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Central Suburban League

October 17, 2023

The Central Suburban League is an IHSA-recognized high school extracurricular conference comprising 12 public schools located in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. Comprising 12 relatively large high schools, it is among the larger high school conferences (by student population) in Illinois.[1]

Central Suburban League
ConferenceIHSA
Founded1965
No. of teams12
RegionNorth Shore suburbs of Chicago, Illinois
Official websiteOfficial website


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Current locations of Central Suburban League Schools

Schools Edit

School Town Team Name Colors IHSA Classes 2/3/4 Reference County
Deerfield High School Deerfield Warriors     AA/3A/4A [2] Lake
Evanston Township High School Evanston Wildkits     AA/3A/4A [3] Cook
Glenbrook North High School Northbrook Spartans     AA/3A/4A [4] Cook
Glenbrook South High School Glenview Titans     AA/3A/4A [5] Cook
Highland Park High School Highland Park Giants     AA/3A/4A [6] Lake
Maine East High School Park Ridge Demons     AA/3A/4A [7] Cook
Maine South High School Park Ridge Hawks       AA/3A/4A [8] Cook
Maine West High School Des Plaines Warriors       AA/3A/4A [9] Cook
New Trier High School Winnetka Trevians     AA/3A/4A [10] Cook
Niles North High School Skokie Vikings     AA/3A/4A [11] Cook
Niles West High School Skokie Wolves     AA/3A/4A [12] Cook
Vernon Hills High School Vernon Hills Cougars     AA/2A/3A [13] Lake

Former schools Edit

  • Niles East High School: Opened in 1938, the school was Niles High School until 1959 when Niles West opened. The school closed in 1980.
  • Maine North High School: Opened in 1970, the building closed in 1981.
  • New Trier West High School: New Trier was split into a west and east campus in 1967. Between 1967 and 1981 the west campus was a normal high school of its own. In 1981, due to a decline in the school's population, the west campus was turned into a freshman only campus (1981-1985). The west campus closed in 1985. Once again in 2001, District 203 decided to open it as a freshman campus. It still operates, and is known as the Northfield Campus.
  • Waukegan West High School: Between 1975 and 1990, Waukegan split into a west and east campus. Starting in 1990, the west campus folded into the east campus.
  • Waukegan High School: Waukegan, members of the CSL between 1975 and 2016, left the conference after 41 seasons to join the revamped North Suburban Conference. Waukegan competed in the CSL South while in the conference.[14]

Divisional alignment Edit

While the divisions' names are geographic, their makeup is not based on a school's location. The North Division includes the schools with the smaller enrollments while the South Division includes the schools with the larger enrollments. Every two years the member school's official enrollment is used to determine division alignment.

North Division South Division
Niles North Evanston
Maine West Glenbrook South
Highland Park Maine South
Maine East New Trier
Niles West Deerfield
Vernon Hills Glenbrook North

Not all activities and sports make use of the division alignment. In chess, teams compete as a part of the North Suburban Chess League which comprises schools from many conferences. Scholastic Bowl plays as a single twelve team league.

Niles North moved to the CSL South for the 2016-'17 season after former South Division school Waukegan was replaced with Vernon Hills. Vernon Hills, which had the smallest enrollment in the conference at that point, was placed in the North Division.

In the 2019-2020 season, Glenbrook North and Niles North swapped divisions because of a division realignment.

In the 2023-2024 season, Deerfield and Niles West swapped divisions because of a division realignment.

History Edit

The CSL traces its history back to the founding of the Suburban League in 1913, of which Evanston and New Trier were both founding members. The league had somewhat fluid membership over several decades. As the population of suburban Chicago grew (and the number of high schools with it) schools began leaving to join newer conferences such as the West Suburban Conference (started 1922), the Northwest Suburban (started in 1925, which later became the North Suburban Conference and Mid-Suburban League), and the South Suburban League (started in 1950). With more schools leaving (and newer suburban schools joining more geographically logical conferences), the Central Suburban League was founded in 1965, the last major conference to be carved from the old Suburban League. The last remaining bastion of the Suburban League started joining these other leagues, and finally folded after the 1974–1975 school year.

