The Metro Alliance was a Minnesota State High School League-sanctioned athletics conference that existed from 1997 to 2005. The conference was formed for the 1997-98 school year by seven schools. The majority of the schools came from the Tri-Metro Conference and included

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 6–12. One of the hig ...

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, Orono High School, and St. Anthony Village High School.

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and

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, the other two founding members of the conference, left the North Suburban Conference to join. Farmington High School declined an invitation to be an eighth founding member; however,

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ultimately joined the conference as final school. The break-up of the short-lived conference began soon after it formed. Mahtomedi left the Metro Alliance to join the new

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at the end of the 2000-01 school year. When the conference broke up in 2005, Fridley and Benilde-St. Margaret's joined the North Suburban Conference. St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center returned to the Tri-Metro after being placed by the Minnesota State High School League.

Membership history

- 1997-2005 * Brooklyn Center - 1997-2005 * Columbia Heights - 1997-2005 * Fridley - 1997-2005 *

Mahtomedi Mahtomedi ( ) is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 7,676 at the 2010 census. Mahtomedi is considered to be a suburb of St. Paul, and is located between St. Paul and Stillwater. Geography Mahtomedi i ...

- 1997-2001 * Mound Westonka - 1997-2005 * Orono - 1997-2005 *

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- 1997-2005

Rivalries

*Columbia Heights vs. St. AnthonyLa Vaque, David. "Revived Highway 65." ''Minneapolis Star-Tribune'', September 28, 2005.

Notable athletes

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References

Minnesota high school sports conferences