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Capital Area Activities Conference
The Capital Area Activities Conference (Or CAAC) is a high school sports league located in Central Michigan. It is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). There are currently 21 member schools in the conference that come from the counties of Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, and Livingston. The Capital Area Activities Conference Logo was designed by Lansing Catholic 2003 graduate Raymond B. Corey. Member schoolsThe CAAC currently has 21 member schools:[1]
Former members
Membership timeline SportsThe CAAC offer many sports for boys and girls athletes during the fall, winter, and spring seasons.[2] Fall:
Winter:
Spring:
HistoryThe CAAC was created in 2003, consisting of 21 schools coming from the now defunct leagues of the Capital Area Conference, the Capital Circuit League, the Ingham County League, and the Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference. From 2003 to 2007 the conference was made up of three divisions (I, II, III): division I was made up of eight schools, divisions II was made up of seven schools, and division III was made up of six schools in each. At the start of the 2007–08 school year the league switched from I, II, III to color-based divisions (Blue, Gold, Red, and White), due to new schools joining the league. The 2012–13 season was when the league reached its peak number of schools in the league; the league consisted of 27 schools with the same blue, gold, red, white divisions. After two years of competition of 27 schools, the league went through major re-alignment after seven schools departed the league. Lakewood and Stockbridge left the CAAC, and created a new conference with five other schools, called the Greater Lansing Athletic Conference (GLAC). Jackson area schools, Jackson Northwest, Parma Western, Jackson Lumen Christi, as well as Charlotte left the conference and created the Interstate Eight Conference. Corunna made the decision to move east and join the Genesee Area Conference (GAC). The CAAC reduced to three divisions and eliminated the gold division. Currently the blue division has seven schools, the red has six, and the white has eight.[3] Former league member Charlotte, which was one of the seven schools that left the conference at the start of the 2014–15 school year, to join the newly formed Interstate Eight Conference, left that conference and joined the CAAC once again at the start of the 2017–18 school year. The 2018–19 school year, the CAAC went through re-alignment once again. DeWitt and Lansing Waverly joined the Blue, with East Lansing, Grand Ledge, Holt, Lansing Everett, and Okemos. In the Red, Fowlerville, Lansing Eastern and Williamston joined Haslett, Mason, and St. Johns. Charlotte and Lansing Sexton moved to the White with Eaton Rapids, Ionia, Lansing Catholic, and Portland. Jackson High School departed the league and joined the Ann Arbor based Southeastern Conference (SEC). In 2023 Lakewood rejoined the conference returning to the white division along with Olivet, joining for the first time. Both schools came from the GLAC. Alignments
Past alignments2003-2005 alignmentDivision I:
Division II:
Division III:
2005-2007 alignmentDivision I:
Division II:
Division III:
2007-2011 alignmentBlue:
Gold:
Red:
White:
2011-2012Blue:
Gold:
Red:
White:
2012-2014Blue:
Gold:
Red:
White:
2014-2017Blue:
Red:
White:
2018-2022Blue:
Red:
White:
2023-PresentBlue:
Red:
White:
*The CAAC did not allow Jackson Lumen Christi to play football in the league until 2012 References
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