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The Toledo City League is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) high school athletic conference that was formed in 1926 and comprises fourteen high schools from Toledo and Oregon, Ohio, half of which are from Toledo Public Schools.

The current member schools of the City League are in red. The former members that have been closed are in blue.

Toledo Bowsher Rebels
Toledo Central Catholic Fighting Irish (parochial)
Oregon Clay Eagles
Toledo Libbey Cowboys/Cowgirls
Toledo Notre Dame Eagles (girls parochial)
Toledo Rogers Rams
Toledo St. Francis de Sales Knights (boys parochial)
Toledo St. John's Jesuit Titans (boys parochial)
Toledo St. Ursula Arrows (girls parochial)
Toledo Scott Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs
Toledo Start Spartans
Toledo Waite Indians
Toledo Whitmer Panthers
Toledo Woodward Polar Bears

[edit] Former members

Oregon Cardinal Stritch Cardinals (1970-1992)
Toledo DeVilbiss Tigers (closed in 1991)
Toledo Macomber-Whitney Macmen/Lady Macmen (also called the "Craftsmen") (joint-vocational schools, closed in 1991)
Toledo McAuley Lions (girls parochial, closed c. 1987, currently Toledo Christian School)

[edit] Future members

Fremont Ross Little Giants (2011)

[edit] History

[edit] 1920s

The league begins in 1926 with the first boys track and field meet held May 1. The charter members were Libbey, Scott, Waite, and Woodward. The 1926-27 school year was the first for full City League play.
Central Catholic joins the league in 1928.

[edit] 1930s

DeVilbiss opens in 1931 and begins league play for the 1933-34 school year.
Macomber opens and joins the league for the 1938-39 school year.

[edit] 1940s

DeVilbiss dominates the boys track & field competition, taking league titles from 1942-1947 and another one in 1949. Including the title in 1951, the Tigers would earn 8 league titles over a span of ten years.

[edit] 1950s

St. Francis opens and joins the league for the 1955-56 school year.

[edit] 1960s

Bowsher and Start are built in 1962 and both begin league play for the 1962-63 school year.
In 1963, night football was banned by the public schools after riots that had started at the end of games over the last few years. Stadiums were closed at 6:30 pm and games schedule at public school sites were rescheduled for Saturday mornings and afternoons.
The City League's football championship game, called the Shoe Bowl, begins in 1966.
Rogers and St. John's begin league play in 1967 after Rogers had been absorbed by Toledo Public Schools in 1964 and St. John's' new building had been completed in 1965. For certain sports, the league is split into 2 divisions, pitting the Red and Blue champions against each other for the league title.
Macomber formed a joint operation with Whitney in 1967 after spending 28 years as separate neighbors. The two schools were frequently referred to as one Macomber-Whitney.

City League Divisions
Red	Blue
Central Catholic	Bowsher
DeVilbiss	Libbey
Macomber	Rogers
Scott	St. Francis
Start	St. John's
Woodward	Waite
	Cardinal Stritch

[edit] 1970s

The City League makes history by becoming the first major Ohio conference to sponsor a girls' sports championship; the girls league track meet in 1970. The 1972 City League track championship would also be the first co-ed track meet in Ohio.
Cardinal Stritch joins the league for the 1970-71 school year, making them the first non-Toledo school to become a member.
Later in the decade, Whitney (1973), McAuley (1976), Notre Dame (1977), and St. Ursula (1977) are all granted league membership as the first all-girls schools in the league.

[edit] 1980s

In the early 80s, football was considered to be dropped as a league sport when Libbey, Scott, and Waite were struggling to field a team, while DeVilbiss, Macomber, and Woodward were having low numbers. The parochial schools also considered leaving the league around this time, as 13 members was considered too many for a city Toledo's size.
After 19 years, night football returned to the City League in 1982.
St. Francis wins the first OHSAA State Football Tournament Championship for a City League team in 1984.
Three City League teams would bring home state titles in basketball: (St. Francis in 1983-84, Macomber in 1988-89, and Scott in 1989-90.)
DeVilbiss' Page Stadium is condemned in 1985 after the concrete and metal supports began to fall apart. The stadium was repaired and rededicated in 1986.
McAuley is closed after the 1987-88 school year.
Libbey's football team drops out of the league for the 1987, '88, and '89 seasons. They failed to field a team in '87 and played a non-league schedule the following two years before returning in 1990, the first year the divisions were eliminated.

