The Lake Michigan Conference is an interscholastic athletic conference affiliated with the Michigan High School Athletic Association. It is located in Northern Michigan and contains eight teams that encompasses six counties: Antrim County, Charlevoix County, Crawford County, Emmet County, Grand Traverse County, and Kalkaska County.
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History
The Lake Michigan Conference was started in 1997, when 6 members of the old Great Northern Lower Peninsula Conference- Lake Michigan Division (Boyne City, Charlevoix, East Jordan, Elk Rapids, Harbor Springs, and Traverse City St. Francis) along with GNLP-Lake Huron Division Kalkaska left after the deformation of the GNLP. The membership stayed the same until 2003, when Grayling, a former Lake Huron Division Rival of Kalkaska, left the Northeast Michigan Conference. This gave the conference the 8 teams that it has today. In 2010, conference athletic directors voted to eliminate St. Francis from participating in football effective in 2012. Elk Rapids and Grayling agreed to continue their series, while St. Francis will play two other LMC teams on a three-year rotation. The LMC has also extended an invitation to St. Ignace to join. On January 14, 2011, it was announced that St. Ignace will join the Ski-Valley Conference. Following the 2013 season the LMC and the neighboring Northwest Conference merged for football only, creating the Northern Michigan Football League. The league was split into two divisions based on enrollment and competitiveness. The Leader division consisted of the larger and more accomplished programs including, St. Francis, Maple City-Glen Lake, Elk Rapids, Boyne City, Kingsley, Benzie Central and Grayling. The Legacy Division consisted of Frankfort, Charlevoix, Kalkaska, East Jordan, Suttons Bay and Harbor Springs. Mesick, an original member of the Northwest Conference, opted against joining the NMFL and instead joined the five schools of the Mid-State North Conference, creating the Northwestern Six Football League.
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Members
Full member institutions include:
Membership timeline
Football Champions
*State Champion
Teams in the Final Regular Season Rankings
2015: Boyne City D VI 7th
2014: Boyne City D VI 5th
2012: Grayling D V, 8th; Boyne City D VI, HM
2011: Grayling D V, 8th; St. Francis D VII, 4th
2010: Elk Rapids, D V, 2nd; Grayling, D V, 10th; St. Francis, D VII, 7th
2009: St. Francis, D VII, 1st
2008: St. Francis, D VII, 6th
2007: St. Francis, D VII, 4th
2006: St. Francis, D VII, 5th
2005: Boyne City, D VI, 6th; St. Francis, D VII, 5th
2004: St. Francis, D VII, 3rd
2003: St. Francis, D VII, 1st
2002: St. Francis, D VII, 7th
2001: Boyne City, D V, 4th
1999: St. Francis, Class C, 10th
1998: St. Francis, Class C, 4th
1997: St. Francis, Class C, 1st
All-Time Playoff Appearances
Traverse City St. Francis:(28) 1983,85-87,90-11,13-15
Boyne City:(15) 1993-94,96,01-09,12-15
Grayling:(11) 1990,92,03-05,07,09-13,15
Charlevoix:(7) 1992,00,05-06,08-09,14
Elk Rapids:(6) 2006-10,13-14
East Jordan:(5) 1993-94-99-00-03
Harbor Springs: (4) 1986-99-00-15
Kalkaska:(3) 2002-12-13
Conference Records
State Championship Results
Results by team
Boys Basketball Champions
Conference Records
- Conference Record does not include 03-04 or 04-05 seasons.
