The Northeastern Buckeye Conference (NBC), was an OHSAA high school athletic conference that comprised eight high schools in Northeast Ohio.

Final members

Former members

League history

*The NBC was established in September 1988 and began league play in the fall of 1989. The six founding members were Carrollton, Dover, Marlington, Minerva, Northwest, and West Branch. Due to contractual obligations to the

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, Canton South and Louisville could not compete until the following year (1990–91). *Dover left for the East Central Ohio League after the 1992-93 school year and was replaced by Springfield in 1993-94. *Springfield left after 2004-05 for the newly created

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and was replaced by Alliance in 2005-06. *In anticipation of having to discontinue sports due to a series of levy failures, Northwest left the conference after the 2010-11 school year and was replaced by Salem beginning with the 2011-12 school year. *In December 2015, discussions were held by all conference members (except Louisville) to potentially leave the NBC and create a new league without the Leopards. Three other schools were also included in the discussions: South Range, Crestview, and Beaver Local. *On February 4, 2016, the NBC voted to disband, and all conference members besides Louisville agreed to form a new league. *On June 1, 2016, WKBN-TV 27

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reported that Alliance, Canton South, Carrollton, Marlington, Minerva, Salem and West Branch will form the

Eastern Buckeye Conference The Eastern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA athletic league that began competition in the 2018–19 school year. The following are members: Members League history The idea for the Eastern Buckeye Conference began in December 2015 when seven of t ...

for the 2018-2019 school year, along with South Range, who will leave the Inter Tri-County League. Louisville will become a league independent. South Range left the Eastern Buckeye Conference before a game was played, choosing to accept an invitation to the newly formed

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instead. The league disbanded after the Spring 2018 sports season.

Conference championships

Boys sports

Girls sports

References

External links

NBC League Champions and Current SchedulesSalem joins NBC athletic league. The Alliance Review, 12 Jan. 2010Louisville Leopards Sports History.
{{Northeast Ohio High School Athletic Conferences Ohio high school sports conferences