Big Nine Conference
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| Big Nine Conference | |
|---|---|
| Sport | football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Volleyball, |
| Founded | 1968 |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country(ies) |  United States |
The Big Nine Conference is a high school sports conference in Genesee County, Michigan currently with six high schools.
[edit] History
Formed in 1960 as the Big Eight Conference, the Conference became the Big Nine Conference in 1962 with the addition of Mt. Morris High School. In 1976, two more High Schools are added; reaching their peak membership of 10.[1] Due to the collegiate Big Ten Conference, the Conference's name remains the Big Nine Conference.
In 1997, Beecher is expelled from the Conference for failing to field enough teams and poor sportsmanship. Owosso goes independent only to return and go independent again.[1]
Clio in 2005 and Swartz Creek in 2006 leave to go to the Flint Metro League as the Conference is percevied as being overpowering to those schools.[2]
In 2006, the entire Big Nine Conference applied for membership in the League to encourage discussion on a merger. As a results of that and Kearsley's interest back in 2005-2006, a membership invitation was extend to Kearsley.[3]
| Year(s) | Schools | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-1962 | Ainsworth | Beecher | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso | ||
| 1962-1968 | Ainsworth | Beecher | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Mt. Morris | Owosso | |
| 1968-1972 | Beecher | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Mt. Morris(a) | Owosso | ||
| 1972-1974 | Beecher | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso | |||
| 1974-1976 | Beecher | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso | Powers Catholic | ||
| 1976-1997 | Carman\Carman-Ainsworth(in 1986)(b) | Beecher(c) | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso(d) | Powers Catholic | Swartz Creek(b) |
| 1997-2002 | Carman-Ainsworth | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Powers Catholic | Swartz Creek | ||
| 2003-2005 | Carman-Ainsworth | Clio(a) | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso | Powers Catholic | Swartz Creek | |
| 2005-2006 | Carman-Ainsworth | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso(d) | Powers Catholic | Swartz Creek(a) | ||
| 2006-Present | Carman-Ainsworth | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Powers Catholic |
a) Leaves to Flint Metro League b) Comes from Flint Metro League c) Expelled from Conference d) Goes independent [1][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Greg Tunnicliff. Big Nine Conference Boys' Basketball All-Time League standings. Greg Tunnicliff's Flint Area Sports Page. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ Tunnicliff, Greg. "Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling" (html), Flint Journal, Advance Newspapers, pp. 2. Retrieved on 2007-09-17. (English)
- ^ Khan, Bill. "Kearsley invited to join Metro League" (html), Flint Journal, Advance Newspapers, pp. 2. Retrieved on 2007-09-18. (English)
- ^ HISTORY OF FLINT METRO LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP (DOC). Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
