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The Northern Lakes League (NLL), is an OHSAA

Ohio High School Athletic Association

The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...

high school athletic conference that was formed in 1956 and comprises eight high schools in Northwest Ohio

Northwest Ohio

Northwest or northwestern Ohio consists of multiple counties in the northwestern corner of the US state of Ohio. This area borders Lake Erie, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana. Some areas in northwestern Ohio are also considered the Black Swamp area. The Toledo metropolitan area is also part...

Current members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Type	Middle school(s)	Joined League

Anthony Wayne Anthony Wayne Generals The athletic teams of Anthony Wayne High School are known as the Generals, and wear uniform colors of Royal Blue and White. The Generals have 19 varsity sports that compete in the Northern Lakes League in northwest Ohio, with the exception of the varsity ice hockey team, which competes in the...	Generals	Whitehouse Whitehouse, Ohio Whitehouse is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,733 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Whitehouse is located at ....	Blue, White	Public	Anthony Wayne JHS	1956
Bowling Green Bowling Green High School (Ohio) Bowling Green High School is a public high school in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Bowling Green Area School District. It serves the greater Bowling Green community, which includes the city and surrounding areas...	Bobcats	Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...	Scarlet, Gray	Public	Bowling Green JHS	1978
Maumee Maumee High School (Ohio) Maumee High School is a public high school in Maumee, Ohio, southwest of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Maumee City Schools district. Their mascot and sports teams are known as the "Maumee Panthers"...	Panthers	Maumee Maumee, Ohio Maumee is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Toledo along the Maumee River. The population was 14,286 at the 2010 census. Maumee was also declared an All-America City by the National Civic League in June 2006.-Geography:...	Purple, Gold	Public	Gateway MS	1956
Napoleon Napoleon High School (Ohio) Napoleon High School is a public high school in Napoleon, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Napoleon Area City School District. Their nickname is the Wildcats...	Wildcats	Napoleon Napoleon, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 9,318 people, 3,813 households, and 2,470 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,668.1 people per square mile . There were 4,066 housing units at an average density of 727.9 per square mile...	Navy, White	Public	Napoleon MS	2011
Northview Sylvania Northview High School Sylvania Northview High School is a public high school located in Sylvania, Ohio. It is a part of the Sylvania City School District. Northview currently has 1,347 students and 86 teachers.-Notable alumni:* Chip Davis, creator of Mannheim Steamroller...	Wildcats	Sylvania Sylvania, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 18,670 people, 7,151 households, and 5,070 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,223.2 people per square mile . There were 7,392 housing units at an average density of 1,276.2 per square mile...	Black, Gold,	Public	Arbor Hills JHS, McCord JHS	1996
Perrysburg Perrysburg High School Perrysburg High School is a public high school in Perrysburg, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in Perrysburg Exempted Village School District. School athletic teams are known as the Yellow Jackets, and the school colors are black and gold. PHS's rival is Maumee High School. They...	Yellow Jackets	Perrysburg Perrysburg, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 16,945 people, 6,592 households, and 4,561 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,899.2 people per square mile . There were 6,964 housing units at an average density of 780.5 per square mile...	Black, Gold	Public	Perrysburg JHS	1956
Southview Sylvania Southview High School (Ohio) Sylvania Southview High School is a public high school in Sylvania, Ohio. It is one of two high schools in the Sylvania Schools district, the other being Sylvania Northview High School.- Athletics :The athletics program at Southview is known as the Cougars...	Cougars	Sylvania Sylvania, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 18,670 people, 7,151 households, and 5,070 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,223.2 people per square mile . There were 7,392 housing units at an average density of 1,276.2 per square mile...	Orange, Brown	Public	McCord JHS, Timberstone JHS	1976
Springfield Springfield Local High School Springfield Local High School is located in Holland, Ohio. It has an enrollment of 1200 students in grades 9-12. Locally it is known as Springfield High School...	Blue Devils	Holland Holland, Ohio Holland is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,306 at the 2000 census.-History:The first name of the village was Drakes, which possibly came from the name of a family or was in reference to the large number of geese that did and still fly over the area...	Blue, White	Public	Springfield MS	1962

