- Michigan Mega Conference
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The Michigan Mega Conference was a large high school athletic league comprising twenty-eight schools which disbanded in mid-2009, with its former members either becoming independent or forming their own leagues. Member schools were predominantly located in suburban Wayne County, Michigan, mainly in Downriver. The other schools were located in neighboring Monroe and Washtenaw Counties. The schools were also members of the Michigan High School Athletic Association and compete in the organization's post-season state championships. Depending on the sport, the schools were divided into three or four divisions.
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Controversies
When the MEGA conference was formed in 1993, many schools were denied entry into the conference. The repudiated schools cited that due to their large black student population, the founding schools "discriminated in the formation and operation of the league." Consequently, current member schools Dearborn Heights Robichaud and Romulus filed complaints against the conference for denying their admission as members to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Education. OCR determined that the athletic league violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The schools declined a resolution offered by the OCR and subsequently sent the subject to the Justice Department in the summer of 1995. A resolution was succeeded by the eighteen founding members and the Justice Department to include the aforementioned schools and five others (Highland Park, Inkster, River Rouge, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Willow Run) encompassing an athletic conference of twenty five schools. [1]
2008 football alignments
Red
- Allen Park High School
- Belleville
- Dearborn
- Fordson
- Monroe
- Southgate Anderson
- Truman
White
- Carlson
- Edsel Ford
- Kennedy
- Lincoln Park
- Redford Union
- Trenton
- Woodhaven
- Roosevelt
Blue
- Garden City
- Highland Park
- Inkster
- Melvindale
- Romulus
- Ypsilanti
Gold
List of MEGA Conference state champions
Baseball
Year School Class/Division 1977 Carlson B 1984 Thurston B 1986 Ypsilanti A 1994 Trenton B Boys' basketball
Year School Class/Division 1952 Highland Park A 1953 Fordson A 1954 River Rouge B 1955 River Rouge B 1959 River Rouge B 1961 River Rouge B 1962 River Rouge B 1963 River Rouge B 1964 River Rouge B 1965 River Rouge B 1968 Willow Run B 1969 River Rouge B 1970 River Rouge B 1971 River Rouge B 1972 River Rouge B 1975 Highland Park A 1980 Willow Run B 1986 Romulus A 1998 River Rouge B 1999 River Rouge B Girls' basketball
Year School Class/Division 1984 River Rouge B 2002 Inkster C Boys' bowling
Year School Class 2007 Annapolis B Girls' competitive cheer
Year School Class/Division 1995 Carlson B 2008 Carlson 2 2009 Carlson 2 Boys' cross country
Year School Class/Division 1953 Trenton B 1954 River Rouge B 1955 River Rouge B 1957 River Rouge B 1960 Ypsilanti A 1981 Edsel Ford A 1987 Dearborn B 1988 Monroe A 1992 Monroe A Girls' cross country
Year School Class/Division 1984 Edsel Ford A Football
Year School Class/Division 1930 Fordson B 1943 Fordson A 1971 Fordson A 1990 Robichaud B 1993 Fordson AA Boys' golf
Year School Class/Division 1954 Redford Union B 1956 Dearborn A 1963 Dearborn A 2004 Trenton II Boys' gymnastics
Year School Class/Division 1970 Kennedy OPEN 1971 Kennedy OPEN 1972 Kennedy OPEN 1973 Kennedy OPEN 1976 Truman OPEN Girls' gymnastics
Year School Class/Division 1972 Kennedy OPEN 1973 Kennedy OPEN Boys' ice hockey
Year School Class/Division 1976 Trenton I 1979 Trenton A 1980 Trenton A 1982 Trenton A 1986 Trenton A 1989 Southgate Anderson A 1991 Trenton A 1996 Trenton A 1998 Trenton A 2003 Trenton II 2004 Trenton II 2008 Trenton II 2009 Trenton II 2010 Trenton II Girls' soccer
Year School Class/Division 1989 Dearborn B-C-D Softball
Year School Class/Division 1983 Belleville A 1984 Belleville A 2008 Garden City I Boys' swimming
Year School Class/Division 1952 Fordson A 1953 Fordson A 1954 Fordson A 1967 Trenton A 1971 Dearborn A 1972 Dearborn A 1974 Dearborn A 1976 Dearborn A 1986 Dearborn B-C-D 1987 Dearborn B-C-D Girls' swimming
Year School Class/Division 1995 Trenton B-C-D Boys' tennis
Year School Class/Division 1975 Ypsilanti A Girls' tennis
Year School Class/Division 1973 Dearborn OPEN Boys' track
Year School Class/Division 1954 Inkster B 1955 Inkster B 1956 Inkster B 1954 Willow Run B 1960 Ecorse B 1963 River Rouge B 1964 Willow Run B 1965 River Rouge B 1967 Ecorse B 1969 Redford Union A 1969 Ecorse B 1970 Ecorse B 1973 Ecorse B 1974 Robichaud B 1975 Ecorse B 1979 Robichaud B 1980 Ecorse C 1981 Ecorse B 1985 Ecorse C 1990 Robichaud B 2000 Romulus II 2006 Ypsilanti II Girls' track
Year School Class/Division 1973 Lincoln Park OPEN 1993 Inkster B 1994 River Rouge B 1996 Robichaud B 2004 Ypsilanti II 2009 Romulus I Girls' volleyball
Year School Class/Division 1976 Fordson A Wrestling
Year School Class/Division 1956 Ypsilanti OPEN 1961 Ypsilanti A 1962 Ypsilanti A 1964 Ypsilanti A 1964 River Rouge B-C-D References
Categories:- Michigan high school sports conferences
- High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
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