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Genesee Area Conference

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

The Genesee Area Conference (GAC) is a high school athletic conference in Genesee County, Michigan. It was originally 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.

History

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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 to 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

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Current members

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Team Location Class Enrollment Joined Previous Conference
Atherton Wolverines Burton C 255 1978 Mid-Eastern 8 Conference
Beecher Buccaneers Mt. Morris Township C 231 2009[7] Independents
(FML 2002)
Bendle Tigers Burton C 325 1978[1] Mid-Eastern Eight Conference[4]
Bentley Bulldogs Burton C 274 1978 Genesee County B League
Genesee Christian Soldiers Burton D 106 2020 Michigan Association of Christian Schools
Hamady Hawks Mt. Morris Township B 476 1978 Mid-Eastern 8 Conference
International Phoenix Flint C 200 2020
Madison Eagles Burton C 203 2020
Morrice Orioles Morrice D 161 2010 Independents
(SMAA 2008)
New Standard Warriors Flint D 146 2020
Southwestern Knights Flint A 857 2019 Saginaw Valley Conference
Webberville Spartans Webberville D 168 2010 Independents
(SMAA 2008)

Current Divisions

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Genesee Area Conference
Blue Red
Webberville Beecher
Madison Academy Genesee Christian
International Academy Bendle
Morrice Bentley
Atherton Hamady

Former members

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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
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
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

Football

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

# Team G8/GAC Championships State Division Championships
1 Montrose 1981, 1983–1985, 1988–1996, 1998–2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011-2013 1998 (Class CC), 2002 (Division 5)
2 New Lothrop 1983, 2002-2006, 2010-2017 2006 (Division 8), 2018 (Division 6)
3 Lake Fenton 1978, 2005-2007, 2016-2017
Goodrich 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018
4 Flint Hamady 1979, 1980, 1982, 2007, 2018
6 Burton Bendle 1986, 1987, 1997
7 Mt. Morris 2003, 2005
Genesee 1999, 2009
Flint Beecher 2009, 2014
10 Linden 1981
Burton Bentley 2008
Corunna 2015

References

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