[edit] 1990s

A new point system was developed for the football championship in the 1990 season, effectively eliminating the Red and Blue divisions.
Macomber's freshman class was cut at the beginning of the 1990-91 school year to save costs. Plans were considered to eventually cut the sophomore class as well.
Due to financial problems and a declining enrollment, DeVilbiss and Macomber-Whitney were regrettably closed by TPS following the 1990-91 school year. Libbey was also considered for closure, but survived the chopping block. To also help curb financial woes for the district, TPS decided at the same time to eliminate fall sports for the 1991-92 school year, causing the parochial schools to compile independent schedules for the 1991 season. This school year proved to be the final one for the Shoe Bowl game as well.
In a reversal of fortune, a levy passed in May of 1991 that allowed for the public schools that were not closed to have fall sports. Since the parochial schools had already scheduled games as independents, they were not able to compete for City League titles in the fall of 1991.
The private schools returned to league play for the winter sports season of 1991-92, but Cardinal Stritch had withdrawn its membership effective at the end of the school year since its enrollment numbers were significantly smaller than the other schools.
The Hall of Fame Game began in the 1992-93 school year as the league football championship game.

[edit] 2000s

For the 2003-2004 school year, longtime City League rival Whitmer and Oregon Clay leave the crumbling Great Lakes League to become the City League's newest members.
Ever since being included with DeVilbiss and Macomber for closure in 1991, Libbey has constanly been considered for shutting its doors permanently by TPS, most recently in early 2009. Strong community support has kept Libbey open, as has the sorrowful remorse felt over closing schools in the past.
During the 2008-09 school year, Clay applied to for membership in the Northern Lakes League as a replacement for Rossford High School who will leave the NLL after the 2010-11 school year for the newly formed Northern Buckeye Conference. In June 2009, the NLL announced that it would be accepting Napoleon High School from the the Greater Buckeye Conference as its replacement for Rossford and Clay would remain in the City League.^[1]
Findlay and Lima Senior high schools, both members of the dwindling GBC, announced they were trying to seek membership of the City League in August 2009. This prompted fellow GBC member Fremont Ross to apply for membership as well. In mid-October of 2009, Fremont Ross was voted in to be a member for the 2011-12 school year, but both Findlay and Lima Senior were denied membership.

[edit] Boys League championships

(football champions are determined with a point system that started in 1990)

