# Northern Shores Conference

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

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.

## Members

| 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 | 2 | | 2 |
| 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 | 4 | | 4 |
| 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 | | 4 | 4 |
| 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
### 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,

## Boys Soccer
### Conference Champions

| 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

| Season | NSC | NSC | Non-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 | |

## Boys Cross Country
### Conference Champions

| 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

| Year | Champion | School | Time |
| 2024 | Hunter Eaton | Charlevoix | 16:41.33 |

### Final Appearances

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

## Girls Cross Country
### Conference Champions

| 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

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

### Final Appearances

| Year | School | Place | Division |
| 2024 | Harbor Springs | 4th | 4 |

## Girls Golf
### Conference Champions

| 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

| Year | Champion | School |
| 2024 | Jessica Campbell | Grayling |

### State Finals Appearances

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

## Girls Volleyball
### Conference Champions

| Year | Champion | Record |
| 2024 | Kingsley | 7-0 |
| Team | Conference Record | Conference championship | District championships | Regional championships |
| Kingsley | 7-0 | 1 | 1 | 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 |

## Wrestling
### Conference champions

| Year | Champion |
| 2025 | Charlevoix |
| Team | Conference championship | District championships | Regional championships |
| Charlevoix | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grayling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingsley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyne City | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cheboygan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalkaska | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elk Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbor Springs | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Individual Champions

| Year | 106 | 113 | 120 | 126 | 132 | 138 | 144 | 150 | 157 | 165 | 175 | 190 | 215 | 285 |
| 2025 | Andrew Betz | Gavin Holmes | Owen Lewicki | Gabriel Buyze-Prieto | Kalen Titus | Max Huspen | Bruyn Hauger | Colin Jess | Jordan Peters | Parker Grubb | Brady Warchol | Colton Goethals | Danny Bonamie | Luke Munger |

## Girls Skiing
### Conference Champions

| Year | Champion |
| 2024 | Harbor Springs |
| Team | Conference championships | Final appearances | State championships |
| Harbor Springs | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlevoix | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elk Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyne City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayling | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Individual Champions

| YEAR | Giant Slalom | Giant Slalom | YEAR | Slalom | Slalom |
| 2025 | Drew Bowman, Harbor Springs | Drew Bowman, Harbor Springs | 2025 | Avery Kita, Lake Charlevoix | Avery Kita, Lake Charlevoix |

## Boys Skiing
### Conference Champions

| Year | Champion |
| 2024 | Harbor Springs |
| Team | Conference championships | Final appearances | State championships |
| Elk Rapids | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Harbor Springs | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlevoix | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyne City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayling | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Individual Champions

| YEAR | Giant Slalom | Giant Slalom | YEAR | Slalom | Slalom |
| 2025 | Corbin Bogard, Great North Alpine | Corbin Bogard, Great North Alpine | 2025 | Corbin Bogard, Great North Alpine | Corbin Bogard, Great North Alpine |

## Boys Basketball
### Conference Champions

| Year | Champion | Record |
| 2025 | Elk Rapids | 13-1 |
| Team | Conference Record | Conference championship | District championships | Regional championships |
| Elk Rapids | 13-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbor Springs | 12-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlevoix | 10-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyne City | 8-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cheboygan | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayling | 3-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalkaska | 3-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingsley | 0-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Girls Basketball
### Conference Champions

| Year | Champion | Record |
| 2025 | Harbor Springs | 14-0 |
| Team | Conference Record | Conference championship | District championships | Regional championships |
| Harbor Springs | 14-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingsley | 11-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elk Rapids | 9-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyne City | 9-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheboygan | 5-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayling | 5-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlevoix | 3-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalkaska | 0-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Boys Bowling
### Conference Champions

| Year | Champion |
| 2025 | Elk Rapids |