Toledo- Due the situation resulting in schedule reductions with Toledo Public Schools, current Toledo City League members decided to join other schools from Northwest Ohio to form a new 10-school conference called the Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC).
New members of this conference include: Findlay, Fremont Ross, Lima Senior, Oregon Clay, Toledo Central Catholic, Toledo Notre Dame, Toledo St. Francis, Toledo St. Johns, Toledo St. Ursula, and Toledo Whitmer. The conference is subject to approval by each of the schools respective boards of education.
The conference schedule will begin with the fall sports of 2011. The name for the conference was selected due to its connection to all schools via Blanchard, Maumee and Sandusky rivers. A logo for the conference will be subject to each school submitting artwork and then a final decision will be made by the principals of the new conference.
If Fremont City Schools board of education votes to be in the conference, Jose Hernandez, Principal at Fremont Ross, will serve a two-year term as President. A commissioner and secretary/treasurer will be hired by the conference by the end of August. Interested applicants should submit a resume/cover letter of interest via email to hernandezj@fremont.k12.oh.us.
“It was a difficult decision for current Toledo City League members,” said Hernandez. “However, the difficult financial situation that has forced Toledo Public Schools to make the cutbacks in athletics has altered the stability and quality of TCL. It is the intent our conference to leave the door open for further relationships with all TPS programs in the future.”