Former members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Type	Membership Tenure	Notes

Eastwood Eastwood High School (Pemberville, Ohio) Eastwood High School is the only high school in the Eastwood Local School District in eastern Wood County, Ohio. The high school holds grades nine through twelve. Eastwood High's athletic league is the Northern Buckeye Conference...	Eagles	Pemberville Pemberville, Ohio Pemberville is a village located on the banks of the Portage River in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pemberville is located at ....	Red, White, Columbia	Public	1959–1972	Left for the SLL, now in the NBC Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA) The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...
Elmwood Elmwood High School (Bloomdale, Ohio) Elmwood High School is a public high school in Bloomdale. It is the only high school in the Elmwood Local School District, which primarily serves Bloom, Montgomery, Perry, and Portage townships in Wood County, but also serves parts of Center and Freedom townships...	Royals	Bloomdale Bloomdale, Ohio Bloomdale is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 724 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bloomdale is located at ....	Royal Blue, White	Public	1960–1972	Left for the SLL, now in the NBC Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA) The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...
Genoa Genoa Area High School Genoa Area High School is a public high school in Genoa, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Genoa Area Local School District. Their nickname is the Comets. Other towns included in the district are Curtice, Clay Center, Martin, and Williston....	Comets	Genoa Genoa, Ohio Genoa is a village in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,230 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Genoa is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....	Maroon, Gray	Public	1956–1972	Left for the SLL, now in the NBC Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA) The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...
Lake Lake High School (Millbury, Ohio) Lake High School is a public high school near Millbury, Ohio in Lake Township. It is the only high school in the Lake Local School District, serving about 500 students in grades 9 to 12.- Athletics :...	Flyers	Millbury Millbury, Ohio Millbury is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,161 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Millbury is located at ....	Navy, White, Light Blue	Public	1960–1996	Left for the SLL, now in the NBC Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA) The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...
Port Clinton Port Clinton High School Port Clinton High School is a public high school in Port Clinton, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Port Clinton City School District. Their nickname is the Redskins. They are currently members of the Sandusky Bay Conference.-Athletics:...	Redskins	Port Clinton Port Clinton, Ohio Port Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,056 at the 2010 census. The city has been nicknamed the "Walleye Capital of the World."...	Red, White	Public	1956–1963	Left for the GLL Greater Buckeye Conference (OHSAA) The Greater Buckeye Conference was a high school athletic conference with six members, all located in a large area of northern and northwest Ohio. It was affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The conference was created for the 2003-2004 school year after the Great Lakes... , now in the SBC
Rossford Rossford High School Rossford High School is a public high school in Rossford, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Rossford Exempted Village Schools district. Aside from the city, the district also serves parts of Perrysburg and Lake townships within Wood County....	Bulldogs	Rossford Rossford, Ohio Rossford is a city in Wood County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. The population was 6,406 at the 2000 census. The town includes the intersection of Interstate 75 and the Ohio Turnpike.- History :...	Maroon, Gray	Public	1956–2011	Left for the NBC Northern Buckeye Conference (OHSAA) The Northern Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA high school athletic conference that will begin athletic competition in 2011 and is currently slotted to have 8 high schools from Northwest Ohio's Ottawa and Wood counties as members.-Members:-History:...

1950s

The league begins for the 1956-57 school year with Anthony Wayne, Genoa, Maumee, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, and Rossford as its charter members. This was the Blue Division of the old Great Northern Conference that had begun in 1945. It would not be known as the Northern Lakes League until 1957.
Eastwood joins in 1959 after being accepted in 1958.

