Cape Ann League

The CAL has twelve member schools in northeastern Massachusetts.{{cite web|title=MIAA League Directory|url=http://www.miaa.net/gen/miaa_generated_bin/documents/menu/MIAA_League_Directory.pdf|accessdate=6 January 2015|archive-date=6 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106233533/http://www.miaa.net/gen/miaa_generated_bin/documents/menu/MIAA_League_Directory.pdf|url-status=dead}} The schools in the Cape Ann League are split into two divisions: Cape Ann Kinney and Cape Ann Baker.

The Kinney division incorporates the schools with six largest enrollment within the league and compete in Division 3 for football. The Baker division incorporates the schools with six smallest enrollment within the league and compete in Division 4 for football.

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Longtime Secretary and Treasurer of the Cape Ann League, Dick Baker, steps down after 41 years with the Cape Ann League. Baker also spent 18 years with the Northeastern Conference.{{cite web|author1=Joshua Boyd|title=Dick Baker steps down after 41 years with Cape Ann League, 18 with Northeastern Conference|url=http://gloucester.wickedlocal.com/article/20110331/News/303319456|publisher=Wicked Local Gloucester|accessdate=15 February 2015|pages=1–2|date=31 March 2011}}

Beginning in the 2011-12 season, Wilmington High School moved to the Middlesex League along with Arlington High School moving from the Dual County League.{{cite news|author1=Joe Haggerty|title=Middlesex League adds Arlington and Wilmington to the league|url=http://homenewshere.com/article_04bc7f46-478d-5547-9501-fc6e00736e55.html|accessdate=27 January 2015|work=HomeNewsHere.com}}

Prior to the 2012-13 school year, North Andover High School left the Cape Ann League after forty years to join the Merrimack Valley Conference (MVC).{{cite web|author1=Mike Carraggi|title=North Andover joining MVC after 40 years with Cape Ann|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/articles/2011/06/30/north_andover_joining_mvc_after_40_years_with_cape_ann/|publisher=The Boston Globe|accessdate=7 January 2015|date=30 June 2011}}

On December 14, 2012, Saugus High School announced on [https://twitter.com/Sachempride/status/279604264840597504 their Twitter account] that they would join the Cape Ann League, leaving the Northeastern Conference for more success in their school athletics.{{cite web|author1=Brendan Hall|title=Saugus officially moving to Cape Ann League|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/high-school/post/_/id/21075/saugus-officially-moving-to-cape-ann-league|publisher=ESPN Boston|access-date=27 January 2015|date=17 December 2012}} On January 18, 2013, the move was approved by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.{{cite web|title=Saugus High School on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/Sachempride/status/292272619900772352|accessdate=27 January 2015|date=18 January 2013}}

At the conclusion of Saugus High School's first season in the Cape Ann League, they requested to rejoin the Northeastern Conference due to geographic and traveling issues.{{cite news|author1=Mike Gaffney|title=Saugus High School return to Northeastern Conference proposed|url=http://saugus.wickedlocal.com/article/20140411/News/140419918|accessdate=27 January 2015|work=Wicked Local|publisher=Saugus Advertiser|date=11 April 2014|page=1}} The rejoin was approved by both high school conferences allowing Saugus High School to return to the Northeastern Conference. All sports would play in the Northeastern Conference, with the exception of football which would become independent for the 2014 fall season. The Saugus Sachems football team would play opponents from both the Cape Ann League and Northeastern Conference.{{cite news|author1=Mike Gaffney|title=Saugus returning to Northeastern Conference|url=http://saugus.wickedlocal.com/article/20140530/News/140539971|accessdate=27 January 2015|work=Wicked Local|publisher=Saugus Advertiser|pages=1–2}}

Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, Essex Tech became a member of the Cape Ann League after many years playing in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Nick Giannino {{!}} Staff |title=Essex Tech athletics excited to make transition to Cape Ann League next year |url=https://www.salemnews.com/sports/essex-tech-athletics-excited-to-make-transition-to-cape-ann-league-next-year/article_8a24d03e-a724-11ed-a837-73890fbaef42.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Salem News |language=en}}

With the addition of Essex Tech becoming a member of the Kinney Division, Lynnfield High School moved to the Baker Division in the 2024-2025 school year.{{Cite web |last=Gaudette |first=Kyle |date=2025-01-30 |title=CAL Track Meet 5: Amesbury boys defend CAL Baker title; Port girls earn first Kinney in five years |url=https://www.cnhinews.com/massachusetts/article_c556cdfc-ddf9-557a-b01a-cb484061fba6.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=CNHI News |language=en}}

The Cape Ann League sponsors championship competition in twelve men's, eleven women's, and one coed MIAA sanctioned sports.{{cite web|url=http://www.mascores.com/index.php?l=cal&sport=Sports/ |title=CAL Sports |publisher=MAScores.com |date= |accessdate=28 December 2015}}

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