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.

The locations of member schools of the Firelands Conference.

Conference membership

Current members

School	Nickname	Location	District	Colors[2]	Type	Middle school	Joined League
Crestview	Cougars	Weller Township	6:20	Red, White, Black	Public	Crestview Middle School	1982[3]
Mapleton	Mounties	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	Golf	Basketball[7]	Wrestling	Baseball	Track & Field
1959-60							Berlin Heights
1960-61	Perkins	No Champion	No Champion	Western Reserve	No Champion	Milan	Perkins
1961-62	Western Reserve	No Champion	No Champion	South Central	No Champion	Milan	Perkins
1962-63	Berlin Heights	No Champion	No Champion	Perkins, Western Reserve	No Champion	Hayesville	South Central
1963-64	Monroeville, South Central	No Champion	No Champion	Monroeville	No Champion	Monroeville	South Central
1964-65	Milan	No Champion	No Champion	Black River, Monroeville	No Champion	Monroeville	Milan
1965-66	Berlin Heights	No Champion	No Champion	Hillsdale	No Champion	Hillsdale	Western Reserve
1966-67	Milan	No Champion	No Champion	Mapleton	No Champion	Monroeville	Hillsdale
1967-68	Milan	No Champion	No Champion	Milan, Monroeville	No Champion	Monroeville	Mapleton
1968-69	St. Paul	No Champion	No Champion	Western Reserve	No Champion	Monroeville	Mapleton
1969-70	St. Paul	No Champion	No Champion	Hillsdale	No Champion	Edison	Hillsdale
1970-71	New London	No Champion	Black River	Western Reserve	Edison	Monroeville	Edison
1971-72	Edison	Black River	Black River	Monroeville	Edison	Monroeville	Edison
1972-73	New London	Black River	Black River	South Central	Edison	Monroeville	Mapleton
1973-74	New London, St. Paul	Black River	New London	South Central	Edison	South Central	New London
1974-75	St. Paul	Black River	St. Paul	Monroeville, St. Paul	Black River	Mapleton	Edison
1975-76	Edison	Mapleton	New London	Monroeville	Mapleton	Edison	Mapleton
1976-77	Edison	New London	New London	Mapleton	Mapleton	Edison	Edison
1977-78	Black River	New London	New London	Western Reserve	Edison	South Central	Edison
1978-79	Monroeville	New London	New London	Mapleton, New London, Western Reserve	Edison	New London	Edison
1979-80	Edison	Edison	New London	Mapleton, St. Paul	Edison	Edison	Edison
1980-81	Edison	South Central	New London	South Central	Edison	Edison	New London
1981-82	Edison	Mapleton	Edison	South Central	Edison	Edison	Edison
1982-83	Edison	Black River	New London	Monroeville	Edison	Edison	Edison
1983-84	Plymouth	Monroeville	New London	Monroeville	Black River	Edison	Edison
1984-85	Black River, Western Reserve	New London	Mapleton	St. Paul	St. Paul	St. Paul	Black River
1985-86	Black River, Monroeville	New London	Black River	Plymouth	Black River	Black River	New London
1986-87	Black River	Plymouth	South Central	New London	Black River	Crestview, New London, Plymouth	New London
1987-88	Monroeville	Black River	Mapleton	New London	Black River	New London	New London
1988-89	Monroeville	Western Reserve	Mapleton	South Central	St. Paul	New London	Mapleton
1989-90	Black River	Western Reserve	New London	New London	Black River	Black River, South Central	Mapleton
1990-91	Black River, Western Reserve	Western Reserve	Mapleton	New London	Black River	Black River, South Central	New London
1991-92	Mapleton	New London	Plymouth	New London	New London	Plymouth	New London
1992-93	Black River, Monroeville, St. Paul	New London	Plymouth	South Central	Black River	Black River	New London
1993-94	St. Paul	New London	St. Paul	South Central	Crestview	New London	New London
1994-95	New London	New London	New London	South Central	Mapleton	Crestview, New London	New London
1995-96	New London, St. Paul	New London	Plymouth	St. Paul	New London	New London	Crestview
1996-97	St. Paul	New London	Plymouth	St. Paul, South Central	Monroeville	South Central	Crestview
1997-98	St. Paul	New London	Plymouth	St. Paul	Monroeville	South Central	Crestview
1998-99	Crestview, Monroeville	Western Reserve	Crestview	Crestview	Crestview	Western Reserve	Crestview
1999-00	St. Paul	New London	Crestview	Crestview	Monroeville	New London	New London
2000-01	St. Paul	New London	Crestview	South Central	Western Reserve	New London, South Central	Crestview
2001-02	Crestview	Mapleton	St. Paul	Plymouth	Western Reserve	Mapleton, New London	Crestview
2002-03	Monroeville	New London	St. Paul	New London	St. Paul	Mapleton	Monroeville
2003-04	St. Paul	Crestview	St. Paul	Western Reserve	Western Reserve	New London, Western Reserve	Monroeville
2004-05	Crestview, Monroeville, St. Paul	Crestview	St. Paul	New London	St. Paul	Western Reserve	New London
2005-06	St. Paul	Crestview	St. Paul	Western Reserve	Western Reserve	New London	New London
2006-07	Crestview, Monroeville	New London	St. Paul	Plymouth, Western Reserve	Crestview	New London	Monroeville
2007-08	St. Paul	New London	St. Paul	Western Reserve	Crestview	Crestview	Monroeville
2008-09	St. Paul	New London	St. Paul	Plymouth	Crestview	Mapleton	Crestview
2009-10	St. Paul	New London	St. Paul	Plymouth	Crestview	New London, Crestview	Western Reserve
