Ohio Valley Athletic Conference

Ohio Valley Athletic Conference

Classification	OHSAA Divisions I-VII
Founded	1943
Sports fielded	Football, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball, Swimming, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Track and Field
Region	Ohio West Virginia
Official website	http://www.ovac.org

The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference is a high school sports league in parts of southeastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. The OVAC is the largest conference of its kind in the United States. Schools in the upper Ohio Valley supply over 12,000 athletes in various competitive athletic areas. The conference was organized in 1943.

Member schools

Schools are categorized by enrollment, where Class A is the smallest enrollment and Class AAAAA is the largest enrollment.

School	Nickname	Location	Colors	Joined	Class
Barnesville	Shamrocks	Barnesville, Ohio	Green, Red, White	1953	AAA
Beallsville	Blue Devils	Beallsville, Ohio	Royal Blue, White	1960	A
Beaver Local	Beavers	East Liverpool, Ohio	Red, White	1991	AAAAA
Bellaire	Big Reds	Bellaire, Ohio	Red, Black	1943	AAA
Bridgeport	Bulldogs	Bridgeport, Ohio	Columbia Blue, White, Black	1946	AA
Brooke	Bruins	Wellsburg, West Virginia	Green, Gold	1969	AAAAA
Buckeye Local	Panthers	Rayland, Ohio	Navy, Silver	1990	AAAA
Buckeye Trail	Warriors	Lore City, Ohio	Royal Blue, White	1977	AAA
Caldwell	Redskins	Caldwell, Ohio	Red, White	1977	AA
Cambridge	Bobcats	Cambridge, Ohio	Royal Blue, White	1974	AAAAA
Cameron	Dragons	Cameron, West Virginia	Navy, Gold	1950	AA
Catholic Central	Crusaders	Steubenville, Ohio	Royal Blue, Gold	1943	AA
Clay-Battelle	Cee-Bees	Blacksville, West Virginia	Navy, Grey	2011	AA
Conotton Valley	Rockets	Bowerston, Ohio	Kelly Green, White	1991	A
Crestview	Rebels	Columbiana, Ohio	Black, Gold	2016	AAA
East Liverpool	Potters	East Liverpool, Ohio	Blue, White	1973	AAAA
East Richland	Lions	St. Clairsville, Ohio	Scarlet Red, White, Vegas Gold	2011	A
Edison	Wildcats	Richmond, Ohio	Silver, Black	1993	AAAA
Fort Frye	Cadets	Beverly, Ohio	Scarlet Red, Dover White, Royal Blue	1977	AAA
Frontier	Cougars	New Matamoras, Ohio	Columbia Blue, Vegas Gold	1975	A
Harrison Central	Huskies	Cadiz, Ohio	Black, Silver, Royal Blue		AAAA
Hundred	Hornets	Hundred, West Virginia	Navy, Red, White	1997	A
Indian Creek	Redskins	Wintersville, Ohio	Red, Gold		AAAAA
John Marshall	Monarchs	Glen Dale, West Virginia	Vegas Gold, Brown	1968	AAAAA
Linsly	Cadets	Wheeling, West Virginia	Orange, Black	1943	AAA
Magnolia	Blue Eagles	New Martinsville, West Virginia	Blue, Gold	1949	AAA
Martins Ferry	Purple Riders	Martins Ferry, Ohio	Purple, White	1943	AAA
Meadowbrook	Colts	Byesville, Ohio	Orange, Brown, White	1972	AAAA
Monroe Central	Seminoles	Woodsfield, Ohio	Red, Vegas Gold, Black, White	1994	AAA
Morgantown	Mohigans	Morgantown, West Virginia	Red, Royal Blue	2010	AAAAA
Oak Glen	Golden Bears	New Cumberland, West Virginia	Columbia Blue, Gold, White	1964	AAAA
Paden City	Wildcats	Paden City, West Virginia	Forest Green, White	1957	A
Parkersburg South	Patriots	Parkersburg, West Virginia	Blue, Scarlet, White	1975	AAAAA
River	Pilots	Hannibal, Ohio	Scarlet, Gray	1958	AA
Shadyside	Tigers	Shadyside, Ohio	Orange, Black	1943	AA
Shenandoah	Zeps	Sarahsville, Ohio	Forest Green, White	1973	AAA
Southern Local	Indians	Salineville, Ohio	Royal Blue, Athletic Gold	2015	AAA
St. Clairsville	Red Devils	St. Clairsville, Ohio	Scarlet, Gray	1947	AAAA
St. John	Fighting Irish	Bellaire, Ohio	Kelly Green, White	1943	A
Steubenville	Big Red	Steubenville, Ohio	Crimson Red, Black	1943	AAAA
Toronto	Red Knights	Toronto, Ohio	Red, White	1950	AA
Trinity Christian	Warriors	Morgantown, West Virginia	Cardinal Red, Vegas Gold	2009	A
Tyler Consolidated	Silver Knights	Sistersville, West Virginia	Silver, Black	1993	AAA
Union Local	Jets	Belmont, Ohio	Red, White	1959	AAAA
University	Hawks	Morgantown, West Virginia	Red, Gold, Black	2010	AAAAA
Valley	Lumberjacks	Pine Grove, West Virginia	Black, Gold	1977	A
Warren	Warriors	Vincent, Ohio	Royal Blue, White	2015	AAAAA
Weir	Red Riders	Weirton, West Virginia	Red, Black	1943	AAAA
Weirton Madonna	Blue Dons	Weirton, West Virginia	Navy, Silver, White	1958	A
Wellsville	Tigers	Wellsville, Ohio	Orange, Black	1954	A
Wheeling Central Catholic	Maroon Knights	Wheeling, West Virginia	Maroon, White	1943	AA
Wheeling Park	Patriots	Wheeling, West Virginia	Red, White, Royal	1976	AAAAA

Conference Affiliations

• Buckeye 8 Conference - Beaver Local, Bellaire, Buckeye Local, East Liverpool, Edison, Harrison Central, Indian Creek, Martins Ferry, St. Clairsville, Union Local
• East Central Ohio League - Cambridge, Meadowbrook
• Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference - Southern Local, Toronto, Wellsville
• Mason Dixon Conference - Bishop Donahue, Cameron, Clay-Battelle, Hundred, Weirton Madonna
• Pioneer Valley Conference - Buckeye Trail, Caldwell, Fort Frye, Frontier, Monroe Central, Shenandoah

External links

• OVAC website