Northeastern Buckeye Conference

Northeastern Buckeye Conference
Association	Ohio High School Athletic Association
Founded	1988
First season	Fall 1989
Ceased	Spring 2018
Replaced by	Eastern Buckeye Conference
Sports fielded	Baseball • Basketball • Bowling • Cross-country • Football • Golf • Soccer • Softball • Tennis • Track and field • Volleyball • Wrestling;
No. of teams	8
Region	Carroll, Columbiana, Mahoning, and Stark County, Ohio
Locations
	Final league membership.

Last updated June 18, 2024

The Northeastern Buckeye Conference (NBC), was an OHSAA high school athletic conference that comprised eight high schools in Northeast Ohio.

Final members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Tenure

Alliance	Aviators	Alliance	Red, Columbia Blue	2005-2018
Canton South	Wildcats	Canton	Red, Gray	1990-2018
Carrollton	Warriors	Carrollton	Black, White	1989-2018
Louisville	Leopards	Louisville	Blue, White	1990-2018
Marlington	Dukes	Lexington	Orange, Black	1989-2018
Minerva	Lions	Minerva	Crimson, Gray	1989-2018
Salem	Quakers	Salem	Red, Black	2011-2018
West Branch	Warriors	Beloit	Green, White	1989-2018

Former members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Tenure	Notes

Dover	Tornadoes	Dover	Crimson, Gray	1989-1993	Founding member; left for the ECOL in 1993-94.
Northwest	Indians	Lawrence	Red, White, & Gray	1989-2011	Founding member; left in 2011 to be independent.
Springfield	Spartans	Lakemore	Red, Gray	1993-2005	Left for the PTC in 2005.

League history

The NBC was established in September 1988 and began league play in the fall of 1989. The six founding members were Carrollton, Dover, Marlington, Minerva, Northwest, and West Branch. Due to contractual obligations to the Federal League, Canton South and Louisville could not compete until the following year (1990–91).
Dover left for the East Central Ohio League after the 1992-93 school year and was replaced by Springfield in 1993-94.
Springfield left after 2004-05 for the newly created Portage Trail Conference and was replaced by Alliance in 2005-06.
In anticipation of having to discontinue sports due to a series of levy failures, Northwest left the conference after the 2010-11 school year and was replaced by Salem beginning with the 2011-12 school year.
In December 2015, discussions were held by all conference members (except Louisville) to potentially leave the NBC and create a new league without the Leopards. Three other schools were also included in the discussions: South Range, Crestview, and Beaver Local.^[1]
On February 4, 2016, the NBC voted to disband, and all conference members besides Louisville agreed to form a new league.^[2]
On June 1, 2016, WKBN-TV 27 Youngstown reported that Alliance, Canton South, Carrollton, Marlington, Minerva, Salem and West Branch will form the Eastern Buckeye Conference for the 2018-2019 school year, along with South Range, who will leave the Inter Tri-County League.^[3] Louisville will become a league independent.^[4] South Range left the Eastern Buckeye Conference before a game was played, choosing to accept an invitation to the newly formed Northeast 8 Athletic Conference instead.^[5] The league disbanded after the Spring 2018 sports season.

