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.

Capital Area Activities Conference

Founded	2003
No. of teams	21
Country	United States
Official website	http://caacsports.org/

Member schools

The CAAC currently has 21 member schools:^[1]

Team	Class	Enrollment	Joined	City	County	Previous Conference
Blue Division
DeWitt Panthers	A	951	2003	DeWitt	Clinton	Ingham County League
East Lansing Trojans	A	1251	2003	East Lansing	Ingham	Capital Area Conference
Grand Ledge Comets	A	1654	2003	Grand Ledge	Eaton	Capital Area Conference
Holt Rams	A	1537	2003	Delhi Township	Ingham	Capital Area Conference
Lansing Everett Vikings	A	1139	2003	Lansing	Ingham	Capital Area Conference
Lansing Waverly Warriors	A	989	2003	Delta Township	Eaton	Capital Area Conference
Okemos Wolves	A	1496	2003	Meridian Township	Ingham	Capital Circuit League
Red Division
Fowlerville Gladiators	B	829	2003	Fowlerville	Livingston	Ingham County League
Haslett Vikings	A	810	2003	Meridian Township	Ingham	Ingham County League
Lansing Eastern Quakers	B	868	2003	Lansing	Ingham	Capital Area Conference
Mason Bulldogs	A	916	2003	Mason	Ingham	Capital Circuit League
St. Johns Redwings	A	875	2005	St. Johns	Clinton	Independent
Williamston Hornets	B	590	2003	Williamston	Ingham	Ingham County League
White Division
Charlotte Orioles	B	704	2003, 2017	Charlotte	Eaton	Independent
Eaton Rapids Greyhounds	B	622	2003	Eaton Rapids	Eaton	Capital Circuit League
Ionia Bulldogs	B	784	2003	Ionia	Ionia	Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference
Lansing Catholic Cougars	B	422	2003	Lansing	Ingham	Capital Circuit League
Lansing Sexton J-Dubbs	B	762	2003	Lansing	Ingham	Capital Area Conference
Olivet Eagles	B	435	2023	Olivet	Eaton	Greater Lansing Athletic Conference
Lakewood Vikings	B	480	2003, 2023	Lake Odessa	Ionia	Greater Lansing Athletic Conference
Portland Raiders	B	621	2007	Portland	Ionia	Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference - B

• Note: The class and population size are from the 2019-20 MHSAA listings

Former members

School	City	County	Joined	Previous Conference	Departed	Successive Conference
Corunna Cavaliers	Corunna	Shiawasse	2007	Mid-Michigan B	2014	Genesee Area Conference
Jackson Vikings	Jackson	Jackson	2003	Capital Area Conference	2018	Southeastern Conference
Jackson Lumen Christi Titans	Summit Township	Jackson	2012	Southern Michigan Athletic Conference	2014	Interstate 8 Athletic Conference
Jackson Northwest Mounties	Jackson	Jackson	2003	Capital Circuit League	2014	Interstate 8 Athletic Conference
Owosso Trojans	Owosso	Shiawasse	2007	Big Nine Conference	2017	Flint Metro League
Parma Western Panthers	Parma	Jackson	2012	Southern Michigan Athletic Conference	2014	Interstate 8 Athletic Conference
Perry Ramblers	Perry	Shiawasse	2007	Mid-Michigan B	2012	Genesee Area Conference
Stockbridge Panthers	Stockbridge	Ingham	2012	Southern Michigan	2014	Greater Lansing Athletic Conference

Membership timeline

Sports

The CAAC offer many sports for boys and girls athletes during the fall, winter, and spring seasons.^[2]

Fall:

• Cross Country (Boys & Girls)
• Football
• Golf (Girls)
• Soccer (Boys)
• Swimming & Diving (Girls)
• Tennis (Boys)
• Volleyball

Winter:

• Basketball (Boys & Girls)
• Bowling (Boys & Girls)
• Competitive Cheer
• Gymnastics
• Ice Hockey
• Swimming & Diving (Boys)
• Wrestling

Spring:

• Baseball
• Golf (Boys)
• Lacrosse (Boys & Girls)
• Soccer (Girls)
• Softball
• Tennis (Girls)
• Track & Field (Boys & Girls)

History

The 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

Bowling

Blue	Red
Ionia	Haslett
Portland	Lansing Everett
Lansing Waverly	East Lansing
Grand Ledge	Holt
Eaton Rapids	Mason
Lansing Eastern (boys only)	Dewitt

