Lake Michigan Conference (Michigan)

Lake Michigan Conference
(LMC)
Established 1997
Division MHSAA
Members 8
Sports fielded 20 (men's: 10; women's: 10)
Region Northern Michigan
Headquarters East Jordan, Michigan
Commissioner Phyllis Olszewski

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 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.

Members

Full member institutions include:

Institution Team Name Location Colors Joined Enrollment Class Conf. Champ
Boyne City High School Ramblers Boyne City, Michigan           1997 383 C 6
Charlevoix High School Red Rayders Charlevoix, Michigan           1997 350 C 24
East Jordan High School Red Devils East Jordan, Michigan           1997 288 C 6
Elk Rapids High School Elks Elk Rapids, Michigan           1997 387 C 13
Grayling High School Vikings Grayling, Michigan           2003 489 B 4
Harbor Springs High School Rams Harbor Springs, Michigan           1997 281 C 12
Kalkaska High School Blue Blazers Kalkaska, Michigan           1997 437 B 17
St. Francis High School Gladiators Traverse City, Michigan           1997 320 C 44

Membership timeline

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)
2011 St. Francis 11-2 (7-0)
2012 Grayling 9-1 (6-0)
2013 Grayling 9-2 (6-0)

*State Champion

Teams in the Final Regular Season Rankings

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:(26) 1983-85-86-87-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-13

Boyne City:(13) 1993-94-96-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-12-13

Grayling:(10) 1990-92-03-04-05-07-09-10-11-12-13

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

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

Elk Rapids:(5) 2006-07-08-09-10-13

Harbor Springs: (3) 1986-99-00

Kalkaska:(2) 2002-12-13

Conference Records

# Team Records Pct. Conference Championship State Championships
1 St. Francis 94-5 .949 12 5
3 Boyne City 76-35 .685 1 0
2 Grayling 56-19 .747 2 0
4 Charlevoix 53-58 .478 1 0
5 Kalkaska 43-68 .387 0 0
6 Elk Rapids 40-71 .360 1 0
7 East Jordan 31-80 .279 0 0
8 Harbor Springs 27-84 .243 0 0

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 13-1
2007-2008 Charlevoix 13-1
2008-2009 St. Francis 13-1
2009-2010 St. Francis 13-1
2010-2011 Charlevoix 12-2
2011-2012 St. Francis 13-1
2012-2013 St. Francis 14-0
2013-2014 Boyne City 14-0
2014-2015 Boyne City 12-2

Girls Basketball Champions

Year Champion
1999 Harbor Springs 11-1
2001 Charlevoix
2002 Harbor Springs 12-0
2003 St. Francis 13-1
2004 Charlevoix 14-0
2006 Charlevoix 13-1
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
2011-2012 St. Francis 14-0
2012-2013 Kalkaska/St. Francis 13-1
2013-2014 St. Francis 14-0
2014-2015 St. Francis/Kalkaska 13-1

Baseball Champions

Year Champion
2000 Kalkaska & East Jordan
2001 Kalkaska
2002 Kalkaska
2003 Kalkaska 14-0
2004 Boyne City 14-0
2005 Elk Rapids
2006 Kalkaska 11-3
2007 Elk Rapids 11-3
2008 Elk Rapids 10-4
2009 East Jordan 12-1-1
2010 Kalkaska 13-1
2011 Kalkaska & Boyne City 11-3
2012 St. Francis & East Jordan 11-3
2013 Charlevoix 14-0
2014 St. Francis 12-2
2015 St. Francis & Charlevoix 12-2

Softball Champions

Year Champion
2001 St. Francis
2002 Elk Rapids
2003 Elk Rapids
2004 St. Francis 14-0
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
2013 St. Francis and Charlevoix 12-2
2014 St. Francis and Boyne City 13-1
2015 St. Francis 13-1

Boys Track Champions

Year Champion
1997 Kalkaska
1998 East Jordan
1999 East Jordan
2000 East Jordan
2003 Harbor Springs
2004 Harbor Springs
2005 Charlevoix
2006 Charlevoix
2007 Charlevoix
2008 Harbor Springs
2009 Harbor Springs
2010 Charlevoix
2011 Charlevoix
2012 Charlevoix
2013 Charlevoix
2014 Charlevoix
2015 Charlevoix

Girls Track Champions

Year Champion
1997 Kalkaska
2000 Boyne City
2004 East Jordan
2006 East Jordan
2007 Charlevoix
2009 Harbor Springs
2010 St. Francis
2011 Charlevoix
2012 Charlevoix
2013 St. Francis
2014 St. Francis
2015 Harbor Springs

Girls Volleyball Champions

Year Champion
2002 Kalkaska
2003 Harbor Springs 12-0
2004 Charlevoix
2005 Charlevoix 13-1
2006 Kalkaska 13-1
2007 Feb. Charlevoix 14-0
2007 Nov. Charlevoix 14-0
2008 Charlevoix 13-1
2009 St. Francis 13-1
2010 Charlevoix 13-1
2011 Charlevoix 13-1
2012 St. Francis 14-0
2013 St. Francis
2014 St. Francis 14-0
2015 St. Francis 14-0

Boys Cross Country Champions

Year Champion
2003 Harbor Springs
2006 Kalkaska
2007 Harbor Springs
2008 Harbor Sprigs
2009 Harbor Sprigs
2010 Harbor Springs
2011 Charlevoix
2012 Harbor Springs
2014 Harbor Springs
2015 Harbor Springs

Girls Cross Country Champions

Year Champion
2002 Elk Rapids
2003 Elk Rapids
2004 Elk Rapids
2005 Elk Rapids
2006 Elk Rapids
2007 Harbor Springs
2008 Harbor Springs
2009 Harbor Springs
2010 Harbor Springs
2010 Harbor Springs
2011 Charlevoix
2012 Harbor Springs
2014 Harbor Springs
2015 St. Francis

Wrestling Champions

Year Champion
2005-2006 Grayling
2006-2007 Kalkaska
2007-2008 Grayling
2009-2010 St. Francis
2011-2012 St. Francis
2013-2014 Grayling
2014-2015 Grayling
2015-2016 Grayling

Boys Golf Champions

Year Champion
2002 Harbor Springs
2003 Grayling
2005 St. Francis
2006 St. Francis
2008 St. Francis
2010 Charlevoix
2011 Charlevoix
2012 Kalkaska
2013 Charlevoix
2014 Kalkaska
2015 St. Francis

Boys Ski Champions

Year Champion
2004 Harbor Springs
2005 Harbor Springs
2007 Harbor Springs
2008 Boyne City
2009 St. Francis/Boyne City
2013 Harbor Springs
2014 Elk Rapids-St. Francis
2015 Harbor Springs

Girls Ski Champions

Year Champion
2009 Harbor Springs
2012 Harbor Springs
2013 Harbor Springs
2014 Harbor Springs
2015 Harbor Springs

Boys Tennis Champions

Year Champion
2007 St. Francis
2008 St. Francis
2011 St. Francis
2012 St. Francis

Girls Tennis Champions

Year Champion
2000 Harbor Springs
2001 Elk Rapids
2003 Harbor Springs
2004 St. Francis
2005 Harbor Springs
2009 St. Francis
2010 Harbor Springs
2012 Harbor Springs
2013 St. Francis
2014 St. Francis
2015 St. Francis

Boys Soccer Champions

Year Champion
2003 Elk Rapids
2005 Elk Rapids 10-0
2007 Boyne City 8-2-2
2009 Charlevoix 9-1
2010 Elk Rapids & Charlevoix
2014 Charlevoix & Elk Rapids 9-1
2015 Charlevoix 9-1

Girls Soccer Champions

Year Champion
2004 Harbor Springs
2005 Charlevoix
2005 Charlevoix
2006 Charlevoix 12-0
2007 Charlevox 14-0
2008 Charlevoix
2009 Elk Rapids 14-0
2010 Harbor Springs 10-1-3
2011 Harbor Springs 9-1-2
2012 Charlevoix 11-1
2015 Charlevoix 12-0

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 (2)

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; Girls Track and Field 2013 (12)

Players Who Participated In NCAA Division I Athletics

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

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

Shaina Peters, Softball, Eastern Michigan University

Amanda Hammer, Cross-Country, Baylor University

Zac Baker, Football, University of Michigan

Jason Drudge, Track and Field, Central Michigan University

Brandon Darnton, Basketball, Michigan State University

Spencer Beatty, Cross-Country, Michigan State University

Tecumseh Adams, Cross-Country, Central Michigan University

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

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

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