Firelands Conference

The locations of member schools of the 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.

Conference membership

Current members

School Nickname Location Enrollment (CB/FB 2020) State FB Region (2020) Colors[2] Type Middle school Joined League
Crestview Cougars Weller Township 152 6:22 Red, White, Black
      		Public Crestview Middle School 1982[3]
Mapleton Mounties Orange Township 119 7:25 Royal Blue, Red
    		Public Mapleton Middle School (part of the HS) 1963[1]
Monroeville Eagles Monroeville 100 7:25 Black, Gold
    		Public Monroeville Junior High (part of the HS) 1960[1]
New London Wildcats New London 124 6:22 Red, Black,
    		Public New London Middle School 1970[4]
Plymouth Big Red Plymouth 96 7:25 Red, White
    		Public Shiloh Middle School 1982[5]
St. Paul Flyers Norwalk 95 7:25 Red, Black
    		Parochial-Catholic Norwalk Catholic Junior High 1968[4]
South Central Trojans Greenwich 99 7:26 Old Gold, White, & Black
      		Public South Central Middle School 1960[4]
Western Reserve Roughriders Collins 137 6:22 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

Source:[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

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

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 New London Crestview[9] St. Paul / New London New London
2017-18 St Paul Mapleton New London South Central, Western Reserve Crestview[10] St. Paul Crestview
2018-19 St. Paul New London New London Western Reserve St. Paul[11] St. Paul New London
2019-20 Western Reserve New London New London St. Paul, South Central, Western Reserve Crestview[12] (Covid - No Season) (Covid - No Season)
2020-21 Crestview, St. Paul, Monroeville St. Paul Mapleton Western Reserve Crestview, Plymouth St. Paul Crestview
2021-22 Crestview[13] St. Paul Mapleton Monroeville
2022-23 Crestview Monroeville
2023-24 St. Paul Crestview Monroeville
2024-25 Monroeville, St. Paul New London

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 St. Paul, Western Reserve Crestview St. Paul
2017-18 St. Paul Western Reserve Western Reserve Crestview St. Paul
2018-19 Crestview, St. Paul St. Paul Western Reserve Crestview New London
2019-20 Monroeville, St. Paul New London Crestview (Covid - No Season) (Covid - No Season)
2020-21 Monroeville Crestview Crestview, St. Paul Crestview Crestview
2021-22 St. Paul Crestview Monroeville
  • 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,[14] 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.

  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Firelands Conference Index". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  2. ^ a b OHSAA Member Schools Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed 6 June 2008
  3. ^ "Crestview Win Loss Records".
  4. ^ a b c "Conference by Conference Listing 2004-2005". OHSAA. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  5. ^ "Plymouth Win Loss Records".
  6. ^ History of the Sandusky Bay Conference last accessed 1 Jan 2010
  7. ^ a b "Firelands Conference Standings". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
  8. ^ a b Indiana University School of Journalism (2010-03-02). "APSE". Apsportseditors.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  9. ^ "Champs crowned at FC Championships". norwalkreflector.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  10. ^ "St. Paul third at FC championships". norwalkreflector.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  11. ^ "Baumspage Results". www.baumspage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  12. ^ "Baumspage Results". www.baumspage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  13. ^ Source, Ashland. "Crestview topples Mapleton to claim undisputed Firelands Conference title". Ashland Source. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  14. ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association State Champion Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-09.