The Buckeye Border Conference is a high school athletic league located in extreme northwest Ohio

Northwest Ohio

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. The conference sponsors basketball

Basketball

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, cross country

Cross country running

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, golf

Golf

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, and track and field

Track and field

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 for both boys and girls. In addition, baseball

Baseball

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 is sponsored for the boys, and softball

Softball

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 and volleyball

Volleyball

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 are sponsored for the girls.

Members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Joined League
Edon Edon High School Edon High School is a public high school in Edon, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Edon Northwest Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Bombers, which was chosen after being suggested in a naming contest by Charles Brigle while a freshman at EHS...	Bombers	Edon Edon, Ohio Edon is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 898 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edon is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....	Blue, Silver	1967
Fayette	Eagles	Fayette Fayette, Ohio Fayette is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,340 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Fayette is located at ....	Purple, Gold	1967
Hilltop Hilltop High School (West Unity, Ohio) Hilltop High School is a public high school in West Unity, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Millcreek-West Unity Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Cadets. They are members of the Buckeye Border Conference and, for football only, the Toledo Area Athletic Conference.-External...	Cadets	West Unity West Unity, Ohio West Unity is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,790 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West Unity is located at ....	Red, White	1967
North Central North Central High School (Pioneer, Ohio) North Central High School is a public high school in Pioneer, Ohio. It is the only high school in the North Central Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Eagles. They are members of the Buckeye Border Conference.-External links:*...	Eagles	Pioneer Pioneer, Ohio Pioneer is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,369 at the 2010 census.-History:Earliest recorded settlers of Pioneer were P.W. Norris and Owen McCarty , who were hired to clear James A. Rogers land in 1842-3. That land was section 17 of Williams County...	Black, White	1967
Pettisville Pettisville High School Pettisville High School is a public high school in Pettisville, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Pettisville Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Blackbirds. They are members of the Buckeye Border Conference....	Blackbirds	Pettisville Pettisville, Ohio Pettisville is a census-designated place in western Clinton Township, Fulton County, Ohio, United States. Located at the intersection of 19 Road and D Road, its elevation is 755 feet . The 2000 Census estimated that the Pettisville Local School District was home to 2,134 people.-External...	Black, Gold, White	1967
Stryker Stryker High School Stryker High School is a public high school in Stryker, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Stryker Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Panthers. They are members of the Buckeye Border Conference.-External links:*...	Panthers	Stryker Stryker, Ohio Stryker is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,406 at the 2000 census.-History:Stryker is the oldest settlement in Williams County...	Blue, White	1967

^Edon and Hilltop have football teams that participate in the TAAC, but are members of the BBC for every other sport.

Former members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Membership Tenure
Edgerton Edgerton High School (Ohio) Edgerton High School is a public high school in Edgerton, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Edgerton Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Bulldogs...	Bulldogs	Edgerton Edgerton, Ohio Edgerton is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edgerton is located at ....	Maroon, Gold	1967-19??
Hicksville Hicksville High School (Ohio) Hicksville High School is a public high school in Hicksville, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Hicksville Schools district. Their nickname is the Aces...	Aces	Hicksville Hicksville, Ohio Hicksville is a village in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,649 at the 2000 census.-History:Hicksville was founded by a group of land speculators. Led by Henry W. Hicks, the Hicks Land Company platted the community in 1835 and 1836...	Red, White	1967-19??
Montpelier Montpelier High School (Ohio) Montpelier High School is a public high school in Montpelier, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Montpelier Exempted Village School district. Their nickname is the Locomotives. They are members of the Northwest Ohio Athletic League.-External links:*...	Locomotives	Montpelier Montpelier, Ohio Montpelier is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,320 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Montpelier is located at ....	Columbia Blue, White	1967-19??

League history

The BBC was established in 1967 primarily as a basketball conference. The initial members were Edgerton, Edon, Fayette, Hicksville, Hilltop, Montpelier, North Central, Pettisville, and Stryker.

Montpelier was also a member of the NWOAL at the same time and in 1969, joined the Northern Border League as well. Hilltop joined the football-only Northwest Buckeye League in 1971 so their football program had a league to compete in, and Edon followed suit shortly after. Montpelier would eventually leave between 1975 and 1978 to become solely affiliated with the NWOAL. Edgerton and Hicksville would later join the Green Meadows Conference for all sports in the late 70s or early 80s.

In 1995, the 6 remaining BBC schools made an agreement to play cross-over games with the Toledo Area Athletic Conference

Toledo Area Athletic Conference (OHSAA)

The Toledo Area Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference located in northwest Ohio, with member schools stretched across Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams, and Wood counties...

 in the newly-dubbed Toledo Buckeye League. This setup only lasted until June 30, 1998 before being dropped.

In 2005, Edon and Hilltop joined the TAAC as football-only members in order to get out of the primarily-Michigan based Southern Central Athletic Association. Previous ties with the old Toledo Buckeye League made for an easy transition.

See also: Ohio High School Athletic Conferences

Sources

• 1968 BBC Boys Basketball Standings