The North Jersey Tri-County Conference was a high school athletic conference in New Jersey , created by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) as a holding conference. The NJTCC consisted of 45 public and non-public schools in Bergen , Passaic and Hudson counties, and existed for the 2009–2010 academic year.
11-745: The North Jersey Tri-County Conference should not be confused with the Tri-County Conference , located in Camden , Cape May , Cumberland , Gloucester and Salem counties, which was first established in 1928 and continues in existence today. As high school athletics in New Jersey grew in the 1990s and 2000s, problems began to develop in the organization of leagues and conferences. Transportation costs began to grow, as some conferences had teams from as many as four different counties competing against each other. Other conferences were losing competitive balance, as
22-412: A growth in non-public school enrollment and athletic programs caused tension between non-public and public schools, with public schools accusing non-public schools of recruiting. Conferences also demanded more flexibility in scheduling, as schools felt locked into league and division schedules against opponents either too weak or too strong for true competitive balance. The strongest tensions were found in
33-555: A mega conference during the one-year transition period (2009-2010) before statewide realignment, and in many ways was simply a clearinghouse for logistical and competitive balance while the NJSIAA and its member schools continued to debate the realignment process. It incorporated teams from the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League , Northern Hills Conference , North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League and
44-712: A member of the Tri-County Conference from 2014 to 2020, before returning to the Cape-Atlantic League for the 2020–21 school year. Washington Township High School , alongside the Salem County Career and Technical High School , announced in 2021 that they would leave the Olympic Conference and join the Tri-County Conference for the 2022–23 school year. Schools in the conference are: Olympic Conference (New Jersey) The Olympic Conference
55-594: Is an athletic conference consisting of both public and private high schools located in Camden County , Cape May County , Cumberland County , Gloucester County and Salem County , New Jersey . The Tri-County Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . The conference was first established in 1928 , with three divisions: Royal, Diamond, and Classic. A fourth division, Liberty,
66-551: Is an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County , New Jersey . The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . All schools that sponsor a football program are members of the West Jersey Football League . Timber Creek Regional High School announced in 2018 that they would leave
77-747: The Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association , which went on hiatus during the 2009–2010 season. When realignment was agreed to, the NJTCC was disbanded in favor of its successor conferences, the Big North Conference , the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference and the reconstituted Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association. Tri-County Conference (New Jersey) The Tri-County Conference (TCC)
88-452: The Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League , where public schools, who were frustrated by the competitive imbalance with non-public schools, especially Don Bosco Preparatory (Ramsey) and Bergen Catholic (Oradell) in football or Immaculate Heart Academy (Township of Washington) in girls' athletics, threatened to secede from the league. Therefore, in 2008 the NJSIAA established a "Leagues and Conferences Realignment Committee" to discuss
99-649: The Black Horse Pike District competing in the same athletic conference. Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School , one of the schools that had been part of the conference since its inception, left the Tri-County Conference for the Colonial Conference . The school was replaced by Overbrook High School , which returned to the Tri-County Conference after being a member of the Colonial Conference from 2008 to 2020. Hammonton High School had been
110-440: The need for realigning conferences and leagues throughout New Jersey. Their original proposal for schools in northern New Jersey was the creation of six super conferences from the eleven conferences then in existence. While the original proposal was not accepted as presented, it was adjusted and schools realigned yet again, to create the current system in place in New Jersey athletics. The North Jersey Tri-County Conference served as
121-433: Was added in 2018 to close the student disparity gap and create better competition in each division. The new division applies to all sports except Winter Track, Wrestling, Swimming, and Girls Cross-Country. Timber Creek Regional High School announced in 2018 that they would leave the Olympic Conference and join the Tri-County Conference for the 2020–21 school year, which would have the benefit of having all three schools in
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