The Central Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA athletic league whose members are located in the Ohio counties of Champaign, Clark, Logan, Madison, and Union. The league was established in the fall of 1974.
Current members
Kenton Trail Division School Nickname Location Colors Joined Conference BellefontaineChieftainsBellefontaine 1974Jonathan AlderPioneersPlain City 2017Kenton RidgeCougarsSpringfield 1977LondonRed RaidersLondon 2018 (Football in 2019)UrbanaHillclimbersUrbana 1974TecumsehArrowsNew Carlisle 1991 Mad River Division School Nickname Location Colors Joined Conference Benjamin LoganRaidersBellefontaine 2001GrahamFalconsSt. Paris 2001Indian LakeLakersLewistown 2001North UnionWildcatsRichwood 2018 (Football in 2019)NorthwesternWarriorsSpringfield 1982ShawneeBravesSpringfield 1974
Former members SchoolNicknameLocationColorsTenureLeft For GreenonKnightsSpringfield 1974-2017OHCNortheasternJetsSpringfield 1974-2001OHCMiami EastVikingsCasstown 2001-2006CCCStebbinsIndiansRiverside 2007-2016GWOCTippecanoeRed DevilsTipp City 2001-2016GWOC
Membership Timeline Kenton Trail Division members are in red, Mad River Division members are in blue, and former members are in green.
History
The CBC was established in time for the 1974-75 school year. The present-day divisions were created to align schools based on size, and every sport recognizes a champion for each division. The charter members of the Central Buckeye Conference were Bellefontaine, Greenon, London, Northeastern, Shawnee, and Urbana.
In 1977, New school Kenton Ridge joined the CBC becoming the 7th member.
In 1978, London left the CBC after 4 years for the now defunct Central Buckeye League bringing the CBC back to 6 members.
Northwestern would join the CBC in 1982 bringing the conference back to 7 members which would eventually grow to 8 when Tecumseh joined in 1991 from the Greater Miami Valley Conference.
The CBC would remain at 8 members until they added 5 new members in Benjamin Logan, Graham, Miami East and Tippecanoe from the Southwestern Rivers Conference, Indian Lake from the Three Rivers Conference, while Northeastern left for the Ohio Heritage Conference bringing the total number of members to 12.
Miami East would leave to join the Cross County Conference in 2006. They would eventually be replaced by Stebbins who joined in 2007.
The CBC would remain at 12 members until 2016 when both Stebbins and Tippecanoe left to join the Greater Western Ohio Conference. Leaving the CBC with 2 divisions of 5 teams each.
In July 2017, both London's and North Union's Board of Educations have approved their membership for the CBC. London will join the Kenton Trail Division with Bellefontaine, Jonathan Alder, Kenton Ridge, Shawnee, and Tecumseh. North Union will join the Mad River Division with Benjamin Logan, Graham, Indian Lake, Northwestern, and Urbana. Date of entry is undetermined. This move brought the CBC back to 12 members allowing for 2, 6 team divisions which allows for easier scheduling.
In March 2025, it was announced that Bethel and Greenon will be joining the conference for the 2027-28 school year. Bethel will be in the Kenton Trail division and Greenon will be in the Mad River division. Bethel will be leaving the Three Rivers Conference, which does not recognize swimming as a conference sport, due to this fact, the Bethel swimteam participated as a conference member startin in the 2025-26 swim season.
Sponsored Sports The CBC supports 22 league sports for both male and female competition. This includes football, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls track & field, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls golf, boys and girls swimming, boys and girls bowling, boys and girls tennis, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, cheerleading
League champions for each sport are recognized in both the Kenton Trail Division and Mad River Divisions. The CBC also awards an all sports trophy as well.
Football Championships
Year Champions Kenton Trail Mad River2007 Tippecanoe GreenonIndian LakeUrbana2008 Tecumseh Urbana2009 TecumsehTippecanoe Graham2010 Shawnee Benjamin LoganUrbana2011 Shawnee Urbana2012 Tecumseh Urbana2013 Tippecanoe Urbana2014BellefontaineKenton Ridge Urbana2015 Tippecanoe Indian Lake2016 Bellefontaine Indian Lake2017 Bellefontaine Indian Lake2018 Bellefontaine Indian LakeNorthwesternUrbana2019 Jonathan Alder North Union2020 Jonathan Alder Graham2021 London Indian Lake North Union2022 BellefontaineLondon Urbana
Swim Meet Championships +YearBoysSwim Meet ChampionsKenton TrailMad River2009-2010TippecanoeUrbana2010-2011TippecanoeUrbana2011-2012TippecanoeUrbana2012-2013TippecanoeUrbana2013-2014Kenton RidgeUrbana2014-2015TippecanoeUrbana2015-2016TippecanoeUrbana2016-2017Kenton RidgeNorthwestern2017-2018BellefontaineUrbana2018-2019Kenton RidgeBenjamin Logan2019-2020Kenton RidgeBenjamin Logan2020-2021Kenton RidgeBenjamin Logan2021-2022Kenton RidgeIndian Lake2022-2023BellefontaineBenjamin Logan2023-2024BellefontaineBenjamin Logan2024-2025BellefontaineBenjamin Logan2025-2026BethelBenjamin Logan Bold denotes overall Champion +YearGirlsSwim Meet ChampionsKenton TrailMad River2009-2010TippecanoeUrbana2010-2011TippecanoeUrbana2011-2012TippecanoeUrbana2012-2013TippecanoeNorthwestern2013-2014TippecanoeUrbana2014-2015TippecanoeUrbana2015-2016BellefontaineUrbana2016-2017BellefontaineBenjamin Logan2017-2018BellefontaineBenjamin Logan2018-2019BellefontaineBenjamin Logan2019-2020BellefontaineBenjamin Logan2020-2021BellefontaineIndian Lake2021-2022Kenton RidgeNorthwestern2022-2023Kenton RidgeNorthwestern2023-2024Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan2024-2025Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan2025-2026Jonathan AlderShawnee Bold denotes overall Champion
Boys Swimming State Champions +YEARSCHOOLSWIMMER(S)EVENT1994GrahamJustin Thornton100 Backstroke1994GrahamJustin Thornton200 Individual Medley1995GrahamJustin Thornton100 Backstroke1995GrahamJustin Thornton200 Individual Medley1996GrahamJustin Thornton100 Backstroke1996GrahamJustin Thornton200 Individual Medley2016TippecanoeElias Jay Bell50 Free2021Kenton RidgeChase Fyffe, Seth Thomas, Dylan Day, Evan Blazer200 Yard Free Relay2022Jonathan AlderEli Stoll100 yard Backstroke2023Jonathan AlderEli Stoll100 yard Backstroke2023Kenton RidgeEvan Blazer50 Free
All Sports Trophy
Year Champions Kenton Trail Mad River2014-2015Kenton RidgeTippecanoe Urbana2015-2016 Tippecanoe Northwestern2016-2017 Kenton Ridge Northwestern2017-2018 Jonathan Alder Northwestern2018-2019 Jonathan Alder Benjamin Logan2019-2020 Jonathan Alder Benjamin Logan2020-2021 Jonathan Alder Benjamin Logan2021-2022 Jonathan Alder Benjamin Logan2022-2023Jonathan AlderGraham2023-2024Jonathan AlderIndian Lake2024-2025Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan2025-2026Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan Indian Lake
References
External links Central Buckeye Conference Home Page