The Patriot Athletic Conference (PAC-12) was an Ohio high school athletic league made up of 12 schools from around the Cleveland area that existed from 2005-2006 to the 2018-2019 school year. All member schools were also members of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
Members The following were members over the league's tenure: Access Date: 7 March 2010
SchoolNicknameLocationDistrictColorsOHSAA Member Schools , last accessed 17 August 2011Middle schoolTenure Stars DivisionBlack RiverPiratesSullivan5:15Black, Gold Black River Middle School2005-2020BrooksideCardinalsSheffield4:12Red, Black Sheffield Middle School2005-2020BuckeyeBucksMallet Creek3:8Brown, Orange, White Buckeye Junior High2005-2019FirelandsFalconsOberlin4:12Red, White, Black South Amherst Middle School2011-2020KeystoneWildcatsLaGrange4:12Purple, White Keystone Middle School2005-2020WellingtonDukesWellington5:16Maroon, White McCormick Middle School2005-2020 Stripes DivisionBrooklynHurricanesBrooklyn3:8Blue, Gold Brooklyn Middle School2005-2019ClearviewClippersLorain4:12Blue, Gold Durling Middle School2005-2020Columbia RaidersColumbia Station5:16Kelly Green, White Columbia Middle School2005-2020FairviewWarriorsFairview Park4:11Scarlet, Gray Lewis F. Mayer Middle School2011-2019Lutheran WestLonghornsRocky River5:15Red, White 2005-2019OberlinPhoenixOberlin6:19Red, Blue Langston Middle School2005-2020
League history The league was formed in 2005 from members of the Mohican Area Conference (Black River and Buckeye), the Lorain County Conference (Brookside, Clearview, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington), and the Metropolitan Area Conference (Brooklyn, Columbia, and Lutheran West). Firelands and Fairview joined in 2011.
In 2017, the eight primarily Lorain County schools (Brookside, Clearview, Columbia, Firelands, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington, as well as Black River) announced they would leave the PAC in 2020 to form their own league.Patriot Athletic Conference facing breakup in 2020 - cleveland.com
In response to the league's imminent dissolution, Brooklyn and Lutheran West were accepted by a league-wide vote in April 2018 to join the Chagrin Valley Conference in 2019-20.
In May 2018, Buckeye and Fairview were approved to join the Great Lakes Conference for the 2019-20 school year as their eighth and ninth members.
The new league with the eight predominantly Lorain County schools would choose the name of Lorain County League and began league play with the 2019-20 school year.
See also Ohio high school athletic conferences Ohio High School Athletic Association
References
External links Patriot Athletic Conference - Official Site Fit for a Pirate?