Inter-Academic League (Philadelphia)

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-	The '''Inter-Academic League,''' or '''Inter-Ac,''' is a high school sports conference among private schools in the Philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs. The Philadelphia private schools were organized into a conference early, in 1887, when they came together in the Interacademic Athletic Association (the name was later shortened to its present configuration). Two initial sports offered by the league were football and track and field. Early members were Germantown Academy, Haverford Grammar, Penn Charter, De Lancey, Friends Central, Swarthmore, and Episcopal Academy.	+	'''Inter-Academic League,''' or '''Inter-Ac,''' a high school sports conference among private schools in the Philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs. The Philadelphia private schools were organized into a conference early, in 1887, when they came together in the Interacademic Athletic Association (the name was later shortened to its present configuration). Two initial sports offered by the league were football and track and field. Early members were Germantown Academy, Haverford Grammar, Penn Charter, De Lancey, Friends Central, Swarthmore, and Episcopal Academy.
	After the turn of the century the league featured a full calendar of sports, adding ice hockey, baseball, tennis, and basketball in the first decade after the turn of the century. Formal basketball championships were begun in 1924. The Inter-Ac remains the country's oldest inter-scholastic athletic conference.		After the turn of the century the league featured a full calendar of sports, adding ice hockey, baseball, tennis, and basketball in the first decade after the turn of the century. Formal basketball championships were begun in 1924. The Inter-Ac remains the country's oldest inter-scholastic athletic conference.

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Inter-Academic League, or Inter-Ac, a high school sports conference among private schools in the Philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs. The Philadelphia private schools were organized into a conference early, in 1887, when they came together in the Interacademic Athletic Association (the name was later shortened to its present configuration). Two initial sports offered by the league were football and track and field. Early members were Germantown Academy, Haverford Grammar, Penn Charter, De Lancey, Friends Central, Swarthmore, and Episcopal Academy.

After the turn of the century the league featured a full calendar of sports, adding ice hockey, baseball, tennis, and basketball in the first decade after the turn of the century. Formal basketball championships were begun in 1924. The Inter-Ac remains the country's oldest inter-scholastic athletic conference.

Inter-Academic League Champions

1924 Haverford School
1925 Haverford School
1926 Penn Charter
1927 Haverford School
1928 Haverford School
1929 Episcopal
1930 Germantown Academy
1931 Friends’ Central
1932 Penn Charter/Chestnut Hill
1933 Chestnut Hill/Episcopoal
1934 Penn Charter
1935 Haverford School/Penn Charter
1936 Penn Charter
1937 Haverford School
1938 Penn Charter
1939 Friends’ Central
1940 Penn Charter
1941 Penn Charter
1942 Penn Charter
1943 Penn Charter
1944 Penn Charter
1945 Friends’ Central/Penn Charter
1946 Friends’ Central
1947 Friends’ Central
1948 Penn Charter
1949 Haverford School
1950 Haverford School
1951 Haverford School/Penn Charter
1952 Penn Charter
1953 Penn Charter
1954 Germantown Academy
1955 Penn Charter
1956 Penn Charter
1957 Haverford School
1958 Haverford School/Malvern Prep
1959 Germantown Academy/Malvern Prep
1960 Malvern Prep
1961 Malvern Prep/Penn Charter
1962 Penn Charter
1963 Penn Charter
1964 Penn Charter
1965 Malvern Prep
1966 Malvern Prep
1967 Germantown Academy
1968 Germantown Academy
1969 Germantown Academy/Haverford School/Penn Charter
1970 Penn Charter
1971 Episcopal/Penn Charter
1972 Penn Charter
1973 Malvern Prep
1974 Malvern Prep
1975 Haverford School/Malvern Prep
1976 Malvern Prep
1977 Malvern Prep
1978 Haverford School
1979 Episcopal
1980 Episcopal
1981 Malvern Prep
1982 Episcopal
1983 Episcopal
1984 Penn Charter
1985 Germantown Academy
1986 Penn Charter
1987 Episcopal
1988 Episcopal/Penn Charter
1989 Episcopal
1990 Episcopal
1991 Episcopal
1992 Chestnut Hill/ Germantown Academy
1993 Germantown Academy
1994 Chestnut Hill/Penn Charter
1995 Germantown Academy/Malvern Prep
1996 Germantown Academy
1997 Germantown Academy
1998 Chestnut Hill/Germantown Academy
1999 Haverford School
2000 Germantown Academy
2001 Germantown Academy
2002 Germantown Academy
2003 Penn Charter
2004 Penn Charter
2005 Episcopal
2006 Episcopal
2007 Germantown Academy
2008 Chestnut Hill/Germantown Academy
2009 Germantown Academy
2010 Chestnut Hill
2011 Malvern Prep