| Classification | MSHSL |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Ceased | 2005 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Region |  Minnesota |
The Metro Alliance was a Minnesota State High School League-sanctioned athletics conference that existed from 1997 to 2005. The conference was formed for the 1997-98 school year by seven schools. The majority of the schools came from the Tri-Metro Conference and included Brooklyn Center High School, Mahtomedi High School, Mound Westonka High School, Orono High School, and St. Anthony Village High School. [1] Columbia Heights High School and Fridley High School, the other two founding members of the conference, left the North Suburban Conference to join. [2] Farmington High School declined an invitation to be an eighth founding member; [3] however, Benilde-St. Margaret's ultimately joined the conference as final school. [4]
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The break-up of the short-lived conference began soon after it formed. Mahtomedi left the Metro Alliance to join the new Classic Suburban Conference at the end of the 2000-01 school year. [5] When the conference broke up in 2005, Fridley and Benilde-St. Margaret's joined the North Suburban Conference. [6] St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center returned to the Tri-Metro after being placed by the Minnesota State High School League. [7]