The Big North Conference (BNC) is a high school conference based in northern

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, and is affiliated with the

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(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. In 2021, the league announced the departure of Traverse City Central and Traverse City West high schools' football programs, and those schools becoming associate members of the

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. However, other sports offered by those schools will continue to participate in the Big North Conference.

Member schools

Former schools

Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:850 height:auto barincrement:30 Period = from:1997 till:2022 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:barcolor id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData= width:20 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:m bar:1 color:green from:1997 till:2022 text: Alpena Senior High School (1997–present) bar:2 color:green from:1997 till:2022 text: Cadillac Senior High School (1997–present) bar:3 color:green from:1997 till:2021 text: Central High School (1997–present) bar:3 color:orange from:2021 till:2022 text: bar:4 color:green from:1997 till:2022 text: Gaylord High School (1997–present) bar:5 color:green from:1997 till:2022 text: Petoskey High School (1997–present) bar:6 color:green from:1997 till:2021 text: West Senior High School (1997–present) bar:6 color:orange from:2021 till:2022 text: bar:7 color:green from:1997 till:2004 text:Cheboygan Area High School (1997–2004) bar:8 color:green from:2011 till:2016 text:Ogemaw Heights High School (2011–2016) bar:9 color:green from:1997 till:2004 text:Sault Area High School (1997–2004) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1997 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(250,30) # tabs:(0-center) text:"Big North Conference Membership History"

Football champions

From 1997 to 1999 the Big North had a A division and a B division. Since 2000, the conference has operated with one division.

Teams in the Final Regular Season Rankings

Conference Records

State Championship Results

Boys Basketball Champions

Conference Records

Girls Basketball Champions

Conference Records

References

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