Flint Metro League

Infobox sports league
title = Flint Metro League
current_season = 39

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sport = football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Volleyball,
founded = 1968
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teams = 9
country = USA
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website = http://www.flintmetroleague.com/
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ceo = Executive Director: Gary Oyster
TV =Flint Metro League is a high school sports league in the Flint area. It is currently composed of nine high schools.

History

In 1968, six Flint area schools formed a new league to play against schools of similar size and to cut down on travel for some schools. Two teams ,Fenton and Swartz Creek, joined from the County B League, and one each from the Big Nine Conference (Ainsworth), Wayne-Oakland League (Holly) and Tri-County League (Lapeer High) and a new high school: Carman. The league in 1983 reached a high of 10 schools but by 2002 there were only 7 teams.cite news |first=Greg |last=Tunnicliff |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling |url=http://www.mlive.com/flint/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-6/1189687831316090.xml&coll=5&thispage=1 |format=html |work=Flint Journal |publisher=Advance Newspapers |id= |pages=2 |page= |date= |accessdate=2007-09-17 |language=English |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] In 2006, the entire Big Nine Conference applied for membership in the League to encourage discussion on a merger. As a results of that and Kearsley's interest back in 2005-2006, a membership invitation was extend to Kearsley.cite news |first=Bill |last=Khan |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Kearsley invited to join Metro League |url=http://www.mlive.com/flint/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-6/1189848132110270.xml&coll=5 |format=html |work=Flint Journal |publisher=Advance Newspapers |id= |pages=2 |page= |date= |accessdate=2007-09-18 |language=English |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]

cite news |first=Greg |last=Tunnicliff |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Balance, competitiveness, friendships keep league rolling |url=http://www.mlive.com/flint/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-6/1189687831316090.xml&coll=5&thispage=1 |format=html |work=Flint Journal |publisher=Advance Newspapers |id= |pages=2 |page= |date= |accessdate=2007-09-17 |language=English |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] [cite web |url=http://www.flintmetroleague.com/files/LEAGUEMEMBERSHIPHISTORY.doc |title=HISTORY OF FLINT METRO LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP |accessdate=2007-09-18 |format=DOC |work= ]

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