The Cascade Conference is a

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high school athletic conference that was formed prior to the 1954 school year. The conference includes mostly Class C schools and one Class B school with the majority of its members being from Jackson County along with one member each from

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, Hillsdale, Ingham, Lenawee, and Washtenaw counties.

History

Formation

The Cascades Conference was formed in 1954 with ten schools from the Jackson County League. The original members were: Brooklyn, Concord, East Jackson, Grass Lake, Hanover-Horton, Jackson Vandercook Lake, Michigan Center, Napoleon, Parma and Springport high schools.

Red and Blue

With the growth of suburbs, some Cascades 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 Cascades-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 Cascades Red for the Capital-Circuit Conference. Brooklyn Columbia Central left the Cascades 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 Cascades Red after the 1995 school year and joined the Twin Valley Conference.

Expansion

In 2022, the Cascades Conference was looking to expand from eight to twelve schools for the 2022–23 school year. On June 13, Brooklyn Columbia Central of the Lenawee County Athletic Association accepted their invite to join the Cascades, which they were previously a member of from 1968 to 1996. A little over a week later, Leslie, a member of the Greater Lansing Athletic Conference accepted their invitation as well. Within a few weeks after Columbia Central and Leslie joined, two Big "8" members, Jonesville and Homer accepted their invitations to join the conference as well. All four schools will be joining the conference for the 2022–23 school year. With the Cascades Conference expanding to twelve teams, the conference decided to split the league into two geographical divisions (East and West).

Member schools

Current members

The following institutions are full members of the Cascade Conference for the 2022–23 school year: ;Notes:

Former members

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Membership timeline

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(1954-Present) bar:7 color:FullB from:1983 till:1996 bar:7 color:Full from:1996 till:end bar:8 color:Full from:1954 till:1961 text:Parma (1954-1961) bar:9 color:Full from:1954 till:1963 text: Springport (1954–1963) bar:9 color:OtherC from:1963 till:end bar:10 color:Full from:1954 till:1983 text: Vandercook Lake (1954-Present) bar:10 color:FullB from:1983 till:1996 bar:10 color:Full from:1996 till:2020 bar:10 color:FullxF from:2020 till:end bar:11 color:Full from:1960 till:1976 text: Jackson Northwest (1960-1976; 1983-1996) bar:11 color:OtherC from:1976 till:1983 bar:11 color:FullR from:1983 till:1996 bar:11 color:OtherC from:1996 till:end bar:12 color:Full from:1961 till:1976 text: Parma Jackson County Western (1961–1976; 1983-1996) bar:12 color:OtherC from:1976 till:1983 bar:12 color:FullR from:1983 till:1996 bar:12 color:OtherC from:1996 till:end bar:13 color:Full from:1968 till:1983 text: Brooklyn Columbia Central (1968–1996; 2023-Present) bar:13 color:FullR from:1983 till:1996 bar:13 color:OtherC from:1996 till:2023 bar:13 color:Full from:2023 till:end bar:14 color:FullRxF from:1983 till:1991 text: Jackson Lumen Christi (1983-1996) bar:14 color:FullR from:1991 till:1996 bar:14 color:OtherC from:1996 till:end bar:15 color:FullB from:1983 till:1996 text:Manchester (1983-Present) bar:15 color:Full from:1996 till:end bar:16 color:FullB from:1988 till:1996 text:

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(1988-Present) bar:16 color:Full from:1996 till:end bar:17 color:Full from:2023 till:end text:Homer (2023-Present) bar:18 color:Full from:2023 till:end text:Jonesville (2023-Present) bar:19 color:Full from:2023 till:end text:Leslie (2023-Present) ScaleMajor= gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1954 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(0,30) tabs:(600-center) text:^"Cascades Membership History" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. <#

Notes

References

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