Portage Trail Conference
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The Portage Trail Conference or PTC is an association of sixteen public high school
High school
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s and their associated middle
Middle school
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/junior high schools located in the United States
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 within the northeastern Ohio
Greater Cleveland
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 counties of Portage
Portage County, Ohio
Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers...

, Summit
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron...

, and Stark
Stark County, Ohio
Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,586. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. Ten member schools are from Portage County, five from Summit County, and one from Stark County (Mogadore Schools are considered in Summit County since the school buildings are physically located there). The conference is divided into two divisions, based on enrollment. The Metro Division contains the larger schools, who compete in Ohio
Ohio
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's Divisions II and III for football
American football
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 (like the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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, Division I contains the largest schools), while the County Division contains the smaller schools, who compete in divisions III-VI. Because they are based on enrollments, a school's membership in a given division can change if enrollment numbers change. Games between teams of the same division count in conference standings, while games against schools from the other division are basically treated as non-conference games. The conference officially began play in the fall of 2005.

Division breakdown

School Nickname Location Colors Enrollment Middle school
Metro Division
Coventry High School Comets Coventry
Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio
Coventry Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,900 people in the township.-Geography:Coventry Township is located in southern Summit County...

Blue, Gold
874 Coventry Middle School
Crestwood High School
Crestwood High School (Mantua, Ohio)
Crestwood High School is a public high school in Mantua, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Crestwood Local Schools district. Their mascot is the Red Devils.-Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships:* Boys Wrestling – 1976...

Red Devils Mantua
Mantua, Ohio
Mantua is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Mantua Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 1,046 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

Red, Gray
801 Crestwood Middle School
Field High School
Field High School
Field High School is a public high school located in Brimfield, Ohio, United States, near Mogadore. It is the only high school in the Field Local School District and is a combination of students from Brimfield and Suffield townships, which make up the district. Their mascot is a falcon. The...

Falcons Brimfield
Brimfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
Brimfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,963 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...

Red, White, Black
732 Field Middle School
Norton High School
Norton High School (Ohio)
Norton High School is a public high school in Norton, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Norton City Schools district.- Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships :* Boys Golf – 1964...

Panthers Norton
Norton, Ohio
Norton is a city in Summit and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 11,523 at the 2000 census.The Summit County portion of Norton is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion in Wayne County is part of the Wooster Micropolitan Statistical...

Red, Black, White
756 Norton Middle School
Ravenna High School
Ravenna High School (Ohio)
Ravenna High School a public high school located in Ravenna, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Ravenna School District and serves students primarily in Ravenna and Ravenna Township...

Ravens Ravenna
Ravenna, Ohio
* Chris Bangle; automobile designer* Bill Bower, last surviving pilot of the Doolittle Raid* David D. Busch; best-selling author* William Rufus Day; U.S. Supreme Court justice* Calvin Hampton; Classical organist* Robert B...

Blue, White, Red
874 Brown Middle School
Theodore Roosevelt High School Rough Riders Kent
Kent, Ohio
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 28,904 in the 2010 Census...

Red, White, Black
1,342 Stanton Middle School
Stanton Middle School (Kent, Ohio)
Stanton Middle School is a public middle school located in Kent, Ohio, USA. It is the only middle school in the Kent City School District and serves the district's 810 students in grades 6-8. Located at the opposite end of the same campus that houses Theodore Roosevelt High School, it opened in...

Springfield High School Spartans Lakemore
Lakemore, Ohio
Lakemore is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,561 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Lakemore is located at ....

Red, Gray
813 Spring Hill Junior High School
Streetsboro High School
Streetsboro High School
Streetsboro High School is a public high school in Streetsboro, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Streetsboro City School District. Their nickname is the Rockets. Streetsboro High School is the home of high school radio station WSTB, popularly known as 88.9 The Alter-Nation.On June 1, 2010,...

Rockets Streetsboro
Streetsboro, Ohio
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Blue, Gold
721 Streetsboro Middle School
County Division
East Canton High School
East Canton High School
East Canton High School is a public high school in East Canton, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Osnaburg Local School District. Although the school's athletic teams have the mascot of the Hornets, the East Canton's girls' basketball team is nicknamed the Wizards.-Ohio High School Athletic...

