Mid-Peninsula Athletic Conference

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The Mid-Peninsula Athletic Conference was an athletic conference for high schools in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was formed in 1976. It was dissolved in 2018, with most of its members joining the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference.

2017 member schools[edit]

Team[1] Location Enrollment Class Joined Previous Conference
Gladstone Braves Gladstone 481 B 2017 Great Northern UP Conference
Gwinn Modeltowners Gwinn 287 C 1976 Great Lakes Conference (Independent in 1984)
Iron Mountain Mountaineers Iron Mountain 302 C 1978 Great Northern Conference
Ishpeming Hematities Ishpeming 329 C 1976 Independent
Ishpeming Westwood Patriots Ishpeming Township 315 C 1976 Independent (Independent in 1988)
Manistique Emeralds Manistique 304 C 1977 Independent (Independent in 1978 & 1989)
Negaunee Miners Negaunee 400 C 1976 Great Lakes Conference
Norway Knights Norway 214 C 1976 Independent (Independent in 1985 & 1993–1997)

Former members[edit]

Team Location Joined Previous Conference Departed Successive Conference
Munising Mustangs Munising 1976 Great Lakes Conference 2011 Skyline Central Conference/Mid-Eastern Football Conference

Football[edit]

This list goes through the 2016 season.

# Team MPAC Championships State Division Championships
1 Iron Mountain 1981–1985, 1989, 1992–1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006–2008, 2011 Class C: 1993; Division 7: 2000
2 Negaunee 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2002–2005, 2012, 2016 Division 6: 2002
3 Ishpeming 1978, 1979, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013–2015 Class C: 1979; Division 7: 2012, 2013, 2015
4 Norway 1976, 1983, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2006 Class D: 1979, 1980
5 Munising 1980, 1983, 1985, 1989 Class C: 1980
6 Gwinn 1992, 1998
7 Ishpeming Westwood 1992
8 Manistique

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MHSAA > About the MHSAA > Leagues & Conferences > League Membership". mhsaa.com. Retrieved 2017-04-02.