The Inter-High League (also known as The Worcester Inter-High League or Worcester League) was a High School athletic conference in the

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. The league was made up of eight public high schools and one vocational school throughout its existence all located in

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. Claremont Academy and

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were too small to field team in most sports, and students instead participate in Co-Op teams with other schools in the league. The league would fold in 2025 after merging with the Central Massachusetts Conference, Colonial Athletic League, Dual Valley Conference, and the Southern Worcester County League to form the Central Massachusetts Athletic Conference.

History

The conference was founded circa 1936 by schools North High, South High, Worcester Classical, and Worcester Commerce. Being a league specifically catered to the public schools within the city of Worcester, not much changed until Worcester Classical and Worcester Commerce shut down in the sixties; which in turn brought in the two schools that replaced them. Burncoat High joined the year it was founded in 1964, and Doherty High did the same in 1966.

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(then known as Worcester Trade) had been around longer than the league's existence, but it wasn't until around 1974 that they finally joined the Inter-High. Only two years later, a new conference was formed called the Colonial Athletic League; a conference specifically for the vocational schools in central Massachusetts. In 1977, Worcester Tech joined the Colonial but did so without leaving the Inter High, allowing them to play league games in two conferences and compete for two league titles. Worcester Tech competed like this until at least 2011, where they became members of only the Colonial Athletic.

Former Members

State Championships

This is a list of MIAA State championships won by schools while a part of the Inter-High league

Football

Source:https://www.miaa.net/sites/default/files/2024-05/miaa-state-champions-football.pdf ''Note: From 1972 to 2012, football state championships were separated by region, so there would be multiple champions from each division. From 1972 to 1977 and from 1997 to 2008, it was split between Eastern Mass and Central/Western Mass and there would be two champions in each division. From 1978 to 1996 and from 2009 to 2012 Central and Western Mass split so there would be three champions in each division. In 2013 everything was combined and therefore only allowed one state champion per division.'' * Doherty - 1980 D1 ''Central''; 2013 D4 * South - 1987, 1988 D2 ''Central''; 2006 D3A ''Central/Western'' * North - 2002, 2004 D3A ''Central/Western'' * Burncoat - 2004 D2 ''Central/Western''

Indoor Track

Source:https://www.miaa.net/sites/default/files/2024-05/miaa-state-champions-track-cross-country.pdf

Boys

* North - 1941 Class B * South - 1938 Class B

Outdoor Track

Source:

Boys

* Worcester Commerce - 1938, 1939 Class B

References

{{Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association

External links

School Websites

Burncoat High School

Claremont Academy

Doherty Memorial High School

North High School

South High Community School

University Park Campus School

Worcester Public Schools
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association leagues