The Three Rivers Athletic Conference was an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) high school athletic conference that began athletic competition in 2011 and lasted until 2023 with 10 high schools from Northwest Ohio, seven of which were from the Toledo metropolitan area, and one each from the cities of Findlay, Fremont and Lima. Ken Myers, former director of public safety and public services in Fremont, was the league's inaugural commissioner. The three rivers from which the conference derived its name are the Maumee, Sandusky, and Blanchard.

Members SchoolNicknameLocationEnrollment (CB/FB 2020)State FB Region (2020)ColorsTypeTenureNotes Central CatholicFighting IrishToledo3962:6Scarlet, Gray Parochial2011-2023Joined CHSLClayEaglesOregon4462:6Green, Yellow Public2011-2023Joined NLLFindlayTrojansFindlay6041:2Blue, Gold Public2011-2023Joined NLLFremont RossLittle GiantsFremont4592:6Purple, White Public2011-2023Joined NLLLima SeniorSpartansLima4322:6Scarlet, Gray Public2011-2023Joined Toledo City League Notre DameEaglesToledoBlue, Gold Parochial (Girls)2011-2023Joined CHSLSt. Francis de Sales KnightsToledo5462:6Red, Blue Parochial (Boys)2011-2023Joined CHSLSt. John's Jesuit TitansToledo4792:6Blue, Vegas Gold Parochial (Boys)2011-2023Joined CHSLSt. Ursula ArrowsToledoBlue, Gold Parochial (Girls)2011-2023Joined CHSLWhitmer PanthersToledo8421:2Maize, Blue Public2011-2023Joined NLL

History The Three Rivers Athletic Conference began its inaugural season in the fall of 2011. The idea for the creation of the league was brought about following Toledo Public Schools' decisions to close Libbey High School and athletic cuts within TPS which were made by the system to offset a reported $39 million budget deficit. In May 2010, the Toledo Public School board of education voted to cut all junior high (seventh and eighth grade) and freshman sports, as well as the discontinuation of boys tennis, cross country, golf, ice hockey and wrestling. This caused concern for the non-TPS members, who wanted to have competition in those sports and at those levels without struggling to find games.

Clay High School, who joined the Toledo City League in 2003, were the first school to announce that they would leave following a unanimous vote of 5–0 by the Oregon School District in mid July 2010. Following Clay's decision, TCL members Central Catholic, Notre Dame, St. Francis de Sales, St. John's Jesuit, St. Ursula and Whitmer all announced that they would leave the City League as well. Fremont Ross, who was to join the City League in 2011, as well as Findlay and Lima Senior were also announced as members of the new league.

Near the end of July 2010, the new league's members announced that Three Rivers Athletic Conference was chosen to be the name for the conference. The name represents the Northwest Ohio rivers - the Maumee, the Sandusky and the Blanchard - which are part of the collective geography of the 10 inaugural member schools. Other names considered for the new league included Toledo Metro Athletic Conference, the Greater Metro Athletic Conference and the Northwest Athletic Conference. Each member of the TRAC will be asked to submit a logo design for the league and the conference's ten principals will make a decision on which logo will be chosen for the league.

Although he indicated that joining the TRAC was "probably off the table", Marion Harding athletic director Gary Miller mentioned that his school did apply for admission into the TRAC as an alternative to being independent in the future. Marion Harding remained members of the Greater Buckeye Conference with Findlay, Fremont Ross, and Lima Senior through the 2010–11 school year, and eventually wound up in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference in 2014.

On April 9, 2021, invitations were extended to four TRAC schools by the NLL, starting with the 2023–2024 school year: Findlay, Fremont Ross, Oregon Clay, and Whitmer. Fremont Ross voted to accept the invitation on April 12, Findlay on April 19, Clay on April 20, and Whitmer on April 21.

On March 10, 2022, Lima Senior announced that it would be joining the Toledo City League in 2023 on a four-year contract as its seventh member. Lima Senior wasn't invited to join the NLL with the other public TRAC schools and decided being in a league was preferable to independence.

