Western Buckeye League
WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE
Shawnee High School is a member of the Western Buckeye League. The WBL is a ten team league.
Charter members of the Western Buckeye League were Bellefontaine, Bluffton, Celina, St. Marys, Van Wert and Wapakoneta. The league was established in the 1940-1941 school year.
League history follows:
- Kenton entered the league in 1942.
- Shawnee entered the league with the 1952-1953 basketball season.
- Bluffton left the league in football after the 1952 season.
- Bluffton left the league in all sports after the 1956-1957 season.
- Coldwater entered the league in 1957.
- Bellefontaine left the league after the 1964-1965 season.
- Bath entered the league beginning with the 1965-1966 basketball season.
- Shawnee left the league at the end of the 1966-l967 basketball season.
- Ottawa Glandorf entered the league in the spring of 1967.
- Elida and Delphos St. Johns entered the league in December 1971.
- Coldwater withdrew from the league effective June 1, 1973.
- Defiance entered the league in September 1973 in all sports.
- Delphos St. Johns withdrew from the league August 3, 1981 effective at the end of the 1981-1982 season.
- Shawnee re-entered the league on October 5, 1981. Played full league schedule in 1982-1983.
Current league member schools are Bath, Celina, Defiance, Elida, Kenton, Ottawa Glandorf, St. Marys Memorial, Shawnee, Van Wert and Wapakoneta.
League sports include football, cross country, soccer, tennis, golf, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, swimming, baseball, softball and track.