Northern Shores Conference

Northern Shores Conference
Conference	MHSAA
Founded	2024
No. of teams	8
Region	Northern Michigan
Locations

The Northern Shores Conference is an upcoming interscholastic athletic conference affiliated with the Michigan High School Athletic Association. It is set to begin 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.

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History

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 are current members of the NMFL.[1][2][3]

Members

Team & Mascot	School	Location	Joined	Enrollment	Class	Prior Conference
Boyne City Ramblers	Boyne City High School	Boyne City, Michigan	2024	424	B	Lake Michigan Conference
Charlevoix Rayders	Charlevoix High School	Charlevoix, Michigan	2024	282	C	Lake Michigan Conference
Cheboygan Chiefs	Cheboygan High School	Cheboygan, Michigan	2024	557	B	Straits Area Conference
Elk Rapids Elks	Elk Rapids High School	Elk Rapids, Michigan	2024	369	B	Lake Michigan Conference
Grayling Vikings	Grayling High School	Grayling, Michigan	2024	432	B	Lake Michigan Conference
Harbor Springs Rams	Harbor Springs High School	Harbor Springs, Michigan	2024	246	C	Lake Michigan Conference
Kalkaska Blazers	Kalkaska High School	Kalkaska, Michigan	2024	432	B	Lake Michigan Conference
Kingsley Stags	Kingsley High School	Kingsley, Michigan	2024	445	B	Northwest Conference

Sports

Boy's sponsored sports by school

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

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

References

Kochanny, Drew (April 18, 2023). "Major shift coming in 2024 with newly formed Northern Shores Conference". Cheboygan Daily Tribune.
Cook, James; Quealy, Brendan (April 19, 2023). "Northern Shores Conference starting in 2024; TC St. Francis left without a league". Traverse City Record-Eagle.
Beeby, Harrison (April 18, 2023). "Northern Shores Conference to include eight area schools beginning next year". UpNorthLive. Traverse City, Michigan: WPBN-TV.

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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.