Saginaw Valley League

The Saginaw Valley High School Association (commonly referred to as the Saginaw Valley League) is a high school sports league within the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA), located in the Bay, Genesee, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, and Saginaw, Counties in Michigan area. It was formed in the fall of 1904 with five teams: Bay City Eastern (Bay City Central), Bay City Western (Bay City Handy), Saginaw Eastern (Saginaw High), Arthur Hill, and Flint High (Flint Central)^[1]

Current Member Schools

The Saginaw Valley League currently has 14 member schools.

School	Nickname	City	Division
Bay City Central	Wolves	Bay City	North
Bay City Western	Warriors	Auburn	North
Carman-Ainsworth	Cavaliers	Flint	South
Davison High School	Cardinals	Davison	South
Flint Northwestern	Wildcats	Flint	South
Flint Southwestern Academy	Knights	Flint	South
Midland H. H. Dow	Chargers	Midland	North
Lapeer High School	Lightning	Lapeer	South
Midland High School	Chemics	Midland	North
Mount Pleasant High School	Oilers	Mt. Pleasant	North
Powers Catholic High School	Chargers	Flint	South
Saginaw Arthur Hill	Lumberjacks	Saginaw	North
Saginaw Heritage	Hawks	Saginaw	North
Saginaw High School	Trojans	Saginaw	North

Flushing was accepted as a member of the Flint Metro League and will begin their new conference affiliation in 2014-15. Membership for Carman-Ainsworth into the Flint Metro League, who applied at the same time as Flushing, was declined.^[2]
Lapeer will be combining into one high school at the end of the 2013–2014 school year, leaving their schools student body too large for the Flint Metro League. Lapeer High School will join the Saginaw Valley League at the beginning of the 2014–2015 school year.

Former Schools

School	Nickname	City	Years^[3]
Pontiac Central	Chiefs	Pontiac	? – 1994
Flint Central	Indians	Flint	1904–2008
Flint Northwestern	Wildcats	Flint	1969–2001
Bay City T.L. Handy	Wildcats	Bay City	1961–1979
Flint Northern	Vikings	Flint	1950–2013

From 1969–1979, the Conference splint into a Saginaw Valley East and a Saginaw Valley West Conference. Many Conference Realignments happened during this time.

Saginaw Valley Eastern

School	Nickname
Bay City Central	Wolves
Bay City Western	Warriors
Flint Central	Indians
Flint Southwestern Academy	Colts
Midland High School	Chemics
Saginaw High School	Trojans

Saginaw Valley Western

School	Nickname
Bay City T.L Handy	Wildcats
Flint Northern	Vikings
Flint Northwestern	Wildcats
Midland H.H. Dow	Chargers
Pontiac Central	Chiefs
Saginaw Arthur Hill	Lumberjacks

Flint Northwestern was included in the Saginaw Valley League up until 2001, as it became an Independent in 2002.
Mount Pleasant High School entered the Valley for the first time in 2005 after the 2002–2003 season being the last of the Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference-A.
Saginaw Heritage entered the Conference in 1994 after a consolidation of Eisenhower High School and MacArthur High School although it was in the White-Pine Conference since its creation (1988) to 1992–1993.
Pontiac Central High School left the Conference after the 1994 season for the Oakland II Conference, now the Oakland-Blue Conference.
Neither Bay City T.L. Handy, Bay City Western, nor Bay City Central are included in the 1978 football results, because none of the Bay City schools had football teams that year.
After the 1979–1980 season Bay City T.L. Handy left the Saginaw Valley Conference to join the White-Pine Conference in 1988, and ultimately closed its doors after the 1989–1990 school year, only to be later opened as T.L. Handy Middle School.

Membership Timeline since 1950

Saginaw Valley League^[3]

Saginaw Valley East

Saginaw Valley West

List of Saginaw Valley League Conference Champions

^[4]

Baseball

Year	School
1962	Midland High School
1966–1970	Midland High School
1972	Midland High School
1980	Midland High School
1982	Midland High School
1991	Midland High School
1995	Midland High School
1997	Midland High School
2003	Bay City Central High School
2004
2005	Midland High School
2006
2007	Mount Pleasant High School
2008	Bay City Western High School
2009	Bay City Western High School
2010	Midland High School
2011	Mount Pleasant High School
2012	Bay City Western High School Midland High School (North Division )
2013	Bay City Western High School (North Division )	Flushing High School (South Division)
2014	Bay City Central High School/Bay City Western High School (North Division )	Carman-Ainsworth High School (South Division)

Boys' Basketball

Year	School
1976	Midland High School
1994–1995	Flint Northern
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006	Flint Southwestern Academy
2007	Saginaw High School