Conference championships

Boys sports

Year	Football^[6]	Cross Country^[7]	Golf^[8]	Soccer^[9]	Basketball^[10]	Wrestling^[11]	Baseball^[12]	Track & Field^[13]	Tennis^[14]
1988-89	Minerva	Began in 1989	Began in 1989	Began in 1993	Began in 1989-90	Began in 1989-90	Began in 1990	Began in 1990
1989-90	Minerva	Marlington	Minerva, West Branch		Canton South	Marlington	Carrollton	Marlington	Louisville
1990-91	West Branch	Dover	Carrollton		West Branch	Marlington	West Branch	Dover	Louisville, Marlington
1991-92	Louisville, Minerva, West Branch	Canton South	Dover		Louisville, West Branch	Marlington	Marlington	Marlington	Louisville
1992-93	Louisville	Dover	Marlington		Louisville	Marlington	Canton South	Marlington	Dover
1993-94	Louisville	Marlington	Marlington	Northwest	Minerva	Marlington	Carrollton	Marlington
1994-95	West Branch	Carrollton	Marlington	Northwest	Minerva	Canton South, Louisville	Louisville, Marlington	Canton South
1995-96	Marlington	Marlington	Springfield	Springfield	Canton South	Springfield	Springfield	Canton South
1996-97	Springfield	Marlington	Northwest, West Branch	Northwest, Springfield	Northwest	Louisville, Springfield	West Branch	Canton South
1997-98	Minerva	Carrollton, Marlington	Northwest	Northwest	Northwest	Springfield	Springfield	Canton South
1998-99	West Branch	Marlington, Minerva	Carrollton, Marlington	Northwest	Canton South	Springfield	Canton South	West Branch
1999-00	Louisville, West Branch	Minerva	Carrollton, West Branch	Northwest	Louisville, West Branch	Springfield	Carrollton	Canton South
2000-01	Louisville	Carrollton	West Branch	Northwest	Louisville	Marlington	Canton South	Carrollton
2001-02	Louisville, West Branch	Carrollton	Carrollton	Marlington, Northwest	Canton South, Minerva	West Branch	Canton South	Carrollton
2002-03	Louisville	Louisville, Marlington	West Branch	Northwest	Canton South	Northwest	Marlington	Carrollton, Marlington
2003-04	Northwest	Marlington	Northwest	Marlington	Northwest	Northwest	Louisville	Marlington
2004-05	Carrollton	Minerva	Carrollton	Marlington	Carrollton, Louisville	West Branch	Louisville	West Branch
2005-06	Louisville	Marlington	West Branch	Marlington	Carrollton, Northwest	Northwest	Alliance	Alliance	Louisville
2006-07	Alliance, Northwest	Louisville	West Branch	Marlington	Alliance, Louisville	West Branch	Canton South	Alliance	Canton South
2007-08	Northwest	Louisville	Louisville	Alliance	Alliance, Marlington, Northwest	West Branch	Alliance, Marlington	Marlington	Louisville
2008-09	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Alliance	Minerva	West Branch	Alliance	Marlington, Northwest	Louisville
2009-10	Louisville	Louisville	Northwest	Alliance, Marlington	Louisville	West Branch	Louisville	Marlington	Louisville
2010-11	Marlington	Louisville	Northwest	Marlington	Carrollton	West Branch	Louisville	Louisville, Marlington	Alliance
2011-12	Minerva	Louisville	Marlington	Marlington	Alliance	West Branch	Canton South	Salem	Louisville, Salem
2012-13	West Branch	Louisville	Carrollton	Marlington	Canton South	West Branch	Canton South	Salem	Louisville
2013-14	Louisville	Louisville	Carrollton, Marlington	West Branch	Alliance	West Branch	Canton South, Marlington, West Branch	Louisville	Louisville
2014-15	Louisville	Louisville	Carrollton, Louisville	Marlington, Minerva, West Branch	Louisville	Carrollton	West Branch	West Branch	Louisville
2015-16	Louisville	Louisville	Marlington, Louisville	Minerva	Alliance	Carrollton	Marlington	Salem, Marlington	Louisville
2016-17	Marlington	Louisville	Marlington	Louisville	Alliance, Louisville	Carrollton

Girls sports

Year	Cross Country^[15]	Golf^[16]	Soccer^[17]	Tennis^[18]	Volleyball^[19]	Basketball^[20]	Softball^[21]	Track & Field^[22]
1989-90	Marlington	Began in 2011	Began in 2003	Began in 1990	Louisville	Louisville, West Branch	Northwest	Dover
1990-91	Marlington			Louisville	Northwest	Louisville	Northwest	Dover
1991-92	Dover			Louisville	Canton South	Louisville	Northwest	Dover
1992-93	Dover			Louisville	Canton South	Marlington	Carrollton, Marlington	Dover, Marlington
1993-94	Marlington, Minerva				Northwest	Carrollton	Springfield	Minerva
1994-95	Marlington				Canton South	Carrollton	Springfield	Marlington
1995-96	Marlington				Canton South	West Branch	Springfield	Marlington
1996-97	Marlington				Northwest	West Branch	Springfield	Marlington
1997-98	Marlington				Northwest	Minerva	Springfield	Marlington
1998-99	Marlington				Northwest	West Branch	Springfield	Carrollton
1999-00	Marlington				West Branch	West Branch	Marlington, Springfield	West Branch
2000-01	Minerva				Louisville	Carrollton, West Branch	Marlington, Springfield	West Branch
2001-02	Carrollton				Minerva	West Branch	Louisville, Marlington	West Branch
2002-03	Minerva				West Branch	West Branch	Marlington	West Branch
2003-04	Minerva		Marlington		Carrollton, Louisville	West Branch	Marlington	West Branch
2004-05	Minerva		Marlington		Northwest	West Branch	Marlington	West Branch
2005-06	Marlington		Marlington, West Branch	Louisville	Louisville, Northwest	Louisville	Canton South	Marlington, West Branch
2006-07	Marlington		Marlington	Canton South, Marlington	Northwest	Louisville	Northwest	West Branch
2007-08	Louisville		Marlington	Marlington	Minerva	Louisville, Northwest	Northwest	Louisville
2008-09	Minerva		Northwest	Canton South	Northwest	Canton South	Louisville	Louisville
2009-10	Louisville		Marlington	Canton South	Northwest	Minerva	Louisville	Louisville
2010-11	Louisville		Marlington	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville
2011-12	Louisville	Louisville	Marlington, West Branch	Louisville	Salem	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville
2012-13	Louisville	Carrollton	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville, West Branch	Louisville	West Branch
2013-14	Carrollton	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Carrollton	Carrollton	Louisville	Louisville
2014-15	Marlington	Louisville, Minerva	West Branch	Louisville	Carrollton	West Branch	Louisville	Louisville
2015-16	Marlington	Louisville	West Branch	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville, Carrollton	Louisville	Carrollton, Minerva
2016-17	Louisville	Louisville	West Branch/Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	West Branch

