Eastern Wisconsin Conference
{{Short description|Wisconsin high school athletic conference}}
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File:Eastern Wisconsin Conference Logo.jpg
The Eastern Wisconsin Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership based in east central Wisconsin. It existed in two incarnations: the original conference from 1923 to 1970 and the current one since 1979. The conference and its member schools belong to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
= 1923-1930 =
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The Eastern Wisconsin Conference, originally known as the Big Eight High School Athletic Conference, was founded in 1923 by eight small high schools in the area between Lake Michigan and Lake Winnebago in east central Wisconsin (Brillion, Chilton, Elkhart Lake, Hilbert, Kiel, New Holstein, Plymouth and Sheboygan Falls).{{Cite news |date=13 December 1923 |title=Marquette Academy to Open H.S. Basketball Season Here (see "Big Eight" results) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239360744/?match=1&terms=%22big%20eight%22%20plymouth |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=6}} Original member schools were located in three counties: Calumet, Manitowoc and Sheboygan. After the conference's first season of competition, three schools (Brillion, Elkhart Lake and Hilbert) were dropped from the membership roster.{{Cite news |date=13 October 1924 |title=Three Schools Are Dropped From Big Eight Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186473664/?match=1&terms=%22big%20eight%22%20plymouth |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=7}} Elkhart Lake rejoined the conference in 1925 to bring membership back up to six schools.{{Cite book |url=https://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/1000245500 |title=Pangissin 26 |year=1926 |location=Sheboygan Falls, WI |pages=22 |language=English}} A seventh member school was added when Valders joined the Big Eight in 1928,{{Cite news |date=28 January 1929 |title=Big Eight Games Called Off; New Holstein Leads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239524051/?match=1&terms=%22big%20eight%22%20plymouth |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=13}} and Kohler brought the ledger back to eight members when they entered the league in 1929.{{Cite news |date=16 October 1929 |title=Comprehensive Program for High Schools is Announced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239855274/?match=1&terms=%22big%20eight%22%20plymouth |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=9}}
= 1930-1948 =
In 1930, three football-playing members of the Big Eight (Chilton, Plymouth and Sheboygan Falls) began to discuss the formation of a football conference.{{Cite news |last=Walfoort |first=Cleon |date=19 September 1930 |title=Plymouth, Chilton, Falls May Form School Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239614251/?match=1&terms=chilton%20plymouth%20high%20school%20football |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=14}} The Eastern Wisconsin Conference adopted its official moniker in 1935,{{Cite news |date=8 February 1935 |title=Conference Selects Dates For Contests |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239804970/?match=1&terms=chilton%20kiel%20plymouth%20%22sheboygan%20falls%22%20high%20school%20football |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=6}} and started eleven-man football competition the next year with Chilton, Kiel, Plymouth and Sheboygan Falls. A division for six-man football was formed in 1938,{{Cite news |date=16 April 1938 |title=Six-Man Football Will Be Played At New Holstein High |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239813175/?match=1&terms=%22new%20holstein%22%20football |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=13}} and its original members were New Holstein, Sheboygan Falls and Valders. Kohler joined in 1941 when they started their six-man football program,{{Cite news |date=20 September 1941 |title=Kohler In First Grid Win In History Of The School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239759584/?match=1&terms=kohler%20football |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=12}} which is the same year that the eleven-man division stopped keeping records. In 1948, the decision was made by six of the eight conference members to transition to eleven-man football with six members (Chilton, Kiel, New Holstein, Plymouth, Sheboygan Falls and Valders) participating. Elkhart Lake and Kohler elected to continue as six-man programs and did not remain as football members.{{Cite news |date=12 November 1947 |title=News From Nearby Towns (see Drop Six-Man Football) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133050440/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20wisconsin%22%20football%20%22sheboygan%20falls%22 |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=Cedarburg News |pages=9}}
= 1948-1970 =
