Oh! Oh! Northwest Conference Losing Another Member

The Leipsic School Board voted Sunday, in Special Session, to withdraw from the Northwest Conference and accept an invitation to rejoin the Blanchard Valley Conference.
As of now no official timetable has been set for the move.

— Charlie Warnimont (@PCsentinelsport) May 22, 2023

(5-22-23) Just when you thought you had seen it all in high school athletic conferences membership changes take place…along comes a surprise.

In a special board of education meeting on Sunday the Leipsic BOE decided to return to the Blanchard Valley Conference and leave the Northwest Conference (NWC) after a very short stay that started in 2021. It is the 2nd quick exit for Leipsic who was a NWC football only member and left the conference after the 1963 football season after joining in 1962.

The BVC has had a lot of membership changes over the past several years and has now added two members in less then a month, Leipsic and Ada, both from the NWC. Ada joined the BVC less then a month ago.

• OPINION: Northwest Conference, Who Might They Add?
• Ada BOE To Vote On Leaving NWC For BVC
• High School Athletic Conference Barometer

One issue still lingering in the BVC is the departure of Liberty-Benton who is the process of leaving the conference…thanks to a little nudge from member schools. BVC also will see North Baltimore and Cory-Rawson as future members of the Northwest Central Conference.

• Liberty-Benton, LCC and League Juggling

Leipsic Special Board of Education Meeting – 5-22-23