Federal League (OHSAA)

Last updated December 12, 2025

The Federal League is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) sports conference that was established in 1964 and includes schools from Stark and Summit counties in Ohio.

Current members

Federal League Alignment FederalLeagueOHSAA.PNG — Federal League Alignment


School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Tenure
McKinley	Bulldogs	Canton	Red, Black	2003-[Football 2004-]
GlenOak	Golden Eagles	Plain Township	Forest Green, Vegas Gold	1975-
Green	Bulldogs	Green	Orange, Black	2015-^[1]
Hoover	Vikings	North Canton	Black, Orange	1968-
Jackson	Polar Bears	Jackson Township	Purple, Gold	1964-
Lake	Blue Streaks	Uniontown	Blue, Red, White	1987-
Perry	Panthers	Perry Township	Black, Gold, White	1964-

Former Members


School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Tenure	Notes
Austintown Fitch	Falcons	Austintown	Navy and Scarlet	2003-2011[Football 2004-2011]	Left for the AAC
Alliance	Aviators	Alliance	Red, Columbia Blue	1983-2003	Left for Metro
Boardman	Spartans	Boardman	Maroon and White	2003-2014[Football 2004-2014]	Left for AAC
Canton South	Wildcats	Canton	Red and Gray	1964-1990	Left for NBC
Fairless	Falcons	Brewster	Navy Blue, Silver, and White	1964-1976	Left for All-Ohio
Glenwood	Eagles	Canton	Red and Blue	1968-1975	Consolidated with Oakwood to become GlenOak
Louisville	Leopards	Louisville	Blue and white	1968-1990	Left for NBC
Marlington	Dukes	Lexington	Orange, Black	1964-1985	Left for Senate
New Philadelphia	Quakers	New Philadephia	Red and Black	1987-1997	Left for East Central
Oakwood	Golden Raiders	Canton	Forest Green, Vegas Gold	1968-1975	Consolidated with Glenwood to become GlenOak
Sandy Valley	Cardinals	Magnolia	Red and Gray	1964-1968	Left for Senate
Timken	Trojans	Canton	Blue and Gold	1987-1995	Left to be independent
Wooster	Generals	Wooster	Blue and Gold	1987-2003	Left for Ohio Cardinal

History

The Federal League begins league play in 1964 with Canton South, Fairless, Glenwood, Jackson, Marlington, Perry, and Sandy Valley as charter members.

In 1968, Sandy Valley left for the Senate League. The same year saw Louisville, North Canton and Oakwood be welcomed into the league.

in 1975, Fairless left for the All-Ohio conference, meanwhile would add GlenOak, who became a consolidated school of Oakwood and Glenwood.

in 1983, Alliance accepted their invitation into the league, following by Marlington in 1985 and Lake in 1987.

in 1988, the league already having 10 teams, the league split into two divisions, the American Division and National Division, adding New Philadelphia, Timken and Wooster.

in 1990, the league merged back into one division, following the departure of Canton South and Louisville, who left for the Northeastern Buckeye Conference.

In 1995 Timken left to become independent. They would later consolidate with Canton McKinley in 2015 1997 saw New Philadelphia leave for the East Central Ohio League.

in 2003, both Alliance and Wooster would leave the Metro Athletic Conference ^[2] and the newly formed Ohio Cardinal Conference respectively.^[3] The same year saw Austintown Fitch, Boardman and Canton McKinley join for all sports except football; their programs later joined for all sports in 2004.

in 2011, Austintown Fitch leaves for the All-American Conference ^[4] Fitch tried to remain a football-only member of the Federal League but ended up leaving for all sports.

in 2013, Green announced that they would join the Federal League beginning the 2015–16. school year.^[5] in 2014, Boardman leaves for the All-American Conference.^[6]

Conference Champions

Year	Football Champions
1964	Glenwood
1965	Jackson
1966	Glenwood
1967	Perry
1968	Hoover, Oakwood
1969	Perry
1970	Louisville, Perry
1971	Louisville
1972	Hoover
1973	Hoover
1974	Louisville
1975	Hoover
1976	Hoover
1977	Louisville
1978	Louisville
1979	Hoover
1980	Hoover, Perry
1981	Louisville
1982	GlenOak
1983	Alliance
1984	Hoover, Perry
1985	GlenOak, Perry
1986	Hoover, Jackson
1987	Alliance, Hoover, Perry
1988	GlenOak, Hoover, Lake, Perry
1989	GlenOak, Hoover, Jackson, Wooster
1990	Jackson
1991	Lake
1992	Perry
1993	Lake, Perry
1994	GlenOak, Lake, Perry
1995	Hoover, Perry
1996	Alliance, Jackson
1997	Hoover, Perry
1998	Hoover, Jackson, Lake
1999	Hoover, Perry
2000	Hoover, Perry
2001	Jackson
2002	Hoover
2003	Hoover
2004	Austintown-Fitch
2005	Canton McKinley
2006	Canton McKinley
2007	Hoover
2008	Hoover
2009	GlenOak
2010	Austintown-Fitch
2011	Canton McKinley, Boardman, GlenOak
2012	Canton McKinley
2013	Canton McKinley
2014	GlenOak
2015	Perry, GlenOak
2016	Perry
2017	Perry, McKinley, Jackson
2018	Hoover, McKinley
2019	McKinley
2020	Perry
2021	Hoover
2022	McKinley, Lake
2023	McKinley
2024	Jackson, McKinley
2025	McKinley

References

The Federal League Football History

↑ "Green to join Federal League - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com". Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
↑ "Alliance helps MAC move on". www.vindy.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014.
↑ "MAC continues to explore options". www.vindy.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014.
↑ Franco, Elise (May 11, 2010). "Austintown board approves move to the AAC". vindy.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
↑ http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/green-set-to-join-the-federal-league-in-2015-2016-suburban-league-seeks-to-move-forward-with-its-own-expansion-plan-1.422407 ^{[ bare URL ]}
↑ "Off the courts - High school basketball news & notes". Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2013.

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[1] "Green to join Federal League - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com". Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.

[2] "Alliance helps MAC move on". www.vindy.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014.

[3] "MAC continues to explore options". www.vindy.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014.

[4] Franco, Elise (May 11, 2010). "Austintown board approves move to the AAC". vindy.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2010.

[5] ttp://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/green-set-to-join-the-federal-league-in-2015-2016-suburban-league-seeks-to-move-forward-with-its-own-expansion-plan-1.422407 ^{[ bare URL ]}

[6] "Off the courts - High school basketball news & notes". Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2013.

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