Northern Lakes League
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The Northern Lakes League (NLL), is an OHSAA
Ohio High School Athletic Association
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...

 high school athletic conference that was formed in 1956 and comprises eight high schools in Northwest Ohio
Northwest Ohio
Northwest or northwestern Ohio consists of multiple counties in the northwestern corner of the US state of Ohio. This area borders Lake Erie, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana. Some areas in northwestern Ohio are also considered the Black Swamp area. The Toledo metropolitan area is also part...

.

Current members

School Nickname Location Colors Type Middle school(s) Joined League
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne Generals
The athletic teams of Anthony Wayne High School are known as the Generals, and wear uniform colors of Royal Blue and White. The Generals have 19 varsity sports that compete in the Northern Lakes League in northwest Ohio, with the exception of the varsity ice hockey team, which competes in the...

Generals Whitehouse
Whitehouse, Ohio
Whitehouse is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,733 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Whitehouse is located at ....

Blue, White
Public Anthony Wayne JHS 1956
Bowling Green
Bowling Green High School (Ohio)
Bowling Green High School is a public high school in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Bowling Green Area School District. It serves the greater Bowling Green community, which includes the city and surrounding areas...

Bobcats Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...

Scarlet, Gray
Public Bowling Green JHS 1978
Maumee
Maumee High School (Ohio)
Maumee High School is a public high school in Maumee, Ohio, southwest of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Maumee City Schools district. Their mascot and sports teams are known as the "Maumee Panthers"...

Panthers Maumee
Maumee, Ohio
Maumee is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Toledo along the Maumee River. The population was 14,286 at the 2010 census. Maumee was also declared an All-America City by the National Civic League in June 2006.-Geography:...

Purple, Gold
Public Gateway MS 1956
Napoleon
Napoleon High School (Ohio)
Napoleon High School is a public high school in Napoleon, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Napoleon Area City School District. Their nickname is the Wildcats...

Wildcats Napoleon
Napoleon, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,318 people, 3,813 households, and 2,470 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,668.1 people per square mile . There were 4,066 housing units at an average density of 727.9 per square mile...

Navy, White
Public Napoleon MS 2011
Northview
Sylvania Northview High School
Sylvania Northview High School is a public high school located in Sylvania, Ohio. It is a part of the Sylvania City School District. Northview currently has 1,347 students and 86 teachers.-Notable alumni:* Chip Davis, creator of Mannheim Steamroller...

Wildcats Sylvania
Sylvania, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,670 people, 7,151 households, and 5,070 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,223.2 people per square mile . There were 7,392 housing units at an average density of 1,276.2 per square mile...

Black, Gold,
Public Arbor Hills JHS,
McCord JHS
1996
Perrysburg
Perrysburg High School
Perrysburg High School is a public high school in Perrysburg, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in Perrysburg Exempted Village School District. School athletic teams are known as the Yellow Jackets, and the school colors are black and gold. PHS's rival is Maumee High School. They...

Yellow Jackets Perrysburg
Perrysburg, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,945 people, 6,592 households, and 4,561 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,899.2 people per square mile . There were 6,964 housing units at an average density of 780.5 per square mile...

Black, Gold
Public Perrysburg JHS 1956
Southview
Sylvania Southview High School (Ohio)
Sylvania Southview High School is a public high school in Sylvania, Ohio. It is one of two high schools in the Sylvania Schools district, the other being Sylvania Northview High School.- Athletics :The athletics program at Southview is known as the Cougars...

Cougars Sylvania
Sylvania, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,670 people, 7,151 households, and 5,070 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,223.2 people per square mile . There were 7,392 housing units at an average density of 1,276.2 per square mile...

Orange, Brown
Public McCord JHS,
Timberstone JHS
1976
Springfield
Springfield Local High School
Springfield Local High School is located in Holland, Ohio. It has an enrollment of 1200 students in grades 9-12. Locally it is known as Springfield High School...

Blue Devils Holland
Holland, Ohio
Holland is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,306 at the 2000 census.-History:The first name of the village was Drakes, which possibly came from the name of a family or was in reference to the large number of geese that did and still fly over the area...

Blue, White
Public Springfield MS 1962

Former members

School Nickname Location Colors Type Membership Tenure Notes
Eastwood
Eastwood High School (Pemberville, Ohio)
Eastwood High School is the only high school in the Eastwood Local School District in eastern Wood County, Ohio. The high school holds grades nine through twelve. Eastwood High's athletic league is the Northern Buckeye Conference...

Eagles Pemberville
Pemberville, Ohio
Pemberville is a village located on the banks of the Portage River in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pemberville is located at ....

Red, White, Columbia
Public 1959–1972 Left for the SLL, now in the NBC
Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA)
The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...

Elmwood
Elmwood High School (Bloomdale, Ohio)
Elmwood High School is a public high school in Bloomdale. It is the only high school in the Elmwood Local School District, which primarily serves Bloom, Montgomery, Perry, and Portage townships in Wood County, but also serves parts of Center and Freedom townships...

Royals Bloomdale
Bloomdale, Ohio
Bloomdale is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 724 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bloomdale is located at ....

Royal Blue, White
Public 1960–1972 Left for the SLL, now in the NBC
Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA)
The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...