1960s

Elmwood and Lake both join in 1960.
Springfield (Holland HS until 1959) joins in 1962.
Port Clinton switches into the Great Lakes League (the Orange Division of the GNC) in 1963 after winning three football titles in 1957, 1960, and 1962.

1970s

For the 1972-73 school year, Eastwood, Elmwood, and Genoa leave to help form the Suburban Lakes League
Suburban Lakes League
The Suburban Lakes League was an OHSAA athletic league with 7 member schools located in northwest Ohio. The league was formed in 1972 by former members of the Northern Lakes League, Sandusky Bay Conference, and the Lakeshore Conference....

(SLL), leaving 6 members for a while. Swanton and Napoleon were suggested as replacements.
Southview joins in 1976 after Sylvania High School splits.
Bowling Green leaves the GLL in 1978 to bring the league total to 8.

1990s

For the 1996-97 school year, Lake leaves to join the SLL, and is replaced by Northview, who leaves the former Great Lakes League. The football team remained in the GLL for the 1996 season before fully joining at season's end.
Around 1999, Rossford first considered leaving the NLL for a league with members closer in their size. The 9-member SLL opened their arms, but Rossford initially declined.

2000s

In 2008, Rossford sent a letter of interest to be considered as the replacement for Lakota
Lakota High School (Kansas, Ohio)
Lakota High School is a public high school in Scott Township, near Kansas, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Lakota Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Raiders. Lakota opened the doors on their new K-12 building to students on August 29, 2011...

in the SLL, who left for the MAL
Midland Athletic League
The Midland Athletic League is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio that was formed in 1985. Mark King is the commissioner. The following schools are currently members of the league, with the school name providing a link to the town the school is in or near:-Members:Bettsville, New...

in 2009. The SLL could not get a 6-out-of-7 vote to accept Rossford, ensuring they would remain a member of the NLL for at least a few more years. Clay, Napoleon, and Fremont Ross expressed interest in replacing Rossford.
In May 2009, Rossford's board of education voted unanimously to leave the NLL and form the new Northern Buckeye Conference with Eastwood, Genoa, Lake, Otsego, and Woodmore, all schools that were withdrawing from the SLL. Later additions to the NBC included Elmwood and Fostoria. The new league began competition in the fall of 2011.
In June 2009, Napoleon High School accepted the invitation to join the NLL in 2011 as the replacement for Rossford.
In August 2009, Maumee's school board voted 3-2 to remain members of the NLL and to not accept the NBC's invitation to join their new league.

Football champions

Year	Champions
1956	Maumee
1957	Port Clinton
1958	Perrysburg
1959	Maumee, Perrysburg
1960	Port Clinton
1961	Perrysburg
1962	Maumee, Port Clinton
1963	Rossford
1964	Rossford
1965	Elmwood
1966	Eastwood
1967	Perrysburg
1968	Rossford
1969	Rossford
1970	Springfield
1971	Lake
1972	Rossford
1973	Anthony Wayne
1974	Anthony Wayne, Maumee, Springfield
1975	Maumee
1976	Anthony Wayne
1977	Perrysburg
1978	Lake
1979	Perrysburg
1980	Perrysburg
1981	Lake, Springfield
1982	Rossford
1983	Lake, Maumee
1984	Bowling Green, Perrysburg
1985	Perrysburg
1986	Maumee
1987	Anthony Wayne
1988	Anthony Wayne, Bowling Green
1989	Rossford
1990	Rossford
1991	Bowling Green, Springfield
1992	Maumee, Southview, Springfield
1993	Springfield, Bowling Green
1994	Springfield, Maumee
1995	Bowling Green
1996	Bowling Green
1997	Bowling Green, Southview
1998	Bowling Green, Southview
1999	Southview
2000	Bowling Green
2001	Maumee, Perrysburg
2002	Rossford
2003	Southview
2004	Southview
2005	Northview, Southview
2006	Perrysburg
2007	Southview
2008	Southview
2009	Maumee, Southview
2010	Southview
2011	Southview

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