Patriot Athletic Conference (Ohio)
The Patriot Athletic Conference (PAC-12) is an Ohio high school athletic league made up of 12 schools from around the Cleveland area that was formed for the 2005-06 school year and will dissolve after the 2018-2019 school year. All schools are members of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
Members
The following are currently members:[1][2]
| School | Nickname | Location | District | Colors[3] | Middle school | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars Division | ||||||
| Black River | Pirates | Sullivan | 5:15 | Black, Gold |
Black River Middle School | 2005-2020 |
| Brookside | Cardinals | Sheffield | 4:12 | Red, Black |
Sheffield Middle School | 2005-2020 |
| Buckeye | Bucks | Mallet Creek | 3:8 | Brown, Orange, White |
Buckeye Junior High | 2005-2019 |
| Firelands | Falcons | Oberlin | 4:12 | Red, White, Black |
South Amherst Middle School | 2011-2020 |
| Keystone | Wildcats | LaGrange | 4:12 | Purple, White |
Keystone Middle School | 2005-2020 |
| Wellington | Dukes | Wellington | 5:16 | Maroon, White |
McCormick Middle School | 2005-2020 |
| Stripes Division | ||||||
| Brooklyn | Hurricanes | Brooklyn | 3:8 | Blue, Gold |
Brooklyn Middle School | 2005-2019 |
| Clearview | Clippers | Lorain | 4:12 | Blue, Gold |
Durling Middle School | 2005-2020 |
| Columbia | Raiders | Columbia Station | 5:16 | Kelly Green, White |
Columbia Middle School | 2005-2020 |
| Fairview | Warriors | Fairview Park | 4:11 | Scarlet, Gray |
Lewis F. Mayer Middle School | 2011-2019 |
| Lutheran West | Longhorns | Rocky River | 5:15 | Red, White |
2005-2019 | |
| Oberlin | Phoenix | Oberlin | 6:19 | Red, Blue |
Langston Middle School | 2005-2020 |
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 will leave the PAC in 2020 to form their own league.[4][5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
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- ^ OHSAA Member Schools Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, last accessed 17 August 2011
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Kampf, John (April 20, 2018). "Chagrin Valley Conference adds six schools starting in 2019-20". The News-Herald. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ 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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