- Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference (OHSAA)
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The Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference is an OHSAA athletic league whose members are located in the Ohio counties of Delaware, Marion, Morrow, and Union. The league was established in the fall of 1990.
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Current members
Current MOAC membership.
MOAC Divisions Red Blue Buckeye Valley Cardington-Lincoln Elgin Mount Gilead Highland Northmor North Union Pleasant River Valley Ridgedale Future members (2013)
- Centerburg Trojans
- Fredericktown Freddies
- Milford Center Fairbanks Panthers
- Plain City Jonathan Alder Pioneers
History
The MOAC was established in time for the 1990-91 school year and has maintained the same 10 schools as members since then. The divisions were created to align schools based on size, and every sport recognizes a champion for each division.
- The four Marion County schools -- Elgin, Pleasant, Ridgedale, and River Valley -- were members of the North Central Conference prior to joining the MOAC.
- The four Morrow County schools -- Cardington-Lincoln, Highland, Mount Gilead and Northmor -- were members of the now-defunct Mid-Ohio Conference before agreeing to join the MOAC.
- Buckeye Valley (Delaware Co.) and North Union (Union Co.) were members of the Central Buckeye League before joining the MOAC.
In April 2011, the league considered expanding up to six members. Four of the schools considered were from the Mid-Buckeye Conference: Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, and Fredericktown; the other two schools mentioned were Fairbanks and Marion Harding.[1]
In May 2011, the league received formal applications from seven schools. These included Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, and Fredericktown from the Mid-Buckeye Conference; Marion Harding from the Greater Buckeye Conference; Fairbanks from the Northwest Central Conference; and Jonathan Alder, which is an independent. 4 invitations were extended only to Centerburg, Fredericktown, Fairbanks, and Jonathan Alder.[2] As of June 2, all 4 schools verbally agreed to join the league for the 2013-14 school year.[3] The expansion committee should have a proposal ready for the Executive Committee by June 8, 2011.[4]
When the four new members join in 2013, the league will be split into divisions of East (Cardington-Lincoln, Centerburg, Fredericktown, Highland, Mt. Gilead, Northmor, Ridgedale) and West (Buckeye Valley, Elgin, Fairbanks, Jonathan Alder, North Union, Pleasant, River Valley).[5]
MOAC membership beginning in 2013. The West division is blue, the East division is red.League champions
The MOAC supports 12 league sports for both male and female competition. This includes football, boy's and girl's basketball, boys' and girl's track & field, boy's and girl's cross country, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, and golf.
League champions for each sport are recognized in both the Red Division and Blue Division, with the exception of wrestling until 2004. The MOAC also awards an all sports trophy as well.
References
- ^ http://www.marionstar.com/article/20110415/HSSPORTS/104150303/MOAC-expansion-takes-step-forward
- ^ http://www.marionstar.com/article/20110521/HSSPORTS/105210302/MOAC-extends-invitation-four-schools?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cp
- ^ http://www.marionstar.com/article/20110602/HSSPORTS/110602005/Schools-verbally-agree-join-MOAC?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cp
- ^ http://www.theseniorreports.com/ohio.htm
- ^ http://www.madison-press.com/news/sports-news/jonathan-alder-joins-moac-starting-in-2013/
External links
Categories:- Ohio high school sports conferences
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