Macomb Area Conference

The Macomb Area Conference (abbreviated to MAC) (formerly known as the Macomb Athletic Conference) is a high school sports league located in Southeastern Michigan. It is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). There are currently 36 members, spread across Macomb County, St. Clair County, Oakland County, and Wayne County.

The MAC offers sports for both boys and girls, including boys and girls cross country, boys football, boys and girls basketball, boys baseball, and girls softball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls swimming, girls volleyball, boys and girls track and field, wrestling, boys hockey, and boys and girls tennis.

League History edit

The MAC was formed in 1986 through the merger of the Macomb Conference and the Bi-County Conference, and began competition in September 1987.

Charter members edit

Charter Members
Previous league School
Macomb Conference Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, Fraser, Romeo, Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights Stevenson, Utica, Utica Eisenhower, Utica Ford, Warren Cousino, Warren Woods-Tower
Bi-County Conference Clinton Township Clintondale, Grosse Pointe North, Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse, Roseville Brablec, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, St. Clair Shores Lakeview, St. Clair Shores South Lake

Expansion edit

First Expansion
Brablec was closed and consolidated with Roseville High School in 1989. Roseville then joined the MAC the same year in place of Brablec.

Second Expansion
In 1990 the Eastern Michigan League was disbanded and all its former members joined the MAC.

Third Expansion
In 1992, Warren High and C. S. Mott High consolidated and became Warren Mott High School, which joined the MAC in place of South Lake, which left to join the Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference the same year.

Fourth Expansion
In 1996, both the St. Clair Area League and the Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference were disbanded. All six of the former members of the SCAL and four of the eight schools from the MOAC (specifically, all the schools located in Macomb County) joined the MAC that same year.

St. Clair Area League:

Macomb-Oakland Area Conference:

In addition, Dakota High School also joined the MAC in 1996 after being built in Macomb Township the previous year, making for a total of 11 schools joining the conference that year.

† -Both Imlay City and Richmond left in 1999 to join the Southern Thumb Athletic Association
‡ -Algonac left in 2002 to join the newly formed Blue Water Area Conference
* -South Lake rejoined the MAC after leaving four years prior

Fifth Expansion
In 2004, Madison Heights Madison and Madison Heights Lamphere, from the Oakland Activities Association, and New Haven, which previously ran an independent schedule, joined the MAC.

Sixth Expansion
In 2008, Clawson, from the Metro Conference, joined the MAC.

In 2016, Mt. Clemens left the MAC to seek an independent affiliation.

Seventh Expansion
In 2019, Hazel Park, from the Oakland Activities Association, joined the MAC.[1]

Current members edit

Former Members edit

Membership Timeline with Football Divisions edit

MAC Red MAC White MAC Blue MAC Gold MAC Silver MAC Bronze MAC St. Clair MAC Macomb-Oakland

Football edit

NOTE: Statistics are as of the end of the 2020 season.

Red Division edit

School 2020
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Macomb Dakota 3,007 A 10 1 - - - - 2001 2022
Utica Eisenhower 2,599 A 14 - - - - - 1987 2017
Sterling Heights Stevenson 2,545 A 12 - - - - - 1987 2021
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 2,347 A 5 - - - - - 1995 2019
Anchor Bay 1,950 A - 3 2 1 - - 2022 2021 (White Division)
Romeo 1,713 A 2 9 2 - - - 2016 2021

White Division edit

School 2020
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse 1,383 A - - 1 2 - - 2022 2019 (Gold Division)
Grosse Pointe South 1,477 A - 5 4 1 - - 2022 2022
Roseville 1,497 A - - 2 - - - 2022 2017 (Blue Division)
Utica 1,916 A - 2 - - - - 2004 2010
St. Clair Shores Lakeview 1,390 A - - - - 1 - 2020 2010 (Silver Division)
Utica Ford 1,830 A 1 2 - - - - 2014 2003

Blue Division edit

School 2020
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Macomb L’anse Creuse North 1,866 A - - 2 1 - - 2022 2013
Port Huron 1,234 A - 4 8 - - - 2012 2022
Warren Mott 1,497 A - 4 3 - - - 2022 2020
Fraser 1,538 A - 6 - - - - 2018 1998 (White Division)
Sterling Heights 1,486 A 1 1 2 1 - - 2020 2019 (Gold Division)
Port Huron Northern 1,198 A - 1 3 - - - 2018 2022

Gold Division edit

School 2020
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
St. Clair Shores Lakeshore 1,152 A - - - - - - 2022 -
Warren Cousino 1,306 A - - 4 9 - - 2018 2016 (Blue Division)
St. Clair 782 B - - - 2 - - 2020 2021
Warren Woods Tower 1,137 A - - - 2 2 - 2014 2018
Eastpointe 828 B - - 1 2 - - 2018 2020
Grosse Pointe North 1,237 A - 4 5 1 - - 2020 2022

Silver Division edit

School 2020
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Marine City 538 B - - - 17 5 - 2018 2022
Hazel Park 659 B - - - - - - 2019 -
Warren Fitzgerald 908 A - - - - 5 - 2020 2016
Madison Heights Madison 361 C - - - 1 11 - 2004 2018
Clinton Township Clintondale 365 C - - 2 - 6 3 2020 2016 (Bronze Division)
Marysville 862 A - - - 6 1 - 2018 2016 (Gold Division)

Bronze Division edit

School 2020
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Warren Lincoln 590 B - - - - - 3 2008 2008
St. Clair Shores South Lake 485 B - - - - 1 2 2020 2016 (Silver Division)
Clawson 464 B - - - - - 3 2018 2015
Madison Heights Lamphere 775 B - - - - 1 3 2014 2021
Center Line 639 B - - - - - 2 2010 2022
New Haven 344 C - - - - 1 1 2008 2004 (Silver Division)

MAC Championships edit

**- denotes that the team won a state championship title that year

References edit

  1. ^ "Hazel Park joins the MAC; kicks off competition in the 2019-2020 school year". macombdaily.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

Sources edit