Toledo City League (OHSAA)

The Toledo City League is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) high school athletic conference that was formed in 1926 and comprises the six high schools in Toledo that are from Toledo Public Schools.

Membership

The current member schools of the conference are:

Current members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Type	Join Date

Bowsher	Rebels	Toledo	Red, Columbia	Public	1962
Rogers	Rams	Toledo	Red, White, Black	Public	1967
Scott	Bulldogs	Toledo	Maroon, White	Public	1926
Start	Spartans	Toledo	Green, Gold	Public	1962
Waite	Indians	Toledo	Purple, Gold	Public	1926
Woodward	Polar Bears	Toledo	Blue, White	Public	1926

Former members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Type	Tenure	Reason for Departure

Cardinal Stritch	Cardinals	Oregon	Red, Black	Parochial	1971–1994	Enrollment became smaller than member schools^[1]
Central Catholic	Fighting Irish	Toledo	Scarlet, Gray	Parochial	1928-2011	Left for the TRAC
Clay	Eagles	Oregon	Green, Yellow	Public	2003-2011	Left for the TRAC
DeVilbiss	Tigers	Toledo	Orange, Black	Public	1933–1991	Closed by TPS
Libbey	Cowboys	Toledo	Blue, Gold	Public	1926–2010	Closed by TPS
Macomber-Whitney	Macmen	Toledo	Black, Gold	Public Vocational	1938–1991	Closed by TPS
McAuley	Lions	Toledo	Green, Gold	Parochial (Girls)	c. 1976-1988	Closed due to financial woes^[2]
Notre Dame	Eagles	Toledo	Blue, Gold	Parochial (Girls)	c. 1977-2011	Left for the TRAC
St. Francis de Sales	Knights	Toledo	Red, Blue, White	Parochial (Boys)	1963-2011	Left for the TRAC
St. John's Jesuit	Titans	Toledo	Blue, Vegas Gold	Parochial (Boys)	1968-2011	Left for the TRAC
St. Ursula	Arrows	Toledo	Blue, Gold	Parochial (Girls)	c. 1977-2011	Left for the TRAC
Whitmer	Panthers	Toledo	Maize, Blue	Public	2003-2011	Left for the TRAC

History

1920s

The league begins in 1926 with the first boys track and field meet held May 1. The charter members were Libbey, Scott, Waite, and Woodward. The 1926-27 school year was the first for full City League play.^[3]

Central Catholic joins the league in 1928.^[4]
Woodward moves from its original location in the old Central High School building into its new building on Streicher.^[5]

1930s

DeVilbiss opens in 1931 and begins league play for the 1933-34 school year.^[6]
Macomber opens and joins the league for the 1938-39 school year.^[7]

1940s

DeVilbiss dominates the boys track & field competition, taking league titles from 1942–1947 and another one in 1949. Including the title in 1951, the Tigers would earn 8 league titles over a span of ten years.

1950s

Macomber's football program joins the league in 1952.^[8]
Macomber forms a joint operation with Whitney in 1959 after spending 20 years as separate neighbors.^[9] The two schools were frequently referred to as one Macomber-Whitney

1960s

Bowsher and Start are built in 1962 and both begin league play immediately, with football following for the 1963-64 school year.^[10] St. Francis would also join the league with them at the same time after opening in 1955.^[11]
In 1963, night football was banned by the public schools after riots that had started at the end of games over the last few years. Stadiums were closed at 6:30 pm and games scheduled at public school sites were rescheduled for Saturday mornings and afternoons.^[12]
Cross Country began its championship meet in 1965 after years of declaring the champion based on season records.^[13]
The City League's football championship game, called the Shoe Bowl, begins in 1966.
Rogers begins league play in 1967^[14] after being absorbed by Toledo Public Schools in 1964. For certain sports, the league is split into 2 divisions, pitting the Red and Blue champions against each other for the league title. Initially, there were six in the Red and five in the Blue.
St. John's begin league play in 1968 after their new building had been completed in 1965.^[15] They joined the Blue Division, creating an even six members to each division.

