Flint Metro League

Flint Metro League
Sport
Founded1968
CEOExecutive Director: Gary Oyster
No. of teams12
CountryUnited States
Official websiteFlint Metro League

Flint Metro League (FML) is a high school sports league in the Flint area of Michigan. It is composed of twelve high schools.

History

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In 1968, six Flint area schools formed a new league to play against schools of similar size and to cut down on travel for some schools. Two teams, Fenton and Swartz Creek, joined from the County B League, and one each from the Big Nine Conference (Ainsworth), Wayne-Oakland League (Holly) and Tri-County League (Lapeer High) and a new high school: Carman. The league in 1983 contained 10 schools but by 2002 there were seven teams. Clio in 2005 and Swartz Creek in 2006 moved to the Flint Metro League as the conference was perceived as being overpowering to those schools.[1]

In 2006, the entire Big Nine Conference applied for membership in the league to encourage discussion on a merger. As a result of that and Kearsley's interest back in 2005–2006, a membership invitation was extended to Kearsley.[2]

In 2014, Flushing Schools joined the Flint Metro League from the Saginaw Valley Conference, replacing Lapeer East and West, which merged into Lapeer High and left the FML,[3] while in 2017, Owosso High School joined the FML after leaving the Capital Area Activities Conference.

In 2019, three members of the Genesee Area Conference left that conference to join the Flint Metro League, expanding the league to twelve teams and two divisions.

Member schools

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Current members

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School Nickname Location Joined Previous Conference
Fenton Tigers Fenton 1968 Genesee County B League
Flint Kearsley Hornets Genesee Township 2008 Big Nine Conference
Flushing Raiders Flushing Township 2014 Saginaw Valley League
Holly Bronchos Holly Township 1968 Wayne-Oakland County League
Linden Eagles Argentine Township 1984 Independent
Swartz Creek Dragons Swartz Creek 1968 Genesee County B League
2006 Big Nine Conference
Ortonville Brandon Blackhawks Brandon Township 2002 Oakland Activities Association
Clio Mustangs Vienna Township 2005 Big Nine Conference
Owosso Trojans Owosso 2017 Capital Area Activities Conference
Goodrich Martians Goodrich 2019 Genesee Area Conference
Corunna Cavaliers Corunna 2019 Genesee Area Conference
Lake Fenton Blue Devils Fenton 2019 Genesee Area Conference

Former members

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School Nickname Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Flint Ainsworth Spartans Mundy Township 1968 Independent 1986 None (school closed)
Flint Carman Cougars Flint Township 1968 Independent 1976 Big Nine Conference
Durand Railroaders Durand 1978 Independent 1997 Mid-Michigan "B" Conference
Lapeer East Eagles Lapeer 1976 Independent 2014 None (school consolidated)
Lapeer West Panthers Lapeer 1968 Independent 2014 None (school closed)
Mount Morris Panthers Mount Morris Township 1972 Big Nine Conference 2003 Genesee Area Conference
Otisville LakeVille Falcons Forest Township 1976 Genesee County B League 2002 Genesee Area Conference
Oxford Wildcats Oxford Township 1984 North Oakland Activities Conference 2010 Oakland Activities Association

Football

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This list goes through the 2016 season.

# Team FML Championships State Division Championship
1 Fenton 1972, 1977, 1983-1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2008, 2011-2017, 2019
2 Lapeer West 1968, 1974, 1989, 1995-1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2013 1995 (Class A)
3 Oxford 1986, 1989-1994, 1998-2000, 2007, 2008 1992 (Class BB)
4 Linden 1986, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
5 Flint Carman 1969-1973
Flint Ainsworth 1975-1977, 1980, 1981
7 Durand 1981-1983
8 Swartz Creek 1970, 1972
Otisville LakeVille 1978, 1979
Lapeer East 2004, 2011
Holly 2011, 2012
12 Mt. Morris 1988
Ortonville Brandon 2018
Flushing 2018

Basketball

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Conference Champions (Boys)
Year Stars Coach Stripes Coach Season End
2022 Goodrich (9-1) Gary Barns Flushing (8-2) Eric Smith
Conference Champions (Girls)
Year Stars Coach Stripes Coach Season End
2022 Lake Fenton (10-0) Brian VanBuren Flushing 18-4 (10-0) Larry Ford LF (F (Dist-F loss to Carman-Ainsworth

References

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  1. ^ Tunnicliff, Greg. "Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Archived from the original on December 10, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2007.
  2. ^ Khan, Bill. "Kearsley invited to join Metro League". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  3. ^ "Flushing to join Flint Metro League, creating 'major concern' in the Saginaw Valley League South Division". Retrieved July 18, 2016.