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updated 4-1-11
CLICK HERE - Lifting Your League
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updated 4-1-11
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updated 12-31-11
Public Vs Private
Lima (Ohio) Central Catholic AD Ron Williams talks about the Private vs Public issue LCC faced this year...
updated 3-31-11
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MICHIGAN
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HOME SCHOOL (MICHIGAN)
updated 2-19-12
CLICK HERE - Christ the King Catholic Church gives home-schoolers chance to play high school sports
Livingston Christian
updated 1-29-12
CLICK HERE - Taking the next step - Livingston Christian moving up to MHSAA next school year
Kensington Woods
updated 1-29-12
CLICK HERE - CSPA also considering MHSAA - Kensington Woods High, however, drops its membership
Portland St. Patrick
updated 12-22-11
CLICK HERE - High school football: Eight is enough for Portland St. Patrick
OK Conference
updated 12-22-11
CLICK HERE - OK Conference realignment approved by superintendents, school boards, clearing final hurdle
updated 12-13-11
CLICK HERE - Local high schools await looming decision on conference change
updated 11-11-11
CLICK HERE - OK Conference principals approve realignment plan for 2012-13
Red Arrow Conference
updated 11-4-11
Lawrence
We can confirm that the Red Arrow Conference A.D.’s did visit Lawrence this past week and are looking at the possibility of joining the Red Arrow Conference but no decision has been made at this time.updated 10-10-11
We have confirmed that at least one school will be hearing a proposal to join the Red Arrow this month.
updated 10-8-11
CLICK HERE - Covert ousted from Red Arrow, looking to rebuild
Lenawee County Athletic Association
updated 10-7-11
CLICK HERE - LCAA approves additions of Hillsdale and Columbia Central
updated 9-21-11
CLICK HERE - Onsted open to possible LCAA?expansion
Lakeland Conference
updated 9-15-11
Lakeland Conference Status Update
We asked Buchanan Athletic Director Fred Smith severals questions via emails.How did your (Lakeland Conference) meetings with the St Joe Valley and Red Arrow go, just scheduling for now or any talk of merging in some form?
Since neither conferences are a perfect fit for all sports either because of geography or competitiveness, we are scheduling where convenient yet remaining as 3 separate conferences.
Any hopes of adding any new members to the Lakeland or are schools satisfied with current set-up? Any thoughts of adding new members, is Buchanan looking for a new athletic home?
Easier said than done. The Lakeland Conference is open to additional membership and Buchanan High School is open to a new home. However, with current league set-ups and current enrollment figures, I do not see any changes on the horizon. I do not think anyone is satisfied with the current set-up, but it is what it is without any solutions.
updated 8-15-11
from Buchanan AD, Fred Smith
At this time we are moving forward as a four team conference and having scheduling meetings with the St. Joe Valley and Red Arrow Conferences.
Ann Arbor
updated 7-21-11
CLICK HERE - Ann Arbor schools finalize high school sports cuts
Capital Area Activities Conference
updated 7-13-11
CLICK HERE - CAAC looking to add Parma Western
updated 6-11-11
CLICK HERE - Capital Area Activities Conference approves addition of Parma Western for 2012-13
OK Conference
updated 6-7-11
CLICK HERE - OK Conference principals to vote on revised realignment plan Wednesday
Wolverine Conference Adds 2 Lakeland Conference Members
updated 6-3-11
CLICK HERE - Wolverine offers Berrien, Coloma
CLICK HERE - Wolverine issues invitations to Berrien Springs, Coloma
updated 6-2-11
CLICK HERE - Wolverine Conference extends official invites to Berrien Springs and Coloma
6-2-11 - On Tuesday, the Wolverine Conference Board of Governors voted to extend an official invitation to Berrien Springs and Coloma to join the league. Pending their administrative and Board of Education approval, they will begin league competition in the 2012-13 school year. Berrien Springs and Coloma will increase the size of the Wolverine Conference to twelve teams joining Edwardsburg which was added as the tenth school in April replacing Gull Lake.The Board of Governors is very excited to add these two schools to the league. We know that they have quality programs and will be a nice fit with the existing schools. Their philosophy of the role of educational athletics is in line with the conference and they have similar athletic offerings as the current league schools.
The Board has been reviewing a wide range of options over the past year from maintaining the size of the league at ten schools to expanding to as many as twenty schools. After the addition of Edwardsburg, discussions continued and it was decided that expanding to twelve schools would further enhance the opportunities that we could provide our student-athletes and school districts. We are looking forward to beginning the process of developing league formats and schedules.
For the 2011-12 school year, Wolverine Conference members include Allegan, Comstock, Dowagiac, Otsego, Paw Paw, Plainwell, South Haven, Three Rivers and Vicksburg. Next year, Gull Lake will continue to play in the Wolverine in football only. The league, formed in 1952, has predominantly been an eight-school league until the addition of Dowagiac and Paw in 2006. Charter members of the league were Allegan, Otsego, Plainwell, Portage, South Haven and Western State High (Kalamazoo)
updated 6-4-11
CLICK HERE - Coloma, Watervliet hope rivalry will remain
Ottawa Kent Conference
updated 4-29-11
CLICK HERE - Muskegon High School to join up with Mona Shores, Reeths-Puffer in OK Black
Lakeland Conference
updated - 4-26-11from - Allegan AD Gary Ellis
I just received a phone call from the superintendent from Edwardsburg indicating that the school board unanimously voted to accept the Wolverine Conference's invitation to join the league. They will become a part of the Wolverine Conference in 2012-13. Athletic Directors will begin to develop formats and schedules for the various sports offered by the league.
updated 4-26-11
CLICK HERE - Edwardsburg moves to Wolverine Conference
updated 4-23-11
CLICK HERE - Edwardsburg expected to join Wolverine Conference
CLICK HERE - Edwardsburg heads to Wolverine
CLICK HERE - Lakeland Conference set to move forward
CLICK HERE - Wolverine invites Edwardsburg to join league (link online for a limited time)
updated 4-22-11
Wolverine Conference Invites Edwardsburg To Join
Yesterday, the Wolverine Conference Board of Governors voted to extend an official invitation to Edwardsburg to join the league. Pending the Edwardsburg Board of Education approval, the Eddies will begin league competition in the 2012-13 school year. Edwardsburg will become the tenth member of the Wolverine Conference replacing Gull Lake which will join the SMAC (Big 16) next year.The Board of Governors is very excited to add Edwardsburg to the league and looks forward to beginning the relationship with them. We know that they have a quality program and will be a nice fit with the existing nine schools. Their philosophy of the role of educational athletics is in line with the conference and they have similar athletic offerings as the current league schools.
Before making the decision yesterday, members of the league considered a wide range of options, including expansion. League representatives visited three other schools and found that they too had a great deal to offer the conference. After extensive discussion the Board decided that the best course of action at this time would be to remain at ten schools and to offer Edwardsburg the opportunity to fill the existing opening.
Wolverine Conference members include Allegan, Comstock, Dowagiac, Otsego, Paw Paw, Plainwell, South Haven, Three Rivers and Vicksburg. The league, formed in 1952, was predominantly an eight-school league until the addition of Dowagiac and Paw in 2006. Charter members of the league were Allegan, Otsego, Plainwell, Portage, South Haven and Western State High (Kalamazoo
CLICK HERE - Edwardsburg only team invited to join Wolverine Conference
Saginaw Valley League
updated 4-13-11
CLICK HERE - ISVL To Add Five Schools in 2012, Expanding to 15 Members
CONSOLIDATION
updated 4-5-11
CLICK HERE - It is beyond time for school consolidation
updated 3-16-11
WOLVERINE CONFERENCE Expansion Update
Reply From Edwardsburg
below is a reply to THE SENIOR REPORTS -Edwardsburg Public Schools is scheduled for a visit from the Wolverine Conference representatives on March 29, 2011. It’s my understanding that the Wolverine Conference has selected four Class B schools for visits: Coloma, Edwardsburg, Berrien Springs and Buchanan. They will reportedly extend invitations to three (3) of the four (4). Notification will be later April or first of May!
Thanks, Sherman L. Ostrander Superintendent of Schools Edwardsburg Public Schoolsupdated 3-11-11
On Wednesday (3-9-11), the Wolverine Conference Board of Governors met at Paw Paw High School for its regularly scheduled meeting. The main topic on the agenda was the status of the Wolverine Conference and possible future plans. Next year, the league will be made up of nine schools with the withdrawal of Gull Lake, except in football.
No decisions were made on the size of the league, beginning with the 2012-13 school year, pending visits to schools that indicated an interest in becoming a part of the Wolverine. Visitations will be scheduled for later this month with officials from Berrien Springs, Buchanan, Coloma and Edwardsburg, all Class B schools currently in the Lakeland Conference. A visitation committee, consisting of two principals and two athletic directors, will report back to the Board of Governors on their observations at a meeting to be held in April after spring break.
The Wolverine Conference, which was organized in 1952, currently consists of ten Class B schools: Allegan, Comstock, Dowagiac, Gull Lake, Otsego, Paw Paw, Plainwell, South Haven, Three Rivers and Vicksburg.
Perry
updated 2-20-11
CLICK HERE - Perry School Board votes to pursue GAC membership
AD's
updated 2-20-11
CLICK HERE - Job of high school athletic director evolving into multiple duties, resulting in increased burnout and turnover
Michigan Metro Athletic Conference
updated 2-24-11
CLICK HERE - Eleven schools form new league
updated 2-19-11
CLICK HERE - Willow Run to join newly-formed Michigan Metro Athletic Conference
Lumen Christi
updated 2-11-11
CLICK HERE - Athletic directors give OK for Lumen Christi football to join CAAC in 2012
Wolverine Conference
Wolverine Conference Update
updated 1-25-11On Tuesday, January 25, the Wolverine Conference Board of Governors met to consider a request from Gull Lake to leave the Wolverine Conference to join the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference. With a unanimous vote the Board agreed to release Gull Lake from their league contracts in all sports except football for the 2011-12 school year. Both the Wolverine Conference and Gull Lake agreed that it would be in the best interest of all conference schools, as well as their student athletes, to maintain the football schedules for one more year due to the difficulty of finding replacements at this point. The SMAC had voted to accept Gull Lake into the league in all sports except for football since their conference had existing contracts with Jackson Lumen Christi.
Gull Lake has been a member of the Wolverine Conference since the 1974-75 school year, becoming the ninth member of the league at that time. The conference, which was formed in 1952-53, was set up as a league for schools with a Class B or lower enrollment. According to the league’s constitution, when a school exceeds that level for two years, it would be ineligible to continue with the league unless action was taken to allow that school to continue. This fall Gull Lake reached that threshold and decided to look at opportunities in the SMAC.
In December, 2010, the Wolverine Conference Board of Governors made a decision to look at league expansion which would go into effect in the 2012-13 school year. The Conference is continuing down that path and, in addition, looking for a replacement for Gull Lake. This week, letters will be sent to area schools to determine their interest. From that response, the number of schools to be included in the league and format for future competition will be established. The Wolverine Conference athletic directors are excited about the new opportunities that league expansion offers.
Gull Lake, which has been a valuable member of the league over the past 36 years contributing a great deal to the competition offered member schools, will definitely be missed. The SMAC will be adding a quality program to their league.
updated 1-18-11
Lakeland Conference
The Senior Reports sent email to administrators at Lakeland Conference schools asking their thoughts on schools possibly moving to the Wolverine Conference.
Buchanan
(1-18-11) - Buchanan continues to enjoy the relationship with all Lakeland schools, both on a competitive nature and on a relationship nature. If it is time for schools to join other leagues, then Buchanan will evaluate all of its options. Until schools formally make a move, everything is speculative.Fred Smith, Athletic Director, Buchanan Community Schools
CLICK HERE - Conference shuffling may begin in Michigan
Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference
updated 1-25-11
CLICK HERE - Gull Lake hopes to play in SMAC in 2011-2012 for all sports except football
updated 1-18-11
CLICK HERE - Gull Lake joining Big 16
Updated: 1-15-11
CLICK HERE - Gull Lake leaving Wolverine Conference, bound for Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference
CLICK HERE - Gull Lake to join SMAC next fall
Updated: 12-26-10
CLICK HERE - Let's play ball - Kensington Woods High slowly building its athletic programs
Updated: 9-28-10
CLICK HERE - Blissfield, Hudson bracing for LCAA future
Updated: 9-21-10
CLICK HERE - Onsted board hears update on possible sports league switch
Updated: 8-1-10
CLICK HERE - MHSAA suspends Lakeshore coaches
Updated: 7-31-10
CLICK HERE - Bridgman Football Independent in 2010. No Conference Games.
