Great Lakes Conference

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The Great Lakes Conference is an OHSAA athletics conference that began play with the 2015-16 school year. [1] [2] The following are members:

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Members

GLC membership and divisional setup starting with the 2021-22 school year. GreatLakesConferenceOHSAA2019.png
GLC membership and divisional setup starting with the 2021-22 school year.
SchoolNicknameLocationColors [3] TypeTenureDivision
Bay Rockets Bay Village, Ohio Blue, White, & Red
   
Public2015-2024West
Buckeye Bucks York Township, Ohio Brown, Orange, & White
   
Public2019-2024East
Elyria Catholic Panthers Elyria, Ohio Green & White
  
Roman Catholic2015-2024West
Fairview Warriors Fairview Park, Ohio Scarlet & Gray
  
Public2019-2023West
Holy Name Green Wave Parma Heights, Ohio Green & White
  
Roman Catholic2015-2024East
Lakewood Rangers Lakewood, Ohio Purple & Gold
  
Public2020-2024East
Normandy Invaders Parma, Ohio Orange & White
  
Public2015-2024East
North Olmsted Eagles North Olmsted, Ohio Orange & Black
  
Public2021-2024West
Parma Senior Redmen Parma, Ohio Red & Gray
  
Public2015-2023East
Rocky River Pirates Rocky River, Ohio Maroon & White
  
Public2015-2024West
Valley Forge Patriots Parma Heights, Ohio Navy Blue & White
  
Public2015-2024East
Westlake Demons Westlake, Ohio Forest Green & White
  
Public2021-2024West

League history

As part of a significant realignment in Cleveland-area high school leagues at the time, the Great Lakes Conference was formed in 2015 by seven schools that were located in Cleveland's west suburbs and had similar competition levels. [4] Normandy, Parma, and Valley Forge came from the former Northeast Ohio Conference, Bay, Elyria Catholic, and Rocky River came from the former West Shore Conference, and Holy Name came from the North Coast League.

The league added Buckeye and Fairview in 2019. [5] Buckeye and Fairview were two of four schools being left out after eight of the 12 Patriot Athletic Conference schools decided to form a new league with more compact traveling distances.

On April 16, 2019, it was announced that Lakewood would join for the 2020-21 school year, leaving the Southwestern Conference in order to do so.

On February 20, 2020, it was announced that North Olmsted and Westlake would join for the 2021-22 school year, bring the GLC's membership to 12 schools. Both schools came from the Southwestern Conference. [6] With 12 members, the GLC will split into two divisions for some sports. The East Division will consists of Buckeye, Holy Name, Lakewood, Normandy, Parma, and Valley Forge; the West Division consists of Bay, Elyria Catholic, Fairview, North Olmsted, Rocky River, and Westlake. [7]

End of the conference

In June 2022, Parma City Schools approved a consolidation plan that would close Parma Senior High School along with two elementary schools following the 2022-23 school year. [8]

In March 2023, Fairview announced that they would be joining the Chagrin Valley Conference starting with the winter sports season of the 2023-2024 school year. [9] This came following a concern that Fairview would be "the smallest public school in an increasingly growing pool of larger ones."

In May 2023, eight GLC members (Bay, Buckeye, Lakewood, Normandy, North Olmsted, Rocky River, Valley Forge, and Westlake) announced that they would be leaving to form a new league for the 2024-2025 school year. [10] This left only Elyria Catholic and Holy Name under the GLC banner. In May, those two announced they would form the North Coast Conference along with five other schools. [11] The NCC will begin with the 2024-25 school year.

Rivalries

The major rivalries in the GLC include the following:

(Interdivisional)

Lakewood Rangers vs Rocky River Pirates

(Divisional)

(West): Bay Village Rockets vs Westlake Demons

(East): Buckeye Bucks vs Valley Forge Patriots

Championships

This information is of clearly stated champions according to the available end of season reports by the Great Lakes Conference from years 2015-2021. [12]

SchoolNicknameMens ChampionshipsWomens ChampionshipsTotal ChampionshipsMost Recent Championship
BayRockets18624Men's Tennis, Men's Basketball (2021)
BuckeyeBucks213Wrestling, Softball (2021)
Elyria CatholicPanthers347Baseball (2021)
FairviewWarriors101Men's Basketball (2020)
Holy NameGreen Wave4610Volleyball, Men's Basketball (2020)
LakewoodRangers000N/A
NormandyInvaders100Men’s Tennis (2021)
North OlmsteadEagles000N/A
Parma SeniorRedmen213Wrestling (2018)
Rocky RiverPirates191534Men's & Women's Track, Men's & Women's Cross Country, Women's Basketball (2021)
Valley ForgePatriots000N/A
WestlakeDemons112Volleyball, Men's Soccer (2021)

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