OHSAA Southwest Region athletic conferences


This is a list of high school athletic conferences in the Southwest Region of Ohio, as defined by the OHSAA. Because the names of localities and their corresponding high schools do not always match and because there is often a possibility of ambiguity with respect to either the name of a locality or the name of a high school, the following table gives both in every case, with the locality name first, in plain type, and the high school name second in boldface type. The school's team nickname is given last.

Central Buckeye Conference

Kenton Trail Division
Mad River Division
Former members
Former members
Blue Division
Red Division
Dayton high schools were part of the Southwest Ohio Public League from 2002 to 2007, and played football in the same conference beginning in 2015.
Former members
  • Dayton Kiser Panthers
  • Dayton Steele Lions
  • Dayton Patterson Beavers
  • Dayton Roosevelt Roughriders
  • Dayton Colonel White Cougars
  • Dayton Fairview Bulldogs
  • Dayton Roth Falcons
  • Dayton Wilbur Wright Pilots

    Eastern Cincinnati Conference

The Eastern Cincinnati Conference comprises teams mostly from larger schools in eastern Hamilton County and nearby counties in Greater Cincinnati.
Former Members
The GCL was restructured in 2013, as the Girls' Greater Catholic League was merged into the conference. The GGCL co-ed schools would merge into the same divisions as their GCL counterparts, while the single-sex schools were placed into the South Division.

South
South
Former members
Former schools
  • Hamilton Garfield Griffins
  • Miamisburg Vikings
  • Hamilton Taft Tigers
  • West Chester Lakota Thunderbirds
  • Lima Spartans
  • Milford Eagles

    Greater Western Ohio Conference

The GWOC was formed in 2001 as a merger of the Western Ohio League and Greater Miami Valley Conference.
There were 2 divisions prior to the 2020-2021 season. In 2020-2021, the divisions were done away with.
Former Schools
Former members
Scarlet Division
Grey Division
Scarlet Division
  • Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
  • Purcell Marian
  • Roger Bacon
  • Summit Country Day
Gray Division
  • Cincinnati Country Day
  • Clark Montessori
  • North College Hill
  • Norwood
Buckeye Division
  • Lockland
  • Miami Valley Christian Academy
  • New Miami
  • St. Bernard
Former members
  • Cincinnati College Prep Lions
  • Cincinnati Landmark Christian Eagles
  • Batavia Bulldogs
  • Miamisburg Dayton Christian Warriors

    Miami Valley League

The Miami Valley League began competition during the 1926–27 school year, when the MVL held its first league championship in track. Football and basketball began with the 1927–28 school year. The league operated through the 1974–75 school year, when the three long-time members of the league formed the Miami Central Conference with similar-sized schools. The Miami Valley League resumed competition during the 2019-2020 school year as part of a breakoff from the Greater Western Ohio Conference
Miami Division
Valley Division
Former Schools
The Ohio Heritage Conference is an OHSAA athletic league whose members are located in the Ohio counties of Champaign, Clark, Madison, Greene and Union. The league was established in the fall of 2001
North Division
South Division
Former members
  • Plattsville Green Township Griffins
  • McCartysville Mustangs
  • Pemberton Perry Township Panthers

    Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference

The conference was formed as the Clermont County League in 1919, and changed their name to the Southern Buckeye in 1987.
American Division
National Division
Former Members
Former members

Southwestern Division (Bigger Schools)

Former Members
This conference was formed in 2021 by members of the Cross-County Conference, Metro Buckeye Conference, Northwest Central Conference, and Southwestern Buckeye League.
This conference was formed in 2021 by ten schools from the Cross-County Conference being joined by two schools from the Southwestern Buckeye League.