Firelands Conference

The locations of member schools of the Firelands Conference.

The Firelands Conference is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) athletic league located in north-central Ohio. The league was formed in the 1960–61 school year and is named for the Firelands area of the old Western Reserve, where most of the member schools reside.^[1] High schools in this conference are located in Ashland, Huron, and Richland counties. Some of the schools' district boundaries extend into the neighboring counties of Crawford, Erie, and Lorain. Most of the founding schools came from the defunct Huron-Erie League.

Conference membership

Current members

School	Nickname	Location	District	Colors^[2]	Type	Middle school	Joined League

Crestview	Cougars	Ashland (Weller Township, Richland County)	6:20	Red, White, Black	Public	Crestview Middle School	1982^[3]
Mapleton	Mounties	Ashland (Orange Township)	7:23	Royal Blue, Red	Public	Mapleton Middle School (part of the HS)	1963^[1]
Monroeville	Eagles	Monroeville	7:23	Black, Gold	Public	Monroeville Junior High (part of the HS)	1960^[1]
New London	Wildcats	New London	6:20	Red, Black,	Public	New London Middle School	1970^[4]
Plymouth	Big Red	Plymouth	7:23	Red, White	Public	Shiloh Middle School	1982^[5]
St. Paul	Flyers	Norwalk	7:23	Red, Black	Parochial-Catholic	Norwalk Catholic Junior High	1968^[4]
South Central	Trojans	Greenwich	6:20	Old Gold, White, & Black	Public	South Central Middle School	1960^[4]
Western Reserve	Roughriders	Collins	5:16	Blue, White	Public	Western Reserve Middle School (part of the HS)	1960^[1]

Former members

All-time FC members.

School	Nickname	Location	Colors^[2]	Type	Tenure	Notes

Black River	Pirates	Sullivan	Black, Gold	Public	1964-1993^[1]	Left for the MAC, currently in the PAC
Edison	Chargers	Milan	Blue, Orange	Public	1968-1986^[6]	Left for the SBC
Berlin Heights	Tigers	Berlin Heights	Orange, Black	Public	1960-1968^[1]	Consolidated into Edison HS in 1968
Milan	Indians	Milan	Red, ?	Public	1960-1968^[1]	Consolidated into Edison HS in 1968
Hillsdale	Falcons	Jeromesville	Columbia Blue, Gold	Public	1963-1970^[1]	Left for the WCAL
Hayesville	Panthers	Hayesville	Orange, Black	Public	spring 1963^[1]	Consolidated into Hillsdale HS in 1963
Jeromesville	Blue Jays	Jeromesville	Blue, White	Public	spring 1963	Consolidated into Hillsdale HS in 1963
Perkins	Pirates	Sandusky	Black, White, Red	Public	1960-1963^[1]	Currently in the SBC

Berlin Heights and Milan competed separately until consolidating into Edison High School in 1968.
Hayesville and Jeromesville competed separately in the FC only for the spring of 1963 before consolidating into Hillsdale for 1963-64.

League history^[7]

1960s

1960: The Firelands Conference was formed with the inaugural members of Berlin Heights, Milan, Monroeville, South Central, Perkins, and Western Reserve.
1963: Perkins withdrew after the 1962-63 winter sports season. Hayesville, Jeromesville, and Mapleton join the league in the spring of 1963. Hillsdale becomes a member for the 1963-64 school year when Hayesville and Jeromesville consolidate.
1964: Black River joins.
1965: Berlin Heights and Milan join their districts into the Berlin-Milan School District, but continue to compete separately.
1968: Berlin Heights and Milan consolidate to form Edison, which remains in the conference.
1968: St. Paul joins the conference.

1970s

1970: Hillsdale leaves to join the Wayne County Athletic League after the 1969-70 school year. New London takes their place for the 1970-71 school year after leaving the Lakeland Conference.

1980s

1982: Crestview and Plymouth both join after leaving the Black Fork Valley Conference. Both had also previously been in the Johnny Appleseed Conference until 1978. The league would split into two divisions: North (Edison, Monroeville, New London, St. Paul, Western Reserve) and South (Black River, Crestview, Mapleton, Plymouth, South Central).
1986: Edison leaves to join the Sandusky Bay Conference. The divisions dissolve.

1990s

1993: Black River leaves to eventually join the Mohican Area Conference.

