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.

Members

School Nickname Location Colors[2] Tenure
Crestview Cougars Weller Township Red, white, black
      		1982–
Mapleton Mounties Orange Township Royal blue, red
    		1963–
Monroeville Eagles Monroeville Black, gold
    		1960–
New London Wildcats New London Red, black,
    		1970–
Plymouth Big Red Plymouth Red, white
    		1982–
St. Paul Flyers Norwalk Red, black
    		1968–
South Central Trojans Greenwich Gold, white, & black
      		1960–
Western Reserve Roughriders Collins Blue, white
    		1960–

Former members

School Nickname Location Colors[2] Tenure Notes
Black River Pirates Sullivan Black, gold
    		1964–1993 Left for the Mohican Athletic Conference
Edison Chargers Milan Blue, orange
    		1968–1986 Left for the Sandusky Bay Conference
Berlin Heights Tigers Berlin Heights Orange, black
    		1960–1968 Consolidated into Edison HS in 1968
Milan Indians Milan Red, white
    		1960–1968 Consolidated into Edison HS in 1968
Hillsdale Falcons Jeromesville Columbia blue, gold
    		1963–1970 Left for the Wayne County Athletic League
Hayesville Panthers Hayesville Orange, black
    		1963 Consolidated into Hillsdale HS in 1963
Jeromesville Blue Jays Jeromesville Blue, white
    		1963 Consolidated into Hillsdale HS in 1963
Perkins Pirates Sandusky Black, white, red
      		1960–1963 left prior to the conclusion of the 1962–63 school year

History

The Fireland Conference was established in 1960 with most schools coming from the Huron–Erie League, with founding members Berlin Heights, Milan, Monroeville, South Central, Perkins and Western Reserve High Schools. Perkins left the conference prior to the conclusion of the 1962–1963 school year. Hayesville, Jeromesville and Mapleton became members during the spring 1963 season, which Hayesville and Jeromesville quickly left, following the consolidations of both schools to form Hillsdale, who joined in 1963. Black River became a member in 1964. In 1965, Berlin Heights and Milan consolidated their school districts, but had remained separate high schools until 1968, when both consolidated to form Edison, who remained in the conference. St. Paul joined the same year.

Hillsdale left the Firelands Conference in 1970, in favor of joining the Wayne County Athletic League. New London took their place for after leaving the Lakeland Conference.

Crestview and Plymouth joined the league in 1982, with the league splitting into two divisions: North (Edison, Monroeville, New London, St. Paul, Western Reserve) and South (Black River, Crestview, Mapleton, Plymouth, South Central). Edison left for the Sandusky Bay Conference in 1986, with the divisions dissolving after their departure. Black River left for the Mohican Area Conference in 1993.

State championships

Current Firelands Conference member schools have won a total of 11 team state championships,[3] dating back to the beginning of Ohio High School Athletic Association sponsored tournaments.

School Sport Year
Crestview Golf 2012
Monroeville Boys basketball

Boys wrestling

1984

2010

New London Boys track and field

Boys cross country

1946*

1993

Plymouth Boys cross country 1971, 1974*
St. Paul Girls volleyball

Football

2002, 2006

1969, 2009

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Firelands Conference Index". Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  2. ^ a b OHSAA Member Schools Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed 6 June 2008
  3. ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association State Champion Database" (PDF). Retrieved January 9, 2010.
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