Hornets‡ East Canton
East Canton, Ohio
East Canton is a village in Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,629 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area....

Blue, Gold
311 East Canton Middle School
James A. Garfield High School G-Men Garrettsville
Garrettsville, Ohio
Garrettsville is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram, Nelson, and Freedom townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 2,262 at the 2000 census. On July 1, 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 2,203 people resided in the...

Black, Gold
511 James A. Garfield Middle School
Mogadore High School
Mogadore High School
Mogadore High School is a public high school in Mogadore, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Mogadore Local School District.-Ohio high school state championships:* Boys football – 1954, 1979, 1996, 2002 * Boys golf – 1971, 1972, 1973...

Wildcats Mogadore
Mogadore, Ohio
Mogadore is a village in Portage and Summit counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Akron and is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area...

Green, White
292 Mogadore Junior High School
Rootstown High School
Rootstown High School
Rootstown High School is a public high school in Rootstown, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Rootstown Local School District. Their nickname is the Rovers.-Background:...

Rovers Rootstown
Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio
Rootstown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,212 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Navy blue, White
412 Rootstown Middle School
Southeast High School
Southeast High School (Ravenna, Ohio)
Southeast High School is a public high school located in the southeastern portion of Portage County in Palmyra Township near Ravenna, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Southeast Local School District. The district covers nearly including the entire townships of Edinburg and Palmyra, as...

Pirates Palmyra
Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio
Palmyra Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Maroon, Gold
668 Southeast Middle School
Waterloo High School
Waterloo High School (Ohio)
Waterloo High School is a public high school in Atwater, Ohio, USA. Its teams are known as the Vikings, and the school colors are burgundy and white. It is the only high school in the Waterloo Local School District and is part of the district's K-12 building...

Vikings Atwater
Atwater Township, Portage County, Ohio
Atwater Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,762 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Burgundy, White
482 Waterloo Middle School
Windham High School
Windham High School (Windham, Ohio)
Windham High School is a public high school in Windham, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Windham Exempted Village School District. Their nickname is the Bombers. Windham High School was founded in 1883.-Athletics:...

Bombers Windham
Windham, Ohio
Windham is a village located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from portions of Windham Township, one of the original townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 2,209 at the 2010 census. In 1942, the US government chose Windham as the site of an army camp...

Black, Gold
242 Windham Junior High School
Woodridge High School
Woodridge High School
Woodridge High School is a public high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Woodridge Local School District...

Bulldogs Peninsula
Peninsula, Ohio
Peninsula is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 602 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area....

Maroon, Silver, White
622 Woodridge Middle School
  • The East Canton girls basketball team is known as the Wizards

History

The PTC was formed as an expansion and reorganization of the original Portage County League or PCL, which included eight high school
High school
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s in Portage County
Portage County, Ohio
Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers...

 and two in neighboring Summit County
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron...

. Beginning in 2003, school leaders in the league began to explore the possibilities of expansion and realignment to better meet the needs of all the schools involved due to the vast differences in enrollments at member schools. It was decided to expand the league and divide it into two divisions based on enrollment figures. Initially Ravenna, Norton, Springfield, East Canton, and Coventry accepted invitations to join the new league beginning in 2005. Later in the year, following news that the Western Reserve Conference (which had just lost member Ravenna) would be losing at least two additional member schools (leaving the South Division with just four teams), Kent Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent)
Theodore Roosevelt High School , often referred to as Kent Roosevelt or Roosevelt, is a public high school in Kent, Ohio, United States...

 left the WRC and accepted an invitation to join the new league effective in 2005 after initially choosing to remain in the WRC.

Portage County League Members (until 2005)
  • Crestwood Red Devils
  • Field Falcons
  • Garfield G-Men
  • Mogadore Wildcats
  • Rootstown Rovers
  • Southeast Pirates
  • Streetsboro Rockets
  • Waterloo Vikings
  • Windham Bombers
  • Woodridge Bulldogs


In January 2011, the PTC announced that due to a change in enrollment figures, Streetsboro will move to the Metro Division and Southeast will move to the County Division for the 2011-12 school year. East Canton announced in February 2011 that they will leave the PTC following the 2012–13 sports season to join the Inter-Valley Conference. In July 2011, Windham announced their own departure from the conference citing enrollment issues. They will also leave the PTC after the 2012–13 school year and will join the Northeastern Athletic Conference. The PTC heard presentations from four area high schools (Barberton
Barberton High School (Barberton, Ohio)
Barberton High School is a public high school in Barberton, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Barberton City School District, serving approximately 1100 students in grades 9-12 as of the 2009–10 school year....

