne

Ohio High School Athletic Association State championships

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "History of the Wayne County Athletic League" (website). Wayne County Athletic League. 1973-06-12. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Vasas, Michale Paul (1989). A History of Wayne County Football 1899 to 1988. Collier Printing Company of Wooster, Ohio.
  3. Dorksen, Aaron (December 4, 2011). "STATE CHAMPIONS! Norwayne pulls out all-time thriller for Div. IV title". Wooster Daily Record. Retrieved December 4, 2011.

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