Great Lakes Conference

The Great Lakes Conference is an OHSAA athletics conference that began play with the 2015-16 school year.[1][2] The following are members:

Members
GLC membership. Original members are in red; scools joining in 2019 are in green.
School Nickname Location Colors Type Tenure
Bay Rockets Bay Village, Ohio Blue & White
   		 Public 2015-
Buckeye Bucks York Township, Ohio Brown, Orange, & White
     		 Public 2019-
Elyria Catholic Panthers Elyria, Ohio Green & White
   		 Roman Catholic 2015-
Fairview Warriors Fairview Park, Ohio Scarlet & Gray
   		 Public 2019-
Holy Name Green Wave Parma Heights, Ohio Green & White
   		 Roman Catholic 2015-
Lakewood Rangers Lakewood, Ohio Purple & Gold
   		 Public 2020-
Normandy Invaders Parma, Ohio Orange & White
   		 Public 2015-
Parma Senior Redmen Parma, Ohio Red & Gray
   		 Public 2015-
Rocky River Pirates Rocky River, Ohio Maroon & White
   		 Public 2015-
Valley Forge Patriots Parma Heights, Ohio Navy Blue & White
   		 Public 2015-

Future members
School Nickname Location Colors Type Tenure
North Olmsted Eagles North Olmsted, Ohio Orange & Black
   		 Public 2021-
Westlake Demons Westlake, Ohio Forest Green & White
   		 Public 2021-

League history

As part of a significant realignment in Cleveland-area high school leagues at the time, the Great Lakes Conference was formed in 2015 by seven schools that were located in Cleveland's west suburbs and had similar competition levels.[3] Normandy, Parma, and Valley Forge came from the former Northeast Ohio Conference, Bay, Elyria Catholic, and Rocky River came from the former West Shore Conference, and Holy Name came from the North Coast League.

The league added Buckeye and Fairview in 2019.[4] Buckeye and Fairview were two of four schools being left out after eight of the 12 Patriot Athletic Conference schools decided to form a new league with more compact traveling distances.

On April 16, 2019, it was announced that Lakewood would join for the 2020-21 school year, leaving the Southwestern Conference in order to do so.

On February 20, 2020, it was announced that North Olmsted and Westlake would join for the 2021-22 school year, bring the GLC's membership to 12 schools. Both schools will be coming from the Southwestern Conference.[5] With 12 members, the GLC will split into two divisions for some sports. The East Division will consist of Buckeye, Holy Name, Lakewood, Normandy, Parma, and Valley Forge; the West Division will consist of Bay, Elyria Catholic, Fairview, North Olmsted, Rocky River, and Westlake.

References
  1. Leonard, Michael (June 28, 2015). "Northeast Ohio Conference Fades Into History With a Whimper". Tallmadge Express. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Rozboril, Robert (April 28, 2014). "New Great Lake Conference to include seven local schools for 2015-16 season". Northeast Ohio Media Group. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  4. Goul, Matt (May 10, 2018). "Fairview, Buckeye joining the Great Lakes Conference in 2019". www.cleveland.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  5. "North Olmsted, Westlake to move to Great Lakes Conference in 2021". Morning Journal. Retrieved February 28, 2020.


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