Interstate 8 Athletic Conference

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The Interstate 8 Athletic Conference is an athletic conference for high schools in Michigan. It was formed in 2014 with eight schools from in southwestern Michigan. Beginning in the 2016–2017 school year, Hastings was selected to join after Charlotte exited to return to the Capital Area Activities Conference.[1]

Member schools[]

Current members[]

School[2] Nickname Location Class Enrollment Joined Previous Conference
Battle Creek Harper Creek Beavers Emmett Township, Calhoun County A 884 2014 Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference
Battle Creek Pennfield Panthers Pennfield Township, Calhoun County B 689 2014 Kalamazoo Valley Association
Coldwater Cardinals Coldwater, Branch County A 933 2014 Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference
Hastings Saxons Hastings, Barry County B 805 2016 Ottawa-Kent Conference
Jackson Lumen Christi Titans Summit Township, Jackson County C 361 2014 Capital Area Activities Conference
Jackson Northwest Mounties Blackman Township, Jackson County B 877 2014 Capital Area Activities Conference
Marshall Redhawks Marshall, Calhoun County B 854 2014 Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference
Parma Western Panthers Spring Arbor Township, Jackson County B 880 2014 Capital Area Activities Conference

Former members[]

School Nickname Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Charlotte Orioles Charlotte, Eaton County 2014 Capital Area Activities Conference 2016 Independent

Football[]

This list goes through the 2016 season.

# Team I8 Championships State Division Championships
1 Jackson Lumen Christi 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 2016-2018 (Division 6)
2 Battle Creek Harper Creek 2016, 2017
3 Coldwater 2015
4 Hastings 2020

References[]

  1. ^ Wenzel, Matt (6 October 2015). "Hastings picked over Jackson to replace Charlotte in Interstate-8 Athletic Conference". MLive. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "MHSAA > About the MHSAA > Leagues & Conferences > League Membership".
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