The Central Buckeye Conference is an OHSAA athletic league whose members are located in the Ohio counties of Champaign, Clark, Logan, Madison, and Union. The league was established in the fall of 1974.

Current members

CBC membership as of the 2019-2020 school year. Kenton Trail Division members are in red and Mad River Division members are in blue.
Kenton Trail Division
School Nickname Location Colors Joined Conference
Bellefontaine Chieftains Bellefontaine     1974
Jonathan Alder Pioneers Plain City     2017
Kenton Ridge Cougars Springfield     1977
London Red Raiders London     2018 (Football in 2019)
Shawnee Braves Springfield     1974
Tecumseh Arrows New Carlisle     1991
Mad River Division
School Nickname Location Colors Joined Conference
Benjamin Logan Raiders Bellefontaine     2001
Graham Falcons St. Paris     2001
Indian Lake Lakers Lewistown       2001
North Union Wildcats Richwood     2018 (Football in 2019)
Northwestern Warriors Springfield     1982
Urbana Hillclimbers Urbana     1974

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Former members

School Nickname Location Colors[2] Tenure Left For
Greenon Knights Springfield     1974-2017 OHC
Northeastern Jets Springfield     1974-2001 OHC
Miami East Vikings Casstown     2001-2006 CCC
Stebbins Indians Riverside     2007-2016 GWOC
Tippecanoe Red Devils Tipp City     2001-2016 GWOC

Membership Timeline

Kenton Trail Division members are in red, Mad River Division members are in blue, and former members are in green.

History

The CBC was established in time for the 1974-75 school year. The present-day divisions were created to align schools based on size, and every sport recognizes a champion for each division. The charter members of the Central Buckeye Conference were Bellefontaine, Greenon, London, Northeastern, Shawnee, and Urbana.

In 1977, New school Kenton Ridge joined the CBC becoming the 7th member.

In 1978, London left the CBC after 4 years for the now defunct Central Buckeye League bringing the CBC back to 6 members.

Northwestern would join the CBC in 1982 bringing the conference back to 7 members which would eventually grow to 8 when Tecumseh joined in 1991 from the Greater Miami Valley Conference.

The CBC would remain at 8 members until they added 5 new members in Benjamin Logan, Graham, Miami East and Tippecanoe from the Southwestern Rivers Conference, Indian Lake from the Three Rivers Conference, while Northeastern left for the Ohio Heritage Conference bringing the total number of members to 12.

Miami East would leave to join the Cross County Conference in 2006. They would eventually be replaced by Stebbins who joined in 2007.

The CBC would remain at 12 members until 2016 when both Stebbins and Tippecanoe left to join the Greater Western Ohio Conference.[3] Leaving the CBC with 2 divisions of 5 teams each.

In July 2017, both London's and North Union's Board of Educations have approved their membership for the CBC.[4] London will join the Kenton Trail Division with Bellefontaine, Jonathan Alder, Kenton Ridge, Shawnee, and Tecumseh. North Union will join the Mad River Division with Benjamin Logan, Graham, Indian Lake, Northwestern, and Urbana. Date of entry is undetermined. This move brought the CBC back to 12 members allowing for 2, 6 team divisions which allows for easier scheduling.

The CBC supports 22 league sports for both male and female competition. This includes football, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' track & field, boys' and girls' cross country, boys' and girls' soccer, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' bowling, boys' and girls' tennis, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, cheerleading

League champions for each sport are recognized in both the Kenton Trail Division and Mad River Divisions. The CBC also awards an all sports trophy as well.

Football Championships

Year Champions
Kenton TrailMad River
2007 TippecanoeGreenon
Indian Lake
Urbana
2008 TecumsehUrbana
2009 Tecumseh
Tippecanoe
Graham
2010 ShawneeBenjamin Logan
Urbana
2011 ShawneeUrbana
2012 TecumsehUrbana
2013 TippecanoeUrbana
2014 Bellefontaine
Kenton Ridge
Urbana
2015 TippecanoeIndian Lake
2016 BellefontaineIndian Lake
2017 BellefontaineIndian Lake
2018 BellefontaineIndian Lake
Northwestern
Urbana
2019 Jonathan AlderNorth Union
2020 Jonathan AlderGraham
2021 LondonIndian Lake
North Union
2022 Bellefontaine
London
Urbana

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All Sports Trophy

Year Champions
Kenton TrailMad River
2014-2015 Kenton Ridge
Tippecanoe
Urbana
2015-2016 TippecanoeNorthwestern
2016-2017 Kenton RidgeNorthwestern
2017-2018 Jonathan AlderNorthwestern
2018-2019 Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan
2019-2020 Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan
2020-2021 Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan
2021-2022 Jonathan AlderBenjamin Logan

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References

  1. "Central Buckeye Conference". www.cbcsportsonline.com.
  2. "OHSAA: Membership Directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  3. "GWOC accepts Tipp, Stebbins".
  4. "Two new schools 'a good match' for Central Buckeye Conference".
  5. "Central Buckeye Conference". www.cbcsportsonline.com.
  6. "Central Buckeye Conference". www.cbcsportsonline.com.
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