Green Meadows Conference

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Green Meadows Conference
Classification OHSAA Division(s) III-IV
Sports fielded
  • 9
No. of teams8
RegionFlag of Ohio.svg Ohio
Locations
Green Meadows Conference Map.PNG

The Green Meadows Conference is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio. The eight member schools are all located in one of three counties: Defiance County, Paulding County, or Williams County.

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History

source: [1]

The Green Meadows Conference was formed as an athletic conference in 1962. The charter members of the conference were Ayersville, Fairview, Hicksville, Paulding, and Jewell (now Tinora).

In 1966, Blue Creek, from Paulding County and now a part of the Wayne Trace School District, joined the conference. Then in 1967, Oakwood joined.

The conference stayed intact until 1972, when district consolidations in Paulding County caused some changes in the make-up of some member schools. Blue Creek became a part of the new Wayne Trace School District, along with Grover Hill and Payne. Oakwood became a part of the Paulding Exempted School System. Antwerp and Holgate also joined the league making the number of members eight: Antwerp, Ayersville, Hicksville, Holgate, Fairview, Paulding, Tinora, and Wayne Trace.

In 1974, Paulding left the GMC to join the Northwest Conference. They were replaced by Edgerton. Membership remained the same until the 2019-20 school year.

In February 2020, it was announced that Holgate would join the Buckeye Border Conference as a member for every sport except football, which will participate in the Northern 8 Football Conference. [2] Holgate announced in late 2019 that they would move to 8-man football due to low numbers, which caused the remaining schools in the Green Meadows Conference to vote them out of the GMC over scheduling concerns. The Tigers joined the BBC in the fall of 2021.

With Holgate's departure, the GMC decided to extend an invitation to former member Paulding in February 2020, which was accepted shortly afterwards. [3] Paulding, which had been a member of the Northwest Conference ever since leaving the GMC in 1974, rejoined during the 2021-2022 school year. [4]

Members

The member schools of the Green Meadows Conference. Green Meadows Conference Map.PNG
The member schools of the Green Meadows Conference.
SchoolNicknameLocationColors
Antwerp Archers Antwerp Royal Blue, White
  
Ayersville Pilots Highland Twp. Columbia Blue, Gold
  
Edgerton Bulldogs Edgerton Maroon, Gold
  
Fairview Apaches Sherwood Black, Gold
  
Hicksville Aces Hicksville Red, White
  
Paulding Panthers Paulding Maroon, White
  
Tinora Rams Defiance Green, White
  
Wayne Trace Raiders Haviland Red, Blue
  

Former members

SchoolNicknameLocationColorsMembership Tenure
Holgate Tigers Holgate Purple, Gold
  		1972-2021

Membership timeline

Green Meadows Conference

Conference rivalries

State championships

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country [7] Girls Cross CountryFootballGolfVolleyball [7]
Antwerp1992
Ayersville1975
Edgerton
Fairview
Hicksville
Paulding
Tinora
Wayne Trace

Winter sports

Boys Basketball [8] [9] Girls Basketball [7] Wrestling [7] [10]
Antwerp
Ayersville1957, 1961
Edgerton1959
Fairview19461989
Hicksville
Paulding
Tinora
Wayne Trace1991

Spring sports

Baseball [11] SoftballBoys Track & FieldGirls Track & Field [7]
Antwerp2019
Ayersville19971996
Edgerton
Fairview2021
Hicksville1978
Paulding1960
Tinora2014
Wayne Trace

Notable athletes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Green Meadows Conference". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ Calvin, Nate (February 6, 2020). "Holgate To Become Member Of BBC After GMC Votes To Remove School From League". The Village Reporter. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Paulding Invited to Join Green Meadows Conference". 419Sports.com. February 25, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Paulding announces their intent to leave the NWC and join the Green Meadows Conference". NWC-Sports.com. February 28, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "High school playoffs: Five area teams still in hunt for state title". Crescent-News. November 5, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
  6. 1 2 Monroe, Mark (March 4, 2008). "Inexperienced Ayersville advances past district for first time since 1994". The Toledo Blade . Retrieved June 17, 2008.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site" . Retrieved December 31, 2006.
  8. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball A". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  9. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball D3". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  10. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  11. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  12. ↑ Hefflinger, Bruce (June 8, 2008). "Difficult decision lies ahead". Crescent-News. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
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