The Macomb Area Conference (abbreviated to MAC) (formerly known as the Macomb Athletic Conference) is a high school sports league located in Southeastern Michigan. It is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). There are currently 36 members, spread across Macomb County, St. Clair County, Oakland County, and Wayne County.

The MAC offers sports for both boys and girls, including boys and girls cross country, boys football, boys and girls basketball, boys baseball, and girls softball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls swimming, girls volleyball, boys and girls track and field, wrestling, boys hockey, and boys and girls tennis.

League History

The MAC was formed in 1986 through the merger of the Macomb Conference and the Bi-County Conference, and began competition in September 1987.

Charter members

Charter Members
Previous league School
Macomb Conference Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, Fraser, Romeo, Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights Stevenson, Utica, Utica Eisenhower, Utica Ford, Warren Cousino, Warren Woods-Tower
Bi-County Conference Clinton Township Clintondale, Grosse Pointe North, Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse, Roseville Brablec, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, St. Clair Shores Lakeview, St. Clair Shores South Lake

Expansion

First Expansion
Brablec was closed and consolidated with Roseville High School in 1989. Roseville then joined the MAC the same year in place of Brablec.

Second Expansion
In 1990 the Eastern Michigan League was disbanded and all its former members joined the MAC.

Third Expansion
In 1992, Warren High and C. S. Mott High consolidated and became Warren Mott High School, which joined the MAC in place of South Lake, which left to join the Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference the same year.

Fourth Expansion
In 1996, both the St. Clair Area League and the Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference were disbanded. All six of the former members of the SCAL and four of the eight schools from the MOAC (specifically, all the schools located in Macomb County) joined the MAC that same year.

St. Clair Area League:

Macomb-Oakland Area Conference:

In addition, Dakota High School also joined the MAC in 1996 after being built in Macomb Township the previous year, making for a total of 11 schools joining the conference that year.

† -Both Imlay City and Richmond left in 1999 to join the Southern Thumb Athletic Association
‡ -Algonac left in 2002 to join the newly formed Blue Water Area Conference
* -South Lake rejoined the MAC after leaving four years prior

Fifth Expansion
In 2004, Madison Heights Madison and Madison Heights Lamphere, from the Oakland Activities Association, and New Haven, which previously ran an independent schedule, joined the MAC.

Sixth Expansion
In 2008, Clawson, from the Metro Conference, joined the MAC.

In 2016, Mt. Clemens left the MAC to seek an independent affiliation.

Seventh Expansion
In 2019, Hazel Park, from the Oakland Activities Association, joined the MAC.[1]

Current members

Former Members

Membership Timeline with Football Divisions

MAC Red MAC White MAC Blue MAC Gold MAC Silver MAC Bronze MAC St. Clair MAC Macomb-Oakland

Football

NOTE: Statistics are as of the end of the 2020 season.

Red Division

School2020
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Macomb Dakota3,007A101----2001 2022
Utica Eisenhower2,599A14-----1987 2017
Sterling Heights Stevenson2,545A12-----1987 2021
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley2,347A5-----1995 2019
Anchor Bay1,950A-321--2022 2021 (White Division)
Romeo1,713A292---2016 2021

White Division

School2020
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse1,383A--12--2022 2019 (Gold Division)
Grosse Pointe South1,477A-541--2022 2022
Roseville1,497A--2---2022 2017 (Blue Division)
Utica1,916A-2----2004 2010
St. Clair Shores Lakeview1,390A----1-2020 2010 (Silver Division)
Utica Ford1,830A12----2014 2003

Blue Division

School2020
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Macomb L’anse Creuse North1,866A--21--2022 2013
Port Huron1,234A-48---2012 2022
Warren Mott1,497A-43---2022 2020
Fraser1,538A-6----2018 1998 (White Division)
Sterling Heights1,486A1121--2020 2019 (Gold Division)
Port Huron Northern1,198A-13---2018 2022

Gold Division

School2020
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
St. Clair Shores Lakeshore1,152A------2022 -
Warren Cousino1,306A--49--2018 2016 (Blue Division)
St. Clair782B---2--2020 2021
Warren Woods Tower1,137A---22-2014 2018
Eastpointe828B--12--2018 2020
Grosse Pointe North1,237A-451--2020 2022

Silver Division

School2020
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Marine City538B---175-2018 2022
Hazel Park659B------2019 -
Warren Fitzgerald908A----5-2020 2016
Madison Heights Madison361C---111-2004 2018
Clinton Township Clintondale365C--2-632020 2016 (Bronze Division)
Marysville862A---61-2018 2016 (Gold Division)

Bronze Division

School2020
Enrollment
ClassRed
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Bronze
Titles
First Season
in current division
Most recent Division Title
Warren Lincoln590B-----32008 2008
St. Clair Shores South Lake485B----122020 2016 (Silver Division)
Clawson464B-----32018 2015
Madison Heights Lamphere775B----132014 2021
Center Line639B-----22010 2022
New Haven344C----112008 2004 (Silver Division)

MAC Championships

**- denotes that the team won a state championship title that year

References

  1. "Hazel Park joins the MAC; kicks off competition in the 2019-2020 school year". macombdaily.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

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