The Jack Pine Conference is a high school athletic conference in northern lower

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made up of Class B and C schools. The sports involved include:

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, Cross Country, and

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Membership changes (1982–2023)

Evart was the first to leave the JPC since its foundation in 1972; Coleman would be the second to do so, leaving in 2002. Due to declining enrollment, Roscommon and Houghton Lake departed the JPC for the Highland Conference at the start of the 2019–20 academic year. Taking the place of both Roscommon County schools, Pinconning and Shepherd joined the conference at the start of the 2019–2020 academic year. Both departed from the Tri-Valley Conference. On June 29, 2023, it was announced starting for the 2024–25 academic year four schools will join the JPC. These four schools being Ogemaw Heights, Standish-Sterling, St Louis and Bullock Creek.

Members

Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1972 till:2030 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:barcolor value:gray(0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:orange from:1972 till:1982 text: Evart Wildcats (1972-1982) bar:2 color:orange from:1972 till:2002 text: Coleman Comets (1972-2002) bar:3 color:orange from:1972 till:2019 text: Houghton Lake Bobcats (1972-2019) bar:4 color:orange from:1972 till:2019 text: Roscommon Bucks (1972-2019) bar:5 color:powderblue from:1972 till:end text: Beaverton Beavers (1972-present) bar:6 color:powderblue from:1972 till:end text: Farwell Eagles (1972-present) bar:7 color:powderblue from:1972 till:end text: Harrison Hornets (1972-present) bar:8 color:powderblue from:1972 till:end text: Meridian Mustangs (1972-present) bar:9 color:powderblue from:1982 till:end text: Clare Pioneers (1982-present) bar:10 color:powderblue from:2002 till:end text: Gladwin Flying G's (2002-present) bar:11 color:powderblue from:2019 till:end text: Pinconning Spartans (2019-present) bar:12 color:powderblue from:2019 till:end text: Shepherd Bluejays (2019-present) bar:13 color:powderblue from:2024 till:end text: Bullock Creek Lancers (2024-present) bar:14 color:powderblue from:2024 till:end text: Ogemaw Heights Falcons (2024-present) bar:15 color:powderblue from:2024 till:end text: St. Louis Sharks (2024-present) bar:16 color:powderblue from:2024 till:end text: Standish-Sterling Panthers (2024-present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1972

State championships

Jack Pine Conference member high schools have won the following

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state championships:

Football

Baseball

Softball

Boys Track and Field

Girls Track and Field

Boys Skiing

Boys Bowling

Girls Bowling

Conference Records

References

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2023-24 MHSAA Enrollment List
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