As of the end of the 2007–08 school year, the past and present schools of the CSL have won 233 state titles in various IHSA sports and activities. They have finished in second place 261 times. Nearly half of these (105 state titles and 113 state runners-up) have been won by New Trier (or the two schools it was split into for a time, New Trier East and New Trier West). Evanston adds 47 state titles and 49 runner-up prizes. The league has remained stable (except for divisional realignment) since Niles North returned to the league in 1991.[15]

During Winter 2016, the CSL Athletic Directors voted 7-5 for a division realignment system. The system incorporates enrollment and athletic success in determining division placement. Every three years, points are tallied and the top six teams are placed in the South Division, while the other six are in the North Division. Before 2016, divisions were determined only by enrollment. Glenbrook North and Niles North were the first schools to swap divisions in the 2019-2020 season.[16]

Timeline Edit

  • 1965 – CSL is formed by Deerfield, Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, Maine South, Niles North, and Niles West.
  • 1967 – Maine West joins the league, as does the newly opened New Trier West.
  • 1971 – Maine North joins.
  • 1972 – Highland Park and Niles East both join from the Suburban League. Maine East joins from the West Suburban Conference. This is the first year there are two divisions in the conference.
  • 1974 – Maine North moves out of conference.
  • 1975 – With the Suburban League now folded, Evanston, New Trier East, Waukegan East, and Waukegan West join.
  • 1979 – Niles North leaves the league.
  • 1980 – Niles East closes.
  • 1981 – New Trier East and West consolidate into New Trier Township High School.
  • 1990 – Waukegan East and West consolidate into Waukegan High School.
  • 1991 – Niles North rejoins the league.[15]
  • 2016 – Waukegan leaves the conference; Vernon Hills joins in their place.

Chart Edit

Notable athletes in major sports (since 1965) Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ 2008–09 official school enrollments
  2. ^ "Deerfield (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Evanston (Twp.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Northbrook (Glenbrook North)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Glenview (Glenbrook South)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "Highland Park". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "Park Ridge (Maine East)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Park Ridge (Maine South)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "Des Plaines (Maine West)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  10. ^ "Winnetka (New Trier)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  11. ^ "Skokie (Niles North)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  12. ^ "Skokie (Niles West)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  13. ^ "Vernon Hills". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  14. ^ "Waukegan's joining North Suburban Conference". Lake County News-Sun.
  15. ^ a b History of Illinois athletic conferences
  16. ^ Sadin, Steve. "Niles North, Glenbrook North to swap divisions as CSL realigns via point system". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  17. ^ Baseball Reference.com's entry on Dave Bergman being drafted from Maine South
  18. ^ . Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  19. ^ Chicago Sun Times article listing Dave Butz as Maine South alum 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ bio & stats for Tony Cogan; baseballcube.com; accessed 22 May 2009
  21. ^ Chicago Sun Times article listing Conner as a Niles West alum[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com's enrty on Jim Hart from Niles West High School
  23. ^ Associated Press (December 27, 1996). "Dan Fouts' Nephew makes most of his chance to QB Utah". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  24. ^ a b c Spanish, Tina (September 3, 2008), , Chicago Sun-Times, archived from the original on 2010-11-04, retrieved January 31, 2010
  25. ^ Baseball-reference.com's entry for George Kontos from Niles West High School
  26. ^ Reynolds, Dave (October 18, 2010). "Where Are They Now? Jim Lindeman". Peoria Journal Star (Peoria, IL, USA). Retrieved July 12, 2011. Lindeman, a shortstop-third baseman, was in Dewey Kalmer's second recruiting class at Bradley in 1980, plucked from Maine West in suburban Chicago.
  27. ^ Indiana University Olympians with Loukas listing Deerfield HS 2008-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ Diver Christina Loukas ready for Olympics July 13, 2008 @chicagotribune.com[permanent dead link]
  29. ^ IHSA Girls Swimming & Diving record page
  30. ^ local paper reporting about Rashard Mendenhall
  31. ^ nfl.com profile of Aaron Moorehead listing Deerfield HS
  32. ^ The Year in Sports; 1 January 2009; Park Ridge Herald-Advocate; accessed 12 May 2009[dead link]
  33. ^ stats & bio for Adam Rosales; The Baseball Cube.com; accessed 12 May 2009 May 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ "Scott Sanderson Stats".
  35. ^ https://goduke.com/news/2021/6/4/mens-basketball-duke-announces-scheyer-as-next-head-coach.aspx Duke Basketball profile of Scheyer listing GBN as his high school
  36. ^ a b Tucker, Steve; Maine South: A past stocked with surprises; 30 January 2008; Chicago Sun-Times; accessed 12 May 2009 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links Edit

