Chicago Catholic League, East Suburban Catholic plan football merger

Several Catholic League and East Suburban Catholic sources have confirmed that the leagues plan to merge for football. They will release a statement with more details as soon as Thursday.

Some coaches believe the football merger is the first step towards a merger for more sports.

The “super Catholic conference” has been tried before. The two leagues merged together from 1996 to 2002 as the Chicago Metropolitan Conference.

Here’s the complete list of current Catholic League and East Suburban Catholic schools. Providence-St. Mel and St. Francis de Sales do not have football teams. Hope Academy is only a member of the Chicago Catholic League for football.

Chicago Catholic League schools

Brother Rice

De La Salle

DePaul

Fenwick

Hope Academy

Leo

Loyola

Marmion

Montini

Mount Carmel

Providence

Providence-St. Mel

St. Ignatius

St. Laurence

St. Francis de Sales

St. Joseph

St. Rita

East Suburban Catholic

Benet

Carmel

Joliet Catholic

Marian Catholic

Marian Central

Marist

Nazareth

Notre Dame

St. Patrick

St. Viator

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