The Northern Shores Conference (NSC) is an interscholastic

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affiliated with the

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. It began play during the 2024–2025 school year. It is located in Northern Michigan and contains eight teams that encompasses seven counties: Antrim County, Charlevoix County,

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, Grand Traverse County, and Kalkaska County.

History

The Northern Shores Conference was announced in April 2023, comprising six teams from the

Lake Michigan Conference The Lake Michigan Conference was an interscholastic athletic conference affiliated with the Michigan High School Athletic Association. It was located in Northern Michigan and contained eight teams that encompasses six counties: Antrim County, ...

and one each from the Northwest and Straits Area Conference. The conference formed following the dissolution of the old Lake Michigan Conference, the schools in the conference had concerns with Traverse City St. Francis, and their domination in most of the sports offered, they had almost 50 more conference champions than the next closest school. East Jordan was the first school announced to leave; they were joining the smaller Ski-Valley Conference for all sports. Kingsley, who had previously been denied entry into the Lake Michigan Conference in 2017, and Cheboygan were invited by the remaining six LMC teams, sans St. Francis, to form the new conference. Administrators at the schools feel the new conference will have better competitive balance, as well as maintaining some of the rivalries that have formed over the years. The new conference however does not affect its members schools association with the Northern Michigan Football League, the new conference will not sponsor football, all member schools except Kalkaska are current members of the NMFL.

Members

Sports

Boy's sponsored sports by school

Notes: ° Boyne City - Co-ops with Charlevoix in Skiing; Co-ops with Petoskey, Petoskey St. Michael and Harbor Springs in Hockey and Lacrosse. ° Charlevoix - Co-ops with Boyne City in Skiing; Co-ops with Elk Rapids, Kalkaska, Kingsley, Lake Leelanau St. Mary, Mancelona, Suttons Bay and Traverse City St. Francis in Hockey. ° Cheboygan - Co-ops with Indian River-Inland Lakes, Onaway, Pellston and St. Ignace in Ice Hockey ° Elk Rapids - Co-ops with Charlevoix, Kalkaska, Kingsley, Lake Leelanau St. Mary, Mancelona, Suttons Bay and Traverse City St. Francis in Hockey; Co-ops with Central Lake and Traverse City St. Francis in Skiing. ° Harbor Springs - Co-ops with Petoskey, Petoskey St. Michael and Boyne City in Hockey and Lacrosse; Co-ops with Harbor Light Christian and Petoskey St. Michael in Football. ° Kalkaska - Co-ops with Charlevoix, Elk Rapids, Kingsley, Lake Leelanau St. Mary, Mancelona, Suttons Bay and Traverse City St. Francis in Hockey. ° Kingsley - Charlevoix, Elk Rapids, Kalkaska, Lake Leelanau St. Mary, Mancelona, Suttons Bay and Traverse City St. Francis in Hockey.

Girl's sponsored sports by school

Notes: ° Elk Rapids - Co-ops with Central Lake and Traverse City St. Francis in Skiing. ° Harbor Springs - Co-ops with Petoskey St. Michael in Tennis,

Boys Soccer

Conference Champions

State Championship Appearances

Boys Cross Country

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

Final Appearances

Girls Cross Country

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

Final Appearances

Girls Golf

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

State Finals Appearances

Girls Volleyball

Conference Champions

Wrestling

Conference champions

Individual Champions

Girls Skiing

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

Boys Skiing

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

Boys Basketball

Conference Champions

Girls Basketball

Conference Champions

Boys Bowling

Conference Champions

Girls Tennis

Conference Champions

Boys Golf

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

State Finals Appearances

Girls Soccer

Conference Champions

Softball

Conference Champions

Baseball

Conference Champions

Girls Track & Field

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

Track Champions

Relay Champions

Field Champions

Boys Track & Field

Conference Champions

Individual Champions

Track Champions

Relay Champions

Field Champions

References

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External links

Boyne City Public SchoolsCharlevoix Public SchoolsCheboygan Area SchoolsElk Rapids SchoolsCrawford AuSable School DistrictHarbor Springs Public SchoolsKalkaska Public SchoolsKingsley Area Schools
Michigan high school sports conferences High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States Northern Michigan