  • Official website

October 17, 2023
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The Central Suburban League is an IHSA recognized high school extracurricular conference comprising 12 public schools located in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago Comprising 12 relatively large high schools it is among the larger high school conferences by student population in Illinois 1 Central Suburban LeagueConferenceIHSAFounded1965No of teams12RegionNorth Shore suburbs of Chicago IllinoisOfficial websiteOfficial website Interactive fullscreen map nearby articles Current locations of Central Suburban League Schools Contents 1 Schools 1 1 Former schools 2 Divisional alignment 3 History 3 1 Timeline 3 2 Chart 4 Notable athletes in major sports since 1965 5 References 6 External linksSchools EditSchool Town Team Name Colors IHSA Classes 2 3 4 Reference CountyDeerfield High School Deerfield Warriors AA 3A 4A 2 LakeEvanston Township High School Evanston Wildkits AA 3A 4A 3 CookGlenbrook North High School Northbrook Spartans AA 3A 4A 4 CookGlenbrook South High School Glenview Titans AA 3A 4A 5 CookHighland Park High School Highland Park Giants AA 3A 4A 6 LakeMaine East High School Park Ridge Demons AA 3A 4A 7 CookMaine South High School Park Ridge Hawks AA 3A 4A 8 CookMaine West High School Des Plaines Warriors AA 3A 4A 9 CookNew Trier High School Winnetka Trevians AA 3A 4A 10 CookNiles North High School Skokie Vikings AA 3A 4A 11 CookNiles West High School Skokie Wolves AA 3A 4A 12 CookVernon Hills High School Vernon Hills Cougars AA 2A 3A 13 LakeFormer schools Edit Niles East High School Opened in 1938 the school was Niles High School until 1959 when Niles West opened The school closed in 1980 Maine North High School Opened in 1970 the building closed in 1981 New Trier West High School New Trier was split into a west and east campus in 1967 Between 1967 and 1981 the west campus was a normal high school of its own In 1981 due to a decline in the school s population the west campus was turned into a freshman only campus 1981 1985 The west campus closed in 1985 Once again in 2001 District 203 decided to open it as a freshman campus It still operates and is known as the Northfield Campus Waukegan West High School Between 1975 and 1990 Waukegan split into a west and east campus Starting in 1990 the west campus folded into the east campus Waukegan High School Waukegan members of the CSL between 1975 and 2016 left the conference after 41 seasons to join the revamped North Suburban Conference Waukegan competed in the CSL South while in the conference 14 Divisional alignment EditWhile the divisions names are geographic their makeup is not based on a school s location The North Division includes the schools with the smaller enrollments while the South Division includes the schools with the larger enrollments Every two years the member school s official enrollment is used to determine division alignment North Division South DivisionNiles North EvanstonMaine West Glenbrook SouthHighland Park Maine SouthMaine East New TrierNiles West DeerfieldVernon Hills Glenbrook NorthNot all activities and sports make use of the division alignment In chess teams compete as a part of the North Suburban Chess League which comprises schools from many conferences Scholastic Bowl plays as a single twelve team league Niles North moved to the CSL South for the 2016 17 season after former South Division school Waukegan was replaced with Vernon Hills Vernon Hills which had the smallest enrollment in the conference at that point was placed in the North Division In the 2019 2020 season Glenbrook North and Niles North swapped divisions because of a division realignment In the 2023 2024 season Deerfield and Niles West swapped divisions because of a division realignment History EditThe CSL traces its history back to the founding of the Suburban League in 1913 of which Evanston and New Trier were both founding members The league had somewhat fluid membership over several decades As the population of suburban Chicago grew and the number of high schools with it schools began leaving to join newer conferences such as the West Suburban Conference started 1922 the Northwest Suburban started in 1925 which later became the North Suburban Conference and Mid Suburban League and the South Suburban League started in 1950 With more schools leaving and newer suburban schools joining more geographically logical conferences the Central Suburban League was founded in 1965 the last major conference to be carved from the old Suburban League The last remaining bastion of the Suburban League started joining these other leagues and finally folded after the 1974 1975 school year As of the end of the 2007 08 school year the past and present schools of the CSL have won 233 state titles in various IHSA sports and activities They have finished in second place 261 times Nearly half of these 105 state titles and 113 state runners up have been won by New Trier or the two schools it was split into for a time New Trier East and New Trier West Evanston adds 47 state titles and 49 runner up prizes The league has remained stable except for divisional realignment since Niles North returned to the league in 1991 15 During Winter 2016 the CSL Athletic Directors voted 7 5 for a division realignment system The system incorporates enrollment and athletic success in determining division placement Every three years points are tallied and the top six teams are placed in the South Division while the other six are in the North Division Before 2016 divisions were determined only by enrollment Glenbrook North and Niles North were the first schools to swap divisions in the 2019 2020 season 16 Timeline Edit 1965 CSL is formed by Deerfield Glenbrook North Glenbrook South Maine South Niles North and Niles West 1967 Maine West joins the league as does the newly opened New Trier West 1971 Maine North joins 1972 Highland Park and Niles