Tri-Metro Conference (Minnesota)
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The Tri-Metro Conference is a MSHSL
-sanctioned athletic conference composed of schools found in the Twin Cities metro area.http://www.trimetro.org/ The conference competes in the majority of sports offered in the MSHSL. Most teams in the Tri-Metro compete in basketball and football tournaments at the AA or AAA level. While a majority of schools in the conference are private, Brooklyn Center
and St. Anthony
, are public schools.
The current conference roster was set for the 2006-07 school year with the addition of those two public schools. The Tri-Metro initially rejected the applications of St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center for membership before the MSHSL placed the schools in the conference. Previously, the conference underwent a major team shift in the late 1990s. For the 1997-98 school year, St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center, which had been members, left the conference for the Metro Alliance Conference, along with Mahtomedi High School
, Mound Westonka High School
, and Orono High School
; Farmington High School
, which joined the Missota Conference
, also departed at the same time. For the 1998-99 school year, St. Paul Academy
, Visitation
, and Mounds Park Academy
left the Tri-Valley Conference
to join the Tri-Metro, giving it the predominately private school line-up it retains today.
Tri-Metro teams compete in the following sports: tennis
(girls and boys), soccer (girls and boys), football
, cross country
(girls and boys), basketball
(girls and boys), volleyball
(girls), track and field
(girls and boys), softball
, and baseball
. They have had recent success at the state-level in competition. The Blake School won the MSHSL Challenge Cup in 2005, 2007, and 2009 as the most successful school in Minnesota
at the Class A level. In 2006, DeLaSalle
won a state championship in boys' basketball. In 2007, 2008, and 2009, the St. Croix Lutheran High School
boys track & field team won the Minnesota True Team State Track and Field
championship. St. Anthony won the 2006 and 2008 2A baseball state championships. Also in 2008, The Blake School won the Class A state title in boys Cross Country.
Minnesota State High School League
The Minnesota State High School League is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools...
-sanctioned athletic conference composed of schools found in the Twin Cities metro area.http://www.trimetro.org/ The conference competes in the majority of sports offered in the MSHSL. Most teams in the Tri-Metro compete in basketball and football tournaments at the AA or AAA level. While a majority of schools in the conference are private, Brooklyn Center
Brooklyn Center High School
Brooklyn Center High School is a public high school located in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.- School overview :Brooklyn Center High School is the only high school serving ISD #286, and has approximately 850 students in grades 7–12. One of the highest in the state, BCHS' open enrollment percentage is...
and St. Anthony
St. Anthony Village High School
St. Anthony Village High School is a public high school located in St. Anthony, Minnesota.-School Overview:St. Anthony Village High School is the only high school serving ISD #282, and it has over 500 students. It attracts a large number of open-enrollment students from other communities. ...
, are public schools.
The current conference roster was set for the 2006-07 school year with the addition of those two public schools. The Tri-Metro initially rejected the applications of St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center for membership before the MSHSL placed the schools in the conference. Previously, the conference underwent a major team shift in the late 1990s. For the 1997-98 school year, St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center, which had been members, left the conference for the Metro Alliance Conference, along with Mahtomedi High School
Mahtomedi Senior High School
Mahtomedi Senior High School is a four year public high school located in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. The school houses grades 9-12 with a total population of approximately 1,016 students. The school colors are gold and blue and the athletic teams are known as the Zephyrs. The district was created in...
, Mound Westonka High School
Mound Westonka High School
Mound Westonka High School is a senior high school in Mound, Minnesota. Mound Westonka competes in the Wright County Conference.It offers a wide variety of electives to 8th through 12th graders.-External links:*...
, and Orono High School
Orono High School
Orono High School is a high school in Orono, Maine.-Academics:Orono High School has been praised on numerous occasions for its academic excellence. Orono High School students generally test very high on standardized tests.- Fall Sports :...
; Farmington High School
Farmington Senior High School (Minnesota)
Farmington Senior High School is a public high school located in Farmington, Minnesota. It is part of Farmington Area Public Schools....
, which joined the Missota Conference
Missota Conference
The Missota Conference is an athletic conference for high schools in the greater Twin Cities area in Minnesota. There are currently 8 member schools....
, also departed at the same time. For the 1998-99 school year, St. Paul Academy
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul Academy and Summit School is a college preparatory independent day school in St. Paul, Minnesota, for students in grades K–12....
, Visitation
Convent of the Visitation
Convent of the Visitation, also known as Visitation, is an independent, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota Heights near Saint Paul. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Visitation is a coeducational school for...
, and Mounds Park Academy
Mounds Park Academy
Mounds Park Academy, founded in 1982, is an independent, PreK-12, co-educational, college preparatory day school in Saint Paul, Minnesota serving students from throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The school is accredited by and is a member of the Independent Schools Association of the...
left the Tri-Valley Conference
Tri-Valley Conference
The Tri-Valley Conference is a 16-member high school athletic conference located in southeastern Ohio. The 15 Ohio high school conference members are affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the 1 West Virginia high school in the conference is affiliated with the West...
to join the Tri-Metro, giving it the predominately private school line-up it retains today.
Tri-Metro teams compete in the following sports: tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
(girls and boys), soccer (girls and boys), football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
(girls and boys), basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(girls and boys), volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
(girls), track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
(girls and boys), softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. They have had recent success at the state-level in competition. The Blake School won the MSHSL Challenge Cup in 2005, 2007, and 2009 as the most successful school in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
at the Class A level. In 2006, DeLaSalle
DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis)
DeLaSalle High School is a Catholic, college preparatory high school located for its entire 111-year history on Nicollet Island, adjacent to downtown Minneapolis, USA. Then-Archbishop John Ireland helped raise money to build the new Catholic secondary school in Minneapolis. Only a few months...
won a state championship in boys' basketball. In 2007, 2008, and 2009, the St. Croix Lutheran High School
St. Croix Lutheran High School
St. Croix Lutheran High School, is a parochial high school in West St. Paul, Minnesota. The secondary school has a student body population of about four hundred total students in ninth through twelfth grade. Most of St. Croix’s students live in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area and travel to...
boys track & field team won the Minnesota True Team State Track and Field
Minnesota True Team State Track and Field
The Minnesota True Team State Meet was created in 1987 by the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association to determine the top overall team based on depth rather than top finishers. In a traditional track and field meet, only the top eight or nine competitors per event score points...
championship. St. Anthony won the 2006 and 2008 2A baseball state championships. Also in 2008, The Blake School won the Class A state title in boys Cross Country.
Conference members
- The Blake School
- Breck SchoolBreck SchoolBreck School is an independent college-preparatory preK–12 school in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. It was founded in 1886 and is affiliated with the Episcopal Church...
- Concordia Academy - RosevilleConcordia Academy (Minnesota)Concordia Academy is a Christian high school with campuses in Roseville. Concordia Academy, a Lutheran high school, originated in 1893 as the high school of Concordia College, St. Paul, and in 1967 merged with St. Paul Lutheran High School at 2400 North Dale St. in Roseville. The school was owned...
- DeLaSalle High SchoolDeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis)DeLaSalle High School is a Catholic, college preparatory high school located for its entire 111-year history on Nicollet Island, adjacent to downtown Minneapolis, USA. Then-Archbishop John Ireland helped raise money to build the new Catholic secondary school in Minneapolis. Only a few months...
- Minnehaha AcademyMinnehaha AcademyMinnehaha Academy is a Christian private school in Minneapolis, Minnesota for students in preschool through 12th grade, and established in 1913. It is owned by the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, and is located in the Cooper and Longfellow neighborhoods. The student body...
- Mounds Park AcademyMounds Park AcademyMounds Park Academy, founded in 1982, is an independent, PreK-12, co-educational, college preparatory day school in Saint Paul, Minnesota serving students from throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The school is accredited by and is a member of the Independent Schools Association of the...
- St. AgnesSaint Agnes High School (St. Paul, Minnesota)Saint Agnes High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and is affiliated with the Church of St. Agnes in Saint Paul.-Background:...
- St. Paul Academy & Summit SchoolSt. Paul Academy and Summit SchoolSt. Paul Academy and Summit School is a college preparatory independent day school in St. Paul, Minnesota, for students in grades K–12....
- St. Croix Lutheran High SchoolSt. Croix Lutheran High SchoolSt. Croix Lutheran High School, is a parochial high school in West St. Paul, Minnesota. The secondary school has a student body population of about four hundred total students in ninth through twelfth grade. Most of St. Croix’s students live in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area and travel to...
- Convent of the VisitationConvent of the VisitationConvent of the Visitation, also known as Visitation, is an independent, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota Heights near Saint Paul. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Visitation is a coeducational school for...
- St. Anthony Village High SchoolSt. Anthony Village High SchoolSt. Anthony Village High School is a public high school located in St. Anthony, Minnesota.-School Overview:St. Anthony Village High School is the only high school serving ISD #282, and it has over 500 students. It attracts a large number of open-enrollment students from other communities. ...
- Brooklyn Center High SchoolBrooklyn Center High SchoolBrooklyn Center High School is a public high school located in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.- School overview :Brooklyn Center High School is the only high school serving ISD #286, and has approximately 850 students in grades 7–12. One of the highest in the state, BCHS' open enrollment percentage is...