On March 22, 2022, the five Catholic high schools in the TRAC (Central Catholic, Notre Dame, St. Francis, St. John's Jesuit, and St. Ursula) were introduced as the newest members of the Detroit Catholic High School League, effective for the fall of 2023. They will bring the CHSL's membership up to 32 schools, which create divisions based on the competitiveness of each school's teams.

Competition format The TRAC will play a standard seven-game varsity football schedule in weeks 4-10 of the season, with each of the eight schools that have varsity football playing non-league games in the first three weeks of the football season.

Hockey will be contested outside of the conference umbrella. The hockey teams will retain their membership in the three-tiered Northwest Hockey Conference.

The TRAC will have championship competition for football and all of its other sanctioned sports.

League championships Source:

Boys championships School YearFootballSoccerCross CountryGolfBasketballWrestlingSwimming/DivingBaseballTrack & FieldTennis 2011–12 Findlay St. Francis St. Francis Findlay Whitmer Clay St. Francis St. John's Jesuit Whitmer St. John's Jesuit 2012–13 Whitmer St. John's Jesuit St. Francis Findlay St. John's Jesuit Clay St. Francis Central Catholic Whitmer St. John's Jesuit 2013–14 Central CatholicSt. John's Jesuit St. FrancisSt. John's Jesuit Central CatholicClaySt. FrancisSt. John's JesuitWhitmerSt. John's Jesuit 2014–15 Central CatholicFindlay, St. Francis, St. John's (co-champs)St. John's JesuitSt. John's JesuitSt. John's JesuitClaySt. FrancisSt. John's JesuitSt. John's JesuitSt. John's Jesuit 2015–16Central Catholic FindlaySt. John's JesuitSt. John's JesuitLima SeniorClaySt. FrancisSt. FrancisSt. John's JesuitSt. John's Jesuit 2016–17 Central CatholicSt. John's JesuitSt. FrancisSt. John's Jesuit St. John's Jesuit Fremont RossSt. FrancisSt. FrancisWhitmerSt. John's Jesuit 2017–18WhitmerSt. John's JesuitWhitmerSt. John's JesuitSt. John's JesuitClaySt. FrancisSt. FrancisWhitmerSt. John's Jesuit 2018–19Central Catholic St. John's JesuitWhitmerSt. John's JesuitLima SeniorSt. John's Jesuit, St. Francis (co-champs) 2019–20Central CatholicSt. John's JesuitSt. John's JesuitSt. John's JesuitLima SeniorClaySt. FrancisSt. FrancisWhitmerFindlay 2020–21Central CatholicSt. John's JesuitSt. FrancisSt. John's JesuitSt. John's Jesuit, Findlay, Lima Senior (co-champs)St. John's JesuitSt. John's Jesuit 2021–22Central CatholicLima Senior 2022–23Central CatholicCentral Catholic, Whitmer (co-champs)

Girls championships School YearVolleyballSoccerCross CountryGolfTennisBasketballGymnasticsSwimming/DivingSoftballTrack & Field 2011–12 St. Ursula Central Catholic Notre Dame St. Ursula St. Ursula Notre Dame Clay St. Ursula Central Catholic Notre Dame 2012–13 St. Ursula Clay Notre Dame St. Ursula Notre Dame Notre Dame Findlay Fremont Ross Clay Notre Dame 2013–14 St. UrsulaNotre Dame ClaySt. UrsulaNotre DameNotre DameFindlayFremont RossClayNotre Dame 2014–15 St. UrsulaClayClaySt. UrsulaNotre DameCentral Catholic, Notre Dame (co-champs)FindlayNotre DameClayClay 2015–16St. UrsulaSt. UrsulaNotre DameSt. UrsulaNotre DameCentral CatholicFindlayFremont RossClayNotre Dame 2016–17Notre DameNotre Dame, St. UrsulaNotre DameSt. UrsulaCentral CatholicNotre DameFindlayFindlayClayNotre Dame 2017–18Notre DameClayNotre DameSt. UrsulaCentral Catholic Notre Dame Notre DameSt. UrsulaNotre DameLima Senior 2018–19ClayClayNotre DameFremont Ross 2019–20St. Ursulacancelled 2020–21St. UrsulaFremont Ross 2021–22Notre DameCentral CatholicFindlay 2022–23Notre DameCentral CatholicWhitmer

References Official Site of the TRAC