The Cape Ann League (CAL) is a high school

athletic conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other in a sports league. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. Confe ...

in District A of the

Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsors activities in thirty-three sports, comprising 374 public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The MIAA is a member of the Nat ...

. The league is based mainly on or around

Cape Ann Cape Ann is a rocky peninsula in northeastern Massachusetts, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is about northeast of Boston and marks the northern limit of Massachusetts Bay. Cape Ann includes the city of Gloucester and the towns of ...

, a small cape on the North Shore of Massachusetts

Member schools

The CAL has eleven member schools in northeastern

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. The schools in the Cape Ann League are split into two divisions: Cape Ann Kinney and Cape Ann Baker. The Kinney division incorporates the schools with six largest enrollment within the league and compete in Division 3 for football. The Baker division incorporates the schools with six smallest enrollment within the league and compete in Division 4 for football.

Current members

Former members

History

Longtime Secretary and Treasurer of the Cape Ann League, Dick Baker, steps down after 41 years with the Cape Ann League. Baker also spent 18 years with the

Northeastern Conference The Northeastern Conference (NEC) is a high school athletic conference in District A of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsors activ ...

. Beginning in the 2011-12 season, Wilmington High School moved to the Middlesex League along with Arlington High School moving from the

Dual County League The Dual County League (DCL) is a dual county high school athletic conference in District A of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsor ...

. Prior to the 2012-13 school year,

North Andover High School North Andover High School is a public high school in the town of North Andover, Massachusetts, United States. The school is a part of the North Andover Public School System, and is the only high school in the district. Construction on the school w ...

left the Cape Ann League after forty years to join the

Merrimack Valley Conference The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsors activities in thirty-three sports, comprising 374 public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The MIAA is a member of the Na ...

(MVC). On December 14, 2012, Saugus High School announced o
their Twitter account
that they would join the Cape Ann League, leaving the

for more success in their school athletics. On January 18, 2013, the move was approved by the

. At the conclusion of Saugus High School's first season in the Cape Ann League, they requested to rejoin the

due to geographic and traveling issues. The rejoin was approved by both high school conferences allowing Saugus High School to return to the

. All sports would play in the

, with the exception of football which would become independent for the 2014 fall season. The Saugus Sachems football team would play opponents from both the Cape Ann League and

. There were plans for Essex Tech to join the Cape Ann League in 2016, taking

Lynnfield High School Lynnfield High School is a four-year, coeducational public high school for students in grade nine through twelve residing in the town of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, United States. Athletics Lynnfield High School is a member of the Cape Ann League ...

’s spot in the small when they moved to large. But, Lynnfield decided to stay in the small so the school remained in the

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Sports

The Cape Ann League sponsors championship competition in twelve men's, eleven women's, and one coed MIAA sanctioned sports.

Coed sponsored sports by school

Men's sponsored sports by school

Women's sponsored sports by school

Current champions

* ''Italics'' indicate 2014–15 champion Source: ''MAScores.com Cape Ann League''''MAScores.com Cape Ann League''
Cape Ann League
(2015). Retrieved December 28, 2015.

References

{{Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association leagues