2010-11	Western Reserve	New London	St. Paul	Western Reserve	Crestview	Crestview	Western Reserve
2011-12	Crestview	New London	Crestview	New London	St. Paul	Plymouth	New London
2012-13	St. Paul, Western Reserve	New London	Crestview	Western Reserve	Western Reserve	New London	New London
2013-14	St. Paul	New London	Crestview	Plymouth	St. Paul	New London	Crestview
2014-15	St. Paul	New London	Crestview	Plymouth	Mapleton	New London	Crestview
2015-16	St. Paul	Mapleton	New London	South Central	Mapleton	New London	Crestview
2016-17	St. Paul	Mapleton	St. Paul
2017-18	St Paul
2018-19	St. Paul	- style="text-align:left;"	2019-20	Western Reserve Girls Champions Year Volleyball Cross Country Basketball Softball Track & Field 1974-75 Mapleton No Champion Western Reserve No Champion No Champion 1975-76 Edison, Mapleton No Champion Edison No Champion Edison 1976-77 Black River No Champion Edison No Champion Edison 1977-78 St. Paul No Champion Western Reserve No Champion Edison 1978-79 Black River, St. Paul No Champion Monroeville No Champion Edison 1979-80 New London No Champion Mapleton No Champion New London 1980-81 Western Reserve No Champion Mapleton No Champion New London 1981-82 Western Reserve No Champion Western Reserve No Champion Edison 1982-83 Crestview No Champion Western Reserve No Champion Crestview 1983-84 Western Reserve No Champion Mapleton No Champion Edison 1984-85 Crestview No Champion Mapleton No Champion Edison 1985-86 Crestview St. Paul Edison Crestview Mapleton, New London 1986-87 Monroeville, St. Paul St. Paul Plymouth Black River, Crestview New London 1987-88 St. Paul Plymouth St. Paul, Western Reserve Black River, Crestview New London 1988-89 Monroeville Plymouth New London Crestview New London 1989-90 Monroeville, Western Reserve New London, St. Paul Crestview Black River 1990-91 New London Western Reserve Mapleton New London 1991-92 Western Reserve Western Reserve Mapleton Crestview, Mapleton Western Reserve 1992-93 Western Reserve Western Reserve St. Paul Mapleton Crestview 1993-94 St. Paul Western Reserve Mapleton Mapleton Crestview 1994-95 South Central New London Crestview, South Central Plymouth Western Reserve 1995-96 Crestview New London Crestview Plymouth New London 1996-97 Crestview New London Crestview Plymouth New London 1997-98 St. Paul Mapleton South Central Mapleton St. Paul 1998-99 St. Paul Mapleton Mapleton Crestview St. Paul 1999-00 South Central Mapleton St. Paul Mapleton St. Paul 2000-01 St. Paul Mapleton New London Crestview Western Reserve 2001-02 St. Paul Mapleton New London, St. Paul Plymouth Western Reserve 2002-03 St. Paul Mapleton St. Paul Plymouth Western Reserve 2003-04 St. Paul New London Plymouth Crestview Western Reserve 2004-05 St. Paul New London Western Reserve Crestview Western Reserve 2005-06 St. Paul New London Plymouth Mapleton Western Reserve 2006-07 St. Paul New London Western Reserve New London Western Reserve 2007-08 St. Paul New London Crestview Crestview, New London New London 2008-09 St. Paul Crestview Western Reserve New London New London 2009-10 St. Paul Crestview Western Reserve New London Western Reserve 2010-11 St. Paul Crestview Western Reserve New London Western Reserve 2011-12 Monroeville, St. Paul Crestview Western Reserve New London Western Reserve 2012-13 St. Paul Plymouth Western Reserve New London Western Reserve 2013-14 St. Paul New London South Central Monroeville, New London New London 2014-15 Monroeville New London South Central Mapleton, New London Western Reserve 2015-16 Monroeville New London Crestview Plymouth New London 2016-17 St. Paul New London 2017-18 2018-19 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 (Football) 1951 Class "B" State Champs as voted on by First and Ten magazine. 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. See also Ohio High School Athletic Association Ohio High School Athletic Conferences References "Firelands Conference Index". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-07-16. OHSAA Member Schools Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed 6 June 2008 "Crestview Win Loss Records". "Conference by Conference Listing 2004-2005". OHSAA. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-16. "Plymouth Win Loss Records". History of the Sandusky Bay Conference last accessed 1 Jan 2010 "Firelands Conference Standings". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Indiana University School of Journalism (2010-03-02). "APSE". Apsportseditors.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-04-01. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association State Champion Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-09. External links Firelands Conference History Fit for a Pirate? Ashland Times-Gazette, Dec 26, 2009 Monroeville Athletics (provided MHS FC league titles) FlyerFootball.com High School Wrestling Firelands Conference Championships Endicott, Oney get big win, Feb 15, 2010