Patriot Athletic Conference (Ohio)

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The Patriot Athletic Conference (PAC-12) was an Ohio high school athletic league made up of 12 schools from around the Cleveland area that existed from 2005-2006 to the 2018-2019 school year. All member schools were also members of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

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Members

The following were members over the league's tenure: [1]

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SchoolNicknameLocationDistrictColors [2] Middle schoolTenure
Stars Division
Black River Pirates Sullivan 5:15Black, Gold
  		Black River Middle School2005-2020
Brookside Cardinals Sheffield 4:12Red, Black
  		Sheffield Middle School2005-2020
Buckeye Bucks Mallet Creek 3:8Brown, Orange, White
   		Buckeye Junior High2005-2019
Firelands Falcons Oberlin 4:12Red, White, Black
   		South Amherst Middle School2011-2020
Keystone Wildcats LaGrange 4:12Purple, White
  		Keystone Middle School2005-2020
Wellington Dukes Wellington 5:16Maroon, White
  		 McCormick Middle School 2005-2020
Stripes Division
Brooklyn Hurricanes Brooklyn 3:8Blue, Gold
  		Brooklyn Middle School2005-2019
Clearview Clippers Lorain 4:12Blue, Gold
  		Durling Middle School2005-2020
Columbia Raiders Columbia Station 5:16Kelly Green, White
  		Columbia Middle School2005-2020
Fairview Warriors Fairview Park 4:11Scarlet, Gray
  		Lewis F. Mayer Middle School2011-2019
Lutheran West Longhorns Rocky River 5:15Red, White
  		2005-2019
Oberlin Phoenix Oberlin 6:19Red, Blue
  		Langston Middle School2005-2020

League history

The league was formed in 2005 from members of the Mohican Area Conference (Black River and Buckeye), the Lorain County Conference (Brookside, Clearview, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington), and the Metropolitan Area Conference (Brooklyn, Columbia, and Lutheran West). Firelands and Fairview joined in 2011.

In 2017, the eight primarily Lorain County schools (Brookside, Clearview, Columbia, Firelands, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington, as well as Black River) announced they would leave the PAC in 2020 to form their own league. [3] [4]

In response to the league's imminent dissolution, Brooklyn and Lutheran West were accepted by a league-wide vote in April 2018 to join the Chagrin Valley Conference in 2019-20. [5]

In May 2018, Buckeye and Fairview were approved to join the Great Lakes Conference for the 2019-20 school year as their eighth and ninth members. [6]

The new league with the eight predominantly Lorain County schools would choose the name of Lorain County League and began league play with the 2019-20 school year.

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References

  1. ↑ "Times-Gazette.com - Fit for a Pirate? Black River High School ponders questions about the impending expansion of the Patriot Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-03-07. Access Date: 7 March 2010
  2. ↑ OHSAA Member Schools Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , last accessed 17 August 2011
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Todd (December 13, 2017). "PAC to dissolve in 2020 as eight Lorain County teams set to form new league". Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Patriot Athletic Conference facing breakup in 2020 - cleveland.com
  5. ↑ Kampf, John (April 20, 2018). "Chagrin Valley Conference adds six schools starting in 2019-20". The News-Herald. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ Kampf, John (May 10, 2018). "Fairview Athletics to Join Great Lakes Conference in 2019". Fairview Park City Schools. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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