Updated: 01-04-2010
CLICK HERE - Northwest High School eyes possible move to Southern Michigan Activities Association
Updated: 12-30-09
CLICK HERE - ‘A league of their own’
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EZStream - Little East Launches LittleEast.mobi
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Little East Conference office, in partnership with EZStream, launched its latest enhancement to its conference media campaign, - LittleEast.mobi is an extension of LittleEast.tv which will allow viewers to watch selected video-streamed conference contests free of charge on their mobile smartphones.“I am excited to announce this new media collaboration between EZStream and the Little East Conference,” Commissioner Jonathan C. Harper said. “LittleEast.mobi will allow fans, parents, alumni and student-athletes to view selected contests on any smartphone free of charge. Once again, EZStream has proved to be at the forefront of new media by providing video streaming to the most popular phones that LittleEast.tv viewers own. No longer do our fans need to be in front of a computer to view these broadcasts.”
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The Little East is the first conference in any of the three NCAA Divisions to feature this application. Viewers will be able to watch selected contests on Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, and Flash platforms.The Little East Conference office will launch its newest feature on Feb. 15 by showcasing two of the conference’s long-standing basketball rivalries. The first contest will pit Eastern Connecticut State University at Western Connecticut State University in a crucial women’s basketball tilt at 5:30 p.m. Approximately two hours later, fans will be able to view the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Rhode Island College men’s basketball game from Providence.
The conference office will also select a pair of marquee matchups on the final afternoon of the Little East schedule on Saturday, Feb. 19. These four conference contests will serve as a prelude to the 2011 Little East Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship. The semifinal and championship rounds of the men’s and women’s tournament will be broadcasted on both LittleEast.tv and LittleEast.mobi between Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27. The Little East champion will earn an automatic qualifier into the 2011 NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Little East debuted LittleEast.tv on Feb. 4, 2008, when the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth hosted Tufts University in a men’s basketball non-conference game. Since its initial appearance, the Little East has expanded its coverage to all 19 championship sports. During the 2009-10 academic year, the conference office video-streamed a total of 16 Little East Championships. The Little East in partnership with Eastern Connecticut State University broadcasted both the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Division III Baseball New England Regional Championships in Mansfield, Conn. attracting over 40,000 combined viewers.
EZStream prides itself as the easiest and most cost-effective way available to create and present streaming audio and video. Websites powered by the EZStream system provide some of the best content on the Internet today. In the past six years, EZStream sites have delivered over 120,000 audio and video broadcasts to millions of viewers and listeners worldwide.
Initially formed in 1986 as a six-team men's and women's basketball conference, the Little East Conference has since grown to its present eight-school membership, sponsoring championship play in 19 intercollegiate athletics: baseball; men's and women's basketball; men's and women's cross country; field hockey; men's and women's lacrosse; men's and women's soccer; softball; women's swimming; men's and women's tennis; men's and women's indoor track; men's and women's outdoor track and women's volleyball.
10 Reasons to use EZStream
1.Conference level events are FREE! 2.Schools can generate new revenue using the EZStream platform. 3.Your Conference will receive a customized broadcast web page at no charge. Ad banner tools included! 4.All conference school broadcasts will automatically upload on to your conference broadcast web page. 5.Great public relations tool! All conference and school events under one site! 6.Schools can keep their own sites! 7.New online replacement to "Game Tape Exchange". 8.Outstanding recruiting tool for parents and athletes to view school games. 9.EZStream support on call 24/7. Opportunity to secure League wide Sponsor Deals by having all schools moving in the same direction under one umbrella control of your conference. Also - NO ADVERTISING from anyone other than your conference and we offer our own dynamic ad insertion software for easy upload of your sponsor commercials during breaks in the game. You sell and keep 100% of all advertising or choose no advertising.For more information on EZStream and our new EZStream Mobile offering, please email or call me.
Chris Morgan Vice President of Sales and Marketing EZStream Office: (603) 606-1592 Cell: (603)315-0123 Email: Chris@EZStream.com
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