North Coast League
Data
Classification	OHSAA Division II, III, and IV
Established	1984
Members	13
Sports fielded	10 boys and 9 girls
State Championships	29
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Region	Midwest
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The North Coast League (NCL) is a high school athletic conference for Catholic schools in Greater Cleveland

Greater Cleveland

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Member schools

The North Coast League was founded by six parochial high schools in 1984. Its original members were Cleveland Central Catholic, Holy Name. Lake Catholic, Padua Franciscan, St. Peter Chanel, and Trinity. Elyria Catholic and Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin joined the league shortly after it was founded. The schools were then separated into two four-team divisions based on enrollment. Villa Angela-St. Joseph joined the league in 2004 and Archbishop Hoban in 2005, but Cleveland Central Catholic left, creating unevenly sized divisions. Central Catholic re-joined the league in 2006, creating a balanced ten-team lineup.

In 2011, the NCL added Beaumont, Benedictine, Walsh Jesuit

Walsh Jesuit High School

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John F. Kennedy High School (Warren, Ohio)

John F. Kennedy High School is a private, Catholic high school in Warren, Ohio. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. The school teams are known as the Eagles...

 high schools. Elyria Catholic left the league to join the West Shore Conference. Benedictine (an all-boys school) and Beaumont (all-girls) were added as a tandem, so twelve schools will compete in most sports, in two divisions of six schools each.

The schools are separated into two divisions, based on the their enrollment.

Blue Division (larger schools)

School	Nickname	City	Joined	Notes
Archbishop Hoban High School Archbishop Hoban High School Archbishop Hoban High School is a private, Catholic high school in Akron, Ohio, USA. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. In the early 1950s, Archbishop Edward F. Hoban invited the Brothers of Holy Cross to staff a new high school to be named in his honor. The Brothers had...	Knights	Akron Akron, Ohio Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...	2005
Beaumont School	Bluestreaks	Cleveland Hts. Cleveland Heights, Ohio Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The city's population was 46,121 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Cleveland Heights is located at ....	2011	Girls' sports only
Benedictine High School	Bengals	Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...	2011	Boys' sports only
Lake Catholic High School Lake Catholic High School Lake Catholic High School is located in Mentor, Ohio, an eastern suburb of Cleveland at 6733 Reynolds Rd. . Lake Catholic High School is owned by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Founded in 1970, its first class graduated in 1974. In 2009, 100% of its graduates continued their education at 36...	Cougars	Mentor Mentor, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 50,278 people, 18,797 households, and 14,229 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,878.2 people per square mile . There were 19,301 housing units at an average density of 721.0 per square mile...	1984
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is a coeducational, Catholic high school in Chardon, Ohio, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.-Background:...	Lions	Chardon Chardon, Ohio Chardon is a city in Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,148 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Geauga County.-History:Chardon is named after Peter Chardon Brooks, who donated land to build the historic Chardon Square....	1990
Padua Franciscan High School Padua Franciscan High School Padua Franciscan High School is a private co-educational Franciscan high school in Parma, Ohio. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.-History:...	Bruins	Parma Parma, Ohio Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is the largest suburb of Cleveland and the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio...	1984
Walsh Jesuit High School Walsh Jesuit High School Walsh Jesuit High School is a private, Jesuit high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Founded in 1965, the school was funded by a gift from and named after Cornelius and Jane Walsh. It has been recognized fifty times as a Green Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S...	Warriors	Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 49,374 people, 21,655 households, and 13,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,932.9 people per square mile . There were 22,727 housing units at an average density of 889.7 per square mile...	2011

White Division (smaller schools)

School	Nickname	City	Joined	Notes
Cleveland Central Catholic High School Cleveland Central Catholic High School Cleveland Central Catholic High School is a private co-educational high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland...	Ironmen	Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...	1984	Withdrew from the NCL in 2004, rejoined in 2006
Holy Name High School Holy Name High School Holy Name High School is a private, Catholic, coeducational high school in Parma Heights, Ohio. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.-History:...	Green Wave	Parma Hts. Parma Heights, Ohio There are seven council members serving at large. Every two years there is an election. Four positions are open. The top three candidates are each elected for a four-year term. The fourth candidate is awarded a two-year term.[Effective January 2008]...	1984	Member of the Blue Division until 2011
John F. Kennedy High School John F. Kennedy High School (Warren, Ohio) John F. Kennedy High School is a private, Catholic high school in Warren, Ohio. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. The school teams are known as the Eagles...	Eagles	Warren Warren, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 46,832 people, 19,288 households and 12,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,912.4 people per square mile . There were 21,279 housing units at an average density of 1,322.9 per square mile...	2011
St. Peter Chanel High School St. Peter Chanel High School Saint Peter Chanel High School is located in Bedford, Ohio, a southeast suburb of Cleveland. It is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.-Building:...	Firebirds	Bedford Bedford, Ohio Bedford is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,074 at the 2010 census. It is an eastern suburb of Cleveland.-Geography:Bedford is located at ....	1984
Trinity High School	Trojans	Garfield Hts. Garfield Heights, Ohio Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,849 at the time of the 2010 census.-Geography:Garfield Heights is located at ....	1984
Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School is a private Roman Catholic high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is commonly abbreviated VASJ. It was formed by the 1990 merger of Villa Angela Academy and St. Joseph High School . It is run by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. The two religious orders...	Vikings	Cleveland	2004

Former members

School	Nickname	City	Joined	Left	Current Conference
Elyria Catholic High School Elyria Catholic High School, Lorain County, Ohio Elyria Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school located in Elyria, Ohio, 20 miles west of Cleveland. It is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Elyria Catholic was built in 1949 and since then has graduated more than 7,500 young men and women. A newly added physical...	Panthers	Elyria Elyria, Ohio -Community:Elyria has an extensive, although financially burdened, community food pantry and "Hot Meals" program administered through the Second Harvest Food Bank and several churches Elyria is served by Elyria Memorial Hospital.-Recreation and parks:...	1990	2011	West Shore Conference

Rivalries

Chanel vs. Trinity

Chanel vs. VASJ

Holy Name vs. Padua

Lake Catholic vs. NDCL

Cleveland Central Catholic vs. Chanel

Cleveland Central Catholic vs. VASJ

Walsh Jesuit vs. Archbishop Hoban

Walsh Jesuit vs. Mentor Lake Catholic

State championships

This chart only includes state championships won by the schools while in the North Coast League.

School	Sport	Year(s)
Cleveland Central Catholic	Boys Basketball Girls Basketball	2009 2007
Elyria Catholic	Girls Tennis	2006
Holy Name	Girls Soccer	2006
Lake Catholic	Football Wrestling Volleyball	1991, 1992, 2001 1989 2010
NDCL	Baseball Golf	2001, 2009 2000, 2009
Padua Franciscan	Ice Hockey Volleyball	1986, 1989, 2006 2008, 2009
St. Peter Chanel	Boys Basketball Football Wrestling	1999 2001 1986, 1987, 1988, 2011
Trinity	Girls Basketball Boys Track & Field Football	1990, 1994, 1996 2009 1980
VASJ	Cheerleading Volleyball	2006 2005

Football

During the season, every school must play five league games, one against every other school in its own division. They are generally played the final five weeks of the season. Schools are also allowed to schedule schools in the other division, however these games are considered independent and do not count in NCL standings. Prior to 2011, each school played an additional school in the other division in a "crossover" game. The crossover opponents rotated on two-year stints.

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.