Central-C Conference

{{Short description|Former Wisconsin high school athletic conference}}

The Central-C Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in central Wisconsin. All public school members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, and the only private school member was affiliated with the Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association. The conference was operational from 1962 to 1970.

History

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The Central-C Conference was formed in 1962 by eight small- to medium-sized public high schools and one private Catholic high school in central Wisconsin. Five schools were former members of the Central Lakes Conference (Almond, Necedah, Oxford, Port Edwards and Wild Rose), three belonged to the 7-C Conference (Adams-Friendship, Tri-County and Westfield) and one formerly competed as an independent (Madonna).{{Cite news |date=25 January 1962 |title=Central-C Conference Is Formed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/519302085/?match=1&terms=%22central-c%20conference%22 |access-date=31 January 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=20}} Almost immediately, the conference began to lose members to rural school district consolidation and closings. The first such change occurred in 1963, when Oxford was closed{{Cite news |date=13 December 1962 |title=Oxford To Lose High School; May Seek Attachment Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1037030225/?match=1&terms=%22oxford%20high%20school%22%20westfield |access-date=31 January 2025 |work=Wisconsin Dells Events |pages=1}} and its students were redistricted to Westfield. In 1966, conference membership was cut in half due to the closing of Madonna High School{{Cite news |date=16 May 1966 |title=Madonna High At Mauston To Be Closed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/81809731/?match=1&terms=%22madonna%20high%20school%22%20mauston%20basketball |access-date=31 January 2025 |work=La Crosse Tribune |pages=12}} and the defection of three schools (Adams-Friendship, Tri-County and Westfield) to the newly formed Vacationland Conference.{{Cite news |date=15 March 1965 |title=New Vacationland Loop To Set Up Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/513298534/?match=1&terms=%22vacationland%20conference%22 |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=La Crosse Tribune |pages=11}} The Central-C Conference was disbanded in 1970, with all four of its members (Almond, Necedah, Port Edwards and Wild Rose) joining with former members of two other dissolved conferences (the Vacationland Conference and Wolf River Valley Conference) to form the Central State Conference.{{Cite news |date=12 September 1969 |title=Port to join 10-school conference next year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243542895/?match=1&terms=%22central%20state%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=8}}{{clear}}