Patriot Athletic Conference (Ohio)

The Patriot Athletic Conference (PAC-12) was an Ohio high school athletic league made up of 12 schools from around the Cleveland area that existed from 2005-2006 to the 2018-2019 school year. All member schools were also members of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

Members

The following were members over the league's tenure:{{cite web |url=http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/4736425 |title=Times-Gazette.com - Fit for a Pirate? Black River High School ponders questions about the impending expansion of the Patriot Athletic Conference |accessdate=2010-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104191729/http://times-gazette.com/news/article/4736425 |archivedate=2010-01-04 }} Access Date: 7 March 2010

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class="wikitable sortable" !School !Nickname !Location !District !Colors[http://www.cdab.org/members.asp OHSAA Member Schools] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125005320/http://www.cdab.org/members.asp \|date=November 25, 2010 }}, last accessed 17 August 2011 !Middle school !Tenure
colspan="7" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:white;" \| Stars Division
Black River \|align=center\|Pirates \|align=center\|Sullivan \|align=center\|5:15 \|align=center\|Black, Gold {{color box\|black\|border=silver}} {{color box\|gold\|border=silver}} \|Black River Middle School \|2005-2020
Brookside \|align=center\|Cardinals \|align=center\|Sheffield \|align=center\|4:12 \|align=center\|Red, Black {{color box\|red\|border=silver}} {{color box\|black\|border=silver}} \|Sheffield Middle School \|2005-2020
Buckeye \|align=center\|Bucks \|align=center\|Mallet Creek \|align=center\|3:8 \|align=center\|Brown, Orange, White {{color box\|#300000\|border=silver}} {{color box\|#D7552A\|border=silver}} {{color box\|white\|border=silver}} \|Buckeye Junior High \|2005-2019
Firelands \|align=center\|Falcons \|align=center\|Oberlin \|align=center\|4:12 \|align=center\|Red, White, Black {{color box\|red\|border=silver}} {{color box\|white\|border=silver}} {{color box\|black\|border=silver}} \|South Amherst Middle School \|2011-2020
Keystone \|align=center\|Wildcats \|align=center\|LaGrange \|align=center\|4:12 \|align=center\|Purple, White {{color box\|purple\|border=silver}} {{color box\|white\|border=silver}} \|Keystone Middle School \|2005-2020
Wellington \|align=center\|Dukes \|align=center\|Wellington \|align=center\|5:16 \|align=center\|Maroon, White {{color box\|#800000\|border=silver}} {{color box\|white\|border=silver}} \|McCormick Middle School \|2005-2020
colspan="7" style="background:#B22234; color:white;" \| Stripes Division
Brooklyn \|align=center\|Hurricanes \|align=center\|Brooklyn \|align=center\|3:8 \|align=center\|Blue, Gold {{color box\|blue\|border=silver}} {{color box\|gold\|border=silver}} \|Brooklyn Middle School \|2005-2019
Clearview \|align=center\|Clippers \|align=center\|Lorain \|align=center\|4:12 \|align=center\|Blue, Gold {{color box\|blue\|border=silver}} {{color box\|gold\|border=silver}} \|Durling Middle School \|2005-2020
Columbia \|align=center\|Raiders \|align=center\|Columbia Station \|align=center\|5:16 \|align=center\|Kelly Green, White {{color box\|#4CBB17\|border=silver}} {{color box\|white\|border=silver}} \|Columbia Middle School \|2005-2020
Fairview \|align=center\|Warriors \|align=center\|Fairview Park \|align=center\|4:11 \|align=center\|Scarlet, Gray {{color box\|#FF2400\|border=silver}} {{color box\|gray\|border=silver}} \|Lewis F. Mayer Middle School \|2011-2019
Lutheran West \|align=center\|Longhorns \|align=center\|Rocky River \|align=center\|5:15 \|align=center\|Red, White {{color box\|red\|border=silver}} {{color box\|white\|border=silver}} \| \|2005-2019
Oberlin \|align=center\|Phoenix \|align=center\|Oberlin \|align=center\|6:19 \|align=center\|Red, Blue {{color box\|red\|border=silver}} {{color box\|blue\|border=silver}} \|Langston Middle School \|2005-2020

class="wikitable sortable"

!School

!Nickname

!Location

!District

!Colors[http://www.cdab.org/members.asp OHSAA Member Schools] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125005320/http://www.cdab.org/members.asp |date=November 25, 2010 }}, last accessed 17 August 2011

!Middle school

!Tenure

colspan="7" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:white;" | Stars Division

