The Ches-Mont League is a high school

High school

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 sports league primarily located in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County, Pennsylvania

-State parks:*French Creek State Park*Marsh Creek State Park*White Clay Creek Preserve-Demographics:As of the 2010 census, the county was 85.5% White, 6.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 3.9% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 1.8% were two or more races, and 2.4% were...

 in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Currently, the league consists of fourteen high schools, divided into two divisions. Thirteen of the schools are from Chester County, with one from Delaware County

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

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.

The schools all compete in varsity high school sports in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

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, or the PIAA. Ches-Mont League teams compete in District One, at the AAAA, AAA and AA levels.

National Division

• Avon Grove High School
  Avon Grove High School
  Avon Grove High School is a public high school located in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Avon Grove School District....
  
   (West Grove)
• Bishop Shanahan High School
  Bishop Shanahan High School
  Bishop Shanahan High School is located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Catholic school system. Named after Right Rev. John W. Shanahan, the third bishop of Harrisburg, the school is currently the only Archdiocesan High School in Chester County...
  
   (Downingtown)
• Coatesville Area High School
  Coatesville Area High School
  The Coatesville Area High School is part of the Coatesville Area School District, a school district based in the city of Coatesville, in central Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
  
   (Coatesville)
• Downingtown East High School
  Downingtown High School
  Downingtown High School is a secondary school located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania. Population growth in the burgeoning Downingtown Area School District forced the original Downingtown High School to split into two campuses: Downingtown High School East Campus...
  
   (Exton)
• Downingtown West High School
  Downingtown High School
  Downingtown High School is a secondary school located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania. Population growth in the burgeoning Downingtown Area School District forced the original Downingtown High School to split into two campuses: Downingtown High School East Campus...
  
   (Downingtown)
• B. Reed Henderson High School (West Chester)
• West Chester East High School
  West Chester East High School
  West Chester East High School is a public four-year high school located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA....
  
   (West Chester)

American Division

• Great Valley High School
  Great Valley High School
  Great Valley High School is a high school in eastern Chester County. It is located near Malvern, Pennsylvania. It is located on the same campus as Great Valley Middle School. It is the only high school of the Great Valley School District....
  
   (Malvern)
• Kennett High School
  Kennett High School (Pennsylvania)
  Kennett High School is the only public high school in the Kennett Consolidated School District and is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. The school averages around 1300 students and 100 faculty members...
  
   (Kennett Square)
• Octorara High School
  Octorara High School
  Octorara High School is the only secondary school in the Octorara Area School District. It is located between Atglen and Cochranville in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States-External links:**...
  
   (Atglen)
• Oxford Area High School
  Oxford Area High School
  Oxford Area High School is the only secondary school in the Oxford Area School District. It is located Oxford in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The current building was built in the 21st century, and was first open in the Fall semester of 2005. The student body consists of about...
  
   (Oxford)
• Bayard Rustin High School (West Chester)
• Sun Valley High School (Aston)
• Unionville High School (Kennett Square)

History

The Ches-Mont started in 1950 for boy's basketball, football and track & field. It once included Conestoga before it left for the Central League. Up until 1985 the Ches-Mont included West Chester Henderson, West Chester East, Downingtown, Coatesville, St Pius X, Spring-Ford,Great Valley, Phoenixville, OJ Roberts, Pottsgrove, Pottstown, and Boyertown. . When the PAC-8 was created in 1985 and expanded to become the PAC-8 in 1988, only 7 schools remained. which were WC Henderson, WC East, Downingtown, Coatesville, OJ Roberts, Great Valley, and Boyertown. The last 3 schools left in 1988 leaving just the big four. In 2003, the league expanded when Shanahan was admitted to the league and Downingtown High School split into its East and West campuses, making it a six team league.

In 2007, just after the creation of Rustin added a seventh team to the league, Avon Grove was offered admission to the league. However, the league voted against a measure to offer admittance to other Southern Chester County League teams. West Chester Area School District

West Chester Area School District

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superintendent Alan Elko sent a letter to the league stating that if the league did not "reconsider" its decision, the three West Chester schools would leave the league for the SCCL. After a few meetings, the league decided to offer admittance to Great Valley, Kennett, Octorara, Oxford, and Unionville from the SCCL. When those schools accepted, the SCCL disbanded. Sun Valley, of the Del-Val League, was also offered admittance, forming the fourteen team league.