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. 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.

Former members

 * 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
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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.

Girls Champions

 * 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, dating back to the beginning of Ohio High School Athletic Association sponsored tournaments.

Boys (Football) 1951 Class "B" State Champs as voted on by First and Ten magazine.
 * Crestivew
 * Boys Golf - 2012
 * Monroeville
 * Boys Basketball - 1984
 * Boys Wrestling - 2010
 * New London
 * Boys Track and Field – 1946 *
 * 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.