Great Lakes Conference

The Great Lakes Conference is an OHSAA athletics conference that began play with the 2015-16 school year.[1][2] The following are members:

Members

GLC membership. Current members are in red, future members joining in 2019 are in green.
School Nickname Location Colors Type Tenure
Bay Rockets Bay Village, Ohio Blue & White
         		 Public 2015-
Elyria Catholic Panthers Elyria, Ohio Green & White
         		 Roman Catholic 2015-
Holy Name Green Wave Parma Heights, Ohio Green & White
         		 Roman Catholic 2015-
Normandy Invaders Parma, Ohio Orange & White
         		 Public 2015-
Parma Senior Redmen Parma, Ohio Red & Gray
         		 Public 2015-
Rocky River Pirates Rocky River, Ohio Maroon & White
         		 Public 2015-
Valley Forge Patriots Parma Heights, Ohio Navy Blue & White
         		 Public 2015-

Future members

School Nickname Location Colors Type Tenure
Buckeye Bucks Mallet Creek, Ohio Brown, Orange, & White
              		 Public 2019-
Fairview Warriors Fairview Park, Ohio Scarlet & Gray
         		 Public 2019-

League history

As part of a significant realignment in Cleveland-area high school leagues at the time, the Great Lakes Conference was formed in 2015 by seven schools that were conveniently located near each other and had similar competition levels.[3] Normandy, Parma, and Valley Forge came from the former Northeast Ohio Conference, Bay, Elyria Catholic, and Rocky River came from the former West Shore Conference, and Holy Name came from the North Coast League.

The league will add two members for the 2019-20 school year when Buckeye and Fairview come aboard after being approved for membership in May 2018.[4] Buckeye and Fairview were two of four schools being left out after eight of the 12 Patriot Athletic Conference schools decided to form a new league with more compact traveling distances.


References

  1. ↑ Leonard, Michael (June 28, 2015). "Northeast Ohio Conference Fades Into History With a Whimper". Tallmadge Express. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.ohsaa.org/members/OHSAAConferences.pdf
  3. ↑ Rozboril, Robert (April 28, 2014). "New Great Lake Conference to include seven local schools for 2015-16 season". Northeast Ohio Media Group. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Goul, Matt (May 10, 2018). "Fairview, Buckeye joining the Great Lakes Conference in 2019". www.cleveland.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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