Macomb Area Conference

The Macomb Area Conference (abbreviated to MAC) (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 36 members, spread across Macomb County, St. Clair 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, boys hockey, and boys and girls tennis.

League History

The MAC was formed in 1986 through the merger of the Macomb Conference and the Bi-County Conference, and began competition in September 1987.

Charter members

Expansion

First Expansion Brablec was closed and consolidated with Roseville High School in 1989. Roseville then joined the MAC the same year in place of Brablec.

Second Expansion In 1990 the Eastern Michigan League was disbanded and all its former members joined the MAC.

• Eastpointe
• Grosse Pointe South
• Macomb L'Anse Creuse North
• Mt. Clemens
• New Baltimore Anchor Bay
• Port Huron
• Port Huron Northern

Third Expansion In 1992, Warren High and C. S. Mott High consolidated and became Warren Mott High School, which joined the MAC in place of South Lake, which left to join the Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference the same year.

Fourth Expansion In 1996, both the St. Clair Area League and the Macomb-Oakland Athletic Conference were disbanded. All six of the former members of the SCAL and four of the eight schools from the MOAC (specifically, all the schools located in Macomb County) joined the MAC that same year.

St. Clair Area League:

• Algonac‡
• Imlay City†
• Marine City
• Marysville
• Richmond†
• St. Clair

Macomb-Oakland Area Conference:

• Center Line
• Warren Fitzgerald
• Warren Lincoln
• St. Clair Shores South Lake*

In addition, Dakota High School also joined the MAC in 1996 after being built in Macomb Township the previous year, making for a total of 11 schools joining the conference that year.

† -Both Imlay City and Richmond left in 1999 to join the Southern Thumb Athletic Association ‡ -Algonac left in 2002 to join the newly formed Blue Water Area Conference * -South Lake rejoined the MAC after leaving four years prior

Fifth Expansion In 2004, Madison Heights Madison and Madison Heights Lamphere, from the Oakland Activities Association, and New Haven, which previously ran an independent schedule, joined the MAC.

Sixth Expansion In 2008, Clawson, from the Metro Conference, joined the MAC.

In 2016, Mt. Clemens left the MAC to seek an independent affiliation.

Seventh Expansion In 2019, Hazel Park, from the Oakland Activities Association, joined the MAC.

Current members

Former Members

Membership Timeline with Football Divisions

MAC Red MAC White MAC Blue MAC Gold MAC Silver MAC Bronze MAC St. Clair MAC Macomb-Oakland

Football

NOTE: Statistics are as of the end of the 2020 season.

Red Division

White Division

Blue Division

Gold Division

Silver Division

Bronze Division

MAC Championships

Red Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 1987 Sterling Heights 6-0 10-1 1988 Utica Eisenhower 6-0 11-1 1989 Sterling Heights Stevenson Utica Eisenhower 3-1 3-1 7-2 7-2 1990 Clinton Township Chippewa Valley Utica Eisenhower 6-1 6-1 8-2 9-2 1991 Utica Eisenhower 7-0 9-1 1992 Utica Eisenhower 7-0 11-1 1993 Utica Eisenhower 4-0 10-1 1994 Utica Ford 5-0 9-1 1995 Sterling Heights Stevenson 4-0 11-1 1996 Sterling Heights Stevenson 4-0 12-1 1997 Sterling Heights Stevenson 5-0 11-1 1998 Sterling Heights Stevenson 5-0 11-1 1999 Sterling Heights Stevenson 5-0 9-2 2000 Utica Eisenhower 5-0 13-1 2001 Utica Eisenhower Sterling Heights Stevenson Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 4-1 4-1 4-1 12-2 8-2 12-2 2002 Utica Eisenhower Macomb Dakota Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 4-1 4-1 4-1 8-3 11-2 7-3 2003 Utica Eisenhower 5-0 13-1 2004 Utica Eisenhower 5-0 10-1 2005 Sterling Heights Stevenson 5-0 10-1 2006 Macomb Dakota 4-1 13-1 2007 Macomb Dakota 5-0 14-0 2008 Sterling Heights Stevenson Macomb Dakota 4-1 4-1 10-2 9-2 2009 Sterling Heights Stevenson 5-0 13-1 2010 Romeo 5-0 9-2 2011 Utica Eisenhower 5-0 11-2 2012 Macomb Dakota 5-0 10-2 2013 Macomb Dakota 5-0 11-1 2014 Macomb Dakota 4-1 8-3 2015 Macomb Dakota 4-1 9-3 2016 Utica Eisenhower 5-0 12-1 2017 Utica Eisenhower 5-0 11-1 2018 Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 5-0 14-0** 2019 Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 5-0 9-1 2020 Sterling Heights Stevenson Macomb Dakota 4-1 4-1 7-2 6-2 2021 Sterling Heights Stevenson Romeo 4-1 4-1 10-3 9-2

White Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 1987 Romeo Grosse Pointe North Warren Cousino 3-1 3-1 3-1 6-3 6-3 5-4 1988 Romeo 4-0 7-2 1989 Romeo Grosse Pointe North 4-1 4-1 7-2 5-4 1990 Romeo 6-1 6-3 1991 Fraser 6-1 8-3 1992 Fraser 7-0 10-1 1993 Fraser 6-0 10-2 1994 Fraser 5-0 7-3 1995 Port Huron 4-0 5-4 1996 Port Huron 4-0 7-2 1997 Fraser 5-1 6-3 1998 Fraser 6-0 9-1 1999 Macomb Dakota 6-0 10-2 2000 Utica 6-0 8-2 2001 Sterling Heights 6-0 8-3 2002 New Baltimore Anchor Bay Port Huron Northern Romeo Utica Ford 4-2 4-2 4-2 4-2 5-4 5-4 7-4 6-4 2003 Utica Ford 6-0 6-4 2004 Grosse Pointe North 6-0 9-2 2005 Romeo 6-0 8-2 2006 Warren Cousino Grosse Pointe North Romeo 5-1 5-1 5-1 11-1 8-3 7-3 2007 Warren Cousino 6-0 11-1 2008 Warren Mott 5-0 6-4 2009 Warren Mott 5-0 8-2 2010 Utica 5-0 7-3 2011 Warren Cousino 5-0 6-4 2012 Port Huron 5-0 7-3 2013 Warren Mott 5-0 10-1 2014 Port Huron Romeo 4-1 4-1 7-3 6-4 2015 Romeo 5-0 13-1 2016 Grosse Pointe South 5-0 8-4 2017 Grosse Pointe South 5-0 5-5 2018 Grosse Pointe South 5-0 8-2 2019 Grosse Pointe South 5-0 7-3 2020 Anchor Bay Warren Mott 3-1 3-1 4-3 8-2 2021 Anchor Bay 5-0 7-3

Blue Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 1987 Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse 4-0 7-2 1988 Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse 4-0 8-1 1989 Warren Cousino 5-0 7-2 1990 Clinton Township Clintondale 7-0 8-2 1991 Clinton Township Clintondale 7-0 8-1 1992 Grosse Pointe North Mt. Clemens 6-1 6-1 7-2 8-3 1993 Warren Cousino 4-0 7-2 1994 Warren Cousino Grosse Pointe North Roseville 4-1 4-1 4-1 6-3 5-4 6-3 1995 Grosse Pointe North 4-0 7-3 1996 Warren Mott 4-0 7-2 1997 Romeo 6-0 7-2 1998 Sterling Heights 6-0 7-3 1999 Eastpointe 5-1 5-4 2000 Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse New Baltimore Anchor Bay 5-1 5-1 8-3 7-2 2001 Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse Romeo Warren Cousino 5-1 5-1 5-1 7-3 9-2 9-2 2002 Warren Mott 5-1 6-4 2003 Grosse Pointe South Port Huron 5-1 5-1 7-4 6-4 2004 Warren Cousino Port Huron 5-1 5-1 6-4 7-3 2005 Warren Cousino 6-0 7-3 2006 Warren Mott 6-0 7-3 2007 Macomb L'Anse Creuse North Port Huron 5-1 5-1 6-3 7-3 2008 Sterling Heights 5-0 5-4 2009 Grosse Pointe South 5-0 7-3 2010 New Baltimore Anchor Bay 5-0 7-3 2011 Port Huron 5-0 10-2 2012 Grosse Pointe South 5-0 8-2 2013 Grosse Pointe South Macomb L'Anse Creuse North 4-1 4-1 6-4 8-2 2014 Warren Cousino 5-0 5-5 2015 Grosse Pointe North Warren Cousino 4-1 4-1 5-4 5-4 2016 Warren Cousino 5-0 8-2 2017 Grosse Pointe North Roseville Port Huron 4-1 4-1 4-1 6-3 6-4 4-5 2018 Port Huron Northern 5-0 10-2 2019 Port Huron Northern 5-0 8-2 2020 Port Huron 5-0 8-1 2021 Port Huron 5-0 6-4

