With the Lehigh Valley Conference and Mountain Valley Conference truly digging into league play this Friday night, I thought it might be a good time to look back and see how the league championships in area football have stacked up over the last 37 years when the East Penn Conference, Colonial League and Centennial League (kind of a forerunner to the Mountain Valley Conference) were established.
In some ways, you can see how things have really changed around here from the 1970s, and in other ways you can see how they've stayed the same. This list is from my records compiled from a variety of sources. If you see a glaring error, please let me know.
EAST PENN CONFERENCE
1975: Becahi
1976: Whitehall
1977: Dieruff/Phillipsburg
1978: Easton
1979: Dieruff
1980: Whitehall
1981: Dieruff/Emmaus/Whitehall
1982: Whitehall/Phillipsburg
1983: Whitehall/Phillipsburg
1984: Phillipsburg
1985: Becahi
1986: Easton/Whitehall
1987: Easton
1988: Becahi
1989: Becahi
1990: Phillipsburg
1991: Easton
1992: Dieruff
1993: CCHS
1994: CCHS
1995: CCHS
1996: Parkland
1997: CCHS
1998: CCHS
1999: Becahi
2000: Becahi
2001: Becahi
Total championships during EPC history: Becahi 7, Whitehall 6, CCHS 5, Phillipsburg 5, Easton 4, Dieruff, 4, Emmaus 1, Parkland 1, Allen 0, Freedom 0, Liberty 0, Northampton 0.
LEHIGH VALLEY CONFERENCE
2002: Parkland
2003: Easton/Parkland
2004: Easton/Emmaus
2005: Liberty/Whitehall
2006: Parkland
2007: Parkland
2008: Liberty
2009: CCHS/Easton
2010: CCHS
2011: Nazareth
2012: Easton/Parkland/Whitehall
Titles since LVC began: Parkland 5, Easton 4, Liberty 2, CCHS 2, Whitehall 2, Emmaus 1, Nazareth 1.
CENTENNIAL LEAGUE
1975: East Stroudsburg
1976: Stroudsburg
1977: Stroudsburg
1978: Lehighton
1979: Notre Dame
1980: Lehighton
1981: Northern Lehigh
1982: East Stroudsburg/Lehighton
1983: Stroudsburg
1984: Lehighton
1985: Stroudsburg
1986: Stroudsburg
1987: East Stroudsburg
1988: Pocono Mountain
1989: East Stroudsburg/Stroudsburg
1990: ES/Lehighton/Stroudsburg
1991: Lehighton
1992: Stroudsburg
1993: Stroudsburg
MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE
1994: Stroudsburg
1995: E. Stroudsburg
1996: E. Stroudsburg
1997: Lehighton/Nazareth/Northampton
1998: Whitehall
1999: Parkland
2000: Parkland
2001: Easton
2002: Lehighton
2003: East Stroudsburg South
2004: East Stroudsburg South/Pleasant Valley/Stroudsburg
2005: East Stroudsburg South/Stroudsburg
2006: East Stroudsburg South
2007: Pocono Mountain West
2008: East Stroudsburg South
2009: East Stroudsburg South
2010: East Stroudsburg South
2011: Stroudsburg
2012: Stroudsburg
Note: From 1998-2001, the MVC featured several teams that are now currently members of the LVC including Easton, Freedom, Liberty, Nazareth, Northampton, Parkland and Whitehall. Nazareth and Northampton were original members of the MVC which began in 1994, but left to join the formation of the LVC in 2002.
COLONIAL LEAGUE
1975: Catasauqua
1976: Catasauqua
1977: Nazareth
1978: Nazareth/Saucon Valley
1979: Pen Argyl
1980: Nazareth
1981: Catasauqua
1982: Catasauqua
1983: Catasauqua
1984: Wilson
1985: Nazareth
1986: Catasauqua
1987: Bangor
1988: Bangor
1989: Wilson
1990: Bangor/Nazareth
1991: Catasauqua
1992: Catasauqua/Nazareth
1993: Nazareth
1994: Catasauqua
1995: Catasauqua/Northwestern
1996: Catasauqua
1997: Bangor
1998: Northern Lehigh
1999: Pen Argyl
2000: Pen Argyl
2001: Pen Argyl
2002: Northern Lehigh/Pen Argyl
2003: Northern Lehigh
2004: Saucon Valley
2005: Northern Lehigh
2006: Wilson
2007: Palisades/Palmerton
2008: Wilson
2009: Wilson
2010: Northern Lehigh
2011: Pen Argyl
2012: Catasauqua
Total league championships: Catasauqua 12, Nazareth 7, Pen Argyl 6, Northern Lehigh 5, Wilson 4, Bangor 3, Saucon Valley 2, Northwestern 1, Palisades 1, Palmerton 1, Notre Dame 0, Salisbury 0, Southern Lehigh 0.
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