Great Lakes Conference


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

Members

SchoolNicknameLocationColorsTypeTenure
BayRocketsBay Village, OhioBlue & White
Public2015-
BuckeyeBucksMallet Creek, OhioBrown, Orange, & White
Public2019-
Elyria CatholicPanthersElyria, OhioGreen & White
Roman Catholic2015-
FairviewWarriorsFairview Park, OhioScarlet & Gray
Public2019-
Holy NameGreen WaveParma Heights, OhioGreen & White
Roman Catholic2015-
NormandyInvadersParma, OhioOrange & White
Public2015-
Parma SeniorRedmenParma, OhioRed & Gray
Public2015-
Rocky RiverPiratesRocky River, OhioMaroon & White
Public2015-
Valley ForgePatriotsParma Heights, OhioNavy Blue & White
Public2015-

Future members

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. 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. 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. 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.