City League Divisions
Red	Blue
Central Catholic	Bowsher
DeVilbiss	Libbey
Macomber	Rogers
Scott	St. Francis
Start	St. John's
Woodward	Waite
	Cardinal Stritch

1970s

The City League makes history by becoming the first major Ohio conference to sponsor a girls' sports championship; the girls league track meet in 1970. The 1972 City League track championship would also be the first co-ed track meet in Ohio.^[16]
Girls basketball returned to competition for the first time in 33 years and was made a league sport in the 1969-70 school year, with teams from Bowsher, Central Catholic, DeVilbiss, Libbey, Rogers, Scott, Start, Waite, and Woodward competing against each other for the first time.^[17] Prior to this setup, girls at the public schools only competed in intramural-type fashion. It was expected to add McAuley, Notre Dame, St. Ursula, Spencer-Sharples, and Whitney to the mix the following year.
Cardinal Stritch joins the league for the 1971-72 school year (Blue Division), making them the first non-Toledo school to become a member.^[18] Plans were considered by league commissioner Hilton Murphy to expand the league with an even number of members, and the names of Whitmer and Bedford (MI) were brought up at the time.^[19]
Later in the decade, Whitney (1973), McAuley (1976), Notre Dame (1977), and St. Ursula (1977) are all granted league membership as the first all-girls schools in the league.

1980s

Although not officially a City League member, but governed by Toledo Public Schools since 1968, Spencer-Sharples High School was closed at the end of the 1979-80 school year.^[20]
In the early 80s, football was considered to be dropped as a league sport when Libbey, Scott, and Waite were struggling to field a team, while DeVilbiss, Macomber, and Woodward were having low numbers. The parochial schools also considered leaving the league around this time, as 13 members was considered too many for a city Toledo's size.^[21]
After 19 years, night football returned to the City League in 1982.^[22]
St. Francis wins the first OHSAA State Football Tournament Championship for a City League team in 1984.^[23]
Three City League teams would bring home state titles in basketball: (St. Francis in 1983-84, Macomber in 1988-89,^[24] and Scott in 1989-90.^[25])
DeVilbiss' Page Stadium is condemned in 1985 after the concrete and metal supports began to fall apart. The stadium was repaired and rededicated in 1986.^[26]
McAuley is closed after the 1987-88 school year.^[27]
Libbey's football team drops out of the league for the 1987, '88, and '89 seasons. They failed to field a team in '87^[28] and played a non-league schedule the following two years before returning in 1990, the first year the divisions were eliminated.^[29] Meanwhile, Libbey's Charles Robinson Memorial Stadium had its bleachers torn down in 1987.^[30]
Shortly after winning the 1989 Division I State basketball title, Macomber-Whitney and the Jefferson Center were considered for closure following the 1988-89 school year.^[31] The TPS board decided to keep the schools open for the time being.

1990s

A new point system was developed for the football championship in the 1990 season, effectively eliminating the Red and Blue divisions.^[32]
Macomber's freshman class was cut at the beginning of the 1990-91 school year to save costs. Plans were considered to eventually cut the sophomore class as well.^[33]
Due to financial problems and a declining enrollment, DeVilbiss and Macomber-Whitney were regrettably closed by TPS following the 1990-91 school year.^[34] Libbey was also considered for closure, but survived the chopping block.^[35] To also help curb financial woes for the district, TPS decided at the same time to eliminate fall sports for the 1991-92 school year, causing the parochial schools to compile independent schedules for the 1991 season.^[36]
In a reversal of fortune, a levy passed in May 1991 that allowed for the public schools that were not closed to have fall sports. Since the parochial schools had already scheduled games as independents, they were not able to compete for City League titles in the fall of 1991.
The Hall of Fame Game began in the 1991-92 school year as the league football championship game after the league eliminated the Shoe Bowl following the 1990 football season.^[37]
The private schools returned to league play for the winter sports season of 1992-93.
Cardinal Stritch withdrew its membership at the end of the 1993-94 school year since its enrollment numbers were significantly smaller than the other schools.^[38]
After 10 seasons without a home football game and multiple forfeits for low player turnout, Libbey's new on-campus stadium was opened September 27, 1996.^[39]

2000s

For the 2003-2004 school year, longtime City League rival Whitmer and Oregon Clay leave the crumbling Great Lakes League to become the City League's newest members.^[40]
During the 2008-09 school year, Clay applied to for membership in the Northern Lakes League as a replacement for Rossford High School who will leave the NLL after the 2010-11 school year for the newly formed Northern Buckeye Conference. In June 2009, the NLL announced that it would be accepting Napoleon High School from the Greater Buckeye Conference as its replacement for Rossford and Clay would remain in the City League.^[41]
Findlay and Lima Senior high schools, both members of the dwindling GBC, announced they were trying to seek membership of the City League in August 2009. This prompted fellow GBC member Fremont Ross to apply for membership as well. In mid-October 2009, Fremont Ross was voted in to be a member for the 2011-12 school year, but both Findlay and Lima Senior were denied membership.^[42]