School Year	Football	Basketball
1925-26	none
1926-27	Waite
1927-28	Scott
1928-29	Libbey, Scott, Waite
1929-30	Libbey, Scott, Waite
1930-31	Libbey, Scott
1931-32	Libbey
1932-33	Waite
1933-34	Waite
1934-35	Waite	DeVilbiss
1935-36	Waite	DeVilbiss
1936-37	Central Catholic
1937-38	Waite
1938-39	DeVilbiss, Scott, Waite
1939-40	Waite
1940-41	Waite
1941-42	Libbey
1942-43	Libbey	Macomber
1943-44	Waite	DeVilbiss
1944-45	Central Catholic, Libbey
1945-46	Waite	Macomber
1946-47	Libbey
1947-48	Libbey, Waite
1948-49	Waite
1949-50	Central Catholic, Libbey	DeVilbiss
1950-51	Scott	Macomber
1951-52	Central Catholic, Libbey	DeVilbiss
1952-53	Libbey, Waite, Woodward
1953-54	DeVilbiss	Macomber
1954-55	DeVilbiss
1955-56	DeVilbiss	Macomber
1956-57	Waite
1957-58	DeVilbiss	Macomber
1958-59	DeVilbiss
1959-60	DeVilbiss
1960-61	Central Catholic	Macomber
1961-62	DeVilbiss, Macomber
1962-63	Central Catholic
1963-64	Waite
1964-65	Macomber
1965-66	St. Francis
1966-67	St. Francis
1967-68	Central Catholic
1968-69	St. Francis
1969-70	Bowsher	Libbey
1970-71	Macomber
1971-72	Scott
1972-73	Scott
1973-74	DeVilbiss	Scott
1974-75	DeVilbiss	Scott
1975-76	St. John's, Woodward
1976-77	St. John's
1977-78	St. John's
1978-79	Start
1979-80	Bowsher
1980-81	Macomber (St. Francis)	St. John's
1981-82	St. John's
1982-83	Central Catholic (St. Francis)	St. Francis
1983-84	Macomber
1984-85	Scott (St. Francis)
1985-86	Scott (DeVilbiss)
1986-87	St. Francis
1987-88	St. John's	Macomber
1988-89	St. Francis	Macomber
1989-90	DeVilbiss	Scott
1990-91	St. John's
1991-92	Woodward
1992-93	St. Francis
1993-94	St. Francis
1994-95	St. John's
1995-96	St. Francis
1996-97	St. John's
1997-98	St. Francis
1998-99	St. Francis
1999-00	St. Francis
2000-01	Rogers
2001-02	St. Francis
2002-03	St. Francis
2003-04	St. Francis
2004-05	St. Francis
2005-06	Central Catholic
2006-07	Central Catholic
2007-08	Central Catholic
2008-09	Central Catholic
2009-10	Whitmer

Note: Teams in parentheses passed on the Shoe Bowl for the OHSAA playoffs.

[edit] Girls League championships

[edit] Shoe Bowl/Hall of Fame Game Results

Shoe Bowl Results 1966-1990
Year	Winning School	Score	Losing School	Score
1966	St. Francis	47	DeVilbiss	6
1967	Central Catholic	8	St. Francis	7
1968	St. Francis	8	Central Catholic	3
1969	Bowsher	12	St. Francis	8
1970	Macomber	14	St. Francis	3
1971	Scott	18	Woodward	6
1972	Scott	13	Cardinal Stritch	6
1973	DeVilbiss	7	St. John's	0
1974	DeVilbiss	45	St. John's	20
1975	Woodward	7	St. John's	7
1976	St. John's	16	Central Catholic	8
1977	St. John's	21	St. Francis	13
1978	Start	41	Bowsher	6
1979	Bowsher	16	Start	14
1980	Macomber	15	St. John's	0
1981	St. John's	24	Macomber	0
1982	Central Catholic	21	St. John's	7
1983	Macomber	14	St. Francis	0
1984	Scott	35	Libbey	0
1985	Scott	42	St. John's	0
1986	St. Francis	24	Central Catholic	7
1987	St. John's	33	Central Catholic	21
1988	St. Francis	12	Central Catholic	9
1989	DeVilbiss	17	St. John's	13
1990	St. John's	6	Macomber	0

Hall of Fame Game Results 1992-2005, 2008-
Year	Winning School	Score	Losing School	Score
1992	St. John's	20	Start	8
1993	St. Francis	20	Central Catholic	0
1994	Central Catholic	20	St. Francis	7
1995	Bowsher	12	Central Catholic	7
1996	St. Francis	22	Central Catholic	7
1997	Start	17	St. John's	7
1998	St. Francis	41	St. John's	7
1999	St. John's	43	Bowsher	7
2000	Central Catholic	28	St. John's	7
2001	St. John's	31	Scott	6
2002	Start	??	Rogers	??
2003	Start	46	Clay	13
2004	St. John's	28	Bowsher	6
2005	St. Francis	27	Scott	7
2008	Whitmer	42	St. John's	35
2009	St. John's	42	Bowsher	28

[edit] References

^ Junga, Steve (August 5, 2009). "2 schools apply to join NBC". Toledo Blade. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090805/SPORTS12/908050379.

[edit] See also

Ohio High School Athletic Conferences

[edit] External links

[0] Junga, Steve (August 5, 2009). "2 schools apply to join NBC". Toledo Blade. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090805/SPORTS12/908050379.

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