Competitive Cheer

Red	White
Charlotte	Eaton Rapids
Grand Ledge	Holt
DeWitt	Fowlerville
Mason	Portland
St. Johns	Williamston
Waverly

Gymnastics

One Division
East Lansing (co-op with Dewitt)
Fowlerville (co-op with Byron, Pinckney & Perry)
Grand Ledge
Haslett (co-op with St. Johns)
Holt (co-op with Mason & Dansville)

Lacrosse

One Division
Grand Ledge
DeWitt
Lansing Waverly (co-op with Lansing Catholic)
Haslett
East Lansing
Holt
Okemos
St. Johns (co-op with Ovid-Elsie)

Swimming and Diving

Blue	Red
Grand Ledge	Charlotte
Holt	Mason
Okemos	Eaton Rapids
East Lansing	Williamston
St. Johns	Lansing Waverly
Dewitt	Lansing Everett
Haslett
Jackson

Past alignments

2003-2005 alignment

Division I:

• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Eastern
• Lansing Sexton
• Lansing Everett
• Okemos

Division II:

• Charlotte
• Eaton Rapids
• Ionia
• Jackson Lumen Christi
• Jackson Northwest
• Mason
• Waverly

Division III:

• DeWitt
• Fowlerville
• Haslett
• Lakewood
• Lansing Catholic
• Williamston

2005-2007 alignment

Division I:

• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Eastern
• Lansing Sexton
• Lansing Everett
• Okemos

Division II:

• Charlotte
• Eaton Rapids
• Ionia
• Jackson Lumen Christi
• Jackson Northwest
• Mason
• St. Johns
• Waverly

Division III:

• DeWitt
• Fowlerville
• Haslett
• Lakewood
• Lansing Catholic
• Williamston

2007-2011 alignment

Blue:

• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Eastern
• Lansing Everett
• Okemos

Gold:

• Charlotte
• DeWitt
• Eaton Rapids
• Fowlerville
• Haslett
• Ionia

Red:

• Jackson Lumen Christi
• Jackson Northwest
• Lansing Sexton
• Mason
• Owosso
• St. Johns
• Waverly

White:

• Corunna
• Lakewood
• Lansing Catholic
• Perry
• Portland
• Williamston

2011-2012

Blue:

• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Eastern
• Lansing Everett
• Lansing Sexton
• Okemos

Gold:

• Charlotte
• Eaton Rapids
• Jackson Lumen Christi
• Jackson Northwest
• Mason
• Waverly

Red:

• DeWitt
• Haslett
• Fowlerville
• Ionia
• Owosso
• St. Johns

White:

• Corunna
• Lakewood
• Lansing Catholic
• Perry
• Portland
• Williamston

2012-2014

Blue:

• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Eastern
• Lansing Everett
• Lansing Sexton
• Okemos

Gold:

• Charlotte
• Eaton Rapids
• Jackson Lumen Christi
• Jackson Northwest
• Mason
• Parma Western
• Waverly

Red:

• DeWitt
• Haslett
• Fowlerville
• Ionia
• Owosso
• St. Johns

White:

• Corunna
• Lakewood
• Lansing Catholic
• Portland
• Stockbridge
• Williamston

2014-2017

Blue:

• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Eastern
• Lansing Everett
• Lansing Sexton
• Okemos

Red:

• DeWitt
• Haslett
• Mason
• Owosso
• St. Johns
• Waverly

White:

• Eaton Rapids
• Fowlerville
• Ionia
• Lansing Catholic
• Portland
• Williamston.

2018-2022

Blue:

• DeWitt
• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Everett
• Okemos
• Waverly

Red:

• Fowlerville
• Haslett
• Lansing Eastern
• Mason
• St. Johns
• Williamston

White:

• Charlotte
• Eaton Rapids
• Ionia
• Lansing Catholic
• Lansing Sexton
• Portland

2023-Present

Blue:

• DeWitt
• East Lansing
• Grand Ledge
• Holt
• Jackson
• Lansing Everett
• Okemos
• Waverly

Red:

• Fowlerville
• Haslett
• Lansing Eastern
• Mason
• St. Johns
• Williamston

White:

• Charlotte
• Eaton Rapids
• Ionia
• Lakewood
• Lansing Catholic
• Lansing Sexton
• Olivet
• Portland^[4]

*The CAAC did not allow Jackson Lumen Christi to play football in the league until 2012