Northern Lakes League

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The member schools of the NLL.
The member schools of the NLL.

The Northern Lakes League (NLL), is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that was formed in 1956 and is comprised of eight high schools from Northwest Ohio. The current member schools of the conference are:

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[edit] Former members include:

[edit] League History

[edit] 1950s

  • The league begins for the 1956-57 school year with Anthony Wayne, Eastwood, Elmwood, Genoa, Holland, Lake, Maumee, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, and Rossford as its charter members.
  • Holland High School becomes Springfield High School in 1959.

[edit] 1960s

  • Port Clinton leaves to join the Great Lakes League after winning three football titles in 1957, 1960, and 1962.

[edit] 1970s

  • For the 1972-73 school year, Eastwood, Elmwood, and Genoa leave to help form the Suburban Lakes League (SLL), leaving 6 members for a while.
  • Bowling Green joins, (Total: 7) and a few years later...
  • Southview joins in 1976 after Sylvania High School splits (bringing league total to 8 with Anthony Wayne, Bowling Green, Lake, Maumee, Perrysburg, Rossford, Southview, & Springfield)

[edit] 1980s

  • League membership remains consistent

[edit] 1990s

  • For the 1996-97 school year, Lake leaves to join the SLL, and is instantly replaced by Northview, who leaves the former Great Lakes League.
  • Around 1999, Rossford flirted with the possibility of joining the SLL to give that league an even 10 members, and to compete against schools closer to their size. Oregon Clay and Napoleon were considered as replacements, but no changes were made when Northwood left the SLL to join the TAAC, leaving the SLL with an even 8 members.

[edit] 2000s

  • In 2008, Rossford sent a letter of interest to be considered as the replacement for Lakota in the SLL, who will be leaving for the MAL in 2009. The SLL could not get a 6-out-of-7 vote to accept Rossford, ensuring they would remain a member of the NLL for at least a few more years.

[edit] Football champions

Year Champions
1956 Maumee
1957 Port Clinton
1958 Perrysburg
1959 Maumee, Perrysburg
1960 Port Clinton
1961 Perrysburg
1962 Maumee, Port Clinton
1963 Rossford
1964 Rossford
1965 Elmwood
1966 Eastwood
1967 Perrysburg
1968 Rossford
1969 Rossford
1970 Springfield
1971 Lake
1972 Rossford
1973 Anthony Wayne
1974  ?
1975  ?
1976  ?
1977 Perrysburg
1978 Lake
1979 Perrysburg
1980 Perrysburg
1981 Lake, Springfield
1982 Rossford
1983 Lake, Maumee
1984 Bowling Green, Perrysburg
1985 Perrysburg
1986 Maumee
1987 Anthony Wayne
1988 Anthony Wayne, Bowling Green
1989 Rossford
1990 Rossford
1991 Bowling Green, Springfield
1992 Maumee, Southview, Springfield
1993 Springfield
1994 Springfield, Maumee
1995 Southview, ?
1996 Bowling Green
1997  ?
1998 Southview
1999 Southview
2000 Bowling Green
2001 Maumee, Perrysburg
2002 Rossford
2003 Southview
2004 Southview
2005 Northview, Southview
2006 Perrysburg
2007 Southview

[edit] See also

Ohio High School Athletic Conferences

[edit] External links