Flint Metro League

Flint Metro League (FML) is a high school sports league in the Flint area of Michigan. It is composed of twelve high schools.

Flint Metro League
Sport
Founded1968
CEOExecutive Director: Gary Oyster
No. of teams12
CountryUnited States
Official websiteFlint Metro League

History

In 1968, six Flint area schools formed a new league to play against schools of similar size and to cut down on travel for some schools. Two teams, Fenton and Swartz Creek, joined from the County B League, and one each from the Big Nine Conference (Ainsworth), Wayne-Oakland League (Holly) and Tri-County League (Lapeer High) and a new high school: Carman. The league in 1983 contained 10 schools but by 2002 there were seven teams. Clio in 2005 and Swartz Creek in 2006 moved to the Flint Metro League as the conference was perceived as being overpowering to those schools.[1]

In 2006, the entire Big Nine Conference applied for membership in the league to encourage discussion on a merger. As a result of that and Kearsley's interest back in 2005–2006, a membership invitation was extended to Kearsley.[2]

In 2014, Flushing Schools joined the Flint Metro League from the Saginaw Valley Conference, replacing Lapeer East and West, which merged into Lapeer High and left the FML,[3] while in 2017, Owosso High School joined the FML after leaving the Capital Area Activities Conference.

In 2019, three members of the Genesee Area Conference left that conference to join the Flint Metro League, expanding the league to twelve teams and two divisions.

Member schools

Current members
School Nickname Location Joined Previous Conference
FentonTigersFenton1968Genesee County B League
Flint KearsleyHornetsGenesee Township2008Big Nine Conference
FlushingRaidersFlushing Township2014Saginaw Valley League
HollyBronchosHolly Township1968Wayne-Oakland County League
LindenEaglesArgentine Township1984Independent
Swartz CreekDragonsSwartz Creek1968Genesee County B League
2006Big Nine Conference
Ortonville BrandonBlackhawksBrandon Township2002Oakland Activities Association
ClioMustangsVienna Township2005Big Nine Conference
OwossoTrojansOwosso2017Capital Area Activities Conference
GoodrichMartiansGoodrich2019Genesee Area Conference
CorunnaCavaliersCorunna2019Genesee Area Conference
Lake FentonBlue DevilsFenton2019Genesee Area Conference

Former members
School Nickname Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Flint AinsworthSpartansMundy Township1968Independent1986None (school closed)
Flint CarmanCougarsFlint Township1968Independent1976Big Nine Conference
DurandRailroadersDurand1978Independent1997Mid-Michigan "B" Conference
Lapeer EastEaglesLapeer1976Independent2014None (school consolidated)
Lapeer WestPanthersLapeer1968Independent2014None (school closed)
Mount MorrisPanthersMount Morris Township1972Big Nine Conference2003Genesee Area Conference
Otisville LakeVilleFalconsForest Township1976Genesee County B League2002Genesee Area Conference
OxfordWildcatsOxford Township1984North Oakland Activities Conference2010Oakland Activities Association

Football

This list goes through the 2016 season.

#TeamFML ChampionshipsState Division Championship
1Fenton1972, 1977, 1983-1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2008, 2011-2017, 2019
2Lapeer West1968, 1974, 1989, 1995-1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 20131995 (Class A)
3Oxford1986, 1989-1994, 1998-2000, 2007, 20081992 (Class BB)
4Linden1986, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
5Flint Carman1969-1973
Flint Ainsworth1975-1977, 1980, 1981
7Durand1981-1983
8Swartz Creek1970, 1972
Otisville LakeVille1978, 1979
Lapeer East2004, 2011
Holly2011, 2012
12Mt. Morris1988
Ortonville Brandon2018
Flushing2018

Basketball
Conference Champions (Boys)
Year Stars Coach Stripes Coach Season End
2022 Goodrich (9-1) Gary Barns Flushing (8-2) Eric Smith
Conference Champions (Girls)
Year Stars Coach Stripes Coach Season End
2022 Lake Fenton (10-0) Brian VanBuren Flushing 18-4 (10-0) Larry Ford LF (F (Dist-F loss to Carman-Ainsworth

References
  1. Tunnicliff, Greg. "Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Archived from the original on December 10, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2007.
  2. Khan, Bill. "Kearsley invited to join Metro League". Flint Journal. Advance Newspapers. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  3. "Flushing to join Flint Metro League, creating 'major concern' in the Saginaw Valley League South Division". Retrieved July 18, 2016.
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