The Lakeland Conference is an athletic conference for high schools in southwest Michigan in the United States. Founded in 2022 with the inaugural season of play in 2022-2023, the conference is a reboot of the old Lakeland Athletic Conference to which it shares a similar geographic footprint, school membership and historic rivalries.
Sponsored sports The league offers competition in nine boys' and eight girls' sports.
Boys Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, Wrestling
Sports by school School Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Soccer Tennis Track & Field Wrestling Benton Harbor Berrien Springs Buchanan Dowagiac Niles Brandywine
Girls Basketball, Competitive Cheerleading, Cross Country, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball
Sports by school School Basketball Competitive Cheer Cross Country Soccer Softball Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Benton Harbor Berrien Springs Buchanan Dowagiac Niles Brandywine
Member schools There are currently five member schools. The geographic footprint of the league includes Berrien and Cass counties in Michigan.
Current members School data in the table below is current for the 2023-24 season according to the MHSAA website. SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollmentClassAffiliationJoinedPrevious ConferenceBenton Harbor Benton Harbor Tigers Orange & Black 528 B Public 2022 IndependentBerrien Springs Berrien Springs Shamrocks Green & White 554 B Public 2022 BCS LeagueBuchanan Buchanan Bucks Maroon & White 398 B Public 2022 BCS LeagueNiles Brandywine Niles Township Bobcats Maroon & Gold 348 C Public 2022 BCS LeagueDowagiac Dowagiac Chieftains Orange & Black 517 B Public 2022 Wolverine Conference
Former members SchoolLocationJoinedPrevious ConferenceDepartedSuccessive Conferencen/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Membership Timeline
Conference championships
Baseball SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2023
Boys Basketball SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2023 Benton Harbor 22-2
Girls Basketball SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2023 Buchanan 8-0
Boys Cross Country SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2022 Berrien Springs 4-0
Girls Cross Country SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2022 Buchanan 4-0
Football SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2022 Buchanan 4-0
Boys Soccer SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2022 Dowagiac 3-0
Girls Soccer SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2023 Berrien Springs 4-0
Softball SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2023 Buchanan 8-0
Volleyball SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2022 Buchanan 4-0
Wrestling SeasonSchoolConferenceRecord 2023 Niles Brandywine 5-0
State championships Schools that have participated in MHSAA state championship finals while being members of the Lakeland Conference.
TBD Finish Year School Division n/a n/a n/a n/a
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