OHSAA Northeast Region athletic conferences

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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.

Contents

Akron City Series

Former members

All-American Conference

Red Division

Former members

Chagrin Valley Conference


Chagrin Division

Metro Division

Valley Division

Lake Division

Former members

Cleveland Senate Athletic League

Former members:

Crown Conference

Eastern Buckeye Conference

Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference

The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference league was formed after the Inter-Tri County League split into two separate conferences for the 2017–18 school year.

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

East Division

West Division

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

Lake Effect Conference

This conference does not include football. Only Cleveland St. Martin De Porres, Cleveland Horizon Science Academy, North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Academy, Open Door Christian, and Willoughby Andrews Osborne 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 HeightsBedford (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)
MentorParma (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

Lorain County League/Conference

Originally began in 1924 as one of the small-school county leagues, the league survived the consolidation wave until 1961, when the schools who weren't already aligned with the Inland Conference joined the Lakeland Conference. The conference revived itself in 1986, as the Lakeland collapsed, and the schools banded together for roughly two decades until the schools split, this time to help form the Patriot Athletic and West Shore conferences. The third and current version of the league formed in 2019 from the remnants of the Patriot Athletic Conference.

Third Version (Lorain County League, 2019-)

Second Version (Lorain County Conference, 1986-2005)

First Version (Lorain County League, 1924–61)

  1. Concurrent with Inland Conference 1957–61.
  2. Concurrent with Inland Conference 1959–61.

Division Alignments

LCL Divisions 1947-55
EasternWestern
AvonBrighton (1947–52)
Avon LakeBrownhelm (1947–52)
BeldenBrookside (1952–55)
Brookside (1947–52)Camden (1947–52)
ColumbiaClearview (1948–53)
EatonFirelands (1952-)
GraftonHenrietta (1947–52)
North RidgevilleLaGrange
Penfield
South Amherst

Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference

The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference was formed after the Inter-Tri County League split into two separate conferences for the 2017–18 school year. In 2020, the former Blue tier of the All-American Conference joined to create a new Grey tier.

Grey Tier

Scarlet Tier

Future Member

Metro Athletic Conference


Northeast 8 Conference

Former Members

Northeastern Athletic Conference

[2]

Stripes Division

Stars Division

FOOTBALL ONLY

Former Members

Portage Trail Conference

Former members

Portage Trail Conference Divisions, 2005–2020
 Metro Division  County Division 
Cloverleaf (2015–2020)Crestwood (2015–2020)
Coventry (2005–2020)East Canton (2005–2013)
Crestwood (2005-15)Garrettsville (2005–2020)
Field (2005–2020)Lake Center Christian (2015–2020)
Kent Roosevelt (2005–2015)Mogadore (2005–2020)
NortonRootstown (2005–2020)
Ravenna (2005–2020)Southeast (2011–2020)
Southeast (2005–2011)Streetsboro (2005–2011, 2013–2015)
Springfield (2005–2020)Valley Christian (2017–2020)
Streetsboro (2011–2013, 2015–2020)Waterloo (2005–2017)
Woodridge (2015–2020)Windham (2005–2013)
Woodridge (2005–2015)

Principals Athletic Conference

Also known as PAC-8

Former Members

Southwestern Conference

Former members

Steel Valley Conference

The original SVC existed from 1949 to 2009. 2019 marks the start of the second incarnation of the Steel Valley 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 League 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
KenstonCuyahoga Falls
Mayfield (1998-2005)Hudson (1997-2005)
Nordonia (1997-2005)Kent Roosevelt
Orange (1996-1998)Ravenna
SolonStow-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 name, Western Reserve League (Western Reserve Conference).

Defunct conferences

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". OHSAA. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  2. Conference Website

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