Tri-County Conference (Michigan)

The Tri-County Conference (TCC) is an MHSAA athletic league currently located in Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Monroe Counties.

Member schools

Current members
Locations of the members of the Tri-County Conference from 2011-2019.

The following schools are currently members:[1]

School Nickname Location Class Enrollment Colors Joined Previous Conference
Adrian Lenawee Christian[lower-alpha 1] Cougars Adrian D 138       2023 Independent
Britton Deerfield[lower-alpha 2] Patriots Britton D 138       2011 None (school opened)
Erie Mason Eagles Erie Township C 373     2020 Lenawee County Athletic Association
Morenci[lower-alpha 2] Bulldogs Morenci D 165     1981 Lenawee County Athletic Association
Ottawa Lake Whiteford Bobcats Whiteford Township C 264     1975 Michigan-Ohio Border Conference
Petersburg Summerfield Bulldogs Summerfield Township D 172     1973 River Raisin Conference
Sand Creek Aggies Madison Township C 271     1975 Lenawee County Athletic Association
Notes
  1. Lenawee Christian participates in 8-man football as a member of the Southern Michigan 8-Man Football League.
  2. Britton Deerfield and Morenci participate in 8-man football as members of the Tri-River 8-Man Football Conference.

Associate members
School Nickname Location Class Enrollment Colors Sport(s) Joined Primary Conference
Pittsford Wildcats Pittsford Township D 129     Bowling 2020 Southern Central Athletic Association

Former members
School Nickname Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard Fighting Irish Ann Arbor Township 1973 Catholic High School League 1976 Independent
Britton-Macon Tories Britton 1973 River Raisin Conference 2011 None (school consolidated)
Deerfield Minutemen Deerfield 1973 River Raisin Conference 2011 None (school consolidated)
Whitmore Lake Trojans Northfield Township 1973 Independent 2019 Michigan Independent Athletic Conference
Clinton Redskins Clinton 2007 Lenawee County Athletic Association 2020 Lenawee County Athletic Association
Adrian Madison Trojans Madison Township 1973 River Raisin Conference 2023 Lenawee County Athletic Association

History

The league began with the 1973-74 sports season.[2] The charter members were Britton-Macon, Deerfield, and Madison in Lenawee Country, St. Thomas (Now Father Gabriel Richard) and Whitmore Lake in Washtenaw County, and Summerfield in Monroe County. Whiteford would leave the Michigan-Ohio Border Conference and Sand Creek would leave the Lenawee County Athletic Association (LCAA) to join the TCC beginning in the 1975-76 sports season, while St. Thomas would depart to be an independent at the conclusion of the season. Morenci would leave the LCAA and join the conference in 1981. In 2007, Clinton would also leave the LCAA to join the conference. This would give the TCC 9 member schools at one time.[3]

Britton-Macon and Deerfield combined all sports starting with the 2009-10 sports season, although they already were combining some sports for several years. Their districts combined on July 1, 2011 into the Britton Deerfield School District.[4]

In 2018, Whitmore Lake elected to leave the conference in favor of joining the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference for the 2019-2020 season.[5] However, Erie Mason was invited to join the TCC in its place beginning in the 2020-21 athletic year.[6]

In 2019, Clinton announced it would depart the conference and return to LCAA beginning in the 2020-21 athletic year.[7] To take their place, Pittsford announced they would join the league as an associate member in football, wrestling, and bowling. This move came as a result of every other member of the Southern Central Athletic Association (SCAA) moving to 8-man football. Pittsford would remain in the SCAA for all other sports.[8]

In 2020, Britton Deerfield announced that they would be dropping down to 8-man football, due a lack of numbers in the program. In 2021, they would form the Tri-River 8 Conference, an 8-man football only conference, along with 4 other schools.[9]

After the conclusion of the 2021 football season, both Morenci[10] and Pittsford[11] announced they would be transitioning to 8-man football for the 2022 season, both due to a lack of numbers within their respective programs. Morenci will join the Tri-River 8 Conference and Pittsford will return to the SCAA's 8-man conference in 2022, remaining a TCC member in bowling only. The TCC will only have five schools playing 11-man football beginning in 2022: Erie Mason, Madison, Sand Creek, Summerfield, and Whiteford.

On June 27, 2022 the Madison board of education voted to leave the conference after the 2022-23 school year to join the Lenawee County Athletic Association.[12] Concurrently, the league began discussions with the Toledo Area Athletic Conference about a possible merger.[13] Following the announcement of Madison's departure, Lenawee Christian would apply for membership and would be accepted into the conference, beginning with the 2023-24 school year.

Football

This list goes through the 2022 season.[14]

#TeamDRL Championships
1Sand Creek1977, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991-1993, 2004-2008, 2011
2Morenci1982, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995-1997, 2001, 2003
3Britton-Macon1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1998-2000
Petersburg Summerfield1978, 1980-1982, 1986, 1989, 2010
Clinton2007, 2009, 2012-2015, 2019
6Ottawa Lake Whiteford1994, 2016-2018, 2021, 2022
7Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard1973, 1975
Deerfield1973, 1979
Whitmore Lake1986, 2002
10Erie-Mason2020
11Britton Deerfield
Adrian Madison
Pittsford

References
  1. http://www.mhsaa.com/AbouttheMHSAA/LeaguesConferences/LeagueMembership/tabid/481/Default.aspx?Leagueid=6990 Tri-County Conference membership
  2. "Home". tricountyconference.wordpress.com.
  3. "TCC History". 25 July 2019.
  4. "Britton Building". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-12-07. Britton-Deerfield Schools
  5. "Whitmore Lake reportedly leaving the Tri-County Conference for 2019-20 school year". 9 November 2018.
  6. "Erie Mason invited to join the Tri-County Conference". 7 February 2019.
  7. "And then there was seven – Clinton to leave TCC to join LCAA". 21 May 2019.
  8. "Pittsford to join TCC for football". 31 October 2019.
  9. "Downsizing football: Britton Deerfield moving to 8-man". 23 December 2020.
  10. "Morenci moving to 8-man football". 2 November 2021.
  11. "Pittsford announces move to 8-player football in 2022". 7 October 2021.
  12. "Madison officially moving from TCC to LCAA in 2023-24". June 28, 2022.
  13. Monroe, Mark (June 28, 2022). "Meeting held between TAAC and Tri-County Conference about possible merger". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  14. "TCC Champion List" (PDF). tricountyconference. October 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

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