North Coast League

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North Coast League
Data
Classification	OHSAA Division II and III
Established	unknown
Members	10
Sports fielded	10 boys and 9 girls
Country	United States
Region	Midwest
States	1 - Ohio

The North Coast League (NCL) is a high school athletic conference for Catholic schools in Greater Cleveland, Ohio.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Past Football Champions 2 Member Schools 2.1 Blue Division (larger schools) 2.2 White Division (smaller schools) 3 Sanctioned Sports 3.1 Boys 3.2 Girls 4 Scheduling 4.1 Football 4.2 Other Sports

[edit] History

The North Coast League was founded by eight parochial high schools in the 1990s^[clarify] Its original members were Cleveland Central Catholic, Elyria Catholic, Holy Name. Lake Catholic, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, Padua Franciscan, St. Peter Chanel, and Trinity. The schools were separated into two four-team divisions based on enrollment. In 2004, Archbishop Hoban and Villa Angela-St. Joseph joined the league, but Cleveland central Catholic left, creating unevenly sized divisions. Central Catholic re-joined the league in 2006, creating the league's current lineup.

[edit] Past Football Champions

Year	Blue Champion	W-L	White Champion	W-L
2002	NDCL	5-2	St. Peter Chanel	7-0
2003	Lake Catholic	4-1	Trinity	3-3
2004	Lake Catholic	5-1	Trinity	4-3
2005	Lake Catholic	6-1	Elyria Catholic	4-2
2006	Archbishop Hoban	5-0	St. Peter Chanel	4-1
2007	NDCL Lake Catholic	4-1	Elyria Catholic VASJ	3-2

[edit] Member Schools

There are currently ten schools in the NCL. They are separated into two divisions of five, based on their enrollment.

[edit] Blue Division (larger schools)

• Archbishop Hoban Knights
• Holy Name Green Wave
• Lake Catholic Cougars
• Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (NDCL) Lions
• Padua Franciscan Bruins

[edit] White Division (smaller schools)

• Cleveland Central Catholic Ironmen
• Elyria Catholic Panthers
• St. Peter Chanel Firebirds
• Trinity Trojans
• Villa Angela-St. Joseph (VASJ) Vikings

[edit] Sanctioned Sports

The following sports are sanctioned by the NCL. Not all schools have teams for all of the sports listed

[edit] Boys

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross country
• Football
• Golf
• Ice Hockey
• Soccer
• Swimming
• Track
• Wrestling

[edit] Girls

• Basketball
• Cross country
• Golf
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming
• Track
• Volleyball

[edit] Scheduling

[edit] Football

During the season, every school must play five league games. They are generally played the final five weeks of the season. Every school must play every other school in its division once and one school in the other division in a "crossover" game. The crossover opponents rotate on two-year stints. Schools are also allowed to schedule other schools in the other division, however these games are considered independent and do not count in NCL standings.

[edit] Other Sports

In other sports, such as basketball and volleyball, where more games are played during the season, each school must play 13 games against NCL opponents. Every school plays every other school in its division twice (once home, once away) and every school in the other division once. 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.