Northern 10 Athletic Conference

The Northern 10 Athletic Conference (or Northern 10/N10 as it has already been nicknamed) is an OHSAA athletic conference that is currently made up of nine schools from northern Ohio and began athletic competition in 2014. Six schools (Buckeye Central, Bucyrus, Colonel Crawford, Upper Sandusky, and Wynford) came from the North Central Conference, three (Carey, Mohawk, and Seneca East) came from the Midland Athletic League, and one (Ridgedale) came from the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference.[1] Riverdale was also supposed to come over from the North Central Conference, but had its membership terminated when it accepted an invitation to the Blanchard Valley Conference. The creation of the league effectively disbanded the North Central Conference as its four remaining members would eventually agree to join other leagues by 2014. .[2]

In April 2013, Blanchard Valley Conference President Traci Conley indicated the BVC wanted to expand to 14 members and sent an invitation to Riverdale High School, which is located in Hancock County, Ohio with most BVC schools.[3] Riverdale accepted the BVC's invitation on April 22, 2013.[4] In June 2013, the N10 invited Upper Sandusky to take Riverdale's place in 2014, after the Rams had agreed to join the MOAC.[5] Upper Sandusky accepted the offer[6] and joined the N10 in all sports except football, which jumped over in 2015.[7]

In December 2014, Crestline announced that it would leave to join the Mid-Buckeye Conference in 2015-16, which they felt would be a more competitive league for the Bulldogs.[8] This will leave the N10 with nine members again for the time being.

In early 2017, Ridgedale announced that they would not play a league schedule for football during the 2017 season.[9] Citing low numbers, frequent injuries, and numerous losses over the last few years, the Rockets began to play an independent schedule against other area teams beginning in 2017. Preparing for the future, The N10 decided to go forward with an eight-team league schedule (playing seven league games during football weeks 4-10) beginning in 2018.

In October 2019, Ridgedale's school board voted 3-2 to leave the N10 and join the Northwest Central Conference beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.[10]

Members

League membership as of 2015-16.

School	Nickname	Location	Region	Colors[11]	Notes
Buckeye Central	Bucks	New Washington	7:24	Scarlet, Gray
Bucyrus	Redmen	Bucyrus	6:22	Red, White
Carey	Blue Devils	Carey	6:22	Blue, White
Colonel Crawford	Eagles	North Robinson	6:22	Black, Gold
Mohawk	Warriors	Sycamore	7:24	Red, Black
Ridgedale	Rockets	Morral	7:24	Columbia Blue, Red	Football independent beginning in 2017 Leaving for NWCC in 2021
Seneca East	Tigers	Attica	6:22	Orange, Black
Upper Sandusky	Rams	Upper Sandusky	4:14	orange} {{color box|Black}
Wynford	Royals	Bucyrus	5:18	Royal Blue, Gray

Former members

School	Nickname	Location	Region	Colors[11]	Tenure
Crestline	Bulldogs	Crestline	7:24	Blue, White	2014-2015

League Championships

Boys Championships[12]

School Year	Football	Cross Country	Golf	Basketball	Swimming	Wrestling	Baseball	Track & Field
2014-15	Wynford	Colonel Crawford	Mohawk	Colonel Crawford	Colonel Crawford	Mohawk	Seneca East	Colonel Crawford
2015-16	Wynford	Colonel Crawford	Mohawk	Upper Sandusky	No Champion	Mohawk	Wynford	Colonel Crawford
2016-17	Wynford	Colonel Crawford	Mohawk	Upper Sandusky	No Champion	Upper Sandusky	Seneca East	Colonel Crawford
2017-18	Wynford	Colonel Crawford	Carey, Ridgedale	Upper Sandusky	No Champion	Upper Sandusky	Seneca East, Carey	Colonel Crawford
2018-19	Mohawk	Colonel Crawford	Upper Sandusky	Mohawk	No Champion	Mohawk	Upper Sandusky	Colonel Crawford
2019-20	Wynford/Seneca East	Upper Sandusky	Seneca East	Upper Sandusky	No Champion
2020-21

Girls Championships[13]

School Year	Volleyball	Cross Country	Golf	Basketball	Swimming	Softball	Track & Field
2014-15	Upper Sandusky	Mohawk	No Champion	Carey	Colonel Crawford	Upper Sandusky	Colonel Crawford
2015-16	Upper Sandusky	Seneca East	No Champion	Carey	No Champion	Colonel Crawford, Upper Sandusky	Colonel Crawford
2016-17	Buckeye Central	Carey	Buckeye Central	Upper Sandusky	No Champion	Upper Sandusky	Colonel Crawford
2017-18	Buckeye Central	Upper Sandusky	Buckeye Central	Buckeye Central	No Champion	Carey, Bucyrus	Upper Sandusky
2018-19	Mohawk	Seneca East	Buckeye Central	Seneca East	No Champion	Upper Sandusky	Colonel Crawford
2019-20	Buckeye Central	Carey	Colonel Crawford	Seneca East	No Champion
2020-21

Links

1. Chandler, Joey (December 2, 2011). = December 2, 2011 "North Central Conference to fold: Six NCC members to join new Northern 10 Athletic Conference" Check |url= value (help). Mansfield News Journal.
2. Bates, Jarred A. (December 22, 2014). "Crestline to join Mid-Buckeye Conference in 2015". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
3. Schmidt, Dave (April 16, 2013). "BVC President's Update On Expansion". The Senior Reports. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
4. Schmidt, Dave (April 22, 2013). "BOE Votes To Join BVC". The Senior Reports. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-06-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "GHS Remains Division IV; Upper Bolts from MOAC". Galion Live. June 13, 2013. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
7. Chandler, Joey (August 28, 2014). "The birth of the Northern 10 Conference". Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
8. Bates, Jarred A. (December 22, 2014). "Crestline to join Mid-Buckeye Conference in 2015". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
9. Baker, Jamie (February 4, 2017). "Prep football: Ridgedale out of N10 for football". Findlay Courier. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
10. Carter, Edward (October 22, 2019). "Ridgedale votes to leave N10 athletic conference for NWCC". Marion Star. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
11. OHSAA Member Schools Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed 6 June 2008
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