| Sport | Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Golf, Swimming, Volleyball, Wrestling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Country(ies) | United States |
| Ceased | 2012 |
The Big Nine Conference, formerly the Big Eight Conference, is a high school sports conference in Genesee County, Michigan currently with four high schools.
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 were added; reaching a peak membership of 10.[1] Due to the collegiate Big Ten Conference, the Conference's name remains the Big Nine Conference.
Beecher leaves the league after the 2002 season. Owosso goes independent only to return and go independent again.[1]
Clio in 2005 and Swartz Creek in 2006 move 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 Flint Metro 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]
Grand Blanc Schools moved to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association starting in 2009-2010 season.[4] In August 2011, the remaining Big Nine members and Flint Northwestern High applied together to join the Saginaw Valley Conference and were accept to join starting in the 2012-2013 school year forming Saginaw Valley's southern division with the other Flint City District High Schools.[5]
| Year(s) | Schools | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-1962 | Ainsworth | Beecher | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso | ||
| 1962-1968 | Ainsworth(a) | 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 | Beecher | Carman\Carman-Ainsworth(in 1986)(b) | Clio | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley | Owosso(c) | Powers Catholic | Swartz Creek(b) |
| 1997-2002 | Beecher(c) | 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) | ||
| 2006-2008 | Carman-Ainsworth | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc | Kearsley(a) | Powers Catholic | ||||
| 2008-2009 | Carman-Ainsworth | Davison | Flushing | Grand Blanc(d) | Powers Catholic | |||||
| 2009-2012 | Carman-Ainsworth | Davison | Flushing | Powers Catholic |
[1][6] a) To Flint Metro League b) From Flint Metro League c) Goes independent d) to Kensington Lakes Activities Association[4]
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