| 释义 |
- Current members
- Former members
- Membership Timeline
- History 1947-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-Present
- Notable Conference Rivalries
- Out of Conference Rivalries
- External links
{{Infobox sports conference
| title = Northwest Conference
| logo =
| caption = NWC Logo
| classification = OHSAA Division III-IV, Football Divisions V-VII
| region = {{flag|Ohio}}
| sports = 7 Boys, 5 Girls
| founded = 1947
| members = 9
| map =
| map_caption =
| footnotes =
}}The Northwest Conference is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio and includes schools in Allen, Hardin, Paulding, Putnam, and Van Wert counties. The NWC originally formed in 1947. The Northwest Conference currently awards championships in 10 Varsity sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf (boys), softball, soccer (girls), track, volleyball, and wrestling. Current members | School | Nickname | Location | Colors | |
|---|
| Ada | Bulldogs | Ada | {{color box>purple}} {{color box|gold}} | | Allen East | Mustangs | Lafayette | {{color box>#4169E1}} {{color box|white}} | | Bluffton | Pirates | Bluffton | {{color box>red}} {{color box|white}} | | Columbus Grove | Bulldogs | Columbus Grove | {{color box>#FF2400}} {{color box|#808080}} | | Crestview | Knights | Convoy | {{color box>blue}} {{color box|red}} | | Jefferson | Wildcats | Delphos | {{color box>red}} {{color box|white}} | | Lincolnview | Lancers | Van Wert | {{color box>blue}} {{color box|gold}} | | Paulding | Panthers | Paulding | {{color box>#800000}} {{color box|white}} | | Spencerville | Bearcats | Spencerville | {{color box>black}} {{color box|white}} | |
Former members | High School | Location | Joined NWC | Tenure of Membership | Charter Member | Current League(s) | | Bath High School | Lima, Ohio | 1964 | 1964-1966 | No | Western Buckeye League | | Elida High School | Lima, Ohio | 1947 | 1947-1972 | Yes | Western Buckeye League | | Forest High School | Forest, Ohio | 1947 | 1947-1962 | Yes | Blanchard Valley Conference (as part of Riverdale HS) | | Leipsic High School | Leipsic, Ohio | 1962 | 1962-1964 | No | Blanchard Valley Conference, Putnam County League | | Lima Central Catholic High School | Lima, Ohio | 2006 | 2006-2013 | No | Independent | | North Baltimore High School | North Baltimore, Ohio | 1967 | 1967-1969 | No | Blanchard Valley Conference | | Ottawa-Glandorf High School | Ottawa, Ohio | 1964 | 1964-1967 | No | Western Buckeye League | | Pandora-Gilboa High School | Pandora, Ohio | 1947 | 1947-1966 | Yes | Blanchard Valley Conference, Putnam County League | | Perry High School | Lima, Ohio | 1966 | 1966-2004 | No | Northwest Central Conference | | Shawnee High School | Lima, Ohio | 1947 | 1947-1953 | Yes | Western Buckeye League | | Upper Scioto Valley High School | McGuffey, Ohio | 1966 | 1966-2001 | No | Northwest Central Conference |
Membership TimelineDateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:25 Period = from:1947 till:2022 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:barcolor id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData= bar:1 color:powderblue from:1947 till:end text:Columbus Grove (1947-) bar:2 color:powderblue from:1947 till:end text:Delphos Jefferson (1947-) bar:3 color:powderblue from:1947 till:1965 text:Lafayette-Jackson (1947-1965) bar:4 color:powderblue from:1947 till:end text:Spencerville (1947-) bar:5 color:powderblue from:1947 till:1972 text:Elida (1947-1972) bar:6 color:powderblue from:1947 till:1966 text:Pandora-Gilboa (1947-1966) bar:7 color:powderblue from:1947 till:1961 text:Forest (1947-1961) bar:8 color:powderblue from:1947 till:1952 text:Lima Shawnee (1947-1952) bar:9 color:powderblue from:1952 till:endtext:Bluffton (1952-) bar:10 color:powderblue from:1962 till:1964 text:Leipsic (1962-1964) bar:11 color:powderblue from:1964 till:end text:Ada (1964-) bar:12 color:powderblue from:1964 till:1966 text:Lima Bath (1964-1966) bar:13 color:powderblue from:1964 till:1967 text:Ottawa-Glandorf (1964-1967) bar:3 color:powderblue from:1965 till:endtext:Allen East (cons. of Lafayette-Jackson and Auglaize-Local) (1965-) bar:14 color:powderblue from:1966 till:2004 text:Lima Perry (1966-2004) bar:15 color:powderblue from:1967 till:1969 text:North Baltimore (1967-1969) bar:16 color:powderblue from:1967 till:endtext:Paulding (1967-) bar:17 color:powderblue from:1969 till:endtext:Lincolnview (1969-) bar:18 color:powderblue from:1970 till:endtext:Crestview (1970-) bar:19 color:powderblue from:1966 till:2001 text:Upper Scioto Valley (1966-2001) bar:20 color:powderblue from:2006 till:2013 text:Lima Central Catholic (2006-2013) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:10 start:1947 History 1947-1949- The Northwest Conference begins its inaugural season of competition in the fall of 1947 with the eight charter members: Columbus Grove, Delphos Jefferson, Elida, Forest, Lafayette-Jackson, Pandora-Gilboa, Lima Shawnee, and Spencerville.