2010s

Concerned about the elimination of several junior high, freshmen, and less-popular sports within the league due to Toledo Public Schools' $39 million deficit, CL members from non-TPS schools met to discuss possibly forming a new league in late May.^[43] Representatives from Central Catholic, Clay, Fremont Ross, Notre Dame, St. Francis, St. John's, St. Ursula and Whitmer got together and invited representatives from current GBC schools Findlay and Lima Senior to gather interest in possibly starting a new conference that would take effect no sooner than 2011-12.
After a failed levy in early May 2010, TPS voted on May 25 to close Libbey at the conclusion of the 2009-10 school year.^[44] Ever since being included with DeVilbiss and Macomber for closure in 1991, Libbey had constantly been considered for shutting its doors permanently, and it had nearly became an annual topic during its last few years. Strong community support kept Libbey open in the past, as had the sorrowful remorse felt over closing schools beforehand.
On July 14, 2010, the Oregon School board voted 5-0 in favor of withdrawing Clay from the City League.^[45] The athletic directors at Notre Dame, St. John's, St. Ursula, and Whitmer also confirmed that they had sent in withdrawal letters to the league on the same day, set to take effect at the end of the 2010-11 school year. Central Catholic and St. Francis followed suit in the few days after, although they were initially hesitant to leave the league they had called home for so long.^[46] Clay AD Mike Donnelly reported that future CL member Fremont Ross was also likely to withdraw its membership (and never actually compete as a City League member), and that Findlay and Lima Senior were likely to get invitations to the new league. The new league will be called the Three Rivers Athletic Conference.^[47]
The final Hall of Fame Game was played on Thursday, November 4, 2010 with Rogers defeating Waite 44-14 at Rogers High School.^[48]

Boys League Championships

(Football champions have been determined with a point system since 1990. Prior to that, it went to the schools with the best league record or the winner of the Shoe Bowl)

