The Patriot Athletic Conference (PAC-12) was an Ohio high school athletic league made up of 12 schools from around the Cleveland area that existed from 2005-2006 to the 2018-2019 school year. All member schools were also members of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
The following were members over the league's tenure:[1]
| School | Nickname | Location | District | Colors[2] | Middle school | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars Division | |||||||
| Black River | Pirates | Sullivan | 5:15 | Black, Gold | Black River Middle School | 2005-2020 | |
| Brookside | Cardinals | Sheffield | 4:12 | Red, Black | Sheffield Middle School | 2005-2020 | |
| Buckeye | Bucks | Mallet Creek | 3:8 | Brown, Orange, White | Buckeye Junior High | 2005-2019 | |
| Firelands | Falcons | Oberlin | 4:12 | Red, White, Black | South Amherst Middle School | 2011-2020 | |
| Keystone | Wildcats | LaGrange | 4:12 | Purple, White | Keystone Middle School | 2005-2020 | |
| Wellington | Dukes | Wellington | 5:16 | Maroon, White | McCormick Middle School | 2005-2020 | |
| Stripes Division | |||||||
| Brooklyn | Hurricanes | Brooklyn | 3:8 | Blue, Gold | Brooklyn Middle School | 2005-2019 | |
| Clearview | Clippers | Lorain | 4:12 | Blue, Gold | Durling Middle School | 2005-2020 | |
| Raiders | Columbia Station | 5:16 | Kelly Green, White | Columbia Middle School | 2005-2020 | ||
| Fairview | Warriors | Fairview Park | 4:11 | Scarlet, Gray | Lewis F. Mayer Middle School | 2011-2019 | |
| Lutheran West | Longhorns | Rocky River | 5:15 | Red, White | 2005-2019 | ||
| Oberlin | Phoenix | Oberlin | 6:19 | Red, Blue | Langston Middle School | 2005-2020 | |
The league was formed in 2005 from members of the Mohican Area Conference (Black River and Buckeye), the Lorain County Conference (Brookside, Clearview, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington), and the Metropolitan Area Conference (Brooklyn, Columbia, and Lutheran West). Firelands and Fairview joined in 2011.
In 2017, the eight primarily Lorain County schools (Brookside, Clearview, Columbia, Firelands, Keystone, Oberlin, and Wellington, as well as Black River) announced they would leave the PAC in 2020 to form their own league.[3] [4]
In response to the league's imminent dissolution, Brooklyn and Lutheran West were accepted by a league-wide vote in April 2018 to join the Chagrin Valley Conference in 2019-20.[5]
In May 2018, Buckeye and Fairview were approved to join the Great Lakes Conference for the 2019-20 school year as their eighth and ninth members.[6]
The new league with the eight predominantly Lorain County schools would choose the name of Lorain County League and began league play with the 2019-20 school year.