East both join from the Suburban League Maine East joins from the West Suburban Conference This is the first year there are two divisions in the conference 1974 Maine North moves out of conference 1975 With the Suburban League now folded Evanston New Trier East Waukegan East and Waukegan West join 1979 Niles North leaves the league 1980 Niles East closes 1981 New Trier East and West consolidate into New Trier Township High School 1990 Waukegan East and West consolidate into Waukegan High School 1991 Niles North rejoins the league 15 2016 Waukegan leaves the conference Vernon Hills joins in their place Chart EditNotable athletes in major sports since 1965 EditDave Bergman Maine South was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers 17 Dave Butz Maine South was an NFL defensive lineman 1973 88 and member of the NFL 1980s All Decade Team He was a starter for the Washington Redskins championship teams in Super Bowls XVII amp XXII 18 19 Chris Collins Glenbrook North was a Duke basketball player and is currently the head men s basketball coach at Northwestern University Tony Cogan Highland Park was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 20 Bart Conner Niles West was an Olympic gold medal winning gymnast at the 1984 Summer Olympics 21 Jim Hart Niles West was an NFL quarterback 1966 1984 for the football St Louis Cardinals now Arizona Cardinals and Washington Redskins 22 Bryan Jurewicz Deerfield was a star defensive lineman for the Wisconsin Badgers NCAA football team and set a record in 1996 for most deflected passes 23 Lindsay Knapp Deerfield was an NFL lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs amp Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XXXI champions 24 Jason Kipnis Glenbrook North second baseman for the Chicago Cubs George Kontos Niles West is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 25 Jim Lindeman Maine West is a former Major League Baseball player 1986 93 26 Christina Loukas Deerfield is a 2008 and 2012 US Olympic team member in diving She was the first female diver in Illinois to score over 500 points in state competition and won multiple Big Ten championships 24 27 28 29 Jewell Loyd Niles West is a basketball player in the WNBA Rashard Mendenhall Niles West was an NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XLIII champion and Arizona Cardinals 30 Pat Misch Glenbrook North was an MLB pitcher from 2007 11 for the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets He spent the 2016 playing in Japan Aaron Moorehead Deerfield is an NFL wide receiver and member of the Super Bowl XLI Champion Indianapolis Colts 24 31 Abdel Nader Niles North is an NBA player drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2016 Currently playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder Doug Rader Glenbrook North was an MLB player 1967 77 for three teams and an MLB manager for the Texas Rangers Chicago White Sox and California Angels Adam Rosales Maine South is a major league baseball third baseman who plays for the Oakland Athletics 32 33 Scott Sanderson Glenbrook North was a Major League Baseball pitcher who won 163 games and pitched for seven teams over 19 seasons from 1978 to 1996 including the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox 34 Jon Scheyer Glenbrook North All American captain of Duke University national champion basketball team and current Duke head men s basketball coach 35 Olivia Smoliga Glenbrook South Swimmer 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 4X100m Medley Relay Holds the world record for the most gold medals won at a single FINA World Championships by an individual swimmer Jim Walewander Maine South was a Major League Baseball player playing most of his career for the Detroit Tigers 36 was a Major League Baseball outfielder 1978 79 playing his entire career for the Kansas City Royals 36 References Edit 2008 09 official school enrollments Deerfield H S Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Evanston Twp Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Northbrook Glenbrook North Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Glenview Glenbrook South Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Highland Park Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Park Ridge Maine East Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Park Ridge Maine South Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Des Plaines Maine West Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Winnetka New Trier Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Skokie Niles North Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Skokie Niles West Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Vernon Hills Illinois High School Association IHSA October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 Waukegan s joining North Suburban Conference Lake County News Sun a b History of Illinois athletic conferences Sadin Steve Niles North Glenbrook North to swap divisions as CSL realigns via point system chicagotribune com Retrieved 2018 06 26 Baseball Reference com s entry on Dave Bergman being drafted from Maine South Maine South newspaper article on Dave Butz Archived from the original on 2007 10 30 Retrieved 2008 06 26 Chicago Sun Times article listing Dave Butz as Maine South alum Archived 2008 12 04 at the Wayback Machine bio amp stats for Tony Cogan baseballcube com accessed 22 May 2009 Chicago Sun Times article listing Conner as a Niles West alum permanent dead link Pro Football Reference com s enrty on Jim Hart from Niles West High School Associated Press December 27 1996 Dan Fouts Nephew makes most of his chance to QB Utah The Blade Toledo Ohio Retrieved 20 July 2010 a b c Spanish Tina September 3 2008 Deerfield Chicago Sun Times archived from the original on 2010 11 04 retrieved January 31 2010 Baseball reference com s entry for George Kontos from Niles 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