- Northern Buckeye Conference
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For the OHSAA league in Northeast Ohio also initialized as the "NBC", see Northeastern Buckeye Conference.
The Northern Buckeye Conference (NBC) is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.
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Members
The member schools of the Northern Buckeye Conference.
School Nickname Location Colors Type Middle school(s) Joined League Eastwood Eagles Pemberville Red, White, Columbia
Public Eastwood MS 2011 Elmwood Royals Bloomdale Royal Blue, White
Public Elmwood MS 2011 Fostoria Redmen Fostoria Red, Black
Public Fostoria JHS 2011 Genoa Comets Genoa Maroon, Gray
Public John C. Roberts MS 2011 Lake Flyers Millbury Navy, White, Light Blue
Public Lake MS 2011 Otsego Knights Tontogany Black, Orange, White
Public Otsego JHS 2011 Rossford Bulldogs Rossford Maroon, Gray
Public Rossford JHS 2011 Woodmore Wildcats Elmore Purple, Gold
Public Woodmore JHS 2011 History
The NBC officially formed on July 1, 2011 and began its inaugural season in the fall of 2011.[1] The idea for the league was born in the spring of 2009 when the Suburban Lakes League was unable to gather enough votes amongst member schools to make former Northern Lakes League member Rossford its eighth member as a replacement for Lakota. The SLL principals created a plan for a 12-team, 2-division league upon the request of Eastwood's superintendent, and voted 6-0-1 to begin contacting schools to invite them into this league. Shortly after, the idea for expansion was dropped when the seven members could not agree on which schools to approve extending membership to. Speculation on proposed members was pointed at Rossford, Fostoria, Maumee, Northwood, Ottawa Hills, Cardinal Stritch, and Danbury.
Ultimately, the five SLL schools that "voted" for Rossford's inclusion held a superintendent's meeting without Gibsonburg and Elmwood to discuss creating a new league. In this meeting the 5 schools decided to withdraw from the SLL in order to create a new league with Rossford called the Northern Buckeye Conference. Former NLL commissioner and Northview High School athletic director Larry Jones was named league commissioner, which became effective on August 1, 2009. Plans to add two more schools to the league became a priority shortly after. Elmwood, Fostoria, and Maumee confirmed receiving verbal invitations to apply for NBC membership, and on August 5, 2009, Commissioner Jones announced that only Elmwood and Fostoria had formally applied prior to the July 31 deadline. Maumee's school board voted on August 3, 2009 to remain in the NLL. The NBC voted to invite both Elmwood and Fostoria on August 12, to which Fostoria quickly accepted on August 17 and Elmwood on September 9, after they were denied admission into the Midland Athletic League.[2]
Since the league has Northern Lakes League commissioner Larry Morrison as a consultant, and five of the schools had prior membership with the NLL, the NBC set up their league bylaws and constitution similar to the NLL's. This also includes a "majority rules" clause for votes, which is different from the SLL's that called for a 75% vote.
League championships
Boys championships[3]
School Year Football Soccer Cross Country Golf Basketball Wrestling Baseball Track & Field Tennis 2011-12 Eastwood Woodmore Elmwood Woodmore 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Girls championships[4]
School Year Volleyball Soccer Cross Country Golf Basketball Softball Track & Field Tennis 2011-12 Eastwood Lake Eastwood Elmwood 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 See also
Ohio High School Athletic Conferences
External links
- ^ Held, Chayse (June 9, 2009). "Five SLL schools, Rossford plan new league". Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune. http://www.sent-trib.com/high-school-sports/five-sll-schools-rossford-plan-new-league. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ Held, Chayse (September 9, 2009). "Elmwood to join Northern Buckeye Conference". Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune. http://www.sent-trib.com/high-school-sports/elmwood-to-join-northern-buckeye-conference. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ http://northernbuckeyeconference.net/sports/sports.html
- ^ http://northernbuckeyeconference.net/sports/sports.html
- Northern Buckeye Conference Official Site
- 5 from SLL join Rossford for new league
- Five SLL schools, Rossford plan new league
- Napoleon replaces Rossford in NLL
- Fostoria applies to join new league
- 2 schools apply to join NBC
- NBC gives invitation to Fostoria, Elmwood
- Fostoria votes to join NBC
- Elmwood to join Northern Buckeye Conference
- Realignment makes waves; 4 area conferences to have different looks. Toledo Blade, 27 Dec 2009
Northwest District (Ohio) High School Athletic Conferences Current Conferences Blanchard Valley Conference (BVC) • Firelands Conference (FC) • Green Meadows Conference (GMC) • Midland Athletic League (MAL) • Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) • North Central Conference (NCC) • Northern Buckeye Conference (NBC) • Northern Lakes League (NLL) • Northern Ohio League (NOL) • Northwest Conference • Northwest Central Conference • Northwest Ohio Athletic League (NWOAL) • Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) • Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC) • Three Rivers Athletic Conference • Toledo Area Athletic Conference (TAAC) • Toledo City League • Western Buckeye League (WBL)Non-Football Conferences Buckeye Border Conference (BBC) • Putnam County LeagueDefunct Conferences Buckeye Conference/League • Great Lakes League (GLL) • Greater Buckeye Conference (GBC) • Lakeshore Conference • Maumee Valley League • Michigan-Ohio Border Conference • Northern Border League • Northwest Buckeye League (football only) • Suburban Lakes League (SLL)Categories:- Ohio high school sports conferences
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