Downriver League
The Downriver League is an athletic conference for high schools in Michigan. It was formed in 2009 after the dissolution of the Michigan Mega Conference by schools in the "Downriver" area of Metro Detroit. In 2018, Dearborn Edsel Ford was brought into the league to the fill the opening left by Taylor Kennedy after it closed and consolidated with Taylor Truman to make Taylor High. In 2019, Melvindale left to join the Western Wayne Athletic Conference.
Membership timeline
DateFormat = yyyy
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20
Period = from:2009 till:2021
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<#
Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb
id:line value:black
id:bg value:white
id:Full value:rgb # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports
id:FullxF value:rgb # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football
id:AssocF value:rgb # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only
id:AssocOS value:rgb # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all
id:OtherC1 value:rgb # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference
id:OtherC2 value:rgb # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two
id:Bar1 value:rgb
id:Bar2 value:rgb
PlotData=
width:15 textcolor:black shift: anchor:from fontsize:s
bar:1 color:Full from:2009 till:end text:Allen Park
bar:2 color:Full from:2009 till:end text:Gibraltar Carlson
bar:3 color:Full from:2009 till:end text:Lincoln Park
bar:4 color:Full from:2009 till:2019 text:Melvindale
bar:5 color:Full from:2009 till:end text:Southgate Anderson
bar:6 color:Full from:2009 till:2018 text:Taylor Kennedy
bar:7 color:Full from:2009 till:2018 text:Taylor Truman
bar:7 color:Full from:2018 till:end text:Taylor
bar:8 color:Full from:2009 till:end text:Trenton
bar:9 color:Full from:2009 till:end text:Woodhaven
bar:10 color:Full from:2009 till:end text:Wyandotte Roosevelt
bar:11 color:Full from:2018 till:end text:Dearborn Edsel Ford
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2009
TextData =
fontsize:L
textcolor:black
pos: tabs:
text:^"Downriver League Membership History"
Football
This list goes through the 2025 season.| # | Team | DRL Championships |
| 1 | Gibraltar Carlson | 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
| 2 | Woodhaven | 2012, 2014, 2018–21 |
| 3 | Wyandotte Roosevelt | 2010-2013, 2017, 2020 |
| 4 | Allen Park | 2015, 2016, 2020–21 |
| 5 | Trenton | 2015, 2022 |
| 6 | Taylor Truman | 2012 |
| 7 | Melvindale | 2009 |