Year	North	South
2008	Saginaw High School	Carman-Ainsworth
2009	Saginaw Arthur Hill	Powers Catholic High School
2010	Saginaw Heritage	Powers Catholic High School
2011	Saginaw High School	Flint Northwestern
2012	Saginaw High School	Carman-Ainsworth
2013	Saginaw Arthur Hill	Carman-Ainsworth
2014	Saginaw Arthur Hill	Carman-Ainsworth
2015	Saginaw Arthur Hill	Flint Northwestern

Girls' Basketball

Year	North	South
2008	Saginaw Arthur Hill
2009	Saginaw Arthur Hill
2010	Saginaw Arthur Hill	Davison High School
2011	Midland H. H. Dow	Powers Catholic High School
2012	Midland High School	Davison High School
2013	Midland H. H. Dow	Davison High School
2014	Midland High School	Powers Catholic High School
2015	Midland H. H. Dow	Powers Catholic High School

Boys' Cross Country

Year	School
1961–1962	Midland High School
1968	Midland High School
1972–1979	Midland High School
1995	Midland High School
1997	Bay City Western
1998	Midland H. H. Dow
1999	Midland High School
2000	Midland High School
2001	Saginaw Heritage, Midland High School
2002	Midland H. H. Dow
2003	Midland H. H. Dow
2004	Saginaw Heritage
2005	Midland High School
2006	Bay City Western
2007	Saginaw Heritage
2008	Saginaw Heritage
2009	Saginaw Heritage
2010	Saginaw Heritage
2011	Saginaw Heritage
2012	Saginaw Heritage
2013	Saginaw Heritage
2014	Saginaw Heritage

Girls' Cross Country

Year	School
2007
2008	Saginaw Heritage High School
2009	Midland High School
2010	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2011	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2012
2013	Bay City Western High School
2014	Bay City Western High School

Football

Year	School
1980	Flint Northern, Midland High School
1981	Saginaw Arthur Hill
1982	Flint Northwestern, Saginaw Arthur Hill
1983	Flint Northern, Flint Central, Midland High School
1984	Midland High School
1985	Flint Northern, Flint Central, Bay City Western
1986	Flint Northern, Midland H. H. Dow
1987	Midland High School
1988	Flint Northern, Midland High School, Saginaw Arthur Hill
1989	Midland High School
1990	Saginaw Arthur Hill, Midland High School, Saginaw High School, Pontiac Central
1991	Saginaw Arthur Hill, Midland High School
1992	Saginaw Arthur Hill
1993	Flint Central
1994	Midland High School
1995	Saginaw High School
1996	Bay City Central
1997	Saginaw High School, Midland H. H. Dow
1998	Saginaw High School
1999	Midland High School, Saginaw Heritage
2000	Saginaw High School
2001	Saginaw High School
2002	Saginaw High School
2003	Midland High School
2004	Bay City Western
2005	Midland H. H. Dow, Midland High School, Bay City Western
2006	Saginaw Heritage
2007	Bay City Central, Midland High School, Saginaw Arthur Hill, Mount Pleasant High School
2008	Bay City Western
2009	Mount Pleasant High School
2010	Mount Pleasant High School
2011	Mount Pleasant High School

Year	North	South
2012	Midland High School	Powers Catholic High School
2013	Midland H. H. Dow	Carman-Ainsworth

Year	Blue	Red
2014	Midland H. H. Dow	Lapeer High School
2015

Boys' Golf

Year	School
2006
2008
2009
2010	Bay City Western High School
2011	Bay City Western High School
2012
2013
2014	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2015

Girls' Golf

Year	School
2007
2008
2009	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2015

Boys' Ice Hockey

Year	School
1985	Midland High School
1986	Saginaw Arthur Hill High School
1987	Midland High School
1988	Midland High School
1989	Midland High School
1990
1991
1992	Midland High School
1993	Midland High School
1994	Midland High School
1995
1996
1997
1998	Midland High School, Midland H. H. Dow
1999	Midland High School, Midland H. H. Dow
2000	Midland High School
2001	Midland High School
2002	Midland High School
2003
2004
2005	Midland High School
2006
2007	Midland High School
2008
2009	Midland High School
2010	Midland High School
2011	Midland High School
2012	Midland High School
2013	Flint Powers Catholic High School
2014	Bay City Wolves

Girls' Soccer

Year	North	South
2007	Midland High School
2008
2009
2010
2011	Midland H. H. Dow	Powers Catholic High School
2012	Midland H. H. Dow
2013	Mount Pleasant High School	Davison High School
2014	Midland H. H. Dow	Powers Catholic High School
2015

Boys' Soccer

Year	North	South
2006	Midland High School
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011	Midland High School
2012	Midland High School
2013	Midland High School	Powers Catholic High School
2014	Midland High School	Lapeer
2015

