Mid-Buckeye Conference
The Mid-Buckeye Conference (MBC) is an Ohio high school sports league (OHSAA) with member schools in Ashland, Crawford, Richland, and Wayne counties. It started in 1948 and has had three eras: 1948–1962, 1963–1979, and 1981 to today.
In 2011, several members signaled they might leave. Johnstown-Monroe, Northridge, and Utica joined the revamped Licking County League in 2013. Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, and Fredericktown explored moves to the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference (MOAC); Centerburg and Fredericktown joined MOAC for 2013–14, and East Knox joined in 2014. By 2014 the MBC could have been down to Danville and Loudonville, but Lucas, Mansfield Christian, and Mansfield St. Peter’s applied and were admitted for 2013–14. The league continued to seek new members but did not sponsor a football championship.
Some teams played football as independents starting in 2013: Danville, East Knox, Loudonville, and Lucas. Central Christian joined in spring 2015 and Crestline in fall 2015. Mapleton and Crestview began competing in the MBC for girls soccer in 2014.
On April 18, 2015, Loudonville said it would stay in the MBC for all sports except football, which would join the Principals Athletic Conference (PAC) for 2017–18. In late 2015 Danville left the MBC to help form the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) with MOAC blue-division schools.
In March 2023, Loudonville’s board approved leaving the MBC to join KMAC as a full member starting in 2024–25. In February 2025, Lucas was invited to join the Northern 10 Athletic Conference starting in 2026–27, and accepted on March 18, 2025.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 14:52 (CET).