Genoa
Genoa Area High School
Genoa Area High School is a public high school in Genoa, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Genoa Area Local School District. Their nickname is the Comets. Other towns included in the district are Curtice, Clay Center, Martin, and Williston....

Comets Genoa
Genoa, Ohio
Genoa is a village in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,230 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Genoa is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

Maroon, Gray
Public 1956–1972 Left for the SLL, now in the NBC
Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA)
The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...

Lake
Lake High School (Millbury, Ohio)
Lake High School is a public high school near Millbury, Ohio in Lake Township. It is the only high school in the Lake Local School District, serving about 500 students in grades 9 to 12.- Athletics :...

Flyers Millbury
Millbury, Ohio
Millbury is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,161 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Millbury is located at ....

Navy, White, Light Blue
Public 1960–1996 Left for the SLL, now in the NBC
Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA)
The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...

Port Clinton
Port Clinton High School
Port Clinton High School is a public high school in Port Clinton, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Port Clinton City School District. Their nickname is the Redskins. They are currently members of the Sandusky Bay Conference.-Athletics:...

Redskins Port Clinton
Port Clinton, Ohio
Port Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,056 at the 2010 census. The city has been nicknamed the "Walleye Capital of the World."...

Red, White
Public 1956–1963 Left for the GLL
Greater Buckeye Conference (OHSAA)
The Greater Buckeye Conference was a high school athletic conference with six members, all located in a large area of northern and northwest Ohio. It was affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The conference was created for the 2003-2004 school year after the Great Lakes...

, now in the SBC
Rossford
Rossford High School
Rossford High School is a public high school in Rossford, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Rossford Exempted Village Schools district. Aside from the city, the district also serves parts of Perrysburg and Lake townships within Wood County....

Bulldogs Rossford
Rossford, Ohio
Rossford is a city in Wood County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. The population was 6,406 at the 2000 census. The town includes the intersection of Interstate 75 and the Ohio Turnpike.- History :...

Maroon, Gray
Public 1956–2011 Left for the NBC
Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA)
The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...


1950s

  • The league begins for the 1956-57 school year with Anthony Wayne, Genoa, Maumee, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, and Rossford as its charter members. This was the Blue Division of the old Great Northern Conference that had begun in 1945. It would not be known as the Northern Lakes League until 1957.
  • Eastwood joins in 1959 after being accepted in 1958.

1960s

  • Elmwood and Lake both join in 1960.
  • Springfield (Holland HS until 1959) joins in 1962.
  • Port Clinton switches into the Great Lakes League (the Orange Division of the GNC) in 1963 after winning three football titles in 1957, 1960, and 1962.

1970s

  • For the 1972-73 school year, Eastwood, Elmwood, and Genoa leave to help form the Suburban Lakes League
    Suburban Lakes League
    The Suburban Lakes League was an OHSAA athletic league with 7 member schools located in northwest Ohio. The league was formed in 1972 by former members of the Northern Lakes League, Sandusky Bay Conference, and the Lakeshore Conference....

     (SLL), leaving 6 members for a while. Swanton and Napoleon were suggested as replacements.
  • Southview joins in 1976 after Sylvania High School splits.
  • Bowling Green leaves the GLL in 1978 to bring the league total to 8.

1990s

  • For the 1996-97 school year, Lake leaves to join the SLL, and is replaced by Northview, who leaves the former Great Lakes League. The football team remained in the GLL for the 1996 season before fully joining at season's end.
  • Around 1999, Rossford first considered leaving the NLL for a league with members closer in their size. The 9-member SLL opened their arms, but Rossford initially declined.

2000s

  • In 2008, Rossford sent a letter of interest to be considered as the replacement for Lakota
    Lakota High School (Kansas, Ohio)
    Lakota High School is a public high school in Scott Township, near Kansas, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Lakota Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Raiders. Lakota opened the doors on their new K-12 building to students on August 29, 2011...

     in the SLL, who left for the MAL
    Midland Athletic League
    The Midland Athletic League is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio that was formed in 1985. Mark King is the commissioner. The following schools are currently members of the league, with the school name providing a link to the town the school is in or near:-Members:Bettsville, New...

     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. Clay, Napoleon, and Fremont Ross expressed interest in replacing Rossford.
  • In May 2009, Rossford's board of education voted unanimously to leave the NLL and form the new Northern Buckeye Conference with Eastwood, Genoa, Lake, Otsego, and Woodmore, all schools that were withdrawing from the SLL. Later additions to the NBC included Elmwood and Fostoria. The new league began competition in the fall of 2011.
  • In June 2009, Napoleon High School accepted the invitation to join the NLL in 2011 as the replacement for Rossford.
  • In August 2009, Maumee's school board voted 3-2 to remain members of the NLL and to not accept the NBC's invitation to join their new league.

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 Anthony Wayne, Maumee, Springfield
1975 Maumee
1976 Anthony Wayne
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, Bowling Green
1994 Springfield, Maumee
1995 Bowling Green
1996 Bowling Green
1997 Bowling Green, Southview
1998 Bowling Green, Southview
1999 Southview
2000 Bowling Green
2001 Maumee, Perrysburg
2002 Rossford
2003 Southview
2004 Southview
2005 Northview, Southview
2006 Perrysburg
2007 Southview
2008 Southview
2009 Maumee, Southview
2010 Southview
2011 Southview

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