Lake Michigan Conference

Lake Michigan Conference

Commissioner	Steve Hines
Sports fielded	20 men's: 10 women's: 10
Division	MHSAA
Region	Northern Michigan

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.

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 a invitation to St. Ignace to join. On January 14, 2011, it was announced that St. Ignace will join the Ski-Valley Conference.

Members

Full member institutions include:

Institution	Team Name	Location	Joined	Enrollment	Class
Boyne City High School	Ramblers	Boyne City, Michigan	1997	421	C
Charlevoix High School	Red Rayders	Charlevoix, Michigan	1997	368	C
East Jordan High School	Red Devils	East Jordan, Michigan	1997	339	C
Elk Rapids High School	Elks	Elk Rapids, Michigan	1997	466	C
Grayling High School	Vikings	Grayling, Michigan	2003	571	B
Harbor Springs High School	Rams	Harbor Springs, Michigan	1997	324	C
Kalkaska High School	Blue Blazers	Kalkaska, Michigan	1997	455	C
*St. Francis High School	Gladiators	Traverse City, Michigan	1997	299	C

• Non-Football Participant

Football Champions

Year	Champion	Record
1997	St. Francis	11-1 (6-0)
1998	St. Francis	11-2 (6-0)
1999	St. Francis	13-1 (6-0)*
2000	Charlevoix	6-4 (5-1)
2001	Boyne City	12-1 (6-0)
2002	St. Francis	10-2 (6-0)
2003	St. Francis	14-0 (7-0)*
2004	St. Francis	8-2 (7-0)
2005	St. Francis	13-1 (7-0)*
2006	St. Francis	10-2 (7-0)
2007	St. Francis	12-2 (7-0)
2008	St. Francis	13-1 (7-0)*
2009	St. Francis	14-0 (7-0)*
2010	Elk Rapids	9-1 (7-0)

*=State Champion

Teams in the Final Regular Season Rankings

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:(25) 1983-85-86-87-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10

Boyne City:(12) 1993-94-96-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09

Grayling:(8) 1990-92-03-04-05-07-09-10

Charlevoix:(6) 1992-00-05-06-08-09

East Jordan:(5) 1993-94-99-00-03

Elk Rapids:(5) 2006-07-08-09-10

Harbor Springs: (3) 1986-99-00

Kalkaska:(1) 2002

Boys Basketball Champions

Year	Champion	Record
1997-1998	Boyne City	10-2
1998-1999	Elk Rapids	11-1
1999-2000	Kalkaska	11-1
2000-2001	Charlevoix	12-0
2001-2002	Charlevoix	12-0
2002-2003	Elk Rapids/Harbor Springs	9-3
2003-2004	St. Francis	13-1
2004-2005	Grayling	13-1
2005-2006	St. Francis	13-1
2006-2007	Charlevoix/St. Francis	13-1
2007-2008	Charlevoix	13-1
2008-2009	Charlevoix/St. Francis	13-1
2009-2010	St. Francis	13-1
2010-2011	Charlevoix	12-2

Girls Basketball Champions

Year	Champion
2006-2007	Charlevoix/Boyne City	12-2
2007-2008	Charlevoix/East Jordan	12-2
2008-2009	Charlevoix	13-0
2009-2010	Kalkaska	14-0
2010-2011	Kalkaska/St. Francis	13-1

Baseball Champions

Year	Champion
2000	Kalkaska & East Jordan
2001	Kalkaska
2002	Kalkaska
2003	Kalkaska
2004	Boyne City
2005	Elk Rapids
2006	Kalkaska	11-3
2007	Elk Rapids	13-1
2008	Elk Rapids
2009	East Jordan
2010	Kalkaska	13-1
2011	Kalkaska & Boyne City	11-3

Softball Champions

Year	Champion
2001	St. Francis
2002	Elk Rapids
2003	Elk Rapids
2004	St. Francis
2005	Kalkaska	14-0
2006	Kalkaska	14-0
2007	St. Francis	13-1
2008	Kalkaska
2009	East Jordan
2010	East Jordan & Kalkaska	13-1
2011	St. Francis, Kalkaska, Charlevoix

Boys Track Champions

Year	Champion
2003	Harbor Springs
2004	Harbor Springs
2005	Charlevoix
2006	Charlevoix
2007	Charlevoix
2008	Harbor Springs
2009	Harbor Springs
2010	Charlevoix
2011	Charlevoix

Girls Track Champions

Year	Champion
2010	St. Francis

Girls Volleyball Champions

Year	Champion
2005	Charlevoix
2006	Kalkaska	13-1
2007	Charlevoix
2008	Charlevoix
2009	St. Francis
2010	Charlevoix	13-1

Boys Cross Country Champions

Year	Champion
2006	Kalkaska

Girls Cross Country Champions

Year	Champion
2002	Elk Rapids
2003	Elk Rapids
2004	Elk Rapids
2005	Elk Rapids
2006	Elk Rapids

Wrestling Champions

Year	Champion
2006	Grayling

State Champions By School Since 1997

Boyne City: Girl Skiing, 2007 (1)

Charlevoix:(0)

East Jordan: Boys Cross Country, 1998,2000 (2)

Elk Rapids: Boys Soccer, 1997-98 (2)

Grayling: (0)

Harbor Springs: Boys Cross Country, 2002-04; Girls Cross Country, 2008; Boys Skiing, 2003,2005-06; Girls Skiing, 2000-04 (12)

Kalkaska: (0)

Traverse City St. Francis: Boys Bowling, 2004; Girls Cross Country, 2003; Football, 1992,1999,2003,2005,2008,2009; Boys Golf, 2004,2008; Girls Skiing, 2005 (11)

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

• Charlevoix

Scott Friske, Basketball, Brown University

Bill Ivan, Football, Indiana University

Ben Myers, Soccer, Clemson University

• East Jordan

Shaina Peters, Softball, Eastern Michigan University

• 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

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

Max Bullough, 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

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

External links

• Boyne City Public Schools
• Charlevoix Public Schools
• East Jordan Public Schools
• Elk Rapids Public Schools
• Grayling Public Schools
• Harbor Springs Public Schools
• Kalkaska Public Schools
• Grand Traverse Catholic Schools