Brookfield, Ohio
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Brookfield, Ohio, is a small town on the Pennsylvania/Ohio border in the United States. Brookfield is a township with no zoning and low taxes. During the steel boom industry within an 85 mile area in the tri-state, in the areas of high school sports(see Brookfield Brawl) , was know as the "Steel Valley Conference" this area included the following cities:
Brookfield, Ohio
Boardman, Ohio
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Girard, Ohio
Hubbard, Ohio
Masury, Ohio
Petroleum, Ohio
Struthers, Ohio
Vienna, Ohio
Warren, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Farrell, Pa.
Greenville, Pa.
Hickory, Pa.(Hermitage)
New Castle.Pa.
Sharon, Pa.
Sharpsville, Pa
The main counties participating in the "Steel Valley Conference" were: Trumbull County, Ohio and Mahoning County, Ohio. Major sports in the area at the time were: Baseball, Football, Basketball and Golf. Track and Field was also popular, but the Brookfield Board of Education decided to eliminate the T&F from all Brookfield Schools in 1973, though it has since been restarted in the Middle and High school.
The steel companies in the area were: Sharon Steel(USS,) General American Transportation Corporation(GATX) Jennings Manufacturing, Packard Electric, Howell Industries, all located with in a five to ten mile radius of one another. Youngstown Sheet and Tube and others were west of Brookfield.
The infamous Brookfield Brawl of 1975 is also a part of local history though information on the incident is hard to come by.[citation needed]
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