Black River

|align=center|Pirates

|align=center|Sullivan

|align=center|5:15

|align=center|Black, Gold
{{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}

|Black River Middle School

|2005-2020

Brookside

|align=center|Cardinals

|align=center|Sheffield

|align=center|4:12

|align=center|Red, Black
{{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}

|Sheffield Middle School

|2005-2020

Buckeye

|align=center|Bucks

|align=center|Mallet Creek

|align=center|3:8

|align=center|Brown, Orange, White
{{color box|#300000|border=silver}} {{color box|#D7552A|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|Buckeye Junior High

|2005-2019

Firelands

|align=center|Falcons

|align=center|Oberlin

|align=center|4:12

|align=center|Red, White, Black
{{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}

|South Amherst Middle School

|2011-2020

Keystone

|align=center|Wildcats

|align=center|LaGrange

|align=center|4:12

|align=center|Purple, White
{{color box|purple|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|Keystone Middle School

|2005-2020

Wellington

|align=center|Dukes

|align=center|Wellington

|align=center|5:16

|align=center|Maroon, White
{{color box|#800000|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|McCormick Middle School

|2005-2020

colspan="7" style="background:#B22234; color:white;" | Stripes Division

Brooklyn

|align=center|Hurricanes

|align=center|Brooklyn

|align=center|3:8

|align=center|Blue, Gold
{{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}

|Brooklyn Middle School

|2005-2019

Clearview

|align=center|Clippers

|align=center|Lorain

|align=center|4:12

|align=center|Blue, Gold
{{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}

|Durling Middle School

|2005-2020

Columbia

|align=center|Raiders

|align=center|Columbia Station

|align=center|5:16

|align=center|Kelly Green, White
{{color box|#4CBB17|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|Columbia Middle School

|2005-2020

Fairview

|align=center|Warriors

|align=center|Fairview Park

|align=center|4:11

|align=center|Scarlet, Gray
{{color box|#FF2400|border=silver}} {{color box|gray|border=silver}}

|Lewis F. Mayer Middle School

|2011-2019

Lutheran West

|align=center|Longhorns

|align=center|Rocky River

|align=center|5:15

|align=center|Red, White
{{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|2005-2019

Oberlin

|align=center|Phoenix

|align=center|Oberlin

|align=center|6:19

|align=center|Red, Blue
{{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|blue|border=silver}}

|Langston Middle School

|2005-2020

League history

The league was formed in 2005 from members of the Mohican Area Conference (Black River and Buckeye), the Lorain County Conference (Brookside, Clearview, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington), and the Metropolitan Area Conference (Brooklyn, Columbia, and Lutheran West). Firelands and Fairview joined in 2011.

In 2017, the eight primarily Lorain County schools (Brookside, Clearview, Columbia, Firelands, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington, as well as Black River) announced they would leave the PAC in 2020 to form their own league.{{cite web | last = Shapiro| first = Todd| title = PAC to dissolve in 2020 as eight Lorain County teams set to form new league| publisher = Elyria Chronicle-Telegram | date = December 13, 2017| url = http://www.chroniclet.com/high-school-sports/2017/12/13/PAC-to-dissolve-in-2020-as-eight-Lorain-County-teams-set-to-form-new-league.html| accessdate = December 29, 2017}}[http://highschoolsports.cleveland.com/news/article/-165146828988122904/patriot-athletic-conference-facing-breakup-in-2020/ Patriot Athletic Conference facing breakup in 2020 - cleveland.com]

In response to the league's imminent dissolution, Brooklyn and Lutheran West were accepted by a league-wide vote in April 2018 to join the Chagrin Valley Conference in 2019-20.{{cite news | last = Kampf| first = John| title = Chagrin Valley Conference adds six schools starting in 2019-20| newspaper = The News-Herald | date = April 20, 2018| url = http://www.news-herald.com/sports/20180420/chagrin-valley-conference-adds-six-schools-starting-in-2019-20| accessdate = June 6, 2018}}

In May 2018, Buckeye and Fairview were approved to join the Great Lakes Conference for the 2019-20 school year as their eighth and ninth members.{{cite web | last = Kampf| first = John| title = Fairview Athletics to Join Great Lakes Conference in 2019| publisher = Fairview Park City Schools | date = May 10, 2018| url = http://www.fairviewparkschools.org/fairview-to-join-great-lakes-conference-in-2019/| accessdate = June 11, 2018}}

The new league with the eight predominantly Lorain County schools would choose the name of Lorain County League and began league play with the 2019-20 school year.

References

External links

[http://pactwelve.org/ Patriot Athletic Conference - Official Site]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100104191729/http://times-gazette.com/news/article/4736425 Fit for a Pirate?]

Category:Ohio high school sports conferences

Patriot Athletic Conference (Ohio)

Members

League history

See also

References

External links