Gold Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 1993 Mt. Clemens 6-0 7-3 1994 Mt. Clemens 5-0 7-2 1995 Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse Macomb L'Anse Creuse North 2-1 2-1 6-3 5-4 1996 New Baltimore Anchor Bay 4-0 6-3 1997 Marysville Warren Woods Tower 5-1 5-1 7-3 7-3 1998 Marine City 6-0 8-2 1999 Marine City 5-0 10-1 2000 Marysville 5-0 10-1 2001 Marine City 5-0 11-1 2002 Marine City 5-0 11-1 2003 Marysville 5-0 9-1 2004 Marine City 7-0 11-1 2005 Marine City Marysville 6-1 6-1 10-2 8-2 2006 Marine City 6-0 11-1 2007 Marine City 6-0 13-1** 2008 Marine City 5-0 10-1 2009 Marine City 5-0 12-1 2010 Madison Heights Madison Marine City 4-1 4-1 9-3 10-2 2011 Marine City 5-0 13-1 2012 Marine City 5-0 8-2 2013 St. Clair 5-0 11-2 2014 Marine City 5-0 10-1 2015 Marine City Marysville Sterling Heights 4-1 4-1 4-1 6-4 7-3 7-3 2016 Marysville 5-0 10-1 2017 Marine City 5-0 8-3 2018 Warren Woods-Tower 5-0 9-2 2019 Eastpointe L’anse CreuseSterling Heights 4-1 4-14-1 6-4 6-46-4 2020 Eastpointe 5-0 8-1 2021 St. Clair 5-0 8-3

Silver Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 1995 Clinton Township Clintondale 4-0 6-3 1996 Warren Woods-Tower 4-0 7-2 1997 Mt. Clemens Warren Fitzgerald 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-3 1998 Warren Fitzgerald 7-0 8-1 1999 Clinton Township Clintondale 6-0 8-2 2000 Clinton Township Clintondale 6-0 11-1 2001 Warren Woods-Tower 6-0 10-1 2002 Clinton Township Clintondale 5-0 8-3 2003 Clinton Township Clintondale 5-0 10-2 2004 New Haven 6-0 8-2 2005 Madison Heights Madison 6-0 8-2 2006 Madison Heights Madison 7-0 13-1 2007 Madison Heights Madison 7-0 12-1** 2008 Warren Fitzgerald 5-0 11-1 2009 Madison Heights Madison 5-0 11-1 2010 Clinton Township Clintondale St. Clair Shores Lakeview Madison Heights Lamphere Warren Fitzgerald 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-2 6-4 7-4 6-4 7-4 2011 Marysville 5-0 8-2 2012 Madison Heights Madison 4-1 8-2 2013 Madison Heights Madison 5-0 11-1 2014 Madison Heights Madison 5-0 9-3 2015 Madison Heights Madison 5-0 9-2 2016 Madison Heights Madison St. Clair Shores South Lake Warren Fitzgerald 4-1 4-1 4-1 6-4 7-3 8-2 2017 Madison Heights Madison 5-0 12-1 2018 Madison Heights Madison 5-0 13-1 2019 Marine City 5-0 10-1 2020 Marine City 5-0 8-2 2021 Marine City 5-0 13-1

Bronze Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 2008 Warren Lincoln 5-0 8-2 2009 Clawson 5-0 5-4 2010 St. Clair Shores South Lake 5-0 8-2 2011 St. Clair Shores South Lake 5-0 8-2 2012 Clinton Township Clintondale 5-0 9-1 2013 Clinton Township Clintondale 5-0 9-1 2014 Clawson 5-0 6-4 2015 Clawson Warren Lincoln 4-1 4-1 6-4 5-4 2016 Clintondale New Haven Warren Lincoln 3-1 3-1 3-1 4-5 4-5 4-5 2017 Madison Heights Lamphere 4-0 5-5 2018 Center Line 4-0 6-4 2019 Clawson 5-0 7-4 2020 Madison Heights Lamphere 5-0 8-1 2021 Madison Heights Lamphere 5-0 7-3

St. Clair Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 1996 Marine City Marysville Richmond 4-1 4-1 4-1 9-2 7-3 7-2

Macomb-Oakland Division Champions Year School Conference Overall 1996 Center Line St. Clair Shores South Lake Warren Lincoln 2-1 2-1 2-1 4-4 6-2 6-3

**- denotes that the team won a state championship title that year

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