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References

↑ "Northeastern Buckeye Conference could disband to oust Louisville". IndeOnline.com. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
↑ ""Too much athletic success at Louisville; NBC will disband"". New Philadelphia Times-Reporter. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
↑ ""South Range Joins Eastern Buckeye Conference"". WKBN. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
↑ ""Louisville To Compete As Independent During 2018-2019."". Leopard Nation. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
↑ ""South Range joins new Northeast 8, leaving the Northeast Buckeye."". WKBN. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
↑ "Louisville Leopards Football Championships".
↑ "Louisville Leopards Boys Cross Country Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Cross Country Championships - Leopard Nation".
↑ "Louisville Leopards Boys Golf Championships".
↑ "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
↑ "Louisville Leopards Boys Basketball Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Boys Basketball Champions and Louisville High School Boys Basketball Titles - Leopard Nation".
↑ "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
↑ "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
↑ "Louisville Leopards Boys Track Championships".
↑ "Louisville Leopards Boys Tennis Championships".
↑ "Louisville Leopards Girls Cross Country Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Grils Cross Country Championships - Leopard Nation".
↑ "Louisville Leopards Girls Golf Championships".
↑ "Louisville Leopards Girls Soccer Championships | Past NBC Girls Soccer Champions - Leopard Nation".
↑ "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
↑ "Louisville Leopards Volleyball Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Volleyball Champions - Leopard Nation".
↑ "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
↑ "Louisville Leopards Softball Championships".
↑ "Louisville Leopards Girls Track Championships".

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[1] "Northeastern Buckeye Conference could disband to oust Louisville". IndeOnline.com. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

[2] ""Too much athletic success at Louisville; NBC will disband"". New Philadelphia Times-Reporter. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-08-11.

[3] ""South Range Joins Eastern Buckeye Conference"". WKBN. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-11.

[4] ""Louisville To Compete As Independent During 2018-2019."". Leopard Nation. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-08-11.

[5] ""South Range joins new Northeast 8, leaving the Northeast Buckeye."". WKBN. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

[6] "Louisville Leopards Football Championships".

[7] "Louisville Leopards Boys Cross Country Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Cross Country Championships - Leopard Nation".

[8] "Louisville Leopards Boys Golf Championships".

[9] "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}

[10] "Louisville Leopards Boys Basketball Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Boys Basketball Champions and Louisville High School Boys Basketball Titles - Leopard Nation".

[11] "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}

[12] "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}

[13] "Louisville Leopards Boys Track Championships".

[14] "Louisville Leopards Boys Tennis Championships".

[15] "Louisville Leopards Girls Cross Country Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Grils Cross Country Championships - Leopard Nation".

[16] "Louisville Leopards Girls Golf Championships".

[17] "Louisville Leopards Girls Soccer Championships | Past NBC Girls Soccer Champions - Leopard Nation".

[18] "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}

[19] "Louisville Leopards Volleyball Championships | Northeastern Buckeye Conference Volleyball Champions - Leopard Nation".

[20] "**". Nbcohio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}

[21] "Louisville Leopards Softball Championships".

[22] "Louisville Leopards Girls Track Championships".

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v t e Northeast District (Ohio) High School Athletic Conferences (Northeast Ohio)
Current	Akron City Series All-American Conference Chagrin Valley Conference Eastern Buckeye Conference Federal League Firelands Conference Great Lakes Conference Greater Cleveland Conference Inter-Valley Conference Lake Erie League Lorain County League Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Metro Athletic Conference Northeast 8 Athletic Conference Northeast Athletic Conference Northeastern Conference Ohio Cardinal Conference Portage Trail Conference Principals Athletic Conference Senate Athletic League Southwestern Conference Suburban League Wayne County Athletic League Western Reserve Conference

Former	North Coast League (1984–2020) Northeast Ohio Conference (2007–2015) Northeastern Buckeye Conference (1989–2018) Patriot Athletic Conference (2005-2019) Pioneer Conference (1977-2007) Premier Athletic Conference (1997–2015) West Shore Conference (2005–2015) Youngstown City Series (1925–2003)
Outlying	Mid-Buckeye Conference Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference