Green Meadows Conference Votes to Remove Holgate
This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
The Green Meadows Conference has officially voted to remove Holgate as a member.
Earlier this month, the Holgate Board of Education voted to remain as members of the Green Meadows Conference with a 2-3 vote against joining the Buckeye Border Conference.
The move was discussed after Holgate moved to an eight-man football schedule weeks before the opening of the 2019 season, leaving other GMC schools scrambling to fill their new open dates in the schedule. The football program has committed to becoming a member of the newly formed Northern 8 Conference at least through the 2023 season.
Holgate’s Board of Education had previously scheduled an emergency meeting for this afternoon, in case the Green Meadows Conference decided to remove them.
It will be the first league membership since 1975 when Edgerton was added after Paulding left the conference.
The news was first reported by The Crescent-News in Defiance.
Update: The Green Meadows Conference has released their statement on the matter.
“The GMC executive board met today to discuss Holgate’s future in the GMC. There was a motion and a second to remove Holgate from the GMC. The results of the vote were in favor of the motion to remove Holgate from the conference. The GMC executive committee agreed that removing Holgate from the conference was in the best interest of the GMC and Holgate. Holgate has been a part of the GMC for many years and our executive committee thanks them for years of friendly competition and membership. The GMC wishes their community, administration, coaches, and student-athletes the best of luck in the future.
In the coming months, the GMC will have discussions regarding the process in accordance with the bylaws, competitive priorities, and membership recruitment that it believes to be in the best interest of all sports across the conference.”