North Coast League


The North Coast League was a high school athletic conference for Catholic schools in Greater Cleveland, Ohio. The NCL was founded in 1984 by six parochial high schools: Cleveland Central Catholic, Holy Name, Lake Catholic, Pacua Franciscan, St. Peter Chanel, and Trinity. The league expanded throughout the 1990s and 2000s, reaching a peak of 13 members in the early-to-mid 2010s, before declining in membership. The NCL disbanded after the 2019-20 school year.

Members

A Girls' sports only
B Boys' sports only

Membership timeline


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bar:3 color:Full from:1984 till:end text:Lake Catholic
bar:4 color:Full from:1984 till:end text:Padua Franciscan
bar:5 color:Full from:1984 till:2013 text:St. Peter Chanel
bar:6 color:Full from:1984 till:2019 text:Trinity
bar:7 color:Full from:1991 till:end text:Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin
bar:8 color:Full from:1995 till:2011 text:Elyria Catholic
bar:9 color:Full from:2004 till:end text:Villa Angela-St. Joseph
bar:10 color:Full from:2005 till:end text:Archbishop Hoban
bar:11 color:Girls from:2011 till:end text:Beaumont
bar:12 color:Boys from:2011 till:end text:Benedictine
bar:13 color:Full from:2011 till:end text:John F. Kennedy
bar:14 color:Full from:2011 till:end text:Walsh Jesuit
bar:15 color:Full from:2013 till:2019 text:St. Thomas Aquinas
bar:16 color:Full from:2015 till:2017 text:Valley Christian
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    State championships

This chart only includes state championships won by the schools while in the North Coast League in sports sanctioned by the NCL.
SchoolSportYear
Archbishop HobanFootball
Girls Soccer		2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
2015
Beaumont SchoolVolleyball2012
BenedictineFootball2014
Cleveland Central CatholicBoys Basketball
Girls Basketball		2009
2007
Elyria CatholicGirls Tennis2006
Holy NameGirls Soccer2006
John F. KennedyFootball2016
Lake CatholicFootball
Wrestling
Volleyball		1991, 1992, 2001
1989
2010
NDCLBaseball
Golf
Volleyball		2001, 2009
2000, 2009
2014, 2015
Padua FranciscanIce Hockey
Volleyball		1986, 1989, 2006
2008, 2009, 2013
St. Peter ChanelBoys Basketball
Football
Wrestling		1999
2001
1986, 1987, 1988, 2011
St. Thomas AquinasGirls Cross Country
Boys Track and Field
Girls Track and Field		2015
2016
2015, 2016
TrinityGirls Basketball
Boys Track & Field		1990, 1994, 1996
2009
VASJBoys Basketball
Volleyball		2013, 2015, 2017
2005

Scheduling

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.
In 2013, 2017, and 2019, the White Division only had five schools, so they played a four-game schedule those seasons.

Other sports

In other sports, such as basketball and volleyball, where more games are played during the season, each school must play 10 games against NCL opponents. Every school plays every other school in its division twice 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 the 2011 expansion, schools played 13 games: a home-and-away series against division opponents and a single game against inter-division foes.
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.