**History of the Tri County League**

The first organizational meeting held by the Tri County League was on January 21, 1932 at Rietler’s Confectionary in Sebring. Glen Rupert, Sebring Principal, was elected the president, and William Ward, East Palestine Faculty Manager, was named secretary Treasure.
Other meetings occurred in months to come and by the beginning of the 1932-33 school year the league began play in Football and Basketball. The league consisted of; Boardman, Columbiana, East Palestine, Leetonia, Lisbon, Louisville, Minerva, and Sebring.
Only one team has been a league member since it began. Lisbon is the only team to stay throughout all the years. Leetonia dropped out from 1935-1949 entering again in 1950. Columbiana had 2 absences from 1951 – 1956 and then again from 1976 – 1991. East Palestine withdrew from the league in 1976 and didn’t reenter until the 1990 season. Boardman’s last year in the league was in 1950, Louisville left after the 1966 season and Minerva’s last year was in 1971.
Sebring’s last year in the league was 2004.  Other teams that were members of the league at one point or another were; Beaver Local, Stanton Local, Toronto, Wellsville, and Springfield (Jefferson) Local (not to be confused with New Middletown Springfield Local).  In January of 2005, the superintendents of the TCL decided to merge with the schools from the Inter-County League to form a new two tier, 16 member league.  This new league, the Inter-Tri County League (ITCL), will begin play in the 2006-07 school year.

Team Championships:

Lisbon.......17 East Palestine.......11 Louisville.......10 Minerva.......8 United Local.......8 Leetonia.......8 Crestview.......6

Columbiana.......5 Sebring.......4 Boardman....... 4 Poland.......3 Toronto.......2 Southern Local.......2 Springfield.......2

Football Champions through the Years:

'32 - Minerva
'33 - Lisbon
'34 - Lisbon
'35 - Sebring
'36 - Columbiana
'37 - Minerva
'38 - Boardman/Louisville*
'39 - Minerva
'40 - Boardman/Sebring*

(1941 - 50)
'41 - Louisville
'42 - Boardman
'43 - Boardman
'44 - Boardman
'45 - Louisville
'46 - East Palestine
'47 - Lisbon
'48 - Louisville
'49 - Louisville
'50 - Lisbon/Boardman

(1951 - 60)
'51 - Minerva/Lisbon*
'52 - East Palestine/Leetonia*
'53 - Lisbon
'54 - Leetonia
'55 - Sebring
‘56 – East Palestine
‘57 – East Palestine
’58 – East Palestine
’59 - East Palestine
’60 - East Palestine/Poland*

(1961 - 70)
'61 - Poland
'62 - Louisville
'63 - Louisville
'64 - Louisville
'65 - Louisville
'66 - Louisville
'67 - Lisbon/Minerva*
'68 - Minerva/East Palestine*
'69 - Minerva
'70 - Minerva

(1971 - 80)
'71 - Poland
'72 - East Palestine
'73 - Sebring/Columbiana*
'74 - (the League split into two divisions) Division 1 - Toronto and Division 2 - Lisbon
'75 - Division 1 East Palestine/ Toronto, Division 2 -Southern Local
'76 - (merger didn’t work back to one league) United Local
'77 - Lisbon/United/Southern Local*
‘78 - United Local
'79 - Springfield/Leetonia*
'80 - Leetonia/Springfield/United*

(1981 - 90)
'81 -United
'82 - Leetonia
'83 - Leetonia/ United*
84 - Leetonia
'85 - United
'86 - Lisbon
'87 - Lisbon
'88 - Lisbon/Crestview*
'89 - United
'90 - Lisbon

(1991 - 2000)
'91 - Crestview
'92 - Leetonia
'93 - Crestview
'94 - Columbiana
'95 - Lisbon
'96 - Lisbon
'97 - Columbiana
'98 - Lisbon
'99 - United/Lisbon*
2000 - Crestview/ Leetonia*

(2001 - 2005)
'01 - Crestview
'02 - East Palestine
'03 - Columbiana
'04 - Crestview
'05 - Crestview

 * denotes Co -Champs

Tri County League Play-off History

Lisbon 6 - 4total appearances - 5 *1995 State Champs!*

Crestvew 1 - 5 total appearances - 5

Columbiana 3-4 total appearances - 4

Leetonia 2 - 3 total appearances - 3

East Palestine 1 - 1 total appearances - 1

Wellsville 4 - 2 total appearances - 2*1994 State Runner up!*

1st team to make play-offs - Lisbon ('90)

First team to win play-off game - Columbiana ('94)

First team to win a State Championship - Lisbon ('95)

Most play-off wins - Lisbon (6)

Most play-off games - Lisbon (10)

Most recent play-off game:

2005
Crestview vs South Range (2nd rd) Crestview vs. Smithville (1st rd)
Columbiana vs Steubenville Central Catholic (3rd rd)Columbiana vs Mineral Ridge (2nd rd)Mathews vs Columbiana (1st rd)

2004
Crestview vs. Smithville
Leetonia vs. Monroeville (2nd rd)Leetonia vs. Malvern (1st rd)

2003
Columbiana vs. Dalton
Lisbon vs. Gilmour Academy Lisbon vs. Dalton (2nd rd) Lisbon vs. Warren JFK

2002
East Palestine vs. Ursuline (2nd rd) East Palestine vs. Blackriver (1st rd)

2001
Wellsville vs. Newark Catholic (1st rd) Wellsville vs. Shadyside

Yet to make it: United and Southern