Divisional Setup 1982-1986


Firelands Conference Divisions 1982-1986
North	South
Edison	Black River
Monroeville	Crestview
New London	Mapleton
St. Paul	Plymouth
Western Reserve	South Central

Conference Football Championship Game


Firelands Conference Football Championship Game 1982-85^[8]
Year	North Champion	Score	South Champion	Score	Notes
1982	Edison	12	Crestview	0	Played at Whitney Field in Norwalk, OH
1983	Edison	6	Plymouth	13	Played at Whitney Field in Norwalk, OH
1984	Western Reserve		Black River		Game not played, Western Reserve qualified for OHSAA playoffs
1985	Monroeville		Black River		Game not played, Black River qualified for OHSAA playoffs

Conference Champions

Boys Champions

Year	Football^[8]	Cross Country	Basketball^[7]	Wrestling	Baseball	Track & Field
1960-61	Perkins		Western Reserve
1961-62	Western Reserve		South Central
1962-63	Berlin Heights		Perkins, Western Reserve			South Central
1963-64	Monroeville, South Central		Monroeville		Monroeville
1964-65	Milan		Black River, Monroeville		Monroeville
1965-66	Berlin Heights		Hillsdale
1966-67	Milan		Mapleton		Monroeville
1967-68	Milan		Milan, Monroeville		Monroeville	Mapleton
1968-69	St. Paul		Western Reserve		Monroeville	Mapleton
1969-70	St. Paul		Hillsdale
1970-71	New London		Western Reserve	Edison	Monroeville
1971-72	Edison		Monroeville	Edison	Monroeville
1972-73	New London		South Central	Edison	Monroeville	Mapleton
1973-74	New London, St. Paul		South Central	Edison
1974-75	St. Paul		Monroeville, St. Paul		Mapleton
1975-76	Edison	Mapleton	Monroeville			Mapleton
1976-77	Edison		Mapleton
1977-78	Black River		Western Reserve	Edison
1978-79	Monroeville		Mapleton, New London, Western Reserve	Edison		Edison
1979-80	Edison		Mapleton, St. Paul	Edison		Edison
1980-81	Edison		South Central	Edison		New London
1981-82	Edison	Mapleton	South Central			Edison
1982-83	Edison	Mapleton	Monroeville			Edison
1983-84	Plymouth		Monroeville		Mapleton	Edison
1984-85	Black River, Western Reserve	Monroeville	St. Paul	St. Paul		Black River
1985-86	Black River, Monroeville		Plymouth			New London
1986-87	Black River		New London			New London
1987-88	Monroeville		New London			Mapleton, New London
1988-89	Monroeville		South Central	St. Paul		Mapleton
1989-90	Black River		New London			Mapleton
1990-91	Black River, Western Reserve		New London			New London
1991-92	Mapleton		New London			New London
1992-93	Black River, Monroeville, St. Paul		South Central			New London
1993-94	St. Paul		South Central			New London
1994-95	New Lon		South Central			New London
1995-96	New London, St. Paul		St. Paul			Crestview
1996-97	St. Paul		St. Paul, South Central	Monroeville		Crestview
1997-98	St. Paul		St. Paul	Monroeville		Crestview
1998-99	Crestview, Monroeville		Crestview		Western Reserve	Crestview
1999-00	St. Paul		Crestview	Monroeville		New London
2000-01	St. Paul		South Central		Mapleton	Crestview
2001-02	Crestview	Mapleton	Plymouth		Mapleton	Crestview
2002-03	Monroeville		New London	St. Paul		Monroeville
2003-04	St. Paul		Western Reserve			Monroeville, New London
2004-05	Crestview, Monroeville, St. Paul		New London	St. Paul		New London
2005-06	St. Paul		Western Reserve			New London
2006-07	Crestview, Monroeville		Plymouth, Western Reserve	Crestview		Monroeville
2007-08	St. Paul		Western Reserve	Crestview		Monroeville
2008-09	St. Paul		Plymouth	Crestview		Crestview
2009-10	St. Paul		Plymouth	Crestview	New London, Crestview	Western Reserve
2010-11	Western Reserve	New London	Western Reserve	Crestview		Western Reserve
2011-12	Crestview	New London	New London	St. Paul		New London
2012-13	St. Paul, Western Reserve	New London	Western Reserve			New London
2013-14	St. Paul	New London	Plymouth	St. Paul		Crestview
2014-15	St. Paul		Plymouth
2015-16	St. Paul

