The Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference (also known as the SMAC or the Big 16) is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Michigan. It is composed of Class A and B schools from the MHSAA in Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren counties.
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