1950-1959- 1953: Shawnee leaves after the 1952-53 school year.
- 1953: Bluffton becomes a conference member beginning with the 1953-1954 school year.
1960-1969- 1962: Forest is consolidated into Riverdale Local Schools who maintains membership in a different conference.
- 1962: Leipsic, in Putnam County, joins starting with the 1962-1963 school year.
- 1963: Ada, Lima Bath, and Ottawa-Glandorf join the conference.
- 1964: Leipsic leaves the conference in May.
- 1965: Lafayette-Jackson consolidates with Harrod Auglaize Local to create Allen East.
- 1966: Bath and Pandora-Gilboa leave at the conclusion of the 1965-1966 school year.
- 1966: Lima Perry and Upper Scioto Valley join.
- 1967: Ottawa-Glandorf leaves at the conclusion of 1966-1967. North Baltimore and Paulding enter the conference at the beginning of the 1967-1968 school year.
- 1969: North Baltimore leaves in May. Lincolnview begins conference play in September.
Lincolnview entered conference for the 1965-66 season, basketball only. Lincolnview never fielded a football program. 1970-1979- 1970: Crestview joins at the beginning of the 1970-1971 school year.
- 1972: Elida votes to leave the league. They subsequently begin play in the WBL in 1973.
1980-1989- 1981: Crestview votes to no longer sponsor football at the conclusion of the 1981 season. They remain a conference member in all other sports.
1990-19992000-2009- 2000: Crestview, having restarted their football program as an independent in 1999, officially starts play as a conference member again.
- 2002: Upper Scioto Valley, facing possible removal because of their failure to reliably field a football team during the 2001 season, opts to leave the conference at the conclusion of the 2001-2002 school year. They join the Northwest Central Conference beginning in 2003-2004.
- 2004: Lima Perry finishes its final year as a conference member after announcing their move to join USV in the NWCC in 2003.
- 2006: Lima Central Catholic begins play as a conference member after several years of petitioning.
2010-Present- 2011: On December 1, the Lima Central Catholic administration announced that due to the results of being voted out of the NWC, they would leave the conference at the conclusion of 2012-2013. The move is made in part due to concerns from other conference members over fairness and competitive balance. A scheduling agreement agreed to before the announcement keeps LCC on NWC members' athletic schedules through the 2014-2015 school year unless there is a mutual decision between a conference member and LCC to break the agreement. As of September, 2013, Lima Central Catholic will remain an independent after unsuccessful negotiations with many other area conferences to become a member.[1]
- 2012: Ada and Bluffton are asked to apply for membership in the expanding (and neighboring) Blanchard Valley Conference in March. Bluffton declines the BVC's invitation while Ada is rumored to express interest before, ultimately, ending negotiations and remaining a member of the NWC. The BVC invites North Baltimore and Hopewell-Loudon who both accept.
Notable Conference Rivalries- Ada & Allen East (Battle of Route 81)
- Bluffton & Columbus Grove (Battle of 696)
- Crestview & Lincolnview (Battle of Van Wert County)
- Delphos Jefferson & Spencerville (Battle of Route 66)
Out of Conference Rivalries- Ada & Dola Hardin Northern
- Allen East & Lima Bath
- Bluffton & Cory-Rawson
- Columbus Grove & Pandora-Gilboa
- Crestview & Rockford Parkway
- Delphos Jefferson & Delphos St. John's
- Paulding & Haviland Wayne Trace
per ohsaa schedules: Ada and Hardin Northern no longer play. External links - Northwest Conference Official Website
1. ^http://video.wosn.tv/media/nwc-lcc-press-conference
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