Genesee Area Conference

Genesee Area Conference
Formerly Genesee Eight Conference
Sport high school
Founded 1978
Country {USA}

The Genesee Area Conference (GAC) is a high school athletic conference in Genesee County, Michigan. It was original called the Genesee Eight Athletic Conference.[1] Since 2002, the GAC operates with two divisions: Blue and Red.[2]

History

The Genesee Eight Athletic Conference began in 1978[1] with 3 high schools from the Genesee County B League[3] and five from the Mid-Eastern Eight Conference.[4] Beginning in 1999, the Conference renamed itself to Genesee Area Conference with the addition of Genesee High School bring up the number of High Schools to ten. The Genesee Wolves also took the Football championship that year.[5] With the 2002 football season, the GAC split the Conference into two divisions (Blue and Red) of six high schools [6] with the addition of Mt. Morris and Lakeville High Schools.[2]

Member schools

Current members

Team Location Class Enrollment Joined Previous Conference
Blue Division
Burton Atherton Wolverines Burton C 318 1978[1] Mid-Eastern Eight Conference[4]
Burton Bendle Tigers Burton C 393 1978[1] Mid-Eastern Eight Conference[4]
Burton Bentley Bulldogs Burton C 290 1978[1] Genesee County B League[3]
Flint Hamady Hawks Mt. Morris Township C 329 1978[1] Mid-Eastern Eight Conference[4]
Flint Beecher Bucs Mt. Morris Township C 327 2009[7] Independent
Red Division
Corunna Cavaliers Corunna B 639 2014 Capital Area Activities Conference
Goodrich Martians Atlas Township B 744 1978[1] Mid-Eastern Eight Conference [4]
Lake Fenton Blue Devils Fenton Township B 655 1978[1] Genesee County B League[3]
Notre Dame Prep Fighting Irish Pontiac B 702 2018[8] Independent

Former members

Team Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Dryden Cardinals Dryden Township 2010 North Central Thumb League 2013 North Central Thumb League
Linden Eagles Argentine Township 1978[1] Genesee County B League[3] 1982 Independent[9]

Football

This conference championship list goes through the 2016 season. Morrice and Webberville complete in the Central Michigan 8-Man Football Conference.

#TeamG8/GAC ChampionshipsState Division Championships
1Montrose1981, 1983-1985, 1988-1996, 1998-2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011-2013 1998 (Class CC), 2002 (Division 5)
2New Lothrop1983, 2002-2006, 2010-2016 2006 (Division 8)
3Lake Fenton1978, 2005-2007, 2016
Goodrich2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015
5Flint Hamady1979, 1980, 1982, 2007
6Burton Bendle1986, 1987, 1997
7Mt. Morris2003, 2005
Genesee1999, 2009
Flint Beecher2009, 2014
10Linden1981
Burton Bentley2008
Corunna2015

References

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