Federal League (OHSAA)

The Federal League is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) sports conference that was established in 1964 and includes schools from Stark and Summit counties.

Current members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Join Date

Canton McKinley	Bulldogs	Canton	Red, Black	2003
GlenOak	Golden Eagles	Plain Township	Forest Green, Vegas Gold	1975
Green	Bulldogs	Green	Orange, Black	2015^[1]
Hoover	Vikings	North Canton	Black, Orange	1968
Jackson	Polar Bears	Jackson Township	Purple, Gold	1964
Lake	Blue Streaks	Hartville	Blue, Red, White	1987
Perry	Panthers	Perry Township	Black, Gold, White	1964

Former members

Austintown-Fitch Falcons (2003–2011)
Alliance Aviators (1983–2003)
Boardman Spartans (2003–2013)
Fairless Falcons (1964–1975)
Glenwood Eagles (1964–1975)
Louisville Leopards (1968–1990)
Marlington Dukes (1964–1985)
New Philadelphia Quakers (1988–1997)
Oakwood Golden Raiders (1968–1975)
Sandy Valley Cardinals (1964–1968)
Canton South Wildcats (1964–1990)
Canton Timken Trojans (1988–1995)
Wooster Generals (1988–2003)

League history

1960s

The Federal League begins league play in 1964 with Canton South, Fairless, Glenwood, Jackson, Marlington, Perry, and Sandy Valley as charter members.
In 1968, Sandy Valley leaves the league and is replaced by Louisville, North Canton Hoover, and Oakwood.

1970s

In 1975, Fairless leaves the league while Glenwood and Oakwood consolidate to form GlenOak.

1980s

In 1983, Alliance joins the league.
In 1985, Marlington leaves the league.
In 1987, Lake joins the league.
In 1988, New Philadelphia, Canton Timken, and Wooster join the league, prompting the league to split into an American Division and a National Division:


Federal League Divisions 1988/89-1989/90
American Division	National Division
Alliance	Canton South
GlenOak	Lake
Hoover	Louisville
Jackson	New Philadelphia
Perry	Canton Timken
	Wooster

1990s

In 1990, Canton South and Louisville leave for the Northeastern Buckeye Conference (NBC), which causes the divisional format to be dropped.
In 1995, Timken leaves the league.
In 1997, New Philadelphia leaves for the East Central Ohio League.

2000s

In 2003, Alliance and Wooster leave for the Metro Athletic Conference^[2] and the newly formed Ohio Cardinal Conference, respectively. Alliance would move again to the NBC in 2005.^[3]
At the same time, Austintown-Fitch, Boardman, and Canton McKinley join in all sports except for football, which they would fully join in the following school year.

2010s

In 2011, Austintown-Fitch left the Federal League for the All-American Conference for all sports except football.^[4] They had hoped to remain a football-only member of the Federal League, but that did not work out. They replaced Salem, who left for the NBC.
In 2013, Boardman announced that they are looking to leave for the All-American Conference.^[5]
In 2013, Green announced that they would join the Federal League for 2015-16.^[6]

League champions

Year	Football Champions
1964	Glenwood
1965	Jackson
1966	Glenwood
1967	Perry
1968	Hoover, Oakwood
1969	Perry
1970	Louisville, Perry
1971	Louisville
1972	Hoover
1973	Hoover
1974	Louisville
1975	Hoover
1976	Hoover
1977	Louisville
1978	Louisville
1979	Hoover
1980	Hoover, Perry
1981	Louisville
1982	GlenOak
1983	Alliance
1984	Hoover, Perry
1985	GlenOak, Perry
1986	Hoover, Jackson
1987	Alliance, Hoover, Perry
1988	GlenOak, Hoover, Lake, Perry
1989	GlenOak, Hoover, Jackson, Wooster
1990	Jackson
1991	Lake
1992	Perry
1993	Lake, Perry
1994	GlenOak, Lake, Perry
1995	Hoover, Perry
1996	Alliance, Jackson
1997	Hoover, Perry
1998	Hoover, Jackson, Lake
1999	Hoover, Perry
2000	Hoover, Perry
2001	Jackson
2002	Hoover
2003	Hoover
2004	Austintown-Fitch
2005	Canton McKinley
2006	Canton McKinley
2007	Hoover
2008	Hoover
2009	GlenOak
2010	Austintown-Fitch
2011	Canton McKinley, Boardman, GlenOak
2012	Canton McKinley
2013	Canton McKinley
2014	GlenOak
2015	Perry, GlenOak
2016	Perry

League champions

Year

Cross Country Champs

2004

Perry

2005

Hoover

2006

Perry

2007

Hoover

2008

Perry

2009

Hoover

2010

Hoover

2011

Jackson

2012

Boardman

2013

Boardman

2014

Lake

2016

Perry

References

The Federal League Football History

Northeast District (Ohio) High School Athletic Conferences (Northeast Ohio)

Current Conferences	Akron City Series All-American Conference Chagrin Valley Conference Federal League Firelands Conference Great Lakes Conferences Greater Cleveland Conference Inter Tri County League Inter Valley Conference Lake Erie League North Coast League Northeast Athletic Conference Northeast Ohio Conference (NOC) Northeastern Conference Northeastern Buckeye Conference Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) Patriot Athletic Conference Portage Trail Conference (PTC) Principals Athletic Conference (PAC-8) Senate Athletic League Southwestern Conference Suburban League Wayne County Athletic League Western Reserve Conference

Former Conferences	Northeast Ohio Conference (2007-2015) Premier Athletic Conference (1997-2015) West Shore Conference (2005-2015) Youngstown City Series (1925-2003)

Outlying Conferences	Mid-Buckeye Conference Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference North Central Conference Northern Ohio League

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Federal League (OHSAA)

Current members

Former members

League history

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

League champions

League champions

See also

References