The North Central Conference was an
OHSAA
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athletic league whose final remaining members were located in
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and north-central
Ohio
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. The league's last day of operation was June 30, 2014.
The following schools were members at the time the league folded:
Former members
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
The Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference is an OHSAA athletic league whose members are located in the Ohio counties of Crawford, Marion, and Richland. The league was established in the fall of 1990.
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; Carey and Mohawk left for the
Midland Athletic League
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; 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 1999-00. Bucyrus joined the NCC for the 2002-03 school year, bringing the NCC to an eight team format.
Upper Sandusky High School
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Team State champions
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and
Galion High School were voted in as the league's ninth and tenth members on February 5 and March 4 of 2009. Both began league competition for the 2011-12 school year.
In September 2011, the NCC was contacted by Loudonville and Willard for potential membership down the road. Loudonville's
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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 The Northern Ohio League (NOL) was an OHSAA athletic league in north central Ohio that began competition in 1944 and disbanded in 2017 after six of its seven members joined the Sandusky Bay Conference.
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. 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
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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
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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. 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 The Northern Ohio League (NOL) was an OHSAA athletic league in north central Ohio that began competition in 1944 and disbanded in 2017 after six of its seven members joined the Sandusky Bay Conference.
All-time members
League History 1940s
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in 2013.
In April 2013, Riverdale was invited 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
Championships by school
References
External links
NCC Basketball StandingsNOL Shifting
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Ohio high school sports conferences