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Northern Shores Conference

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Northern Shores Conference
ConferenceMHSAA
Founded2024
No. of teams8
RegionNorthern Michigan
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Northern Shores Conference
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Kingsley
Kalkaska
Harbor Springs
Grayling
Elk Rapids
Cheboygan
Charlevoix
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Boyne City
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The Northern Shores Conference (NSC) is an interscholastic athletic conference affiliated with the Michigan High School Athletic Association. 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, Cheboygan County, Crawford County, Emmet County, Grand Traverse County, and Kalkaska County.

History

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The Northern Shores Conference was announced in April 2023, comprising six teams from the Lake Michigan Conference 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.[1][2][3]

Members

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Team & Mascot School Location Joined Enrollment Class Prior Conference Boys Champ Girls Champ Total Champ
Boyne City Ramblers Boyne City High School Boyne City, Michigan 2024 412 B Lake Michigan Conference
Charlevoix Rayders Charlevoix High School Charlevoix, Michigan 2024 272 C Lake Michigan Conference 1 1
Cheboygan Chiefs Cheboygan High School Cheboygan, Michigan 2024 462 B Straits Area Conference
Elk Rapids Elks Elk Rapids High School Elk Rapids, Michigan 2024 351 B Lake Michigan Conference 1 1
Grayling Vikings Grayling High School Grayling, Michigan 2024 458 B Lake Michigan Conference 1 1
Harbor Springs Rams Harbor Springs High School Harbor Springs, Michigan 2024 236 C Lake Michigan Conference 2 2
Kalkaska Blazers Kalkaska High School Kalkaska, Michigan 2024 441 B Lake Michigan Conference
Kingsley Stags Kingsley High School Kingsley, Michigan 2024 405 B Northwest Conference 1 1

Sports

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Boy's sponsored sports by school

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School Base­ball Basket­ball Bowling Cross Country Football Golf Ice hockey Lac­rosse Skiing- Alpine Soccer Tennis Track & field Wrest­ling Total
Boyne City Ramblers Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY 12
Charlevoix Rayders Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY 10
Cheboygan Chiefs Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY 10
Elk Rapids Elks Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 11
Grayling Vikings Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY 10
Harbor Springs Rams Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 11
Kalkaska Blazers Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY 9
Kingsley Stags Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY 10

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

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School Basket­ball Bowling Cross Country Golf Skiing- Alpine Soccer Soft­ball Tennis Track & field Volleyball Competitive Cheer Total
Boyne City Ramblers Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 10
Charlevoix Rayders Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 9
Cheboygan Chiefs Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 8
Elk Rapids Elks Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 10
Grayling Vikings Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 10
Harbor Springs Rams Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 9
Kalkaska Blazers Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 7
Kingsley Stags Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 7

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

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Conference Champions

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Year Champion Record
2024 Elk Rapids & Grayling 11-1-0
Team Conference Record Conference championship District championships Regional championships
Elk Rapids 11-1-0 1 1 1
Grayling 11-1-0 1 0 0
Harbor Springs 8-4-0 0 1 0
Charlevoix 6-6-0 0 0 0
Boyne City 3-8-1 0 0 0
Kingsley 2-9-1 0 0 0
Cheboygan 0-12-0 0 0 0
Kalkaska 0-0-0 0 0 0

State Championship Appearances

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Season NSC Non-NSC Site Division Ref
2024 Elk Rapids (18-7-1) 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (23-2) 3 Grand Ledge High School • Grand Ledge, MI 3 [4]

Boys Cross Country

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Conference Champions

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Year Champion
2024 Charlevoix


Team Conference championships Final appearances State championships Best finish
Charlevoix 1 1 0 14th
Harbor Springs 0 1 0 4th
Kingsley 0 0 0
Cheboygan 0 0 0
Kalkaska 0 0 0
Elk Rapids 0 0 0
Boyne City 0 0 0
Grayling 0 0 0

Individual Champions

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Year Champion School Time
2024 Hunter Eaton Charlevoix 16:41.33

Final Appearances

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Year School Place Division
2024 Charlevoix 14th 3
2024 Harbor Springs 4th 4

Girls Cross Country

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Conference Champions

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Year Champion
2024 Harbor Springs
Team Conference championships Final appearances State championships Best finish
Harbor Springs 1 1 0 4th
Charlevoix 0 0 0
Kingsley 0 0 0
Cheboygan 0 0 0
Kalkaska 0 0 0
Elk Rapids 0 0 0
Boyne City 0 0 0
Grayling 0 0 0


Individual Champions

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Year Champion School Time
2024 Stefi Reskevics Harbor Springs 19:53.54

Final Appearances

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Year School Place Division
2024 Harbor Springs 4th 4

Girls Golf

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Conference Champions

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Year Champion
2024 Harbor Springs
Team Conference championships Final appearances State championships Best finish
Harbor Springs 1 1 0 13th
Charlevoix 0 1 0 10th
Kingsley 0 0 0
Cheboygan 0 0 0
Kalkaska 0 0 0
Elk Rapids 0 0 0
Boyne City 0 0 0
Grayling 0 0 0

Individual Champions

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Year Champion School
2024 Jessica Campbell Grayling

State Finals Appearances

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Year School Place Division
2024 Charlevoix 10th 4
2024 Harbor Springs 13th 4

Girls Volleyball

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Conference Champions

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Year Champion Record
2024 Kingsley 7-0
Team Conference Record Conference championship District championships Regional championships
Kingsley 7-0 1 0 0
Elk Rapids 6-1 0 0 0
Boyne City 5-2 0 0 0
Cheboygan 3-4 0 0 0
Harbor Springs 3-4 0 0 0
Grayling 2-5 0 0 0
Charlevoix 1-6 0 0 0
Kalkaska 1-6 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ Kochanny, Drew (April 18, 2023). "Major shift coming in 2024 with newly formed Northern Shores Conference". Cheboygan Daily Tribune.
  2. ^ Cook, James; Quealy, Brendan (April 19, 2023). "Northern Shores Conference starting in 2024; TC St. Francis left without a league". Traverse City Record-Eagle.
  3. ^ Beeby, Harrison (April 18, 2023). "Northern Shores Conference to include eight area schools beginning next year". UpNorthLive. Traverse City, Michigan: WPBN-TV.
  4. ^ "Pont Notre Dame Prep vs Elk Rapids (Nov 2, 2024)". mhsaa.com.
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