School Year	Football^[49]	Cross Country	Basketball^[50]	Wrestling	Baseball	Track & Field^[51]
1925-26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Waite
1926-27	Waite	N/A	Waite			Waite
1927-28	Scott	N/A	Woodward			Scott
1928-29	Libbey, Scott, Waite	N/A	Scott			Scott
1929-30	Libbey, Scott, Waite	N/A	Woodward			Scott
1930-31	Libbey, Scott	N/A	Libbey			Scott
1931-32	Libbey	N/A	Waite			Scott
1932-33	Waite	N/A	Waite			DeVilbiss
1933-34	Waite	N/A	Central Catholic			Scott
1934-35	Waite	N/A	DeVilbiss		DeVilbiss	Scott
1935-36	Waite	N/A	DeVilbiss		DeVilbiss	Scott
1936-37	Central Catholic	N/A	Central Catholic		DeVilbiss
1937-38	Waite	N/A	Waite		Macomber
1938-39	DeVilbiss, Scott, Waite	N/A	Central Catholic		Macomber
1939-40	Waite	N/A	Libbey, Woodward		DeVilbiss, Macomber
1940-41	Waite	N/A	Libbey		Macomber
1941-42	Libbey	N/A	Central Catholic, Woodward			DeVilbiss
1942-43	Libbey	N/A	Macomber, Woodward			DeVilbiss
1943-44	Waite	N/A	DeVilbiss, Woodward			DeVilbiss
1944-45	Central Catholic, Libbey	N/A	Woodward			DeVilbiss
1945-46	Waite	N/A	Macomber			DeVilbiss
1946-47	Libbey	N/A	Woodward		Macomber	DeVilbiss
1947-48	Libbey, Waite	N/A	Central Catholic		Macomber
1948-49	Waite	N/A	Central Catholic		Central Catholic	DeVilbiss
1949-50	Central Catholic, Libbey	N/A	DeVilbiss		DeVilbiss
1950-51	Scott	N/A	Central Catholic, Macomber			DeVilbiss
1951-52	Central Catholic, Libbey	N/A	Central Catholic, DeVilbiss
1952-53	Libbey, Waite, Woodward	N/A	Central Catholic, Waite, Woodward
1953-54	DeVilbiss	N/A	Macomber		DeVilbiss, Macomber	DeVilbiss
1954-55	DeVilbiss	N/A	Libbey
1955-56	DeVilbiss	N/A	Macomber		Macomber
1956-57	Waite	N/A	Macomber		DeVilbiss
1957-58	DeVilbiss	N/A	Scott
1958-59	DeVilbiss	N/A	Central Catholic
1959-60	DeVilbiss	Libbey	Scott, Woodward
1960-61	Central Catholic	Libbey	Macomber
1961-62	DeVilbiss, Macomber	Libbey	Central Catholic		DeVilbiss
1962-63	Central Catholic		Central Catholic
1963-64	Waite		Woodward		DeVilbiss
1964-65	Macomber		St. Francis			Scott
1965-66	St. Francis		Libbey			Woodward
1966-67	St. Francis	Libbey	Central Catholic			Scott
1967-68	Central Catholic	Libbey	Central Catholic			Scott
1968-69	St. Francis		Libbey			Scott
1969-70	Bowsher		Libbey
1970-71	Macomber		Macomber
1971-72	Scott		Scott	Rogers
1972-73	Scott		St. Francis
1973-74	DeVilbiss		Scott
1974-75	DeVilbiss		Scott	Rogers
1975-76	St. John's, Woodward		Scott
1976-77	St. John's		Scott			Macomber
1977-78	St. John's		Scott
1978-79	Start		Start		Start
1979-80	Bowsher		Scott		DeVilbiss
1980-81	Macomber (St. Francis)		St. John's			DeVilbiss
1981-82	St. John's		Scott			DeVilbiss
1982-83	Central Catholic (St. Francis)	DeVilbiss	St. Francis
1983-84	Macomber		Scott	Rogers
1984-85	Scott (St. Francis)		Scott	Rogers
1985-86	Scott (DeVilbiss)		Scott	Rogers
1986-87	St. Francis		St. Francis	Rogers		DeVilbiss
1987-88	St. John's		Macomber	Rogers		DeVilbiss
1988-89	St. Francis		Macomber			DeVilbiss
1989-90	DeVilbiss		Scott
1990-91	St. John's		St. Francis
1991-92	Woodward		Scott
1992-93	St. Francis		St. John's			Rogers
1993-94	St. Francis		St. John's			Rogers
1994-95	St. John's		St. John's
1995-96	St. Francis		St. John's			Rogers
1996-97	St. John's		Start
1997-98	St. Francis	St. Francis	St. John's
1998-99	St. Francis		St. John's
1999-00	St. Francis		Libbey	Waite		Rogers
2000-01	Rogers		Scott			Rogers
2001-02	St. Francis		St. John's			Rogers
2002-03	St. Francis		St. John's	Waite		Rogers
2003-04	St. Francis		St. John's	Waite
2004-05	St. Francis		St. John's	Waite
2005-06	Central Catholic		Scott
2006-07	Central Catholic		Libbey
2007-08	Central Catholic		Libbey	Central Catholic	Central Catholic
2008-09	Central Catholic		St. John's	Clay	Clay
2009-10	Whitmer		Central Catholic	Clay	Central Catholic	Whitmer
2010-11	Whitmer		Whitmer	Clay	Whitmer	St. John's
2011-12	Rogers	Bowsher

Note: Teams in parentheses passed on the Shoe Bowl for the OHSAA playoffs, essentially giving up the opportunity to win the City title.

Shoe Bowl/Hall of Fame Game Results

Shoe Bowl Results 1966-1990
Year	Winning School	Score	Losing School	Score
1966	St. Francis	47	DeVilbiss	6
1967	Central Catholic	8	St. Francis	7
1968	St. Francis	8	Central Catholic	3
1969	Bowsher	12	St. Francis	8
1970	Macomber	14	St. Francis	3
1971	Scott	18	Woodward	6
1972	Scott	13	Cardinal Stritch	6
1973	DeVilbiss	7	St. John's	0
1974	DeVilbiss	45	St. John's	20
1975	Woodward	7	St. John's	7
1976	St. John's	16	Central Catholic	8
1977	St. John's	21	St. Francis	13
1978	Start	41	Bowsher	6
1979	Bowsher	16	Start	14
1980	Macomber	15	St. John's	0
1981	St. John's	24	Macomber	0
1982	Central Catholic	21	St. John's	7
1983	Macomber	14	St. Francis	0
1984	Scott	35	Libbey	0
1985	Scott	42	St. John's	0
1986	St. Francis	24	Central Catholic	7
1987	St. John's	33	Central Catholic	21
1988	St. Francis	12	Central Catholic	9
1989	DeVilbiss	17	St. John's	13
1990	St. John's	6	Macomber	0

