Established 1954 Sports fielded 8 | Members 8 Region Jackson County | |
Association Michigan High School Athletic Association | ||
The Cascade Conference is a Michigan high school athletic conference, in the Jackson County area. It was formed prior to the 1954 school year. The conference includes Class B and C schools from the Jackson County area, as well as schools from the surrounding area.
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Current members
The following institutions are full members of the Cascade Conference for the 2013/14 academic year:
Former members
The Cascade Conference has five former members.
Formation
The Cascade Conference was formed in 1954 with eight schools from the Jackson County Conference. The original members were: Brooklyn, Concord, East Jackson, Grass Lake, Jackson Vandercook Lake, Michigan Center, Napoleon, Parma, and Springport high schools.
Red and Blue
With the growth of suburbs, some Cascade 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 Cascade-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 Cascade Red for the Capital-Circuit Conference. Brooklyn Columbia Central left the Cascade 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. Parma Jackson County Western left the Cascade Red after the 1995 school year and joined the Twin Valley Conference.
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Members