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Green Meadows Conference
Classification	OHSAA Division(s) III-IV
Sports fielded	9;
Region	Ohio
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The Green Meadows Conference is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio. The eight member schools are all located in one of four counties: Henry County, Defiance County, Paulding County, or Williams County.

History^[1]

The Green Meadows Conference was formed as an athletic conference in 1962. The charter members of the conference were Ayersville, Fairview, Hicksville, Paulding and Jewell (now Tinora).

In 1966, Blue Creek, from Paulding County and now a part of the Wayne Trace School District, joined the conference. Then in 1967, Oakwood joined.

The conference stayed intact until 1972, when district consolidations in Paulding County caused some changes in the make-up of some member schools. Blue Creek became a part of the new Wayne Trace School District, along with Grover Hill and Payne. Oakwood became a part of the Paulding Exempted School System. Antwerp and Holgate also joined the league making the number of members eight.

Antwerp, Ayersville, Hicksville, Holgate, Fairview, Paulding, Tinora and Wayne Trace.

In 1974, Paulding left the GMC and joined the Northwest Conference. So in 1975 the league admitted Edgerton to the conference. The membership has been the same ever since.

Ayersville has traditionally been a football power in the conference. They won ten consecutive conference titles between 1985 and 1994.^[2] Fairview was a similar power in girl's basketball, having advanced to the state tournament repeatedly in the 1990s and having won the OHSAA Division III state championship in 1989.^[3] Holgate won the Division IV boys' basketball state championship in 2004.^[4] Wayne Trace won the Division III boys' basketball title in 1991 with Final 4 appearances in 1988, 2001, and 2008. They have won the conference title over 20 times.^[5] Tinora girls cross country consistently won the conference title through the 1990s and early 2000s.
Recently, Fairview and Tinora have emerged as football powers as well. Antwerp won the state volleyball championship in 1992, and has won the volleyball title the last two years and were the District Champs. Additionally, Wayne Trace and Fairview have been near the top of the conference in cross country for the past few years.

The Tinora boys' basketball team recently captured a State Runner-up trophy in Division III for the 2008–09 season.

Members

School	Nickname	Location	Colors

Antwerp	Archers	Antwerp	Royal Blue, White
Ayersville	Pilots	Highland Twp.	Columbia Blue, Gold
Edgerton	Bulldogs	Edgerton	Maroon, Gold
Fairview	Apaches	Sherwood	Black, Gold
Hicksville	Aces	Hicksville	Red, White
Holgate	Tigers	Holgate	Purple, Gold
Tinora	Rams	Defiance	Green, White
Wayne Trace	Raiders	Haviland	Red, Blue

Conference rivalries

Tinora vs Fairview^[6]^[7]
Ayersville vs Tinora^[6]
Antwerp vs Wayne Trace^[7]
Holgate vs Ayersville
Hicksville vs Edgerton
Hicksville vs. Fairview
Hicksville vs. Tinora

State championships

Fall sports

hicksvile lost every season in every sports	Boys Cross Country^[5]	Volleyball^[5]
Antwerp		1992
Ayersville	1975
Edgerton
Fairview
Hicksville
Holgate
Tinora
Wayne Trace

Winter sports

	Boys Basketball^[8]^[9]	Girls Basketball^[5]
Antwerp
Ayersville	1957, 1961
Edgerton	1959
Fairview	1946	1989
Hicksville
Holgate	2004
Tinora
Wayne Trace	1991

Spring sports

	Baseball^[11]	Girls Track & Field^[5]
Antwerp
Ayersville	1997	1996
Edgerton
Fairview
Hicksville	1978
Holgate	1937
Tinora
Wayne Trace

Notable athletes

Bruce Berenyi, Fairview (1976)^[12]

Chad Reineke, Ayersville (MLB Pitcher)

Cody Champion, Hicskville (2012-2014)

Kris McDonald, Hicksville (1999–2002)

Ryan Radcliff, Fairview (2005–2008)

Taylor Tripoli, Fairview (2005–2008)^[13]

Brandon Vance, Fairview (2005–2008)

Robert Bailey, Hicksville (1994-1997)

Curtis Metz, Hicksville (1995-1998)

Football champions

Year	Champions
2001	Fairview
2002	Tinora
2003	Tinora
2004	Fairview, Hicksville
2005	Wayne Trace
2006	Ayersville, Fairview, Tinora
2007	Tinora
2008	Fairview
2009	Tinora
2010	Tinora
2011	Hicksville
2012	Wayne Trace
2013	Tinora

References

^ http://www.greenmeadowsconf.com/home/league-history
^ Fowerbaugh, Paul (1995-08-25). "Special to the Journal Gazette". Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ Bellis, Jennifer (1995-11-10). "No letup expected at Fairview". Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "2004 Division IV State Final". OHSAA. 2004-03-07. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
^ ^a ^b "High school playoffs: Five area teams still in hunt for state title". Crescent-News. 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
^ ^a ^b Monroe, Mark (2008-03-04). "Inexperienced Ayersville advances past district for first time since 1994". The Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball A". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball D3". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ Hefflinger, Bruce (2008-06-08). "Difficult decision lies ahead". Crescent-News. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
^ http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/3zr6ipb5Q0esGl4x3l-ZPA/basketball-winter-07-08/stats-taylor-tripoli.htm. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Official website

[1] ttp://www.greenmeadowsconf.com/home/league-history

[2] Fowerbaugh, Paul (1995-08-25). "Special to the Journal Gazette". Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[3] Bellis, Jennifer (1995-11-10). "No letup expected at Fairview". Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[4] "2004 Division IV State Final". OHSAA. 2004-03-07. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

[Ohio_High_School_Athletic_Association-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

[crescent-6] "High school playoffs: Five area teams still in hunt for state title". Crescent-News. 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

[blade-7] Monroe, Mark (2008-03-04). "Inexperienced Ayersville advances past district for first time since 1994". The Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

[Yappi_Basketball_A-8] Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball A". Retrieved 2007-02-12.

[Yappi_Basketball_D3-9] Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball D3". Retrieved 2007-02-12.

[Yappiu_Wrestling-10] Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Retrieved 2007-02-12.

[Yappi_Baseball-11] Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Retrieved 2007-02-12.

[12] Hefflinger, Bruce (2008-06-08). "Difficult decision lies ahead". Crescent-News. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

[13] ttp://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/3zr6ipb5Q0esGl4x3l-ZPA/basketball-winter-07-08/stats-taylor-tripoli.htm. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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 [[Chad Reineke]], Ayersville (MLB Pitcher)
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Current Conferences	Blanchard Valley Conference (BVC) Firelands Conference (FC) Green Meadows Conference (GMC) Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) Northern 10 Athletic Conference (N10) Northern Buckeye Conference (NBC) Northern Lakes League (NLL) Northwest Conference Northwest Central Conference Northwest Ohio Athletic League (NWOAL) Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC) Toledo Area Athletic Conference (TAAC) Toledo City League Western Buckeye League (WBL)
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