Michigan Mega Conference
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The Michigan Mega Conference was a large high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 athletic league comprising twenty-eight schools which disbanded in mid-2009, with its former members either becoming independent or forming their own leagues. Member schools were predominantly located in suburban Wayne County
Wayne County, Michigan
-History:Wayne County was one of the first counties formed when the Northwest Territory was organized. It was named for the American general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as small sections that are now part of northern...

, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, mainly in Downriver
Downriver
Downriver is the unofficial name for a collection of 18 suburban cities and townships in Wayne County, Michigan south of Detroit along the western shore of the Detroit River....

. The other schools were located in neighboring Monroe
Monroe County, Michigan
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 2010 population is 152,021. The largest city and county seat is Monroe. The U.S. Census Bureau defines all of Monroe County as conterminous with the Monroe Metropolitan Area...

 and Washtenaw
Washtenaw County, Michigan
Washtenaw County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 344,791. Its county seat is Ann Arbor. The United States Office of Management and Budget defines the county as part of the Detroit–Warren–Flint Combined Statistical Area...

 Counties. The schools were also members of the Michigan High School Athletic Association
Michigan High School Athletic Association
-About:The Michigan High School Athletic Association is a service organization for high school sports in Michigan and is headquartered in East Lansing...

 and compete in the organization's post-season state championships. Depending on the sport, the schools were divided into three or four divisions.

Controversies

When the MEGA conference was formed in 1993, many schools were denied entry into the conference. The repudiated schools cited that due to their large black student population, the founding schools "discriminated in the formation and operation of the league." Consequently, current member schools Dearborn Heights Robichaud and Romulus filed complaints against the conference for denying their admission as members to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...

. OCR determined that the athletic league violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation...

. The schools declined a resolution offered by the OCR and subsequently sent the subject to the Justice Department
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...

 in the summer of 1995. A resolution was succeeded by the eighteen founding members and the Justice Department to include the aforementioned schools and five others (Highland Park, Inkster, River Rouge, Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

, Ypsilanti Willow Run) encompassing an athletic conference of twenty five schools. http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1996/April96/151.txt.htm

Red

  • Allen Park High School
  • Belleville
    Belleville High School (Belleville, Michigan)
    Belleville High School is a public high school located in Belleville, Michigan and the only zoned high school in the Van Buren School District.- History :...

  • Dearborn
    Dearborn High School
    Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

  • Fordson
    Fordson High School
    Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

  • Monroe
  • Southgate Anderson
    Southgate Anderson High School
    Southgate Thomas J. Anderson High School is a high school in Southgate, Michigan, United States.-History:Originally one of two high schools in Southgate, along with the since closed Schafer High School....

  • Truman

White

  • Carlson
  • Edsel Ford
    Edsel Ford High School
    Edsel Ford High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Edsel Ford, located on Rotunda, near Oakwood, is one of three high schools in the Dearborn Public Schools. Edsel Ford High School was completed in 1955, and the first graduating class was in 1956...

  • Kennedy
  • Lincoln Park
  • Redford Union
  • Trenton
    Trenton High School
    Trenton High School may refer to:*Trenton High School , Trenton, Florida, US*Trenton High School , Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Grundy County, Iowa*Trenton High School , Trenton, Michigan, US...

  • Woodhaven
  • Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt High School (Wyandotte)
    for schools of the same nameTheodore Roosevelt High School, also known as RHS or Roosevelt, or also Wyandotte High by alumni, is the secondary school in Wyandotte, Michigan. Established in 1923, RHS is the only public high school in the city of Wyandotte. Its mascot is the Bear, with athletic...


Blue

  • Garden City
    Garden City High School (Michigan)
    Garden City High School is a high school located in Garden City, Michigan, United States. The athletic teams are known as the Cougars. There are approximately 1,800 students enrolled. The colors are Orange and Blue...

  • Highland Park
    Highland Park Community High School (Highland Park, Michigan)
    Highland Park Community High school is a public high school in Highland Park, Michigan. About 775 students currently attend HP. Its mascot is the polar bears, and its school colors are Blue and white The school motto is "Striving for Excellence; Learning for Life."-History:The current Highland...

  • Inkster
  • Melvindale
  • Romulus
  • Ypsilanti
    Ypsilanti High School
    Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...


Gold

  • Annapolis
    Annapolis High School (Michigan)
    Annapolis High School is a high school located in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States. Annapolis High School is one of three high schools located in Dearborn Heights, the others being Crestwood High School and Robichaud High School....

  • Crestwood
    Crestwood High School (Michigan)
    Crestwood High School or CHS is a public four-year high school in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. It was founded in 1964 and is located on Beech Daly Road between Ford Road and Cherry Hill Road.-Sports:...

