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Colonial League

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Formation
  
1975

Purpose
  
Athletic/Educational

Official language
  
English

Legal status
  
Association

Membership
  
14 schools

Region served
  
Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania Northeastern Pennsylvania

The Colonial League is an athletic conference consisting of 14 high schools mostly from the Lehigh Valley portion of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of District XI of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. The Colonial League is designed for mid and small-size schools in the Lehigh Valley. Larger schools in the region compete in the Lehigh Valley Conference.

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History

In 1975, nine schools from the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania merged to form the Colonial League. Since then, a total of six teams have joined the league, with one team leaving.

Charter members

The Colonial League was founded in 1975, with the following teams as charter members.

  • Bangor Slaters
  • Catasauqua Rough Riders
  • Nazareth Blue Eagles
  • Palisades Pirates
  • Pen Argyl Green Knights
  • Salisbury Falcons
  • Saucon Valley Panthers
  • Southern Lehigh Spartans
  • Wilson Warriors
  • 1994 Additions

    The following teams moved from the neighboring Centennial League in 1994.

  • Northern Lehigh Bulldogs
  • Northwestern Lehigh Tigers
  • Notre Dame Green Pond Crusaders
  • Palmerton Blue Bombers
  • 1994 Departure

    In 1994, the Nazareth Blue Eagles decided to leave the Colonial League to compete with larger schools from the Lehigh Valley in the Mountain Valley Conference. Since then, they joined the Lehigh Valley Conference in 2001.

    2014 Additions

    The following schools were formerly associate members of the Colonial League; they participated in a number of sports, with some in league play and others as independent status. In time for the 2014–15 sports seasons, they were promoted to a full-time membership.

  • Moravian Academy Lions
  • 2014 Departure

    The following school was offered to change its associate member status to full-time membership for the 2014-15 season, but declined. To accept full membership would have meant this small traditionally single-A school would be required to play all sports at the AA level. In the best competitive interest of the students the offer was declined.

  • Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg Spartans
  • Recent champions

    The champions of the 2014-15 athletic seasons.

    NOTE: As the season's end, the champions will be updated.

    Fall sports

  • Boys Cross Country – Regular Season: Bangor
  • Boys Cross Country – League Meet: Saucon Valley
  • Boys Cross Country – League Meet Individual: Kyle Gonoude, Salisbury
  • Girls Cross Country – Regular Season: Northwestern Lehigh
  • Girls Cross Country – League Meet: Northwestern Lehigh
  • Girls Cross Country – League Meet Individual: Meseret Hart, Southern Lehigh
  • Field Hockey: Moravian Academy
  • Football: Saucon Valley, Southern Lehigh, Northwestern Lehigh
  • Golf: Moravian Academy
  • Girls Tennis: Southern Lehigh
  • Boys Soccer: Moravian Academy
  • Girls Soccer: Northwestern Lehigh
  • Winter sports

  • Boys Basketball: Notre Dame Jr/Sr.High School (East Stroudsburg)
  • Girls Basketball:
  • Wrestling – Team: Saucon Valley
  • Spring sports

  • Baseball:
  • Softball:
  • Boys Tennis:
  • Boys Track – Team:
  • Boys Track – Individual:
  • $: New Colonial League Meet Record

  • Girls Track – Team: Northwestern Lehigh
  • Girls Track – Individual:
  • $: New Colonial League Meet Record

    References

    Colonial League Wikipedia