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Cascade Conference (MHSAA)

Cascade Conference (MHSAA)

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The Cascade Conference is a Michigan high school athletic conference that was formed prior to the 1954 school year. The conference includes mostly Class C schools and one Class B school with the majority of its members being from Jackson County along with one member each from Calhoun, Hillsdale, Ingham, Lenawee, and Washtenaw counties.

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History

Formation

The Cascades Conference was formed in 1954 with ten schools from the Jackson County League. The original members were: Brooklyn, Concord, East Jackson, Grass Lake, Hanover-Horton, Jackson Vandercook Lake, Michigan Center, Napoleon, Parma and Springport high schools.

Red and Blue

With the growth of suburbs, some Cascades Conference schools grew more rapidly than others. This led to the creation of the Red and Blue divisions. Between 1983 and 1996, four schools were listed as Cascades-Red Members: Jackson Lumen Christi, Jackson Northwest, Parma Jackson County Western and Brooklyn Columbia Central. In 1996, Jackson Northwest and Jackson Lumen Christi left the Cascades Red for the Capital-Circuit Conference.[1] Brooklyn Columbia Central left the Cascades Red after 1995 and competed as an independent for two years, before joining the Lenawee County Conference at the start of the 1997 school year.[2] Parma Jackson County Western left the Cascades Red after the 1995 school year and joined the Twin Valley Conference.[3]

Expansion

In 2022, the Cascades Conference was looking to expand from eight to twelve schools for the 2022–23 school year. On June 13, Brooklyn Columbia Central of the Lenawee County Athletic Association accepted their invite to join the Cascades, which they were previously a member of from 1968 to 1996. A little over a week later, Leslie, a member of the Greater Lansing Athletic Conference accepted their invitation as well. Within a few weeks after Columbia Central and Leslie joined, two Big "8" members, Jonesville and Homer accepted their invitations to join the conference as well. All four schools will be joining the conference for the 2022–23 school year.[4]

With the Cascades Conference expanding to twelve teams, the conference decided to split the league into two geographical divisions (East and West).[5]

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Member schools

Current members

The following institutions are full members of the Cascade Conference for the 2022–23 school year:

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Notes
  1. Columbia Central left the conference to join the Lenawee County Athletic Association in 1996.
  2. Grass Lake left the conference in 1964 to join the Lakeland "C" Conference.
  3. Hanover-Horton left the conference in 1965 to join the Mid-Southern Conference.
  4. Hanover-Horton did not start a football team until 1959.
  5. Vandercook Lake moved to 8-man football in 2020 and became a member of the Tri-River 8-man Football League in 2021. However, Vandercook Lake still remains a member of the Cascades in all other sports.

Former members

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  1. Brooklyn and Cement City consolidated to form Columbia Central.
  2. Lumen Christi will be leaving the Interstate 8 to join the Catholic High School League (CHSL) for the 2023-24 school year.
  3. Parma and Spring Arbor consolidated to form Jackson County Western.
  4. Also known as Parma Western
  5. Springport joined the Cereal Center Conference for football in 1964.

Membership timeline

Addison Community SchoolsLumen Christi Catholic High SchoolColumbia Central High School (Brooklyn, Michigan)Western High School (Parma, Michigan)Northwest High School (Michigan)Vandercook Lake High SchoolSpringport High SchoolNapoleon High School (Michigan)Michigan Center High SchoolHanover-Horton High SchoolGrass Lake High SchoolEast Jackson Secondary SchoolConcord High School (Michigan)

Full Members Full Members (Blue Division) Full Members (Red Division) Full members (non-football) Non-football members (Red Division) Other Conference

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    References

    1. [1]
      "Jackson Northwest Mounties All-Time Michigan High School Football Scores". Michigan-football.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
    2. [2]
      "Brooklyn Columbia Central Golden Eagles All-Time Michigan High School Football Scores". Michigan-football.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
    3. [3]
      "Parma Jackson County Western Panthers All-Time Michigan High School Football Scores". Michigan-football.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
    4. [4]
      Ingles, Eric (July 11, 2022). "New era on the horizon for Cascades Conference". MLive. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
    5. [5]
      Donnelly, Doug (September 1, 2022). "Cascades Conference to divide in 2023-24". The Daily Telegram. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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