Location

The Jack Pine Conference is a high school athletic conference in northern lower Michigan

Michigan

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 made up of Class B and C schools. The sports involved include: Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

, Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, Softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, Wrestling

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

, Volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, Track

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

, Cross Country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

, and Golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

. In the 2008 football season, the Clare Pioneers won the Jack Pine Conferences Championship going undefeated in conference. They are also ranked 3rd in the nation in Interceptions in a season by a team, and hold the state record.

Teams

• Beaverton Beavers
• Clare Pioneers
• Farwell Eagles
• Gladwin Flying G's
  Gladwin High School
  Gladwin High School is a public high school located at 1400 N Spring St in Gladwin, Michigan. It is one of two public schools serving Gladwin County along with Beaverton High School. The school colors are royal blue and white, and the school mascot is the Flying G...
  
  
• Harrison Hornets
• Houghton Lake Bobcats
• Meridian Mustangs
• Roscommon Bucks
  Roscommon High School
  Roscommon High School is located in Roscommon, Michigan. It is the secondary institution for the Gerrish-Higgins School District. Roscommon, or RHS, is a class B/Division 3 School.-Statistics:2006*Enrollment: 599 *ACT Average Score: 21.0...
  
  

State championships

Jack Pine Conference member high schools have won the following Michigan High School Athletic Association

Michigan High School Athletic Association

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state championships:

Baseball

Year	School	Division/Class
1982	Meridian Mustangs	Class C

Softball

Year	School	Division/Class
1987	Meridian Mustangs	Class B

Boys Track and Field

Year	School	Division/Class
2000	Clare Pioneers	Division 3

Girls Track and Field

Year	School	Division/Class
1994	Clare Pioneers	Class C
1996	Clare Pioneers	Class C