State Championship Appearances
2012 Class C- Traverse City St. Francis vs Flint Beecher: Lost 74-60
2004 Class C- Charlevoix vs. Saginaw Buena Vista: Lost 63-52
2001 Class C- Charlevoix vs. Kalamazoo Christian: Lost 72-69
Girls Basketball Champions
State Championship Appearances
2016 Class C- Traverse City St. Francis vs. Ypsilanti Arbor Prep: Lost 53-37
2004 Class C- Charlevoix vs. Detroit St. Martin dePorres: Lost 61-56
Baseball Champions
Softball Champions
Boys Track Champions
Girls Track Champions
Girls Volleyball Champions
Boys Cross Country Champions
Girls Cross Country Champions
Wrestling Champions
Boys Golf Champions
Boys Ski Champions
Girls Ski Champions
Boys Tennis Champions
Girls Tennis Champions
Boys Soccer Champions
Girls Soccer Champions
State Champions By School
Boyne City: Boys Track and Field, 1957-58; Girl Skiing, 2007 (3)
Charlevoix: Boys Cross Country 1982-83,87-91 (7)
East Jordan: Boys Tennis 1955; Boys Cross Country, 1998,2000 (3)
Elk Rapids: Boys Soccer, 1997-98; Girls Skiing, 2016 (3)
Grayling: Boys Basketball, 1917 (1)
Harbor Springs: Boys Basketball, 1929; Boys Cross Country, 2002-03; Girls Cross Country, 2008; Boys Skiing, 1996,2003,2005-06; Girls Skiing, 1987-88,2000-04,2012 (16)
Kalkaska: Boys Basketball, 1916 (1)
Traverse City St. Francis: Baseball, 1990; Boys Bowling, 2004; Girls Cross Country, 2003; Football, 1992,1999,2003,2005,2008,2009; Boys Golf, 2004,2008; Girls Skiing, 2005, 2016; Girls Track and Field 2013 (14)
Players Who Participated In NCAA Division I Athletics
- Boyne City
Jason Rozycki, Basketball, Oakland University
Taylor Voice, Track and Field, University of Michigan
Jason Richards, Baseball, Western Michigan University
Kristen Gaither, Basketball, University of Detroit Mercy
- Charlevoix
Eric Buday, Cross Country, Michigan State University
Jonathon Pischner, Cross Country, Alpena Community College
Matt Peterson, Cross-Country, Central Michigan University
John Tunison, Cross-Country, Central Michigan University
Jeff Drenth, Cross-Country, Central Michigan University
Doug Drenth, Cross-Country, Central Michigan University
Douglas Bergmann, Cross-Country, Central Michigan University College of William & Mary
Scott Friske, Basketball, Brown University
Bill Ivan, Football, Indiana University
Ben Myers, Soccer, Clemson University Michigan State University
Amber Way, Cross Country, Michigan State University
Molly Jeakle, Cross Country, Michigan State University
- East Jordan
Shaina Peters, Softball, Eastern Michigan University
Kayla Keane, Cross Country, University of Michigan
- Elk Rapids
Amanda Hammer, Cross-Country, Baylor University
- Grayling
Zac Baker, Football, University of Michigan
Jason Drudge, Track and Field, Central Michigan University
- Harbor Springs
Brandon Darnton, Basketball, Michigan State University
Spencer Beatty, Cross-Country, Michigan State University
Tecumseh Adams, Cross-Country, Central Michigan University
- Kalkaska
Adam Norman, Cross-Country, Michigan State University
Paul Greive, Cross-Country, Michigan State University
Josh Brown, Track and Field, Western Michigan University
Sara Vergote, Cross-Country, University of Toledo
- St. Francis
Patrick Rigan, Football, Michigan State University
Matt Zakrzewski, Football, Indiana University
Holden Greiner, Basketball, Lehigh University
Taylor Henrick, Track and Field, University of Detroit-Mercy
Elizabeth Carney, Basketball, DePaul University
Katy Olsen, Track and Field, Central Michigan University
Abby Clear, Volleyball, St. Francis College
Max Bullough, Football, Michigan State University
Joey Kerridge, Football, University of Michigan
Kyle Lints, Football, Michigan State University
Riley Bullough, Football, Michigan State University
Sean Sheldon, Basketball, College of William & Mary
Matt Seybert, Football, University of Buffalo
Erin McDonnell, Cross-Country, United States Naval Academy
Byron Bullough, Football, Michigan State University
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