This is a list of former high school athletic conferences in the Northwest Region of Ohio , as designated by the OHSAA . If a conference had members that span multiple regions, the conference is placed in the article of the region most of its former members hail from. 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.
31-697: The all-time members of the Black Fork Valley Conference. (1979–1982) Charter Members The league was created when Columbian, Fremont Ross, and Sandusky left the Little Big 7 league to join with Bowling Green, Findlay, and Fostoria. When Bowling Green and Fostoria left for the Great Northern League (and Tiffin went to the NOL), the league added two schools from the Lake Erie League and rebranded as
62-439: A merger into a single league. The league ended in 1963, as the number of schools was whittled to three. 1960-63 1959-60 Pre-1959 A county league for smaller schools that existed before 1939, and folded in 1961. Greater Buckeye Conference The Greater Buckeye Conference was a high school athletic conference with six members, all located in a large area of northern and northwest Ohio . It
93-521: A total of 26 team state championships. For the 1969–70 school year, the Northern Border League was formed by the smaller-enrollment members of the NWOAL as a way to compete for league titles without Napoleon and Bryan. Delta and Swanton withdrew from the NWOAL completely while Archbold , Liberty Center , Montpelier , Wauseon and the recently joined Evergreen become dual members of both
124-534: A valid setup starting in 2011 as the Three Rivers Athletic Conference . Findlay and Lima Senior joined the TRAC right away, leaving Marion Harding without a league affiliation for 2011-12. Northwest Ohio Athletic League (OHSAA)#Northern Border League (1969-1978).5B22.5D The Northwest Ohio Athletic League ( NWOAL ) is a high school sports league in the U.S. state of Ohio . Beginning in 1926, it
155-447: Is officially the oldest athletic league in the state of Ohio. The league sponsors many sports, including: football , boys & girls cross country , volleyball , boys & girls soccer , wrestling , golf , boys & girls basketball , baseball , softball , and boys & girls track & field . The average school enrollment ranges from 250 to 450 students making it a small to mid-size school league. The NWOAL members have won
186-673: The Ohio Cardinal Conference in 2003. Vermilion joined the West Shore Conference while Marion Harding left for the Greater Buckeye Conference . (1948-1951) The football-only league dissolved in May 1952, prior to the 1952 football season. Distance and low gate receipts were cited as reasons for folding the league. Toledo Waite representatives also mentioned that having to play conference newcomer Toledo Macomber in
217-845: The Orange Division becoming the Great Lakes League and the Blue Division becoming the Northern Lakes League . Bowling Green left the GLL in June 1960, and Bedford (MI) joined in 1961. Port Clinton switched from the NLL to the GLL with the start of the 1963-64 school year. Toledo Rogers left the GLL to join the Toledo City League with the start of the 1966-67 school year when their district
248-463: The Toledo City League for the following school year, and the league would not continue with four members. The Greater Buckeye Conference was created for the 2003-04 school year, which brought Findlay, Fremont Ross, and Sandusky back with former Buckeye Conference member Marion Harding, while Napoleon remained and Lima Senior joined. The GBC was created in fall of 2003 with Findlay, Fremont Ross, Lima Senior, Marion Harding, Napoleon, and Sandusky as
279-657: The Toledo City League would have made it impossible for them to continue playing in both leagues. An interest in joining the league was expressed by Hamilton, Middletown, Springfield, and Toledo Libbey in 1949, but those schools ultimately decided the travel was too much for them to consider as well. Disbanded after 2013-2014 season when the Blanchard Valley Conference expanded. see the Richland County Standings While containing only Sandusky County teams for most of its existence, at one point
310-665: The Toledo City League . After a league vote on October 13, Fremont Ross was invited to join the City League in 2011, but Findlay and Lima were turned down. On May 24, 2010, representatives from Findlay and Lima Senior high schools met with the non- TPS members of the Toledo City League to discuss possibly forming a new conference no sooner than 2011. This came after Toledo Public considered cutting junior high, freshmen, and less popular sports from their budget in order to ease their $ 39 million deficit. This new league would become