Girls Champions

Year	Volleyball	Cross Country	Basketball	Softball	Track & Field
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76	Mapleton
1976-77	Mapleton
1977-78
1978-79	Black River		Monroeville		Edison
1979-80					New London
1980-81					New London
1981-82					Edison
1982-83					Crestview
1983-84					Edison
1984-85					Crestview
1985-86					Mapleton, New London
1986-87	Monroeville				New London
1987-88				Black River	New London
1988-89	Monroeville			Black River	New London
1989-90					Black River
1990-91				Mapleton	New London
1991-92				Mapleton	Western Reserve
1992-93				Mapleton	Crestview
1993-94				Mapleton	Crestview
1994-95					Western Reserve
1995-96					New London
1996-97				Mapleton	New London
1997-98		Mapleton		Mapleton	St. Paul
1998-99		Mapleton			St. Paul
1999-00		Mapleton		Mapleton	St. Paul
2000-01		Mapleton			Western Reserve
2001-02		Mapleton			Western Reserve
2002-03					Western Reserve
2003-04					Western Reserve
2004-05					Western Reserve
2005-06				Mapleton	Western Reserve
2006-07				New London	Western Reserve
2007-08				New London	New London
2008-09				New London	New London
2009-10				New London	Western Reserve
2010-11		Crestview		New London	Western Reserve
2011-12	Monroeville	Crestview		New London	Western Reserve
2012-13		Plymouth		New London	Western Reserve
2013-14				Monroeville, New London	New London
2014-15				Mapleton, New London

Note: Track & Field champions provided by the 2012 Firelands Conference Track & Field Championships program.

State Champions

Current Firelands Conference member schools have won a total of 11 team state championships,^[9] dating back to the beginning of Ohio High School Athletic Association sponsored tournaments.

Crestivew
- Boys Golf - 2012

Monroeville
- Boys Basketball - 1984
- Boys Wrestling - 2010

New London
- Boys Track and Field – 1946 *
- Boys Cross Country – 1993

Plymouth
- Boys Cross Country – 1971 *
- Boys Cross Country – 1974 *

St. Paul
- Girls Volleyball - 2002
- Girls Volleyball - 2006
- Boys Football - 1969
- Boys Football - 2009

* State championship won before the school was affiliated with the Firelands Conference.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Firelands Conference Index". Retrieved 2008-07-16.
1 2 OHSAA Member Schools, last accessed 6 June 2008
↑ http://www.crawfordcountybasketball.com/crestviewwinloss.html
1 2 3 "Conference by Conference Listing 2004-2005". OHSAA. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
↑ http://www.crawfordcountybasketball.com/plymouthwinloss.html
↑ History of the Sandusky Bay Conference last accessed 1 Jan 2010
1 2 http://www.crawfordcountybasketball.com/firelandsconference.html
1 2 Indiana University School of Journalism (2010-03-02). "APSE". Apsportseditors.org. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association State Champion Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-09.

Firelands Conference

Crestview Cougars Mapleton Mounties Monroeville Eagles New London Wildcats Plymouth Big Red Vikings St. Paul Flyers South Central Trojans Western Reserve Roughriders

Northwest District (Ohio) High School Athletic Conferences (Northwest Ohio)

Current Conferences	Blanchard Valley Conference (BVC) Firelands Conference (FC) Green Meadows Conference (GMC) Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) Northern 10 Athletic Conference (N10) Northern Buckeye Conference (NBC) Northern Lakes League (NLL) Northern Ohio League (NOL) Northwest Conference Northwest Central Conference Northwest Ohio Athletic League (NWOAL) Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC) Sandusky River League (SRL) Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) Toledo Area Athletic Conference (TAAC) Toledo City League Western Buckeye League (WBL)

Non-Football Conferences	Buckeye Border Conference (BBC) Putnam County League

Outlying Conferences	Mid-Buckeye Conference (MBC) Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference (MOAC) Shelby County Athletic League

Defunct Conferences	Buckeye Conference/League Great Lakes League (GLL) Greater Buckeye Conference (GBC) Lakeshore Conference Maumee Valley League Michigan-Ohio Border Conference Midland Athletic League (MAL) North Central Conference (NCC) Northern Border League Northwest Buckeye League (football only) Suburban Lakes League (SLL)

Northeast District (Ohio) High School Athletic Conferences (Northeast Ohio)

Current Conferences	Akron City Series All-American Conference Chagrin Valley Conference Federal League Firelands Conference Great Lakes Conferences Greater Cleveland Conference Inter Tri County League Inter Valley Conference Lake Erie League North Coast League Northeast Athletic Conference Northeast Ohio Conference (NOC) Northeastern Conference Northeastern Buckeye Conference Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) Patriot Athletic Conference Portage Trail Conference (PTC) Principals Athletic Conference (PAC-8) Senate Athletic League Southwestern Conference Suburban League Wayne County Athletic League Western Reserve Conference

Former Conferences	Northeast Ohio Conference (2007-2015) Premier Athletic Conference (1997-2015) West Shore Conference (2005-2015) Youngstown City Series (1925-2003)

Outlying Conferences	Mid-Buckeye Conference Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference North Central Conference Northern Ohio League

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