Wayne County Athletic League

The Wayne County Athletic League is an Ohio High School Athletic Association athletic league that began play in 1924, with member schools from Wayne and Ashland counties in Ohio.

Current members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Tenure	Notes
Chippewa	Chipps	Doylestown	Blue, White	1924-	Known as Doylestown High School prior to 1971
[Dalton High School (Ohio)\|Dalton, Ohio\|Dalton]	Bulldogs	Dalton	Orange, Black	1924-
Hillsdale	Falcons	Jeromesville	Columbia Blue, Gold	1970-
Northwestern	Huskies	West Salem	Blue, Gray	1951-
Norwayne	Bobcats	Creston	Scarlet, Gray	1953-
[Rittman High School\|Rittman, Ohio\|Rittman]	Indians	Rittman	Red, White, Black	1924-1937; 1961-
[Smithville High School (Ohio)\|Smithville, Ohio\|Smithville]	Smithies	Smithville	Green, White	1924-
Waynedale	Golden Bears	Apple Creek	Brown, Gold	1955-

History

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The Wayne Country Athletic Conference first formed in 1924, with founding members Apple Creek, Big Prairie, Burbank, Chester, Congress, Creston, Dalton, Doylestown, Fredericksburg, Marshallville, Mount Eaton/Paint Township, Rittman, Shreve, Smithville, Sterling, and West Salem.
In 1937, Rittman became the first school to leave the conference. The next year in 1938, Marshallville underwent a consolidation with Dalton.
In 1951, Northwestern High School was created following the consolidation of Chester, Congress and West Salem. Just two years later Norwayne was formed with the consolidation of Burbank, Creston and Sterling.
In 1954, the first official football season began for the league, with Dalton, Doylestown and Rittman becoming the first members to play in the conference. Shreve, Smithville newly created Waynedale, formed under the consolidation of Apple Creek, Fredericksburg and Paint Township, began conference play for football 2 years later in 1956.
In 1955, the former Marshallville high school students were merged with Smithville after consolidation with Dalton just years prior. Smithville formed a football team following this move.
in 1961, Rittman returned to the league 2 years later in 1963, Triway was formed and joined the league following the consolidation of Clinton, Franklin and Wooster townships. Northwestern began league football play in 1965.
In 1970, Triway left the league in favor of the Chippewa Conference. They were replaced by Hillsdale the same year.
In 1971, following the opening of their new high school, Doylestown changed their school name to Chippewa and remained in the conference

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Baseball
*1933: West Salem
*1959: Northwestern
*1966: Northwestern
*2022: Waynedale
*2023: Waynedale
*2025: Waynedale
Boys Basketball
*1957-58: Northwestern
*1964-65: Northwestern
Football
*2011: Norwayne
Softball
*1979: Hillsdale
*1994: Hillsdale
*1996: Hillsdale
*1999: Hillsdale
*2000: Hillsdale
*2006: Dalton
*2007: Dalton
*2010: Hillsdale
Boys Track & Field
*2022: Norwayne
Girls Track & Field
*1975: Chippewa
*2024: Smithville
Wrestling
*2011-12: Waynedale