Flint Metro League
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| CEO | Executive Director: Gary Oyster |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Official website | Flint Metro League |
Flint Metro League is a high school sports league in the Flint area of Michigan. It is composed of ten high schools.
History
In 1968, six Flint area schools formed a new league to play against schools of similar size and to cut down on travel for some schools. Two teams, Fenton and Swartz Creek, joined from the County B League, and one each from the Big Nine Conference (Ainsworth), Wayne-Oakland League (Holly) and Tri-County League (Lapeer High) and a new high school: Carman. The league in 1983 reached a high of 10 schools but by 2002 there were seven teams. Clio in 2005 and Swartz Creek in 2006 moved to the Flint Metro League as the conference was perceived as being overpowering to those schools.[1]
In 2006, the entire Big Nine Conference applied for membership in the league to encourage discussion on a merger. As a result of that and Kearsley's interest back in 2005–2006, a membership invitation was extended to Kearsley.[2]
Beginning in 2014, Flushing Schools will join the Flint Metro League from the Saginaw Valley Conference - South Division, replacing Lapeer East and West, which will merge into Lapeer High and leave the FML.[3]
Membership
| Year(s) | Schools | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968-1972 | Ainsworth | Carman | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer High | Swartz Creek | ||||
| 1972–1976 | Ainsworth | Carmana | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer High | Mt. Morrisa | Swartz Creekb | |||
| 1976–1978 | Ainsworth | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer Eastc | Lapeer West (formerly Lapeer High) | Mt. Morris | LakeVille | |||
| 1978–1982 | Ainsworth | Durand | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Mt. Morris | LakeVille | ||
| 1982–1986 | Ainsworth | Durand | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Mt. Morris | LakeVille | Oxford |
| 1986-1997 | Durandd | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Mt. Morris | LakeVille | Oxford | |
| 1997-2002 | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Mt. Morris | LakeVilled[4] | Oxford | ||
| 2002-2005 | Brandone | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Oxford | |||
| 2005-2006 | Brandon | Clioa | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Oxford | ||
| 2006-2007 | Brandon | Clio | Fenton | Holly | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Oxford | Swartz Creeka | |
| 2008-2010 | Brandon | Clio | Fenton | Holly | Kearsleya | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Oxfordf | Swartz Creek |
| 2010–2014 | Brandon | Clio | Fenton | Holly | Kearsley | Lapeer East | Lapeer West | Linden | Swartz Creek | |
| 2014–present | Brandon | Clio | Fenton | Flushing g[3] | Holly | Kearsley | Linden | Swartz Creek |
a) Joins from the Big Nine Conference. b) Moves to the Big Nine Conference. c) New school. d) Moves to the Genesee Area Conference. e) Joins from the Oakland Activities Association. f) Moves to the Oakland Activities Association. g) Moves from the Saginaw Valley Conference - South Division.
References
- 1 2 Tunnicliff, Greg. "Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Retrieved September 17, 2007.
- ↑ Khan, Bill. "Kearsley invited to join Metro League". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
- 1 2 "Flushing to join Flint Metro League, creating 'major concern' in the Saginaw Valley League South Division". Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ↑ LakeVille Falcons
- ↑ "HISTORY OF FLINT METRO LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP" (DOC). Retrieved 2007-09-18.