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. The NCL was founded in 1984 by six parochial high schools: Cleveland Central Catholic,

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. The league expanded throughout the 1990s and 2000s, reaching a peak of 13 members in the early-to-mid 2010s, before declining in membership. The NCL disbanded after the 2019-20 school year.North Coast League is disbanding following this school year
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Members

^A Girls' sports only
^B Boys' sports only

Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1984 till:2024 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<# Colors = id:barcolor id:line value:pink id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:Girls value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:Boys value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.78,0.391,0.654) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote) id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:Full from:1984 till:2004 text: Cleveland Central Catholic (1984-2004; 2006-present) bar:1 color:Full from:2006 till:end bar:2 color:Full from:1984 till:2015 text:

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(1984-2019) bar:7 color:Full from:1991 till:end text: Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (1991-present) bar:8 color:Full from:1995 till:2011 text: Elyria Catholic (1995-2011) bar:9 color:Full from:2004 till:end text: Villa Angela-St. Joseph (2004-present) bar:10 color:Full from:2005 till:end text: Archbishop Hoban (2005-present) bar:11 color:Girls from:2011 till:end text:

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State championships

This chart only includes state championships won by the schools while in the North Coast League in sports sanctioned by the NCL.

Scheduling

Football

During the season, every school must play five league games, one against every other school in its own division. They are generally played the final five weeks of the season. Schools are also allowed to schedule schools in the other division, however these games are considered independent and do not count in NCL standings. Prior to 2011, each school played an additional school in the other division in a "crossover" game. The crossover opponents rotated on two-year stints. In 2013, 2017, and 2019, the White Division only had five schools, so they played a four-game schedule those seasons.

Other sports

In other sports, such as basketball and volleyball, where more games are played during the season, each school must play 10 games against NCL opponents. Every school plays every other school in its division twice (once home, once away) Schools are also allowed to schedule schools in the other division, however these games are considered independent and do not count in NCL standings. Prior to the 2011 expansion, schools played 13 games: a home-and-away series against division opponents and a single game against inter-division foes. In other sports such as track and swimming where schools have "meets" instead of individual games, there is one NCL meet for all schools in the league. For ice hockey a tournament is played in December to determine the conference champion as teams do not play an NCL schedule during the regular season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:North Coast League (Ohsaa) Sports organizations established in 1984 Ohio high school sports conferences Sports in Greater Cleveland