Big North Conference (Michigan)

The Big North Conference is a high school conference based in northern Michigan, and is affiliated with the MHSAA. Created in 1997 after the split of Traverse City High School into Central and West High School. It combined the eight largest schools in Northern Michigan. In 2004, due to decreasing enrollment Cheboygan and Sault Area left the conference. They were replaced in 2011 with West Branch Ogemaw Heights, but they left the conference after the 2015-16 school year due to decreasing enrollment as well.

Member Schools

School	Mascot	City	Colors	Class (Enrollment)	County	Year Joined	Previous League
Alpena High School	Wildcats	Alpena		A (1380)	Alpena	1997	Great Lakes Athletic Conference
Cadillac High School	Vikings	Cadillac		B (817)	Wexford	1997	North Central Conference
Central High School	Trojans	Traverse City		A (1394)	Grand Traverse	1997	Great Lakes Athletic Conference
Gaylord High School	Blue Devils	Gaylord		A (987)	Otsego	1997	Michigan Huron Shores Conference
Petoskey High School	Northmen	Petoskey		A (954)	Emmet	1997	Michigan Huron Shores Conference
West Senior High School	Titans	Traverse City		A (1552)	Grand Traverse	1997	None (new school)

Former Members

School	Mascot	City	Colors	Class (Enrollment)	County	Year Joined	Previous League	Year Left	Current League
Cheboygan High School	Chiefs	Cheboygan		B (555)	Cheboygan	1997	Michigan Huron Shores Conference	2004	Straits Area Conference (Northern Michigan Football League)
Ogemaw Heights High School	Falcons	West Branch		B (623)	Ogemaw	2011	Northeast Michigan Conference	2016	Independent
Sault Area High School	Blue Devils	Sault Ste. Marie		B (739)	Chippewa	1997	Michigan Huron Shores Conference	2004	Straits Area Conference (Great Northern for Football)

Football Champions

From 1997 to 1999 the Big North had a A division and a B division

Year	A Champion	Record	B Champion	Record
1997	Traverse City West	7-2-0 (3-0-0)	Petoskey	8-1-0 (3-0-0)
1998	Traverse City West	6-3 (3-0)	Petoskey	9-2 (3-0)
1999	Traverse City West	5-4 (3-0)	Sault Ste. Marie	7-3 (3-0)

Since 2000, the conference has operated with one division.

Year	Champion	Record
2000	Cadillac	9-1 (7-0)
2001	Gaylord	9-1 (7-0)
2002	Gaylord	11-1 (7-0)
2003	Traverse City West	7-3 (7-0)
2004	Traverse City West	10-1 (5-0)
2005	Gaylord	6-3 (4-1)
2006	Traverse City West	6-4 (5-0)
2007	Traverse City West	6-4 (4-1)
2008	Traverse City West	6-4 (4-1)
2009	Cadillac	8-2 (5-0)
2010	Petoskey	8-2 (4-1)
2011	Petoskey	9-2 (6-0)
2012	Traverse City Central	9-2 (6-0)
2013	Cadillac	11-1 (6-0)
2014	Cadillac	9-1 (6-0)
2015	Traverse City Central	9-1 (6-0)