The Great Northern UP Conference, is an athletic conference for high schools in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was formed in 1965 as the Great Northern Conference and changed its name to the A-B-C Conference in 1984, and again to its current name in 1990. The football conference will be disbanded in 2023, but all other sports will continue.[1]

Member schools

Current members

Team Location Colors Enrollment Class Joined Previous Conference
Escanaba EskymosEscanaba    690B1965Great Lakes Conference (Independent from 1986 to 1988)
Gladstone BravesGladstone    428B2018Mid-Peninsula Athletic Conference
Kingsford FlivversKingsford    548B1965Menominee Range Conference
Marquette RedmenMarquette    896A1973Great Lakes Conference
Menominee MaroonsMenominee    391C1965Independent

Former members

Team Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Escanaba Holy Name Crusaders Escanaba 1965 Independent 1970 N/A (football team abolished)
Iron Mountain MountaineersIron Mountain1965Menominee Range Conference1978Mid-Peninsula Athletic Conference
Luther L. Wright Red Devils Ironwood 1971 Menominee Range Conference 1987 Independent
West Iron County WykonsIron River1968None (School opened)1988 (Independent from 1982 to 1986)Independent
Sault Ste. Marie Blue DevilsSault Ste. Marie2016Independent2017Independent
Stephenson Eagles Stephenson 1965 Great Lakes Conference 1966 Land-O-Lakes Conference

Membership timeline

West Iron County High SchoolSault Area High SchoolMenominee High School (Michigan)Marquette Senior High SchoolEscanaba Senior High School

Football

This list of conference champions goes through the 2022 season. 2022 is the last year that the GNC had a football conference, it will be disbanded for 2023.

#TeamGNC (1965-1984)ABC (1984-1990)GNC (1990–present)
1Menominee1969, 1971, 1982, 19831986-19881994, 1997–1999, 2003, 2005–2007, 2011, 2013–2016, 2021
2Kingsford1965, 19691990–1996, 2000–2002, 2004, 2008–2010, 2012, 2017, 2021
3Escanaba1966–1968, 1972, 1973, 1978-19821984, 1988, 19891994, 1998, 2018
4Marquette1975, 19762011, 2018-2021
5Gladstone198219851998, 2022
West Iron County1970, 1974, 1977

References

  1. Kochanny, Drew. "Change Coming to Big North". Petoskey News.


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