Inter-High League

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Inter High League
Inter-High League
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Claremont Academy

The Inter-High League (also known as The Worcester Inter-High League or Worcester League) was a High School athletic conference in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The league was made up of eight public high schools and one vocational school throughout its existence all located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Claremont Academy and University Park Campus School were too small to field team in most sports, and students instead participate in Co-Op teams with other schools in the league. [1] [2]

The league would fold in 2025 after merging with the Central Massachusetts Conference, Colonial Athletic League, Dual Valley Conference, and the Southern Worcester County League to form the Central Massachusetts Athletic Conference [3] .

History

The conference was founded circa 1936 by schools North High, South High, Worcester Classical, and Worcester Commerce. [4] Being a league specifically catered to the public schools within the city of Worcester, not much changed until Worcester Classical and Worcester Commerce shut down in the sixties; which in turn brought in the two schools that replaced them. Burncoat High joined the year it was founded in 1964, and Doherty High did the same in 1966. Worcester Technical High School (then known as Worcester Trade) had been around longer than the league's existence, but it wasn't until around 1974 that they finally joined the Inter-High. [5]

Only two years later, a new conference was formed called the Colonial Athletic League; a conference specifically for the vocational schools in central Massachusetts. [6] In 1977, Worcester Tech joined the Colonial but did so without leaving the Inter High, allowing them to play league games in two conferences and compete for two league titles. [7] Worcester Tech competed like this until at least 2011, where they became members of only the Colonial Athletic. [8]

Former Members

School [9] MascotColorsFoundedJoined LeagueLeft
Burncoat High School PatriotsGreen & White   196419642025
Claremont Academy2025
Doherty Memorial High School HighlandersMaroon & Gold   196619662025
North High School Polar BearsOrange & Black   191119362025
South High Community School ColonelsRed, Black, & White    190119362025
University Park Campus School 19972025
Worcester Classical19361966
Worcester Commerce19361966
Worcester Technical High School EagleRoyal Blue, Silver, & White    circa 19742011

State Championships

This is a list of MIAA State championships won by schools while a part of the Inter-High league

Football

Source: [10] Note: From 1972 to 2012, football state championships were separated by region, so there would be multiple champions from each division. From 1972 to 1977 and from 1997 to 2008, it was split between Eastern Mass and Central/Western Mass and there would be two champions in each division. From 1978 to 1996 and from 2009 to 2012 Central and Western Mass split so there would be three champions in each division. In 2013 everything was combined and therefore only allowed one state champion per division.

Indoor Track

Source: [11]

Boys

  • North - 1941 Class B
  • South - 1938 Class B

Outdoor Track

Source: [11]

Boys

  • Worcester Commerce - 1938, 1939 Class B

References

  1. ↑ "Client Challenge". www.worcesterschools.org. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  2. ↑ "Client Challenge". www.worcesterschools.org. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  3. ↑ "Where will my school play? The fall and winter alignments for the Central Mass. Athletic Conference". The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  4. ↑ "Game to be Played at Athletic Field". Worcester Evening Gazette . October 2, 1936. p. 26.
  5. ↑ "No 'Soup' Without Campbell - Trade Romps Over Notre Dame". The Daily Sentinel and Leominster Enterprise . October 28, 1974. p. 6.
  6. ↑ Brown, Paul K. (November 5, 1976). "Schoolboy Grid League Titles are Up for Grabs". The Evening Gazette . p. 21.
  7. ↑ "Football standings, schedules". The Boston Globe . September 26, 1978. p. 31.
  8. ↑ "Standings". The Boston Globe . September 26, 2011. pp. C13.
  9. ↑ https://www.miaa.net/sites/default/files/2024-06/miaa-league-directory.pdf
  10. ↑ https://www.miaa.net/sites/default/files/2024-05/miaa-state-champions-football.pdf
  11. 1 2 https://www.miaa.net/sites/default/files/2024-05/miaa-state-champions-track-cross-country.pdf

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