Inter-High League
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The Inter-High League (also known as The Worcester Inter-High League or Worcester League) was a High School athletic conference in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. The league was made up of eight public high schools and one vocational school throughout its existence all located in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Claremont Academy and University Park Campus School were too small to field team in most sports, and students instead participate in Co-Op teams with other schools in the league.[1][2]
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.[3]
The conference was founded circa 1936 by schools North High, South High, Worcester Classical, and Worcester Commerce.[4] 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. Worcester Technical High School (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.[5]
Only two years later, a new conference was formed called the Colonial Athletic League; a conference specifically for the vocational schools in central Massachusetts.[6] 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.[7] Worcester Tech competed like this until at least 2011, where they became members of only the Colonial Athletic.[8]
Former Members
| School[9] | Mascot | Colors | Founded | Joined League | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burncoat High School | Patriots | Green & White | 1964 | 1964 | 2025 |
| Claremont Academy | 2025 | ||||
| Doherty Memorial High School | Highlanders | Maroon & Gold | 1966 | 1966 | 2025 |
| North High School | Polar Bears | Orange & Black | 1911 | 1936 | 2025 |
| South High Community School | Colonels | Red, Black, & White | 1901 | 1936 | 2025 |
| University Park Campus School | 1997 | 2025 | |||
| Worcester Classical | 1936 | 1966 | |||
| Worcester Commerce | 1936 | 1966 | |||
| Worcester Technical High School | Eagle | Royal Blue, Silver, & White | circa 1974 | 2011 |