All eight schools were originally members of the Great Lakes Conference, which was formed in 2015.
[3] In March 2023, Fairview announced that they would be joining the Chagrin Valley Conference starting with the winter sports season of the 2023-2024 school year.
[4] This came following a concern that Fairview would be "the smallest public school in an increasingly growing pool of larger ones."
In May 2023, eight GLC members (Bay, Buckeye, Lakewood, Normandy, North Olmsted, Rocky River, Valley Forge, and Westlake) announced that they would be leaving to form a new league for the 2024-2025 school year.
[5] This left only Elyria Catholic and Holy Name under the GLC banner.