341-626: The 1985 football season when Hopewell-Loudon, North Baltimore, St. Wendelin and Seneca East left for the Midland Athletic League. This left Danbury, Northwood, and Ottawa Hills as independents until Northwood joined the Suburban Lakes League in 1986 and the other two joined the Toledo Area Athletic Conference in 1988. Six Schools Set For New League A short-lived triangular league started by independent schools,
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#1732894454997372-735: The Buckeye Conference. The league ended in 1987 as most schools joined either the Buckeye Central Conference or the Erie Shore League. A small-school county league, the CCL was organized in 1935 and did not have a change in membership until 1958. Nevada joined in 1961, after the Wyandot County League folded, with the CCL only having four remaining schools. Buckeye Central and Colonel Crawford, two recent consolidations, left for
403-510: The GLL and Southview joined the NLL. Bowling Green switched from the GLL to the NLL in 1978, and Napoleon joined the GLL at the start of the 1978-79 school year. Port Clinton left at the start of the 1980-81 school year for the Sandusky Bay Conference and was replaced by Lima Shawnee , which competed in the GLL only in 1980-81 and 1981-82. Toledo Whitmer rejoined at the start of the 1982-83 school year. Fremont Ross joined at
434-714: The GNC gradually, starting with the spring of 1953 in baseball. Sylvania was forced to cancel its winter and spring sports during the 1957-58 school year after a levy attempt failed in the fall of 1957. Source: Talks had begun in 1956 to expand the GNC with Bowling Green, Fostoria, Swanton, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Lake, Port Clinton, Toledo Rogers and Holland being considered. The GNC eventually grew and split into two divisions based on size— Orange: ( Bowling Green , Clay , Fostoria , Toledo Rogers , Sylvania and Toledo Whitmer ) and Blue: (Anthony Wayne, Genoa, Maumee, Perrysburg, Port Clinton and Rossford). The names were changed in 1957, with
465-492: The Johnny Appleseed Conference. (1963–1972; 1979–1985) The Lakeshore Conference were two separate leagues made-up of schools that were in both loops. The original conference was formed in 1963 and folded in 1972 when four of its six members left. The second Lakeshore Conference came into existence around 1979 and folded after the 1985 football season. First Version Second Version: The league folded after
496-547: The MVL. Three of these schools merged to form Anthony Wayne in 1951. After some changes, the league entered its last leg in 1957, when Delta and Swanton left, leaving four members. Within the next three years, three of the four found other conference homes. Six Schools Set For New League (1929-1936) (1985-2014) Conference Website: http://www.tiffinohiosports.com/midland_athletic_league.html see NBL History Archbold, Liberty Center, Montpelier, and Wauseon were dual members of
527-566: The NBL and the NWOAL during the league's entire existence. Evergreen was for the first two years of the league's existence until fully staying in the NBL. See NWOAL for the league history. Note: Six of the remaining NOL members were absorbed by the Sandusky Bay Conference for the 2017-18 school year. (football only) Ashland, Lexington, Madison, Mansfield Senior, and Orrville helped to form
558-480: The NBL and the now 7-member NWOAL. Patrick Henry would also compete in the NBL after consolidating for the 1969–70 school year, although their football team wouldn't begin NBL play until 1970. Competition between the five dual-league members counted in the standings for both the NWOAL and the NBL. Evergreen would withdraw from the NWOAL completely in 1971 and compete solely in the NBL. In 1973, Liberty Center also considered dropping their NWOAL membership solely for
589-574: The North Central Conference the following year, with the three remaining schools consolidating into Wynford in 1963. (1956–2003) The GLL existed from fall of 1956 until spring of 2003 before essentially transforming into the Greater Buckeye Conference. It had been born off of the old Great Northern Conference 's Orange Division. The following schools were members at some point: (c. 1945-1956) The Great Northern Conference
620-837: The Southwestern League in 1937, most of the league grouped with other schools under the NOL banner in 1944. The MVL began in 1931, as four of the larger schools of the Lucas County League joined with Perrysburg and Rossford, two of their larger neighbors nearby in Wood County. In 1945, all of the schools except for Holland (who jumped from the LCL when Point Place closed) left to join the Great Northern Conference, along with LCL team Oregon Clay. The remaining Lucas County teams merged into