, Northwest
Northwest High School (Canal Fulton, Ohio)
Northwest High School is a public high school in Lawrence Township, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Northwest Local Schools district. Northwest's sports teams are nicknamed the Indians and are in the Northeastern Buckeye Conference until June 30, 2011...

, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Lake Center Christian
Lake Center Christian School
Lake Center Christian School is a private school in Lake Township, Ohio. Established in 1947, the school serves students in Pre-school through 12th grade.-History:Lake Center was established in September 1947 with 183 students...

) in May 2011, prior to the announcement that Windham would also be leaving the conference in 2013.

Championships

The PTC has championships in 18 different sports, the most recent additions being the boys and girls bowling tournament in 2007 and regular-season competition in 2008. Most sports have champions for each division with the exceptions of boys tennis and girls tennis which are not divided into divisions because a limited number of schools offer the sport. In football, baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and volleyball, the division champion is determined by the results of regular-season play. Other sports—cross country, golf, bowling, track and field, tennis, and wrestling—weigh the regular-season and season-ending conference tournaments equally as part of determining the season's overall champion.

Football

Year Metro County Playoff qualifiers (state division)
2005 Southeast Garfield Southeast (III), Garfield (IV), Mogadore (VI)
2006 Kent Roosevelt Garfield, Mogadore Kent Roosevelt (II), Coventry (III),
Mogadore (VI), Windham (VI)
2007 Ravenna Mogadore Ravenna (III), Field (III), Mogadore (VI)
2008 Kent Roosevelt East Canton, Mogadore Kent Roosevelt (II), Field (III), Ravenna (III),
East Canton (VI), Mogadore (VI)
2009 Ravenna Mogadore, Woodridge Ravenna (II), Field (III),
Mogadore (VI), Woodridge (IV)
2010 Ravenna Mogadore Kent Roosevelt (II), Field (III),
Garfield (IV), Mogadore (VI)

Boys cross country

Overall conference winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish.
Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2005 Field Woodridge Woodridge- 3rd (II), East Canton- 10th (III)
2006 Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge- 1st (II), East Canton- 2nd (III)
2007 Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge- 1st (II), Crestwood- 6th (II),
Field- 11th (II)
2008 Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge- 1st (II), Crestwood- 5th (II),
East Canton-5th (III)
2009 Field Woodridge Woodridge- 1st (II)
2010 Field Woodridge Woodridge- 1st (II)

Girls cross country

Overall conference winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish.
Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2005 Crestwood Woodridge Crestwood- 4th (II), Woodridge- 12th (III)
2006 Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge- 5th (III)
2007 Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge- 7th (II), Waterloo- 11th (III)
2008 Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge- 4th (II)
2009 Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge- 10th (II)

2010
| Crestwood
| Woodridge
| Woodridge- 4th (II)

Girls tennis

Overall conference winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish.
Year Regular season Tournament Overall
2005 Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna
2006 Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna
2007 Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna
2008 Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna
2009 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt
2010 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt

Golf

Overall division winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish.
Metro County
Year Regular season Tournament Overall Regular season Tournament Overall
2005 Kent Roosevelt Ravenna Ravenna Rootstown Mogadore Mogadore,
Rootstown
2006 Kent Roosevelt Ravenna Kent Roosevelt Mogadore Mogadore Mogadore
2007 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Rootstown Rootstown Rootstown
2008 Kent Roosevelt Crestwood Crestwood,
Kent Roosevelt
Mogadore Rootstown Rootstown
2009 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Rootstown Rootstown Rootstown
2010 Crestwood,
Kent Roosevelt
Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Rootstown,
Woodridge
Woodridge Woodridge

Boys soccer

Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2005 Kent Roosevelt Rootstown, Waterloo
2006 Crestwood Waterloo
2007 Kent Roosevelt Rootstown
2008 Kent Roosevelt Rootstown
2009 Kent Roosevelt Waterloo
2010 Norton Woodridge