  • Ecorse
  • River Rouge
  • Robichaud
  • Thurston
  • Willow Run

List of MEGA Conference state champions

Baseball
Year School Class/Division
1977 Carlson B
1984 Thurston B
1986 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

A
1994 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

B


Boys' basketball
Year School Class/Division
1952 Highland Park A
1953 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

A
1954 River Rouge B
1955 River Rouge B
1959 River Rouge B
1961 River Rouge B
1962 River Rouge B
1963 River Rouge B
1964 River Rouge B
1965 River Rouge B
1968 Willow Run B
1969 River Rouge B
1970 River Rouge B
1971 River Rouge B
1972 River Rouge B
1975 Highland Park A
1980 Willow Run B
1986 Romulus A
1998 River Rouge B
1999 River Rouge B


Girls' basketball
Year School Class/Division
1984 River Rouge B
2002 Inkster C


Boys' bowling
Year School Class
2007 Annapolis
Annapolis High School (Michigan)
Annapolis High School is a high school located in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States. Annapolis High School is one of three high schools located in Dearborn Heights, the others being Crestwood High School and Robichaud High School....

B


Girls' competitive cheer
Year School Class/Division
1995 Carlson B
2008 Carlson 2
2009 Carlson 2


Boys' cross country
Year School Class/Division
1953 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

B
1954 River Rouge B
1955 River Rouge B
1957 River Rouge B
1960 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

A
1981 Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford High School
Edsel Ford High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Edsel Ford, located on Rotunda, near Oakwood, is one of three high schools in the Dearborn Public Schools. Edsel Ford High School was completed in 1955, and the first graduating class was in 1956...

A
1987 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

B
1988 Monroe A
1992 Monroe A


Girls' cross country
Year School Class/Division
1984 Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford High School
Edsel Ford High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Edsel Ford, located on Rotunda, near Oakwood, is one of three high schools in the Dearborn Public Schools. Edsel Ford High School was completed in 1955, and the first graduating class was in 1956...

A


Football
Year School Class/Division
1930 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

B
1943 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

A
1971 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

A
1990 Robichaud B
1993 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

AA

Boys' golf
Year School Class/Division
1954 Redford Union B
1956 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

A
1963 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

A
2004 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

II


Boys' gymnastics
Year School Class/Division
1970 Kennedy OPEN
1971 Kennedy OPEN
1972 Kennedy OPEN
1973 Kennedy OPEN
1976 Truman OPEN


Girls' gymnastics
Year School Class/Division
1972 Kennedy OPEN
1973 Kennedy OPEN


Boys' ice hockey
Year School Class/Division
1976 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

I
1979 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
1980 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
1982 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
1986 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
1989 Southgate Anderson
Southgate Anderson High School
Southgate Thomas J. Anderson High School is a high school in Southgate, Michigan, United States.-History:Originally one of two high schools in Southgate, along with the since closed Schafer High School....

A
1991 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
1996 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
1998 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
2003 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

II
2004 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

II
2008 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

II
2009 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

II
2010 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

II


Girls' soccer
Year School Class/Division
1989 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

B-C-D


Softball
Year School Class/Division
1983 Belleville
Belleville High School (Belleville, Michigan)
Belleville High School is a public high school located in Belleville, Michigan and the only zoned high school in the Van Buren School District.- History :...

A
1984 Belleville
Belleville High School (Belleville, Michigan)
Belleville High School is a public high school located in Belleville, Michigan and the only zoned high school in the Van Buren School District.- History :...

A
2008 Garden City
Garden City High School (Michigan)
Garden City High School is a high school located in Garden City, Michigan, United States. The athletic teams are known as the Cougars. There are approximately 1,800 students enrolled. The colors are Orange and Blue...

I


Boys' swimming
Year School Class/Division
1952 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

A
1953 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

A
1954 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

A
1967 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

A
1971 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

A
1972 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

A
1974 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

A
1976 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

A
1986 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

B-C-D
1987 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

B-C-D


Girls' swimming
Year School Class/Division
1995 Trenton
Trenton High School (Michigan)
Trenton High School is a public high school in Trenton, Michigan, one of four schools in the Trenton Public School District. The school serves the city of Trenton and is a magnet school for special education students, specifically for those with hearing disabilities, from across...

B-C-D


Boys' tennis
Year School Class/Division
1975 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

A


Girls' tennis
Year School Class/Division
1973 Dearborn
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

OPEN


Boys' track
Year School Class/Division
1954 Inkster B
1955 Inkster B
1956 Inkster B
1954 Willow Run B
1960 Ecorse B
1963 River Rouge B
1964 Willow Run B
1965 River Rouge B
1967 Ecorse B
1969 Redford Union A
1969 Ecorse B
1970 Ecorse B
1973 Ecorse B
1974 Robichaud B
1975 Ecorse B
1979 Robichaud B
1980 Ecorse C
1981 Ecorse B
1985 Ecorse C
1990 Robichaud B
2000 Romulus II
2006 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

II


Girls' track
Year School Class/Division
1973 Lincoln Park OPEN
1993 Inkster B
1994 River Rouge B
1996 Robichaud B
2004 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

II
2009 Romulus I


Girls' volleyball
Year School Class/Division
1976 Fordson
Fordson High School
Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...

A


Wrestling
Year School Class/Division
1956 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

OPEN
1961 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

A
1962 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

A
1964 Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti High School
Ypsilanti High School is a public school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the second such building to operate under the name. The current facility, built in 1974, was remodeled between 1998 and 1999, as part of a district-wide remodeling effort funded by a bond measure...

A
1964 River Rouge B-C-D
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