10-12 Conference
{{Short description|Former Wisconsin high school athletic conference}}
The 10-12 Conference is a former high school athletic conference located in western Wisconsin. It was a relatively short-lived organization, competing from 1946 to 1948 and its member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
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The 10-12 Conference was formed in 1946 by four small high schools in western Wisconsin: Eleva, Fairchild, Humbird and Strum.{{Cite news |date=19 November 1946 |title=New 10-12 Loop to Open Friday with Eleva 5 at Strum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268147559/?match=1&terms=%2210-12%20conference%22 |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |pages=12}} The conference was named after two highways that were located within its geographic footprint (U.S. Route 10 and U.S. Route 12), and member schools were located in Clark, Eau Claire and Trempealeau Counties. In 1948, the school districts in Eleva and Strum merged, and Central Union High School of Eleva-Strum was opened in Strum shortly afterwards.{{Cite news |date=10 September 1948 |title=Eleva, Strum Schools Run as One Unit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274189971/?match=1&terms=%22eleva-strum%22 |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |pages=3}} The decrease in members to three led to the demise of the 10-12 Conference, only two years after it was originally founded.{{Cite news |date=11 November 1948 |title=Fairchild Has Cage Opener Slated Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272912060/?match=1&terms=%2210-12%20conference%22 |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |pages=18}} Eleva-Strum and Fairchild both became members of the Trempealeau Valley Conference in later years (Fairchild in 1949, Eleva-Strum in 1952),{{Cite news |date=11 November 1949 |title=Trempeleau Valley Cage Play Gets Underway Monday, Nov. 14 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272755936/?match=1&terms=%22Trempealeau%20Valley%22%20standings |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |pages=18}}{{Cite news |date=2 December 1952 |title=Abes, Ramblers Face Five Foes in Heavy Week of Cage Activity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/345869738/?match=1&terms=%22Trempealeau%20Valley%22%20standings |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |pages=14}} and Humbird competed as an independent for its final year of existence before consolidation with Alma Center and Merrillan into Lincoln High School in Alma Center.{{Cite news |date=20 October 1949 |title=Alma Center HS Named Lincoln High School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272748693/?match=1&terms=%22lincoln%20high%20school%22%20%22alma%20center%22 |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |pages=3}}{{clear}}
Conference membership history
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!School !Location !Affiliation !Enrollment !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |
| Eleva
|Public |N/A |Elevators |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|white}} | colspan="2" |Closed (merged into Eleva-Strum) |
| Fairchild
|Public |N/A |Purple Dragons |{{color box|753bbd}} {{color box|white}} |Independent |Closed in 1968 (merged into Osseo-Fairchild) |
| Humbird
|Public |N/A |Game Birds |{{color box|ff8200}} {{color box|black}} |Independent |Closed in 1949 (merged into Alma Center Lincoln) |
| Strum
|Public |N/A |Blues |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|white}} | colspan="2" |Closed (merged into Eleva-Strum) |
Membership timeline
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List of conference champions
= Boys Basketball =
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!School !Quantity !Years |
| style="background: #582c83; color: white" | Eleva
|2 |1947, 1948 |
| style="background: #753bbd; color: white" | Fairchild
|0 | |
| style="background: #ff8200; color: black" | Humbird
|0 | |
| style="background: #0032a0; color: white" | Strum
|0 | |
== References ==
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{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}
Category:Sports organizations established in 1946
Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences