Struthers will join All-American Conference

STRUTHERS — The city school board has approved joining the three-division, 16-team All American Conference, effective July 1, 2008.

Superintendent Sandra DiBacco said the 2008 effective date is necessary because several schools have commitments they can’t get out of until that time.

Superintendents are expected to adopt a constitution for the new all-sports conference March 7, she said.

DiBacco said the schools in the All American Conference, which consists of Metro Athletic Conference and Trumbull Athletic (TAC-8) Conference members, plus Beaver, include: Red Division (larger schools) — Howland, Canfield, Poland, Beaver and Niles; White Division (midsize schools) — Cortland Lakeview, Liberty, Salem, Struthers and Hubbard; Blue Division (smaller schools) — Champion, Girard, Brookfield, Campbell, LaBrae and Newton Falls.

Also tonight, the board accepted $25,525 from the Struthers Veterans Memorial Committee left over from some $74,000 raised to build the memorial located on Struthers High School property.

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