Macomb Area Conference

The Macomb Area Conference (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 35 members, spread across St. Clair County, Macomb 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, and boys hockey.

League History

The MAC was formed in 1986, and began competition in September 1987. The 17 charter member schools included ten from the Macomb Conference, five from the Bi-county League, and two from the Eastern Michigan league.

Charter members

Charter Members
Previous League School School
Macomb Conference Chippewa Valley Cousino
Eisenhower Utica Ford
Fraser Romeo
Sterling Heights Sterling Heights Stevenson
Utica Warren Woods-Tower
Bi-County Conference clinton twp Clintondale St. Clair Lake Shore
St. Clair Lakeview L'Anse Creuse
St. Clair South Lake
Eastern Michigan League Grosse Pointe North Roseville Brablec

Brablec was closed and merged with Roseville High School in 1988.

Expansion

First Expansion
In 1988 the remaining schools in the Eastern Michigan League joined the MAC.

Second Expansion
In 1992, Warren Mott High School joined the MAC. Warren Mott does not sing the National Anthem before home games.

Third Expansion
In 1995, six schools from the former St. Clair Area League joined the MAC:

Algonac, Imlay City and Richmond later left the conference to seek other affiliations. Dakota High school opened in 1995 and joined the MAC in 1996.

Fourth Expansion
In 1996, four schools from the former Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference joined the MAC:

Fifth Expansion
In 2003, Madison Heights Madison and Madison Heights Lamphere, from the OAA, and New Haven, from the Southern Thumb, joined the MAC.

Sixth Expansion
In 2008, Clawson from the OAA, joined the MAC.

Current Members

Football

NOTE: Statistics are as of the end of the 2007 season. The number of playoffs are the number of times a High School entered the playoffs when it was part of the MAC.

Red Division

School 2013
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Playoff
Appearances
First Season
in current division
Macomb Dakota 2,670 A 71---152001
Utica Eisenhower 2,063A 12----211987
Sterling Heights Stevenson 1,979A 10----161987
Chippewa Valley 2,450 A 3----151995
Warren Mott 1,826 A -- 3--21999
L'Anse Creuse North 1,879 A -- 11-11999

White Division

School 2013
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Playoff
Appearances
First Season
in current division
Romeo 1,787 A -72--122002
Grosse Pointe South 1,645 A --3--92004
New Baltimore Anchor Bay 1,883 A -121-62004
Utica 1,341 A -1---32004
Port Huron 1,381 A -2 3--32001
Utica Ford 1,981 A 12---72004

Blue Division

School 2013
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Playoff
Appearances
First Season
in current division
L'Anse Creuse 1,629 A -- 41-32006
Grosse Pointe North 1,343 A -43--121997
Fraser 1,701 A -6 ---52004
Warren Cousino 1,665 A -37--92006
Roseville 1,665 A -- 1--11997
Saint Clair Lakeview 1,379 A - -- -
-
-2001

Gold Division

School 2013
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Playoff
Appearances
First Season
in current division
Port Huron Northern 1,279 A -1---22002
Saint Clair 885 B - -- --
6
1999
Sterling Heights 1,455 A 111--42004
Warren Woods-Tower 1,133 A - -- 1282002
Marine City 603 B - -- 8-101997
Marysville 800 B - --4-71997

Silver Division

School 2013
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Playoff
Appearances
First Season
in current division
East Detroit 1,305 A -- 1---2002
Clinton Twp Clintondale 526 B - -2 -582004
Saint Clair Lake Shore 1,278 A - -- --11999
Madison Heights Madison 448 C - -
-
-
3
3
2004
Saint Clair South Lake 673 B - -- --31997
Warren Fitzgerald 910 B - ---221999

Bronze Division

School 2013
Enrollment
Class Red
Titles
White
Titles
Blue
Titles
Gold
Titles
Silver
Titles
Playoff
Appearances
First Season
in current division
Warren Lincoln 806 B- -- --12006
Clawson 576 B ------2008
Madison Heights Lamphere 793 B - -- --22004
Center Line 818 B - -- --42002
Mount Clemens 391 C - -1 2131995
New Haven 307 C - -- -122004

MAC Championships

Sources

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