Putnam County League Explained

The Putnam County League is non-football athletic conference whose eight members are located within Putnam County, Ohio. The league is affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

Members

School	Nickname^[1]	Location	Colors^[2]	Notes
Columbus Grove	Bulldogs	Columbus Grove	Scarlet & Gray	Also competes in the NWC, including football
Continental	Pirates	Continental	Blue & Gold
Fort Jennings	Musketeers	Fort Jennings	Black & Orange
Kalida	Wildcats	Kalida	Maroon & White
Leipsic	Vikings	Leipsic	Purple & Gold	Also competes in the NWC, including football
Miller City	Wildcats		Blue & Gold
Ottoville	Big Green		Green & Gold
Pandora-Gilboa	Rockets		Scarlet & Gray	Also competes in the BVC, including football

At the junior high level, three more middle schools are added to the league:

• Glandorf Dragons
• Ottawa Titans
• Ottawa Sts. Peter and Paul Knights

Former member schools^[3]

• Belmore
• Blanchard Eagles (merged into Pandora-Gilboa in 1951)
• Cloverdale (merged into Ottoville in 1930)
• Crawfis College (merged into Blanchard
• Glandorf (merged into Ottawa-Glandorf)
• Ottawa (merged into Ottawa-Glandorf)
• Ottawa-Glandorf Titans (joined the Western Buckeye League in the spring of 1967.^[4])
• Ottawa Public
• Ottawa SPPS
• Palmer (merged into Miller City in 1941)
• Pandora Fleetwings (merged into Pandora-Gilboa in 1951)
• Vaughnsville Vikings (merged into Columbus Grove in 1962)

Putnam County League Championships

School Year	Golf^[5]	Boys Soccer	Girls Soccer	Volleyball	Boys Basketball^[6]	Girls Basketball^[7]	Baseball^[8]	Boys Track & Field	Girls Track & Field
1930-31							Vaughnsville
1931-32							Vaughnsville
1932-33							Columbus Grove
1933-34							Columbus Grove
1934-35					Ottoville	Leipsic	Pandora
1935-36					Vaughnsville	Leipsic, Pandora	Vaughnsville
1936-37							Unknown
1937-38							Kalida
1938-39							Kalida
1939-40							Kalida
1940-41							Vaughnsville
1941-42					Vaughnsville		Vaughnsville
1942-43							Vaughnsville
1943-44					Fort Jennings		Vaughnsville
1944-45					Fort Jennings, Pandora		Kalida
1945-46					Miller City		Columbus Grove
1946-47					Ottoville		Columbus Grove, Miller City
1947-48					Blanchard		Blanchard
1948-49					Blanchard		Miler City
1949-50					Miller City		Ottoville
1950-51					Columbus Grove, Ottoville		Fort Jennings
1951-52					Columbus Grove, Miller City		Continental
1952-53					Ottoville		Columbus Grove
1953-54					Kalida, Ottoville		Kalida
1954-55					Kalida, Leipsic		Columbus Grove
1955-56					Miller City		Columbus Grove
1956-57					Fort Jennings, Miller City		Columbus Grove
1957-58					Miller City		Leipsic
1958-59					Ottawa SPPS		Columbus Grove
1959-60					Leipsic		Continental
1960-61					Glandorf, Miller City		Continental
1961-62					Miller City		Continental
1962-63					Kalida, Miller City		Columbus Grove
1963-64					Kalida, Miller City, Ottoville		Ottawa Public
1964-65					Ottawa-Glandorf		Ottawa-Glandorf
1965-66					Ottawa-Glandorf		Ottawa-Glandorf
1966-67					Ottawa-Glandorf		Leipsic
1967-68					Ottoville		Columbus Grove, Fort Jennings, Leipsic, Ottoville
1968-69					Fort Jennings		Fort Jennings, Leipsic
1969-70					Fort Jennings		Columbus Grove
1970-71					Continental		Columbus Grove
1971-72					Ottoville		Columbus Grove
1972-73					Kalida, Ottoville		Leipsic
1973-74					Continental	Fort Jennings	Kalida
1974-75					Kalida	Miller City	Kalida
1975-76	Ottoville				Continental, Kalida	Miller City	Miller City
1976-77	Ottoville				Continental, Fort Jennings, Kalida	Ottoville	Miller City
1977-78	Leipsic				Continental	Ottoville	Leipsic
1978-79	Kalida				Kalida	Kalida, Ottoville	Ottoville
1979-80	Ottoville				Ottoville	Kalida	Leipsic
1980-81	Ottoville				Fort Jennings, Kalida	Kalida	Miller City
1981-82	Kalida				Kalida, Leipsic	Columbus Grove	Continental, Leipsic
1982-83	Ottoville				Kalida	Kalida	Miller City
1983-84	Kalida				Columbus Grove	Continental, Ottoville	Miller City, Ottoville
1984-85	Ottoville				Miller City	Fort Jennings	Miller City
1985-86	Ottoville				Continental	Kalida	Miller City
1986-87	Ottoville				Fort Jennings	Kalida, Miller City, Pandora-Gilboa	Ottoville
1987-88	Ottoville				Kalida	Kalida	Miller City
1988-89	Fort Jennings				Kalida	Kalida	Leipsic
1989-90	Kalida				Miller City	Ottoville	Miller City
1990-91	Kalida				Fort Jennings, Kalida, Miller City	Kalida	Kalida
1991-92	Kalida				Kalida	Kalida	Kalida
1992-93	Kalida				Leipsic	Continental, Leipsic	Leipsic, Miller City
1993-94	Kalida				Miller City	Fort Jennings	Kalida
1994-95	Kalida				Columbus Grove, Kalida	Leipsic, Ottoville	Columbus Grove, Kalida, Leipsic
1995-96	Kalida				Kalida	Ottoville	Columbus Grove, Kalida
1996-97	Kalida				Leipsic	Kalida	Leipsic
1997-98	Kalida				Continental, Fort Jennings, Kalida	Kalida	Kalida, Leipsic
1998-99	Kalida				Fort Jennings	Ottoville	Leipsic, Miller City
1999-00	Kalida				Kalida	Ottoville, Pandora-Gilboa	Fort Jennings
2000-01	Continental				Kalida	Ottoville	GO VOLS
2001-02	Kalida				Ottoville	Kalida, Miller City	Pandora-Gilboa
2002-03	Kalida				Continental	Miller City	Ottoville
2003-04	Kalida				Fort Jennings, Ottoville	Miller City	Kalida
2004-05	Kalida				Continental	Miller City	Leipsic
2005-06	Ottoville				Ottoville	Columbus Grove	Kalida
2006-07	Ottoville				Ottoville	Columbus Grove, Ottoville	Kalida
2007-08	Kalida				Pandora-Gilboa	Ottoville	Columbus Grove	Pandora-Gilboa
2008-09	Ottoville				Kalida, Pandora-Gilboa	Kalida, Leipsic	Miller City	Pandora-Gilboa
2009-10	Ottoville				Kalida	Ottoville	Columbus Grove	Pandora-Gilboa
2010-11	Ottoville			Pandora-Gilboa	Columbus Grove	Ottoville	Leipsic
2011-12	Ottoville				Columbus Grove, Leipsic	Ottoville
2012-13
2018-2019		Ottoville
2019-2020					Columbus Grove
2020-2021		Ottoville			Ottoville

