Metro Athletic Conference (Ohio)

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The Metro Athletic Conference is an association of eight high schools and their associated middle/junior high schools located in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Ohio. Four member schools are in Summit County, three are in Portage County, and one in Medina County. The league was formed in 2019 and began competition in 2020, comprising all eight members of the former Portage Trail Conference Metro Division. The initial opening of conference play for many sports was put in jeopardy from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with golf being the only sport to begin interscholastic at the outset in early August 2020. Later in August, it was announced by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine that all sports were allowed to compete under special guidelines outlined by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA).

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Current members

SchoolNicknameLocationCountyColors [1] Enrollment [lower-alpha 1] Middle schoolYear joined
Cloverleaf High School Colts Westfield MedinaGreen, white

  

675 [2] Cloverleaf Middle School2020
Coventry High School Comets Coventry SummitBlue, gold

  

666 [3] Coventry Middle School2020
Field High School Falcons Brimfield PortageRed, white, black

   

497 [4] Field Middle School2020
Norton High School Panthers Norton SummitRed, black, white

   

872 [3] Norton Middle School2020
Ravenna High School Ravens Ravenna PortageBlue, white, red

   

592 [4] Brown Middle School2020
Springfield High School Spartans Lakemore SummitRed, gray

  

693 [5] Springfield Junior High School2020
Streetsboro High School Rockets Streetsboro PortageBlue, gold

  

616 [4] Streetsboro Middle School2020
Woodridge High School Bulldogs Cuyahoga Falls SummitMaroon, silver, white

   

687 [3] Woodridge Middle School2020
  1. ↑ Enrollments are for grades 9–12 even if other grades are housed in the same building

History

A previous Metro Athletic Conference existed primarily in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana Counties until 2014. It was founded in 1972 as the Mahoning Valley Conference and renamed Metro Athletic Conference in 1994. The conference merged with the Trumbull Athletic Conference in 2014 and formed the All-American Conference. [6]

The current Metro Athletic Conference was established in April 2019 after the superintendents of all eight school districts that made up the Portage Trail Conference (PTC) Metro Division voted to move forward with establishing a new league separate from the PTC to begin play in August 2020. Reasons given for leaving the PTC included concerns over officiating, scheduling, and league operations, along with the desire for a third-party commissioner and more educational opportunities. [7] [8] The name had been chosen by the time the split from the PTC was made official in June 2019. [9]

Inaugural season

Interscholastic competition began in August 2020 with golf, but the COVID-19 pandemic put several other sports in jeopardy. [10] Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Tuesday, August 18, that all sports, including contact sports, may proceed with the plans laid out by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. [11] For football this would mean one inter-school scrimmage followed by a modified 6-game regular season with every team qualifying for the state playoffs. [12] For the Metro Athletic this would mean that each team would play every other school in football except one in 2020.

Conference champions

YearFootballBoys golfGirls golfBoys cross countryGirls cross countryBoys soccerGirls soccerGirls tennisVolleyballBoys basketballGirls basketballWrestlingBaseballSoftballBoys trackGirls trackBoys tennis
2020-21StreetsboroCloverleafCloverleaf [13] Woodridge [14] Woodridge [14] NortonStreetsboro, NortonWoodridge [15] CoventryNortonNortonNortonFieldFieldWoodridgeCloverleafNorton
2021-22NortonCloverleaf

Coventry (Shared)

CloverleafWoodridgeWoodridgeNortonStreetsboro

Field (Shared)

NortonCoventryStreetsboroNortonNorton

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