The Tri-County Conference (TCC) is an athletic conference consisting of both public and private high schools located in Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Gloucester County and Salem County, New Jersey. The Tri-County Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

The conference was first established in 1928, with three divisions: Royal, Diamond, and Classic. A fourth division, Liberty, was added in 2018 to close the student disparity gap and create better competition in each division. The new division applies to all sports except Winter Track, Wrestling, Swimming, and Girls Cross-Country.

Timber Creek Regional High School announced in 2018 that they would leave the Olympic Conference and join the Tri-County Conference for the 2020-21 school year, which would have the benefit of having all three schools in the Black Horse Pike District competing in the same athletic conference.[1]

Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School, one of the schools that had been part of the conference since its inception, left the Tri-County Conference for the Colonial Conference. The school was replaced by Overbrook High School, which returned to the Tri-County Conference after being a member of the Colonial Conference from 2008 to 2020.[2]

Hammonton High School had been a member of the Tri-County Conference from 2014 to 2020, before returning to the Cape-Atlantic League for the 2020-21 school year.[3]

Washington Township High School, alongside the Salem County Career and Technical High School, announced in 2021 that they would leave the Olympic Conference and join the Tri-County Conference for the 2022-23 school year.[4]

Member schools

Schools in the conference are:[5][6]

School Location County School district Team name Classification Division
Clayton High School Clayton Gloucester Clayton Public Schools Clippers Group I Classic
Clearview Regional High School Harrison Township Gloucester Clearview Regional High School District Pioneers Group IV Royal
Cumberland Regional High School Upper Deerfield Township Cumberland -- Colts Group III Liberty
Delsea Regional High School Franklin Township Gloucester Delsea Regional School District Crusaders Group III Liberty
Deptford High School Deptford Township Gloucester Deptford Township Schools Spartans Group III Liberty
Glassboro High School Glassboro Gloucester Glassboro Public Schools Bulldogs Group I Diamond
Gloucester Catholic High School Gloucester City Camden Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden Rams Non-Public B Classic
Gloucester County Institute of Technology Deptford Township Gloucester Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District Cheetahs Group IV Royal
Highland Regional High School Gloucester Township Camden Black Horse Pike Regional School District Tartans Group III Liberty
Kingsway Regional High School Woolwich Township Gloucester Kingsway Regional School District Dragons Group IV Royal
Overbrook High School Pine Hill Camden Pine Hill Schools Rams Group I Diamond
Penns Grove High School Penns Grove Salem Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District Red Devils Group I Diamond
Pennsville Memorial High School Pennsville Township Salem Pennsville School District Eagles Group I Diamond
Pitman High School Pitman Gloucester Pitman School District Panthers Group I Classic
Salem High School Salem Salem Salem City School District Rams Group I Classic
Salem County Career and Technical High School Pilesgrove Township Salem Salem County Vocational Technical Schools Chargers Group II Classic
Schalick High School Pittsgrove Township Salem Pittsgrove Township School District Cougars Group I Diamond
Timber Creek Regional High School Gloucester Township Camden Black Horse Pike Regional School District Chargers Group III Liberty
Triton Regional High School Runnemede Camden Black Horse Pike Regional School District Mustangs Group III Liberty
Washington Township High School Washington Township Gloucester Washington Township Public School District Minutemen/Minutemaids Group IV Royal
Wildwood High School Wildwood Cape May Wildwood City School District Warriors Group I Classic
Williamstown High School Monroe Township Gloucester Monroe Township Public Schools Braves Group IV Royal
Woodstown High School Woodstown Salem Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District Wolverines Group I Diamond

References

  1. ^ Friedman, Josh. "Timber Creek hopes to join Tri-County Conference, leave Olympic", Courier-Post, February 21, 2018. Accessed November 18, 2020. "Timber Creek High School aims to join the Tri-County Conference for the fall of 2020. Frank Torcasio, athletic director for the Black Horse Pike Regional School District, which encompasses Timber Creek, Highland and Triton, said Wednesday the school has notified both the Olympic and Tri-County conferences of its intent."
  2. ^ Friedman, Josh. "Gloucester, a founding member of the Tri-County Conference, joins the Colonial Conference", Courier-Post, June 19, 2020. Accessed November 18, 2020. "Gloucester High School is leaving the Tri-County Conference after nearly a century in the organization. Gloucester, a founding member of the TCC in 1928, has been accepted into the Colonial Conference, taking the place of Overbrook, which is moving back to the TCC after leaving in 2008.... The move wasn’t supposed to occur until 2021, but because Overbrook and Gloucester are essentially switching places, both conferences agreed it made more sense to expedite the process."
  3. ^ McGarry, Mike. "Hammonton High School to rejoin Cape-Atlantic League in 2020-21", The Press of Atlantic City, November 16, 2019. Accessed November 18, 2020. "Hammonton High School is back where it belongs. The Atlantic County school will rejoin the Cape-Atlantic League in 2020-21 for all sports except football.... Hammonton was one of the CAL’s six founding members when the league began in 1949.... Hammonton left the CAL for the Tri-County Conference in 2014."
  4. ^ Friedman, Josh. "Washington Township joining Tri-County Conference after 56 years in the Olympic Conference". Courier-Post. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  5. ^ Member Schools, Tri-County Conference. Accessed November 18, 2020.
  6. ^ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.

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New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association conferences
Tri-County Conference (NJSIAA)
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