The North Central Conference was an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) athletic league whose final remaining members were located in northwest and north-central Ohio. The league's last day of operation was June 30, 2014.
Members The following schools were members of the conference at various times. During the conference's existence, membership was never more than ten schools or fewer than seven at one time. At the time of the conference's dissolution in 2014, there were eight members. Six of those schools—Buckeye Central, Cucyrus, Colonel Crawford, Crestline, Galion, and Wynford—were in Crawford County, along with Upper Sandusky in Wyandot County and Riverdale in Hancock County.
SchoolNicknameLocationColorsOHSAA Member Schools , last accessed 6 June 2008TypeTenure Buckeye CentralBucksNew WashingtonScarlet, Gray Public1962–2014BucyrusRedmenBucyrusRed, White Public2002–2014CareyBlue DevilsCareyBlue, White Public1963–1990Colonel CrawfordEaglesNorth RobinsonBlack, Gold Public1962–2014CrestlineBulldogsCrestlineBlue, White Public1990–2014ElginCometsMarionScarlet, Gray Public1962–1990FredericktownFreddiesFredericktownRed, Gray Public1990–1999GalionTigersGalionOrange, Blue Public2011–2014LucasCubsLucasOrange, Black Public1998–2013MohawkWarriorsSycamoreRed, Black, White Public1962–1990OntarioWarriorsOntarioBlue, Gold Public1990–2013PleasantSpartansMarionRed, Black Public1962–1990RidgedaleRocketsMorralColumbia Blue, Red Public1962–1990RiverdaleFalconsDelaware TownshipRoyal Blue, White Public1962–2014River ValleyVikingsCaledoniaBlue, Gold Public1962–1990Upper SanduskyRamsUpper SanduskyBlack, Orange Public2011–2014WynfordRoyalsBucyrusRoyal Blue, Gray Public1963–2014
League history The conference's first year was in the 1962–63 school year. The original members were: Buckeye Central, Colonel Crawford, Elgin, Mohawk, Pleasant, Ridgedale, River Valley and Riverdale. Carey and Wynford joined the NCC for the 1963–64 school year.
The league remained consistent until the 1990–91 school year when Elgin, Pleasant, Ridgedale and River Valley joined the newly formed Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference; Carey and Mohawk left for the Midland Athletic League; while Crestline, Fredericktown and Ontario joined the NCC. Lucas joined the NCC for the 1998–99 school year, while Fredericktown left for the Mid-Buckeye Conference in 1999-2000. Bucyrus joined the NCC for the 2002–03 school year, bringing the NCC to an eight team format.
Upper Sandusky High School and Galion High School were voted in as the league's ninth and tenth members on February 5 and March 4, 2009. Both began league competition for the 2011-12 school year.
The NCC was contacted by Loudonville and Willard in September 2011 for potential membership down the road. Loudonville's league was going to be down to two members in 2013 and Willard's shrinking enrollment had them considering options outside of the Northern Ohio League. Willard ultimately decided to remain in the NOL.
On December 1, 2011, Bucyrus, Buckeye Central, Colonel Crawford, Crestline, Riverdale, and Wynford announced they would be leaving the NCC to help form the new Northern 10 Athletic Conference in 2014 with Carey, Mohawk, Seneca East and Ridgedale. With just 4 members remaining (Galion, Lucas, Ontario, and Upper Sandusky) the league subsequently folded after the 2013-14 school year on June 30, 2014.
Both Upper Sandusky and Galion were invited to join the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference in early 2012 as Red Division members, with both schools intended to replace Ridgedale in 2014. On February 26, 2012, Lucas announced it would leave the NCC a year before the league dissolved. Lucas announces intent to leave NCC A Year Early They applied to join the Mid-Buckeye Conference and were granted membership for 2013. Ontario also announced in March 2012 that they would join the Northern Ohio League in 2013.http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20120314/NEWS01/203140306
Riverdale was invited in April 2013 to join the Blanchard Valley Conference (BVC), which is primarily made up of other schools located in Hancock County. Riverdale accepted the invitation and joined the BVC before the N10 began athletic competition. As a result of Riverdale's departure from its N10 commitment, and despite a report that Upper Sandusky will bypass joining the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference, the Rams will play the fall season in the MOAC before moving to the Northern 10 in the winter of the 2014-15 school year.
Football champions Year Champions 1962 Mohawk, Riverdale, River Valley 1963 Ridgedale 1964 Riverdale 1965 Elgin 1966 River Valley 1967 Elgin 1968 Riverdale 1969 Pleasant 1970 Pleasant 1971 Pleasant 1972 Pleasant 1973 River Valley 1974 Buckeye Central 1975 Carey 1976 Pleasant 1977 River Valley 1978 Carey, Colonel Crawford 1979 Carey, Colonel Crawford 1980 Colonel Crawford, Wynford 1981 Buckeye Central 1982 Pleasant 1983 Elgin 1984 Colonel Crawford, River Valley 1985 Buckeye Central, Pleasant 1986 Carey, Colonel Crawford, River Valley 1987 Wynford 1988 Elgin, Wynford 1989 Pleasant 1990 Fredricktown, Wynford 1991 Riverdale 1992 Colonel Crawford 1993 Crestline, Colonel Crawford 1994 Buckeye Central 1995 Buckeye Central 1996 Crestline 1997 Wynford 1998 Wynford 1999 Wynford 2000 Crestline 2001 Ontario 2002 Wynford 2003 Ontario 2004 Ontario 2005 Wynford 2006 Wynford 2007 Wynford 2008 Wynford 2009 Wynford 2010 Wynford 2011 Wynford 2012 Galion 2013 Colonel Crawford, Galion
Championships by school Team Championships Wynford 15 Colonel Crawford 8 Pleasant 8 River Valley 6 Buckeye Central 5 Carey 4 Elgin 4 Riverdale 4 Crestline 3 Ontario 3 Mohawk 1 Ridgedale 1
References
External links All-time NCC Basketball Standings