Flint Metro League (FML) is a high school sports league in the Flint area of Michigan. It is composed of twelve 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 contained 10 schools but by 2002 there were seven teams. Clio in 2005 and Swartz Creek in 2006 moved to the Flint Metro League as the conference was perceived as being overpowering to those schools.
In 2006, the entire Big Nine Conference applied for membership in the league to encourage discussion on a merger. As a result of that and Kearsley's interest back in 2005–2006, a membership invitation was extended to Kearsley.
In 2014, Flushing Schools joined the Flint Metro League from the Saginaw Valley Conference, replacing Lapeer East and West, which merged into Lapeer High and left the FML, while in 2017, Owosso High School joined the FML after leaving the Capital Area Activities Conference.
In 2019, three members of the Genesee Area Conference left that conference to join the Flint Metro League, expanding the league to twelve teams and two divisions.
Member schools Current members SchoolNicknameLocationJoinedPrevious conferenceFenton Tigers Fenton 1968 Genesee County B LeagueFlint Kearsley Hornets Genesee Township 2008 Big Nine ConferenceFlushing Raiders Flushing Township 2014 Saginaw Valley LeagueHolly Bronchos Holly Township 1968 Wayne-Oakland County LeagueLinden Eagles Argentine Township 1984 IndependentSwartz Creek Dragons Swartz Creek 1968 Genesee County B League 2006 Big Nine ConferenceOrtonville Brandon Blackhawks Brandon Township 2002 Oakland Activities AssociationClio Mustangs Vienna Township 2005 Big Nine ConferenceOwosso Trojans Owosso 2017 Capital Area Activities ConferenceGoodrich Martians Goodrich 2019 Genesee Area ConferenceCorunna Cavaliers Corunna 2019 Genesee Area ConferenceLake Fenton Blue Devils Fenton 2019 Genesee Area Conference
Former members SchoolNicknameLocationJoinedPrevious conferenceDepartedSuccessive conferenceFlint Ainsworth Spartans Mundy Township 1968 Independent 1986 None (school closed)Flint Carman Cougars Flint Township 1968 Independent 1976 Big Nine ConferenceDurand Railroaders Durand 1978 Independent 1997 Mid-Michigan "B" ConferenceLapeer East Eagles Lapeer 1976 Independent 2014 None (school consolidated)Lapeer West Panthers Lapeer 1968 Independent 2014 None (school closed)Mount Morris Panthers Mount Morris Township 1972 Big Nine Conference 2003 Genesee Area Conference Otisville LakeVille Falcons Forest Township 1976 Genesee County B League 2002 Genesee Area ConferenceOxford Wildcats Oxford Township 1984 North Oakland Activities Conference 2010 Oakland Activities Association
Football This list goes through the 2016 season. # Team FML Championships State Division Championship 1 Fenton 1972, 1977, 1983-1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2008, 2011-2017, 2019 2 Lapeer West 1968, 1974, 1989, 1995-1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2013 1995 (Class A) 3 Oxford 1986, 1989-1994, 1998-2000, 2007, 2008 1992 (Class BB) 4 Linden 1986, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 5 Flint Carman 1969-1973 Flint Ainsworth 1975-1977, 1980, 1981 7 Durand 1981-1983 8 Swartz Creek 1970, 1972 Otisville LakeVille 1978, 1979 Lapeer East 2004, 2011 Holly 2011, 2012 12 Mt. Morris 1988 Ortonville Brandon 2018 Flushing 2018
Basketball +Conference Champions (Boys)YearStarsCoachStripesCoachSeason End2022Goodrich (9-1)Gary BarnsFlushing (8-2)Eric Smith +Conference Champions (Girls)YearStarsCoachStripesCoachSeason End2022Lake Fenton (10-0)Brian VanBurenFlushing 18-4 (10-0)Larry FordLF (F (Dist-F loss to Carman-Ainsworth
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