Regions of Michigan

This is a page regarding the regional competitions of Michigan. For more information regarding the state in general, please see the Michigan page.

Michigan, being one of the largest states in terms of the number of teams, is divided into 15 regions, each hosting a separate regional tournament for teams to compete for qualification to the state tournament. Many of these regions have existed since the early years of Science Olympiad, with many of the host locations having held the regional tournaments for similarly extensive histories. Each region serves certain counties, from as few as only one county to as many as fifteen counties.

Bids for the state tournament are distributed to each of the regions in a manner proportional to the total number of teams in the state for each respective division. For example, if a region has 20 registered Division C teams and the state of Michigan as a whole has 250 Division C teams registered, the region (having 8% of the total Division C teams in the state) will receive 8% of the 48 total Division C bids to the state tournament (3.84 bids, which would be rounded up to 4). Also note that only primary teams are included in this calculation.

Region Information

Region	Website	Counties Served	Location	Date	Number of Bids to State Tournament1
Region 1	[1]	Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft	Northern Michigan University	TBA	2 (B); 3 (C)
Region 2		Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Iosco, Kalkaska, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle	Alpena Community College	March 11, 2017	1 (B); 2 (C)
Region 3		Benzie, Clare, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Osceola, Roscommon, Wexford	Mid Michigan Community College	March 18, 2017	1 (B); 2 (C)
Region 4	[2]	Arenac, Bay, Huron, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac, Tuscloa	Delta College	February 25, 2017	2 (B); 4 (C)
Region 5		Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Shiawassee	Mott Community College	March 25, 2017	2 (B); 3 (C)
Region 6	[3]	Oakland	Detroit Country Day School	March 4th, 2017	4 (B); 4 (C)
Region 7	[4]	Macomb, St. Clair	Macomb Community College	March 18, 2017	5 (B); 5 (C)
Region 8	[5]	Monroe, Wayne	Thurston High School	March 11, 2017	5 (B); 3 (C)
Region 9		Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Washtenaw	Hillsdale College	March 25, 2017	3 (B); 1 (C)
Region 10		Allegan, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazoo	Western Michigan University	TBA	3 (B); 3 (C)
Region 11	[6]	Clinton, Eaton, Ingham	Lansing Community College	March 18, 2017	3 (B); 3 (C)
Region 12	[7]	Kent, Ottawa	Grand Valley State University	March 18, 2017	10 (B); 6 (C)
Region 13		Cass, St. Joseph, Van Buren	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	March 6, 2017	2 (B); 4 (C)
Region 14	[8]	Berrien	Lake Michigan College	March 7, 2017	2 (B); 1 (C)
Region 15		Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana	Alma College	TBA	3 (B); 4 (C)

1: As of the 2016 season.

Links

Michigan Regional Map