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. It comprises 32 public high schools located primarily in

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counties. The league is geographically divided into four divisions of six teams each (Ohio, Central, Buckeye, and Capital) and one division of eight teams (Cardinal). Twenty-three schools compete in the OHSAA's Division I classification for football while eight schools compete in Division II. All conference members compete in the Central District postseason tournaments prior to the regional and state tournaments. Academically, 27 of the 32 members were rated 'Excellent' by the Ohio Department of Education during the 2010–11 school year. Two were rated 'Effective' and three were classified under 'Continuous Improvement'. Effective in the 2011-12 season, every division except the Ohio Division faced realignment. The newest school to join the OCC is Olentangy Berlin (2018–19). The most recent school to leave is Mount Vernon (moved to the Ohio Cardinal Conference in 2016-17). The conference re-aligned with the 2020-21 school year.

Members

Future members

Former members

Membership timeline

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Reynoldsburg Reynoldsburg is a city in Fairfield, Franklin, and Licking counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburban community in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area. The population was 41,076 at the 2020 census. History Reynoldsburg was originally ...

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Upper Arlington Upper Arlington, often known by its initials U.A., is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. The Old Arlington neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

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Sports

The Ohio Capital Conference sponsors the following 23 varsity sports.

Boys sports

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

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* Cross country *

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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Girls sports

* Cross country *

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Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

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History

On December 6, 1966, five (5) schools met at Millers Village Inn in Gahanna to discuss the formation of a new athletic conference and develop a proposed conference constitution. The following Principals and Athletic Directors were in attendance: * Gahanna Lincoln: Ben Webb and Byron Prushing * Reynoldsburg: Joe Endry and Bill Starner * Westerville: Dana Aukerman and Walt Bahorek * Whitehall: Bob Strohm and Ray Schick * Worthington: Lou Koloze and Dick West The purpose was to approve the proposed constitution for the new league. Joe Endry, Acting Chairman of the group, asked for suggestions for a name for the new league. Several suggestions were made and the name Ohio Capital Conference was unanimously chosen. Chairman Endry called for a discussion of the proposed constitution of the Ohio Capital Conference. After a review and discussion. the Schools’ representatives stated that they were in agreement and were ready to sign the document. Copies of the constitution were signed and the new constitution became a reality. Original Members: Gahanna Lincoln, Reynoldsburg, Westerville, Whitehall Yearling & Worthington Invited to join: Delaware Hayes, Mount Vernon, Pleasant View (now Westland) 1968-69 school year League Competition began with Gahanna Lincoln, Reynoldsburg, Whitehall Yearling, Westerville, Worthington, Delaware Hayes, Mount Vernon and Pleasant View (Westland) competing. 1974-75: Groveport Madison & Hilliard join; Westerville becomes "Westerville South"; 1977-78: Chillicothe & Westerville North join. League begins play in two divisions. 1981-82: Franklin Heights, Grove City, Upper Arlington, Pickerington. League votes to determine divisions by enrollment and "no sister schools in same division" rules. 1991-1992: Dublin, Marysville, Watkins Memorial, Worthington Kilbourne join. "Worthington" becomes Thomas Worthington. League divides into 3 divisions. 1995-1996: Newark and Dublin Scioto join the league. "Dublin" becomes Dublin Coffman. 1997-1998: Big Walnut, Lancaster, Olentangy, Hilliard Darby join league. "Hilliard" becomes Hilliard Davidson. League divides into 4 divisions 2002-2003: Whitehall Yearling leaves league. Central Crossing joins in their place. 2004-2005: League divides into 5 divisions and abolishes the enrollment rule in determining divisions. Dublin Jerome, Olentangy Liberty, Pickerington North & Westerville Central join league. "Pickerington" becomes Pickerington Central. From "History of the Ohio Capital Conference": ''Mr. Workman, Chairman of the Alignment Committee, reviewed the proposed divisional alignment for the 2004-5 2005-6 seasons. Mr. Workman stated that the Committee was aware that the proposed alignment is in violation of the enrollment concept but felt that there was no other choice because of the more important “sister school” concept''. 2006-2007: Chillicothe leaves league. New Albany joins league. 2008-2009: Hilliard Bradley & Olentangy Orange join league. League switches from 5 divisions to 4 divisions. League abandons rule against sister schools in same division. (hence, schools from same district could be placed in same division.) 2013-2014: Watkins Memorial leaves league. Canal Winchester joins league. 2016-2017: Mount Vernon leaves league. League switches back to 5 divisions. 2018-2019: Olentangy Berlin joins league. 2021: Logan and Teays Valley invited to join the league beginning in 2024.

Football

Conference Championships By Year

Conference Championships By School

State Tournament Results By Year

*Official OHSAA football tournament began in 1972https://ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Sports/Football/history/AllTimeStateTournamentResults.pdf ^''Result prior to joining Ohio Capital Conference''

Divisional Alignments

References

{{Ohio Capital Conference Ohio high school sports conferences