Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne is one of two first time programs in this year's GTBL. The Anthony Wayne School district is located just southwest of Toledo and in addition to being composed of the rural communities of Waterville, Whitehouse, and Neapolis, it also includes the site of General Anthony Wayne's Battle of Fallen Timbers. The name of the 2000 Anthony Wayne team is as follows:

  • Anthony Wayne Bruisers
  • Anthony Wayne Ice Screamers

E.L. Bowsher

Bowsher is a Toledo Public School that is located in south Toledo. In the 22 years that we have had broomball in Toledo, Bowsher is the only school that has had a team participating in our program every year. Although initially Bowsher was one of our weaker programs, it has since become what many feel is the dominant school in the G.T.B.L. Bowsher teams have won 12 out of 22 of our Championship Games. This year Bowsher has 9 teams participating out of a field of 32 teams. The names of the 2000 Bowsher teams are as follows:

“I was so proud to see the success of Bowsher’s Freshman Academy pilot program this year. When I see a group of teachers volunteer to take on the responsibility of starting a new program because they are dedicated to the success of kids, it is truly heartwarming.” —Valerie Napieralski, Principal

  • Bowsher Liquid Ice
  • Bowsher Bomb Pops
  • Bowsher Stingers
  • Bowsher X-treme Ice
  • Bowsher Ice Thrashers

CedarCreek Church

From 1988 to the present, the Greater Toledo Broomball League's focus was on turning our broomball program into more of an athletic league rather than an outreach program through Young Life. Although the spiritual outreach to high school students was still a goal of the program, it was no longer the overall focal point. In 2005 CedarCreek Church joined the league lead by veteran Bowsher Quack Attack & Bowsher Mighty Duck coach Jeremy Ray. The goal of our team is to play hard and revive spiritual outreach through our actions, our team play and our prayers. Cedar Creek Sports: Connecting men and women from within and outside the Church through sports. PLAY WITH PURPOSE!!

  • CedarCreek Crush

Central Catholic

Central Catholic is a co-educational private school, one of three private schools from the Toledo area that have teams in the G.T.B.L. Central Catholic started playing in the G.T.B.L in the late 1980's and has since become one of our leading programs, being one of only 3 schools that have been able to produce a team capable of defeating a Bowsher team in the Championship Game, in the past 16 years. This happened when the Central Diablo's Locos won the Championship Game in 1996. The names of the 2000 Central Catholic teams are as follows:

  • Central Tornados
  • Central Ice Cubes
  • Central Snow Angels

Maumee

Maumee is a public school in the suburban community of Maumee, Ohio, which is located south of Toledo. Students from Maumee became involved in the G.T.B.L in 1994, and in 1997 their senior team of Maumee Purple set a league scoring record, won their conference, but then lost in the Championship Game, 1 to 0, to Bowsher Scarlet and Black. The names of the 2000 Maumee teams are as follows:

  • Maumee Reapers
  • Maumee Blazers
  • Maumee Ice Storm

Notre Dame Academy

Notre Dame Academy is an all girls school, one of three private schools in the Toledo area that have teams in the G.T.B.L. Students from Notre Dame also began playing in the G.T.B.L in the late 1980's and have continued to participate ever since. The name of the 2000 Notre Dame teams are as follows:

    • Notre Dame Thumpers
    • Notre Dame Wizards

Rossford

The Rossford School district is located just across the Maumee River, southeast of Toledo, in suburban Rossford, Ohio. The name of the 2000 Rossford team is as follows:

  • Rossford Ice Dawgs

St. Ursula Academy

St. Ursula Academy is also an all girls school, the final one of three private schools in the Toledo area that have teams in the G.T.B.L. As one might expect, Notre Dame and St. Ursula are arch-rivals and all of their games have an extra element of excitement and interest. The names of the 2000 St. Ursula teams are as follows:

  • St. Ursula Ice Caps
  • St. Ursula FrostBite

Roy C. Start

Start is a Toledo Public School that is located in west Toledo. Built in the early 1960's, Start H.S. and Bowsher H.S. opened at the same time and instantly became rivals, however, with the passage of time that rivalry in most sports has been greatly dimished. Start's involvement in the G.T.B.L began in 1993, and the Start teams quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. Under the skilled guidance of both head coach and school co-coordinator Keith Dawson, the Start teams have become a regular in the G.T.B.L, post-season, "Final Four" and have managed to win Championship Games in 1995 and 1998. This year's Start Spartan Storm's "2 to 1" overtime victory, over the premier team in the Bowsher program, Bowsher's Ice Lightning, clearly establishes the Start program as being the leading rival of the long dominant Bowsher program. The names of the 2000 Start teams are as follows: “Start High School excels with a rich tradition of academic excellence and opportunity, outstanding and caring staff members, strong parental involvement and a highly motivated student population.” —Ray Russell, Principal

  • Start Vanilla Ice
  • Start Ice Creamers
  • Start Ice Angels

Sylvania Northview

Sylvania Northview is a public school in the suburban community of Sylvania, Ohio, which is located west of Toledo. When broomball first began in the Toledo area, back in 1977, Sylvania Northview quickly established itself as the dominant school program, winning Championships in 1977, 1980, 1982, & 1983. In the years that they didn't win Championships, they were always a leading contender. In the early 1980's, every year, they always had several teams in the broomball league, and often two of their teams would dominant the league and then play against each other for the championship. The Northview program was, without a doubt, the premier program in the league. However, in 1981 when the Bowsher Blue team won the 1st ever Bowsher Championship, the Bowsher program began to challenge the Sylvania program for dominance of the league. It was in 1984, when two Bowsher teams, Bowsher Blue and Bowsher Red, dominated league play and made it into the Championship Game, that the Bowsher program began an 8 year string of consecutive Championship victories that would mark the end of the Sylvania Northview dominance. By 1989 Sylvania Northview teams had completely disappeared from the league, but this past year a group of Sylvania Northview students renewed a long standing league tradition by entering a team in the G.T.B.L. The names of the 2000 Sylvania Northview teams are as follows:

  • No Teams In 2009

Sylvania Southview

Sylvania Southview is a public school in the suburban community of Sylvania, Ohio, which is located west of Toledo. Southview is new to the league in 2003.

  • Southview Pirates

Whitmer

Whitmer high school is part of the Washington Local School District and is located in the north end of Toledo Ohio. Whitmer is new to the league in 2003.

  • Icees
  • Icy Lynx