Hall of Fame Game Results 1991-2005, 2008-2010
Year	Winning School	Score	Losing School	Score
1991	St. Francis^[52]	26	Woodward	0
1992	St. John's	20	Start	8
1993	St. Francis	20	Central Catholic	0
1994	Central Catholic	20	St. Francis	7
1995	Bowsher	12	Central Catholic	7
1996	St. Francis	22	Central Catholic	7
1997	Start	17	St. John's	7
1998	St. Francis	41	St. John's	7
1999	St. John's	43	Bowsher	7
2000	Central Catholic	28	St. John's	7
2001	St. John's	31	Scott	6
2002	Start	26	Rogers	12
2003	Start	46	Clay	13
2004	St. John's	28	Bowsher	6
2005	St. Francis	27	Scott	7
2008	Whitmer	42	St. John's	35
2009	St. John's	42	Bowsher	28
2010	Rogers	44	Waite	14

Boys Basketball Championship Game Results

Boys Basketball Championship Results 1968-2011
Year	Winning School	Score	Losing School	Score
1968	Central Catholic	43	Libbey	40
1969	Libbey	63	Macomber	43
1970	Libbey	72	Macomber	70 (2OT)
1971	Macomber	70	Start	69
1972	Scott	60	Libbey	49
1973	St. Francis	47	DeVilbiss	46
1974	Scott	42	Waite	37
1975	Scott	77	Rogers	65
1976	Scott	50	Rogers	34
1977	Scott	79	Bowsher	51
1978	Scott	67	St. Francis	55
1979	Start	62	St. Francis	56
1980	Scott	75	Libbey	66
1981	St. John's	58	Macomber	57
1982	Scott	51	Rogers	32
1983	St. Francis	62	Macomber	52
1984	Scott	71	St. Francis	53
1985	Scott	77	Rogers	65
1986	Scott	83	Rogers	58
1987	St. Francis	53	Macomber	51
1988	Macomber	73	St. John’s	50
1989	Macomber	91	St. Francis	59
1990	Scott	63	St. John’s	48
1991	St. Francis	69	Scott	45
1992	Scott	58	St. John's	55
1993	St. John’s	77	Scott	62
1994	St. John’s	52	Scott	41
1995	St. John’s	52	Central Catholic	45
1996	St. John’s	59	Libbey	44
1997	Start	68	Libbey	51
1998	St. John’s	63	Scott	44
1999	St. John’s	58	Scott	43
2000	Libbey	73	Scott	64 (OT)
2001	Scott	48	Waite	47
2002	St. John’s	53	Scott	53
2003	St. John’s	65	Libbey	40
2004	St. John’s	50	Libbey	42
2005	St. John’s	68	Libbey	61
2006	Scott	56	St. John’s	51 (OT)
2007	Libbey		St. John's
2008	Libbey
2009	St. John's
2010	Central Catholic	36	St. Francis	28
2011	Whitmer	51	St. John's	48

Girls League championships

Year	Volleyball	Cross Country	Basketball	Track & Field^[53]
1969-70				Woodward
1970-71				Rogers
1971-72				Scott
1972-73				Start
1973-74				Start
1974-75				Start
1975-76				Scott
1976-77				Rogers
1977-78	DeVilbiss			Rogers
1978-79				Rogers
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84			DeVilbiss
1984-85	DeVilbiss	DeVilbiss		DeVilbiss
1985-86				DeVilbiss
1986-87	DeVilbiss			Macomber-Whitney
1987-88				DeVilbiss
1988-89				DeVilbiss
1989-90
1990-91			Macomber-Whitney
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99	Bowsher
1999-00
2000-01				Central Catholic
2001-02				Central Catholic
2002-03				Central Catholic
2003-04				Clay
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10				Whitmer
2010-11			Start	Notre Dame
2011-12	Bowsher	Start

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