Softball

Year	North	South
2007	Midland H. H. Dow
2008		Flint Powers Catholic High School
2009	Mount Pleasant	Flint Powers Catholic High School
2010	Mount Pleasant High School	Flint Powers Catholic High School
2011	Bay City Western High School	Davison High School
2012	Bay City Western High School	Davison High School
2013	Bay City Western High School	Flint Powers Catholic High School
2014	Bay City Western High School	Flint Powers Catholic High School

Boys' Swimming

Year	School
2003	Midland H. H. Dow
2004	Midland H. H. Dow
2005	Midland H. H. Dow
2006	Midland H. H. Dow
2007	Midland H. H. Dow
2008	Midland H. H. Dow
2009	Midland H. H. Dow
2010	Midland H. H. Dow
2011	Midland H. H. Dow
2012	Midland H. H. Dow
2013	Midland H. H. Dow
2014	Midland H. H. Dow
2015	Midland H. H. Dow

Girls' Swimming

Year	School
2006	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2005
2007	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2008	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2009	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2010	Saginaw Heritage High School
2011	Davison High School
2012	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2013	Flint Powers Catholic High School
2014	Saginaw Heritage High School

Boys' Tennis

Year	North	South
2006	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2007	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2008	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2009	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2010	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2011	Midland H. H. Dow High School	Flushing High School
2012	Midland H. H. Dow High School	Flushing High School
2013	Midland H. H. Dow High School	Flushing High School
2014	Midland H. H. Dow High School	Flushing High School

Girls' Tennis

Year	School
1997	Midland H. H. Dow
1998	Midland H. H. Dow
1999	Midland H. H. Dow
2000	Midland H. H. Dow
2001	Midland H. H. Dow
2002	Midland H. H. Dow
2003	Midland H. H. Dow
2004	Midland H. H. Dow
2005	Midland H. H. Dow
2006	Midland H. H. Dow

Boys' Track

Year	School
1995	Midland High School
1996	Midland High School
2001	Saginaw Heritage
2002	Saginaw Heritage
2003	Midland H. H. Dow
2004	Midland H. H. Dow
2005	Bay City Central
2006	Bay City Central
2007	Midland High School
2008	Flint Southwestern Academy
2009	Midland High School
2010	Bay City Western High School
2011	Bay City Western High School
2012	Bay City Western High School
2013	Flint Carman-Ainsworth High School
2014	Flint Carman-Ainsworth High School
2015

Girls' Track

Year	School
2007	Saginaw Heritage
2008	Flint Southwestern Academy
2009	Flint Southwestern Academy
2010	Arthur Hill High School
2011	Midland High School
2012	Bay City Central High School
2013	Midland High School
2014	Midland High School
2015

Girls' Volleyball

Year	Blue	Red
2007	Midland High School
2008
2009	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2010
2011	Midland High School
2012	Midland High School	Flushing High School
2013	Bay City Western High School	Flushing High School
2014	Midland H. H. Dow High School	Lapeer High School
2015

Wrestling

Year	School
2006–2007
2008
2009	Saginaw Heritage High School
2010	Bay City Western High School
2011	Midland H. H. Dow High School
2012	Bay City Western High School
2013	Davison High School
2014	Davison High School
2015	Davison High School

Notable alumni

Notable alumni who have participated athletically in the Saginaw Valley League (or participated for a school formerly a member of the Saginaw Valley League) include the following:

Basketball

Alumni	Grad.	SVL School	College	Pro Team(s)
Darvin Ham		Saginaw High School	Texas Tech University	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards, CB Granada, Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Talk N' Text Phone Pals, & Albuquerque Thunderbirds
Jason Richardson	1999	Saginaw Arthur Hill	Michigan State University	Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Bobcats, & Phoenix Suns
Anthony Roberson		Saginaw High School	University of Florida	Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, Hapoel 'Migdal' Jerusalem, TTNet Beykoz, & New York Knicks
Trent Tucker		Flint Northwestern High School	University of Minnesota	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, & Chicago Bulls
Eddie Robinson		Flint Northern High School	University of Central Oklahoma	Charlotte Hornets & Chicago Bulls
Glen Rice		Flint Northwestern High School	University of Michigan	Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, & Los Angeles Clippers
Morris Peterson		Flint Northwestern High School	Michigan State University	Toronto Raptors, New Orleans Hornets, & Oklahoma City Thunder
Jeff Grayer		Flint Northwestern	Iowa State University	Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, & Sacramento Kings
Terry Furlow		Flint Northern High School	Michigan State University	Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, & Utah Jazz
Desmon Farmer		Flint Northern High School	University of Southern California	Seattle SuperSonics & San Antonio Spurs
Mateen Cleaves		Flint Northern High School	Michigan State University	Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, Cleveland Cavaliers, & Seattle SuperSonics
Deanna Nolan		Flint Northern High School	University of Georgia	Detroit Shock (WNBA)
Charlie Bell	1997	Flint Southwestern Academy	Michigan State University	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, & Golden State Warriors
Walker Russell		Pontiac Central High School	Western Michigan University	Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, & Indiana Pacers
Campy Russell		Pontiac Central High School	University of Michigan	Cleveland Cavaliers & New York Knicks

