Madison BOE votes against offer to join Three Rivers Conference
Apr. 17—Madison Local School District will remain a member of the Southwestern Buckeye League after turning down an offer to join the Three Rivers Conference. A special board meeting of the MLS board of education was held Wednesday.
Board members voted against a potential move to change conference affiliation. "We did receive an invitation from the Three Rivers Conference," MLS superintendent Jeff Skaggs said. "We appreciate that very much.
(Wednesday) we had a special board meeting on this to take a vote by the board of education, and the board voted not to go to the Three Rivers Conference. " Madison approved Ryan Fairchild as the school's boys basketball coach during the meeting. Fairchild previously coached at Middletown Christian.
The TRC extended membership to Madison on March 10. Madison school officials went through the steps of consideration leading into Wednesday's meeting. In 2027-28, Bethel will become a member of the Central Buckeye Conference, and Riverside will join the Ohio Heritage Conference.
Both moves will occur starting. Covington, Miami East, Milton-Union, Lehman Catholic, Northridge and Troy Christian are the current remaining TRC members. Madison has been a member of the Southwestern Buckeye League since 1984 and is in the Buckeye Division comprising the smaller enrollment schools.