Crown Conference

The Crown Conference is a high school athletic conference for Catholic schools in Greater Cleveland, Ohio. The conference began play in fall 2021 and will disband in June 2024.

This article is about the Ohio high school athletic conference which began play in 2021. For the previous league of the same name, see Ohio Northeast Region defunct athletic conferences § Crown Conference.
Crown Conference
Data
ClassificationOHSAA Division II, III, and IV
Established2021
Members5
Sports fielded10 boys and 9 girls
State Championships0
CountryUnited States
RegionMidwest
States1 – Ohio

Members
Crown Conference membership
School Nickname Location Colors Notes
Beaumont School Bluestreaks Cleveland Hts. Blue & White
   		 Girls' sports only
Lake Catholic High School Cougars Mentor Forest Green & Gray
   
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School Lions Chardon Blue & Gold
   
Padua Franciscan High School Bruins Parma Brown & White
   
Walsh Jesuit High School Warriors Cuyahoga Falls Maroon & Gold
   

Former member
School Nickname Location Colors Tenure Current league Notes
Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School Vikings Cleveland Red & Columbia Blue
   		 2021-22 Independent

History

The Crown Conference was established on September 21, 2020, by six Cleveland-area high schools: Beaumont, Lake Catholic, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (NDCL), Padua Franciscan, Villa Angela-St. Joseph (VASJ), and Walsh Jesuit. All six schools were members of the former North Coast League, which disbanded earlier in 2020.[1] The league began play in all sports in the 2021-22 school year. As Beaumont is an all-girls school, the conference fields five members in boys sports and six in girls' sports.

The conference took its name from the former Crown Conference, which was an all-Catholic school league in greater Cleveland that existed from 1967 to 1980. Lake Catholic, NDCL (as Cathedral Latin), Padua, and VASJ (as St. Joseph) were members of the original Crown Conference along with Holy Name, St. Edward, and St. Peter Chanel.[2]

In 2022, VASJ was expelled from the conference after one season.

On May 31, 2023, it was announced the conference would disband after the 2023–24 school year; Four of the five remaining member schools will join the newly-formed North Coast Conference at that time.[3]

References
  1. Crown Conference forms with six former members of the North Coast League
  2. A brief history on the extinct Crown Conference: Hey, Tim!
  3. "Crown Conference to disband next summer, North Coast Conference begins fall of 2024". NDCL Athletics. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
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