Football

Alumni	Grad.	SVL School	College	Pro Team(s)
Jalen Parmele	2004	Midland H. H. Dow	University of Toledo	Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens & Jacksonville Jaguars
Charles Rogers	2000	Saginaw High School	Michigan State University	Detroit Lions
Terry McDaniel	1983	Saginaw High School	University of Tennessee	Oakland Raiders & Seattle Seahawks
Stuart Schweigert		Saginaw Heritage	Purdue	Oakland Raiders & Detroit Lions
Sam Sword	1994	Saginaw Arthur Hill	University of Michigan	Oakland Raiders & Indianapolis Colts
LaMarr Woodley	2003	Saginaw High School	University of Michigan	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Kanicki	1959	Bay City Central High School	Michigan State University	Cleveland Browns & New York Giants
Dennis Wirgowski	1965	Bay City Central High School	Purdue University	New England Patriots & Philadelphia Eagles
Wayne Meylan	1964	Bay City TL Handy High School	University of Nebraska	Cleveland Browns & Minnesota Vikings
George Hoey	1954	Flint Central High School	University of Michigan	St. Louis Cardinals, New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, & Denver Broncos
Clarence Peaks	1953	Flint Central High School	Michigan State University	Philadelphia Eagles & Pittsburgh Steelers
Leon Burton	1953	Flint Northern High School	Arizona State University	New York Titans
Eugene Marve	1978	Flint Northern High School	Saginaw Valley State University	San Diego Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, & Buffalo Bills
Robaire Smith	1995	Flint Northern High School	Michigan State University	Tennessee Titans, Houston Texans, & Cleveland Browns
Brent Williams	1982	Flint Northern High School	University of Toledo	New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, & New York Jets
Mark Ingram, Sr	1983	Flint Northwestern High School	Michigan State University	New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers, & Philadelphia Eagles
Andre Rison	1985	Flint Northwestern High School	Michigan State University	Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, & Oakland Raiders
Fernando Smith	1989	Flint Northwestern High School	Jackson State University	Minnesota Vikings. Jacksonville Jaguars, Baltimore Ravens, & St. Louis Rams
Terry Crews	1986	Flint Southwestern High School	Western Michigan University	Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, & San Diego Chargers
Booker Moore	1977	Flint Southwestern High School	Penn State University	Buffalo Bills
Ricky Patton	1972	Flint Southwestern High School	Jackson State University	Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, & San Francisco 49ers
Mark Ingram, Jr	2008	Flint Southwestern Academy	University of Alabama	New Orleans Saints
Howard Mudd	1959	Midland High School	Michigan State University	Chicago Bears & San Francisco 49ers

Baseball

Alumni	SVL School	College	Pro Team(s)
Jim Abbott	Flint Central High School	University of Michigan	California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, & Milwaukee Brewers
Merv Rettenmund	Flint Southwestern High School	Ball State University	Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, & California Angels
Rick Leach	Flint Southwestern High School	University of Michigan	Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, & San Francisco Giants
Steve Boros	Flint Northern High School	University of Michigan	Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, & Cincinnati Reds
Scott Winchester	Midland H. H. Dow	Clemson University	Cincinnati Reds
Matt Mieske	Bay City Western	Western Michigan University	Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, & Arizona Diamondbacks
Larry Jaster	Midland High School	Michigan State University	St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, & Atlanta Braves
Bob Buhl	Saginaw High School		Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, & Philadelphia Phillies

Other Sports

Alumni	SVL School	College	Sport(s)	Accomplishments
Chris Byrd	Flint Northwestern High School		Boxing	Olympic Silver Medalist (1992), IBO/WBO Heavyweight Champion

References

↑ Glory: History of Saginaw County Sports pp 177.
↑ "Flushing to join Flint Metro League, creating 'major concern' in the Saginaw Valley League South Division". mlive.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
1 2 Michigan High School Football
↑ [2011 -2012 Dow High School Athletic Handbook, 2011–2012 Midland High School Athletic Handbook]

Saginaw Valley League

Bay City Central Bay City Western Davison Flint Carman-Ainsworth Flint Northwestern Flint Powers Catholic Flint Southwestern Academy

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