Originally Posted by jack72
The Catholic schools are spread out over two conferences and a half dozen as independents. The catholic schools do play each other. Why Holy Name plays in a weak Great Lakes Conference with only one other Catholic school is a mystery, and why they do not play other Catholic schools in non-conference games is a bigger puzzle. Up until the last two years, they have been pretty weak. HN is Division 2, but so are several other Catholic schools.
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Late to this thread, but I think I can explain Holy Name's conference situation. The Wave used to be in the North Coast League, a conference consisting of most of the medium and small Catholic schools in Greater Cleveland. The league is big enough that it has two divisions, roughly based on school size. Anyhow, when Holy Name was a member, they were placed in the smaller school division, despite having an enrollment large enough to probably qualify on paper for the big school division. However because football played a large factor in divisional placement, and because Holy Name wasn't really strong enough to compete in the bigger division, the school was put in the smaller division. My understanding is that they were unhappy with this arrangement, particularly being in a division with smaller schools spread out as far away as Canton and Youngstown, so they bolted when they got the chance. They're now in a strange league that has a number of schools that can't find better conference fits, though it does have a few public schools that are very close in proximity to Holy Name so travel isn't too bad. Also of importance is that Holy Name is very competitive across the sports in this conference.