651-505: The conference had members from four different counties. The league disbanded in 1967, as three of its four remaining schools already had ties with the Lakeshore League, starting in 1963. All schools in the SRL headed to the Sandusky Bay Conference in 2016. (1933-???) (1972–2011) (1919-1921/22?) (1936/37-???) The smaller schools in Wood County started to organize into leagues in
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#1732894454997682-568: The conference lasted five years before two of the three schools joined more established leagues. Formed as Northern Ohio League in 1911 and then renamed Little Big 6 after Bellevue and Fremont Ross join in 1912. Renamed Little Big 7 after Oberlin joins in 1921. Elyria and Lorain replaced by Tiffin Columbian and Willard in 1927. Renamed Little Big 5 after Fremont Ross, Sandusky and Tiffin Columbian leave to form Buckeye Conference and are replaced by Port Clinton. Became Little Big 4 once Oberlin moved to
713-637: The direct precursor to the Firelands Conference , was formed in 1953, as the Huron County League merged with two Erie County members of the old Firelands League, causing the remaining members to form the Lakeland Conference. With four members (and one new consolidation) remaining, the league dissolved and found new members to form the FC. see Huron-Erie League Standings The all-time members of
744-614: The early 1930s, originally competing in three separate leagues: the Northern Wood County League , Southeast Wood County League , and Western Wood County League . By 1959, consolidation and schools leaving for other leagues had whittled the three leagues down to two, with the Northern and Southeast leagues combining into the Eastern Wood County League . This would only last for one year, as further consolidation caused
775-537: The inaugural members, after the GLL ceased to exist. In June 2009, Napoleon accepted an invitation to join the Northern Lakes League while Sandusky was accepted into the Northern Ohio League . Both began competition in their new conferences in 2011 after citing tedious league travel as a reason for wanting to leave. In August 2009, Findlay, Lima, and later on, Fremont Ross all applied for membership in
806-557: The start of the 1991-92 school year, and Findlay joined with the start of the 1995-96 school year. Sylvania Northview left at the end of the 1996 football season to join the NLL when Lake left for the SLL . Sandusky was approved to join with the start of the 1997-98 school year, but Napoleon left at the end of the 1996-97 school year. Lorain Admiral King and Lorain Southview joined at
837-431: The start of the 2000-2001 school year, but left after one year. Fostoria left for the Northern Ohio League in all sports but football at the start of the 2002-03 school year. Fostoria joined the NOL in football one year later. For the GLL's final year of existence in the 2002-03 school year, the members were Clay, Findlay, Fremont Ross, Napoleon, Sandusky, and Whitmer. Clay and Whitmer had accepted an invitation to join
868-504: Was absorbed by Toledo Public Schools . According to GLL constitution, Toledo Whitmer's enrollment became too great in 1967 and the school was dropped from the league with the end of the 1968-69 school year. Bowling Green rejoined with the start of the 1969-70 school year. At this time, the GLL consisted of Bedford, Bowling Green, Clay, Fostoria, Port Clinton, and Sylvania. When Sylvania divided into Northview and Southview in 1976, Northview (the original Sylvania HS building) remained in
899-561: Was affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association . The conference was created for the 2003-2004 school year after the Great Lakes League folded, and lasted until the end of the 2010-11 school year. The conference's longest and most storied rivalry was between the football teams of Fremont Ross and Sandusky. The Little Giants and the Blue Streaks had first played in 1895. The Great Northern Conference
930-536: Was created April 14, 1945, in Maumee in a meeting attended by representatives from Oregon Clay , Maumee , Perrysburg , Rossford , Sylvania and Toledo Whitmer . All had previously been members of the Maumee Valley League. Talks on expanding were held in 1950 and 1951 because of increasing enrollments at some schools, but action was not taken until 1952 when Anthony Wayne left the Maumee Valley League to join
961-513: Was created shortly after the end of World War II with the inaugural members of Clay, Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Whitmer, and Sylvania. Anthony Wayne would join in 1953 after recently being consolidated. The GNC eventually added several members in 1956, splitting into a big schools division (Orange Division) and small schools division (Blue Division), both which would later split off into the Great Lakes League and Northern Lakes League , respectively. (2003-2011) (19??–1964) This conference,