League championship notes

• Golf champions were first determined in the fall of 1975.
• Boys basketball champions were first officially declared in 1934-35 with the exception of 1942-43 due to World War II. The first Pandora High School boys basketball team won the first county title recorded, however it was before official declaration.
• Girls basketball champions were first officially declared in 1934-35 and 1935–36, but not officially again until 1973-74.
• Baseball champions were determined by division winners (West & East) in a title game from 1931-1942, 1946-1948, and 1953-1955. A league tournament was used from 1943-1945, 1949-1952, and 1956-1964. From 1965 on, they were determined by regular season PCL records.

See also

• Ohio High School Athletic Conferences
• OHSAA Northwest Region athletic conferences

Notes and References

1. Web site: OHSAA: Membership Directory . 2010-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125005320/http://www.cdab.org/members.asp . 2010-11-25 .
2. Web site: OHSAA: Membership Directory . 2010-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125005320/http://www.cdab.org/members.asp . 2010-11-25 .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030090137/http://www.putnamcountyleague.org/uploads/BoysBasketball/2%20BkIntro2012.pdf . 2013-10-30 .
4. Web site: WBL History | Western Buckeye League (WBL) . 2012-05-12 . 2012-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121007085449/http://www.ihigh.com/wbl/custompage_9398.html . dead .
5. Web site: Home.
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030091342/http://www.putnamcountyleague.org/uploads/BoysBasketball/Chapter8/4%20BoysPclWinners.pdf . 2013-10-30 .
7. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030102940/http://www.putnamcountyleague.org/uploads/GirlsBasketball/Chapter8/5%20GirlsPclWinners.pdf . 2013-10-30 . dead .
8. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030025939/http://www.putnamcountyleague.org/uploads/Baseball/8%20CompositePclWinners.pdf . 2013-10-30 .