Macomb Area Conference

The Macomb Area Conference (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

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

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

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

Former Members

Membership Timeline with Football Divisions

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

Football

NOTE: Statistics are as of the end of the 2018 season.

Red Division

School2019
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Macomb Dakota3,034A81----2001
Utica Eisenhower2,617A14-----1987
Sterling Heights Stevenson2,498A10-----1987
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley2,386A4-----1995
New Baltimore Anchor Bay1,993A-121--2018
Romeo1,892A192---2016

White Division

School2019
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North1,957A--21--2016
Grosse Pointe South1,510A-34---2014
Warren Mott1,513A-33---2018
Utica1,899A-2----2004
Grosse Pointe North1,295A-45---2018
Utica Ford1,812A12----2014

Blue Division

School2019
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
St. Clair Shores Lakeview1,404A----1-2018
Port Huron1,309A-45---2012
Warren Cousino1,448A-49---2014
Fraser1,538A-6----2018
Roseville1,252A--2---2014
Port Huron Northern1,284A-11---2018

Gold Division

School2019
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Sterling Heights1,464A1121--2018
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse1,434A--41--2018
St. Clair Shores Lake Shore1,237A------2016
Warren Woods Tower1,148A---22-2014
Eastpointe926A--1---2018
Warren Fitzgerald1,020A----5-2018

Silver Division

School2019
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Marine City521B---16--2018
Hazel Park707B------2019
St. Clair780B---1--2018
Madison Heights Madison307C---111-2004
St. Clair Shores South Lake531B----122012
Marysville869A---61-2018

Bronze Division

School2019
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Warren Lincoln653B-----32008
Clinton Township Clintondale392C--2-632019
Clawson515B-----32018
Madison Heights Lamphere775B----112014
Center Line696B-----12010
New Haven346C----112008

MAC Championships

References

Sources

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