Girls soccer

Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2005 Woodridge
2006 Crestwood, Kent Roosevelt,
Norton, Ravenna
Garfield, Woodridge
2007 Ravenna Woodridge
2008 Ravenna
2009 Kent Roosevelt
2010 Norton
2011 Kent Roosevelt Rootstown

Girls volleyball

Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2005 Southeast Streetsboro
2006 Crestwood, Southeast Streetsboro, Waterloo
2007 Field Streetsboro
2008 Field Streetsboro
2009 Southeast Streetsboro
2010 Kent Roosevelt Streetsboro, Waterloo

Boys basketball

Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2006 Springfield Windham Windham- Final Four (IV)
2007 Springfield Windham
2008 Kent Roosevelt Streetsboro
2009 Kent Roosevelt Streetsboro, Waterloo
2010 Norton East Canton

Girls basketball

Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2006 Southeast East Canton, Rootstown, Waterloo East Canton- 2nd (IV)
2007 Crestwood, Southeast Waterloo
2008 Southeast East Canton
2009 Field Mogadore
2010 Ravenna

Wrestling

Overall division winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish.
Metro County
Year Regular season Overall Regular season Overall Tournament State finishes (state division)
2006 Ravenna Ravenna Woodridge Woodridge Ravenna
2006 Ravenna Ravenna Woodridge Woodridge Ravenna
2008 Ravenna Ravenna Woodridge Woodridge Ravenna
2009 Coventry Coventry Streetsboro Streetsboro Streetsboro
2010 Coventry Coventry Waterloo Waterloo Coventry

Boys bowling

Overall conference winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish. Beginning in 2010, champions were crowned in both Metro and County divisions.
Year Regular-season Tournament Overall State finishes (state division)
2007 NA Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt
2008 Ravenna Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt, Ravenna
2009 Ravenna Crestwood Crestwood
Metro County
Regular-season Tournament Overall Regular-season Tournament Overall
2010 Kent Roosevelt Crestwood Crestwood, Kent Roosevelt Garfield Garfield Garfield Kent Roosevelt- 13th (I)

Girls bowling

Overall conference winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish. Beginning in 2010, champions were crowned in both Metro and County divisions.
Year Regular-season Tournament Overall State finishes (state division)
2007 NA Garfield Garfield
2008 Garfield Crestwood Crestwood, Garfield
2009 Garfield Garfield Garfield
Metro County
Regular-season Tournament Overall Regular-season Tournament Overall
2010 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Garfield Garfield Garfield

Boys track & field

Overall division winner based on division meet finish.
Metro County
Year Regular season Conference meet Overall Regular season Conference meet Overall State finishes (state division)
2006 Field Streetsboro
2007 Crestwood Streetsboro
2008 Crestwood Woodridge
2009 Crestwood Woodridge
2010 Southeast Southeast Woodridge Woodridge Woodridge- 2nd (II)

Girls track & field

Overall division winner based on combination of regular season and division meet finish.
Metro County
Year Regular season Conference meet Overall Regular season Conference meet Overall State finishes (state division)
2006 Crestwood Crestwood Woodridge Woodridge Crestwood- 1st (II)
2007 Crestwood Crestwood Streetsboro Woodridge
2008 Ravenna Ravenna Woodridge Woodridge
2009 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Woodridge Woodridge Woodridge Woodridge- 10th (II)
2010 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Woodridge Waterloo Woodridge, Waterloo Woodridge- 9th (II)

Baseball

Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2006 Norton Woodridge
2007 Field Woodridge
2008 Field Woodridge
2009 Kent Roosevelt Garfield
2010 Crestwood Woodridge

Softball

Year Metro County State finishes (state division)
2006 Springfield Garfield
2007 Field Garfield
2008 Field Garfield, Waterloo
2009 Field Waterloo
2010 Field East Canton, Garfield

Boys tennis

Overall conference winner based on combination of regular-season finish and tournament finish.
Year Regular season Tournament Overall
2006 Norton Norton Norton
2007 Norton Norton Norton
2008 Norton Norton Norton
2009 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt
2010 Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt Kent Roosevelt
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