Firelands Conference
The Firelands Conference is an Ohio High School Athletic Association 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.
Conference membership
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
Source: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 and South.
- 1986: Edison leaves to join the Sandusky Bay Conference. The divisions dissolve.
1990s
- 1993: Black River leaves to eventually join the Mohican Area Conference.
DateFormat = yyyy
ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:25
Period = from:1960 till:2023
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5
Colors = id:barcolor
id:line value:black
id:bg value:white
PlotData=
width:20 textcolor:black shift: anchor:from fontsize:m
bar:1 color:orange from:1960 till:1968 text:Berlin Heights
bar:2 color:red from:1960 textcolor:white till:1968 text:Milan
bar:3 color:yellow from:1960 till:end text:Monroeville
bar:4 color:black from:1960 till:end textcolor:yellow text:South Central
bar:5 color:red from:1960 till:1963 text:Perkins
bar:6 color:blue from:1960 till:end textcolor:white text:Western Reserve
bar:7 color:skyblue from:1963 till:1970 text:Hillsdale
bar:8 color:red from:1963 till:end textcolor:blue text:Mapleton
bar:9 color:yellow from:1964 till:1993 text:Black River
bar:2 color:orange from:1968 till:1986 textcolor:brightblue text:Edison
bar:10 color:black from:1968 till:end textcolor:white text:St. Paul
bar:11 color:red from:1970 till:end text:New London
bar:12 color:black from:1982 till:end textcolor:white text:Crestview
bar:13 color:red from:1982 till:end textcolor:white text:Plymouth
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:10 start:1960
TextData =
fontsize:L
textcolor:black
pos: # tabs:
text:"Firelands Conference Membership History"
Conference Champions
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.- Crestivew
- *Boys Golf - 2012Monroeville
- * Boys Basketball - 1984
- * Boys Wrestling - 2010New London
- * Boys Track and Field – 1946 *
- * Boys Cross Country – 1993Plymouth
- * Boys Cross Country – 1971 *
- * Boys Cross Country – 1974 *St. Paul
- * Girls Volleyball - 2002
- * Girls Volleyball - 2006
- * Boys Football - 1969
- * Boys Football - 2009