Flint Metro League

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Flint Metro League
Sport
Founded1968
CEO Executive Director: Gary Oyster
No. of teams12
Country United States
Official website Flint Metro League

Flint Metro League (FML) is a high school sports league in the Flint area of Michigan. It is composed of twelve high schools.

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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 contained 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]

In 2014, Flushing Schools joined the Flint Metro League from the Saginaw Valley Conference, replacing Lapeer East and West, which merged into Lapeer High and left the FML, [3] while in 2017, Owosso High School joined the FML after leaving the Capital Area Activities Conference.

In 2019, three members of the Genesee Area Conference left that conference to join the Flint Metro League, expanding the league to twelve teams and two divisions.

Member schools

Current members

SchoolNicknameLocationJoinedPrevious Conference
Fenton Tigers Fenton 1968 Genesee County B League
Flint Kearsley Hornets Genesee Township 2008 Big Nine Conference
Flushing Raiders Flushing Township 2014 Saginaw Valley League
Holly Bronchos Holly Township 1968Wayne-Oakland County League
Linden Eagles Argentine Township 1984Independent
Swartz Creek Dragons Swartz Creek 1968 Genesee County B League
2006 Big Nine Conference
Ortonville Brandon Blackhawks Brandon Township 2002 Oakland Activities Association
Clio Mustangs Vienna Township 2005 Big Nine Conference
Owosso Trojans Owosso 2017 Capital Area Activities Conference
Goodrich Martians Goodrich 2019 Genesee Area Conference
Corunna Cavaliers Corunna 2019 Genesee Area Conference
Lake Fenton Blue Devils Fenton 2019 Genesee Area Conference

Former members

SchoolNicknameLocationJoinedPrevious ConferenceDepartedSuccessive Conference
Flint Ainsworth Spartans Mundy Township 1968Independent1986None (school closed)
Flint Carman Cougars Flint Township 1968Independent1976 Big Nine Conference
Durand Railroaders Durand 1978Independent1997Mid-Michigan "B" Conference
Lapeer East Eagles Lapeer 1976Independent2014None (school consolidated)
Lapeer West Panthers Lapeer 1968Independent2014None (school closed)
Mount Morris Panthers Mount Morris Township 1972 Big Nine Conference 2003 Genesee Area Conference
Otisville LakeVille Falcons Forest Township 1976Genesee County B League2002 Genesee Area Conference
Oxford Wildcats Oxford Township 1984North Oakland Activities Conference2010 Oakland Activities Association

Football

This list goes through the 2016 season.

#TeamFML ChampionshipsState Division Championship
1Fenton1972, 1977, 1983-1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2008, 2011-2017, 2019
2Lapeer West1968, 1974, 1989, 1995-1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 20131995 (Class A)
3Oxford1986, 1989-1994, 1998-2000, 2007, 20081992 (Class BB)
4Linden1986, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
5Flint Carman1969-1973
Flint Ainsworth1975-1977, 1980, 1981
7Durand1981-1983
8Swartz Creek1970, 1972
Otisville LakeVille1978, 1979
Lapeer East2004, 2011
Holly2011, 2012
12Mt. Morris1988
Ortonville Brandon2018
Flushing2018

Basketball

Conference Champions (Boys)
YearStarsCoachStripesCoachSeason End
2022Goodrich (9-1)Gary BarnsFlushing (8-2)Eric Smith
Conference Champions (Girls)
YearStarsCoachStripesCoachSeason End
2022Lake Fenton (10-0)Brian VanBurenFlushing 18-4 (10-0)Larry FordLF (F (Dist-F loss to Carman-Ainsworth

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References

  1. Tunnicliff, Greg. "Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Archived from the original on December 10, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2007.
  2. Khan, Bill. "Kearsley invited to join Metro League". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  3. "Flushing to join Flint Metro League, creating 'major concern' in the Saginaw Valley League South Division" . Retrieved July 18, 2016.