Midland Athletic League

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The member schools of the Midland Athletic League.

The Midland Athletic League is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio that was formed in 1985. The following schools are currently members of the league, with the school name providing a link to the town the school is in or near:

• Bettsville Bobcats
• Calvert Senecas
• Carey Blue Devils
• Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains
• Mohawk Warriors
• New Riegel Blue Jackets
• North Baltimore Tigers
• Old Fort Stockaders
• St. Joseph (St. Joe's) Crimson Streaks
• St. Wendelin Mohawks
• Seneca East Tigers

Bettsville, New Riegel, and Old Fort do not field football teams.

[edit] Future members

• Lakota Raiders (starting 2009)

The member schools of the Midland Athletic League beginning in 2009. Lakota will be the newest addition.

[edit] League history

[edit] 1980s

• The MAL was created for the 1985-86 school year with Bettsville, New Riegel, Old Fort, Hopewell-Loudon and Seneca East coming from the crumbling Seneca County League to combine with North Baltimore, and St. Wendelin from the former Lakeshore Conference. Tiffin Calvert and St. Joseph agreed to join the league, but were not able to leave the Sandusky Bay Conference until the 1985-86 school year ended.

[edit] 1990s

• Carey and Mohawk leave the North Central Conference and join the MAL for the 1990-91 school year.

[edit] 2000s

• In 2008, St. Wendelin decides to join the Northwest Central Conference for football only, but still retains MAL membership for other sports.
• In May of 2008, the MAL agreed to let Lakota join as its 12th member, beginning with the 2009-10 school year.

[edit] See also

Ohio High School Athletic Conferences