Genesee Area Conference

The Genesee Area Conference (GAC) is a high school athletic conference in Genesee County, Michigan. It was original called the Genesee Eight Athletic Conference.[1] Since 2002, the GAC operates with two divisions: Blue and Red.[2] In 2019, all members of the red division left to join the Flint Metro League conference, leaving the GAC with only four teams.

Genesee Area Conference
FormerlyGenesee Eight Conference
Sporthigh school
Founded1978
Country{USA}

History

The Genesee Eight Athletic Conference began in 1978[1] with three high schools from the Genesee County B League[3] and five from the Mid-Eastern Eight Conference.[4] Beginning in 1999, the Conference renamed itself to Genesee Area Conference with the addition of Genesee High School bring up the number of High Schools to ten. The Genesee Wolves also took the Football championship that year.[5] With the 2002 football season, the GAC split the Conference into two divisions (Blue and Red) of six high schools [6] with the addition of Mt. Morris and Lakeville High Schools.[2] In recent years, however, it has lost a large number of members, as in 2018, six of its members broke off from the conference to form the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference, and three of its members left to join the Flint Metro League. 2019 saw it gain a member in Flint Southwestern, but also lose a member in Bentley.

Member schools

Current members
Team Location Class Enrollment Joined Previous Conference
Burton Bendle Tigers Burton C 393 1978[1] Mid-Eastern Eight Conference[4]
Flint Southwestern Knights Flint
Flint Hamady Hawks Mt. Morris Township A 944 2019 Saginaw Valley League
Flint Beecher Bucs Mt. Morris Township C 327 2009[7] Independent

Former members
Team Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Linden Eagles Argentine Township 1978[1] Genesee County B League[3] 1982 Independent[8]
Montrose Rams Montrose 1978 Mid-Eastern Eight Conference 2018 Mid-Michigan Activities Conference
New Lothrop Hornets New Lothrop 1982 Independent 2018 Mid-Michigan Activities Conference
Byron Eagles Byron 1991 Mid-State Athletic Conference 2018 Mid-Michigan Activities Conference
Goodrich Martians Atlas Township 1978 Mid-Eastern Eight Conference 2019 Flint Metro League
Corunna Cavaliers Corunna 2014 Capital Area Activities Conference 2019 Flint Metro League
Lake Fenton Blue Devils Fenton Township 1978 Genesee County B League 2019 Flint Metro League
Burton Atherton Wolverines Burton 1978 Mid-Eastern Eight Conference 2019 Defunct
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep Fighting Irish Pontiac 2018 Independent 2019 Independent
Genesee Wolves Genesee Township 1999 Southern Thumb Athletic Association 2018 North Central Thumb 8-Man League
Otisville LakeVille Falcons Otisville 2002/2017 Flint Metro League/Tri-Valley Conference 2013/2018 Tri-Valley Conference/Mid-Michigan Activities Conference
Mount Morris Panthers Mount Morris 2002 Flint Metro League 2018 Mid-Michigan Activities Conference
Durand Railroaders Durand 2005 Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference - B 2018 Mid-Michigan Activities Conference
Dryden Cardinals Dryden Township 2010 North Central Thumb League 2013 North Central Thumb 8-Man League
Webberville Spartans Webberville 2010 Independent 2013 Southern Michigan 8-Man Football League
Morrice Orioles Morrice 2010 Independent 2014 Central Michigan 8-Man Football Conference
Perry Ramblers Perry 2012 Capital Area Activities Conference 2014 Greater Lansing Athletic Conference
Burton Bentley Bulldogs Burton 1978[1] Genesee County B League[3] 2019 Independent

Football

This conference championship list goes through the 2018 season. Morrice and Webberville complete in the Central Michigan 8-Man Football Conference.

#TeamG8/GAC ChampionshipsState Division Championships
1Montrose1981, 1983-1985, 1988-1996, 1998-2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011-20131998 (Class CC), 2002 (Division 5)
2New Lothrop1983, 2002-2006, 2010-20172006 (Division 8), 2018 (Division 6)
3Lake Fenton1978, 2005-2007, 2016-2017
Goodrich2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018
4Flint Hamady1979, 1980, 1982, 2007, 2018
6Burton Bendle1986, 1987, 1997
7Mt. Morris2003, 2005
Genesee1999, 2009
Flint Beecher2009, 2014
10Linden1981
Burton Bentley2008
Corunna2015
gollark: HAX!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gollark: It's the picture of the message there which is.
gollark: ++delete <@319753218592866315> (rule 4, stupidity)
gollark: I dislike it.
gollark: Anyway, acceptable pronouns for me:`the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls's/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls's/the supreme overlord of all, master of all space and time, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls``ţͦͧh́͐̍e̎̇͒y̸̯̱/t̰̺͡h̐ͤ͊ē̺̓m̘̹̑/t̄͋ͫ҉h̏̌̔e͙̭̩i̬ͅͅr̄̓ͨ҉̫͎͙/tͬͤ̆h̅͑̿ē̴̏ị̍̅r̷͎s̽͛̌/t̽͛̈hͪ̄ͭė̔̂m͑̊ͪś̀̚ĕͯ̎ḻ̡̤f̃ͧ̾҉͉̗͔``hͫ́̄eͬ̅̚/h̓ͭ̈i̇̊̚m̏͂͗҉͉̜̖/ḣ̅ͧi̍͛̇s̽̎͆/h̔̒̓î̀̓s̉͋̅/h̃ͩͩ҉̗͎̯iͦͣ̈mͧ͒̂s̃̽ͦȇ̈ͩlͨͩ̀fͮ̿͒``No pronouns. (Do not refer to me in any way.)`

References
  1. Genesee Eight Athletic Conference 1978 Football Season
  2. 2002 Michigan High School Football Standings: Genesee Area Conference Red Division
  3. Michigan High School Football: 1977 Michigan High School Football Standings -- Genesee County "B" League
  4. Michigan High School Football: Michigan High School Football Standings -- Mid-Eastern Eight Conference 1977
  5. 1999 Michigan High School Football Standings: Genesee Area Conference
  6. 2002 Michigan High School Football Standings: Genesee Area Conference Blue Division
  7. 2018 Michigan High School Football Standings: Genesee Area Conference
  8. Michigan High School Football: Linden Eagles
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.