After the initial membership shuffle, the Eastern Wisconsin Conference maintained a steady membership roster for over two decades for most of their sports. Original conference member Brillion rejoined the EWC in 1951 after moving over from the Little Nine Conference.{{Cite news |date=2 February 1951 |title=Brillion High School Officially Accepted by Eastern Wis. Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396163351/? |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=15}} The Eastern Wisconsin Conference increased to ten members in 1960, adding Oostburg to its membership roster. In 1965, Brillion rejoined the Little Nine Conference,{{Cite news |date=4 December 1964 |title=Brillion Will Leave EWC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396132914/? |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=20}} with their place being taken by former Kettle Moraine Conference members Cedar Grove.{{Cite news |date=13 January 1966 |title=New Holstein Huskies Get First of Two Tough Tests |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/293413342/?match=1&terms=eastern%20wisconsin%20conference%20cedar%20grove |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter |pages=17}} In football, Kohler and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah joined the EWC after moving to eleven-man football in 1960{{Cite news |last=Pelkin |first=Dwight |date=22 October 1959 |title=It's This Way |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/240226891/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20wisconsin%22%20kohler%20eleven%20football |access-date=June 9, 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=34}} and 1964,{{Cite news |date=9 September 1964 |title=Brillion Hosts Chilton Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/189225107/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20wisconsin%22%20%22elkhart%20lake%22%20eleven%20football |access-date=9 June 2025 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=30}} respectively. Five schools left the conference in 1969; four became charter members of the Central Lakeshore Conference (Cedar Grove, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Kohler and Oostburg){{Cite news |date=29 November 1968 |title=E-W Offshoot League Becomes Central Lakeshore |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/240637193/?match=1&terms=%22central%20lakeshore%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=The Sheboygan Press |pages=26}} and Chilton competed as an independent after completion of the 1969 football season.{{Cite news |last=Associated Press |date=4 March 1970 |title=Chilton joins 'Packerland' Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290869202/?match=1&terms=%22packerland%20conference%22%20chilton |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=D1}} The EWC disbanded at the end of the 1969-1970 school year, with members dispersed to two new conferences. Five schools joined the Packerland Conference (Chilton, Kiel, New Holstein, Plymouth and Sheboygan Falls) and Valders accepted membership in the Olympian Conference.{{Cite news |date=5 December 1969 |title=Olympian Loop Gets Approval |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/293920990/?match=1&terms=%22olympian%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter |pages=22}}
= 1979-present =
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The Eastern Wisconsin Conference was reformed in 1979 by six of the previous members (Chilton, Kiel, New Holstein, Plymouth, Sheboygan Falls and Valders) along with newcomers Two Rivers.{{Cite news |last=Bartel |first=Roger |date=12 October 1978 |title=Lutheran looks for new conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/291407032/?match=1&terms=%22olympian%20conference%22%20valders%20%22eastern%20wisconsin%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter |pages=19}} The six previous members all left the conferences that were previously joined in 1970, and Two Rivers came over from the Fox Valley Association. Valders only stayed in the new EWC for one season, rejoining the Olympian Conference in 1980.{{Cite news |last=Rockley |first=Jan |date=21 June 1979 |title=Valders rejoins Olympian group |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/291895101/?match=1&terms=%22olympian%20conference%22%20valders%20mishicot%20realignment |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter |pages=18}} Kewaskum joined the Eastern Wisconsin Conference as their replacement after being left without conference affiliation following the dissolution of the Scenic Moraine Conference.{{Cite web |date=1981 |title=1981 Chieftain |url=https://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/4182738343?page=64 |website=1981 Kewaskum High School Yearbook, page 60-61 ("KHS Sports At A Glance, Kewaskum vs. New Conference)}}{{Cite news |date=3 September 1980 |title=Huskies offer Raiders a run |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/291871768/?match=1&terms=%22scenic%20moraine%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter |pages=9}} This alignment stayed intact for nearly two decades, until in 1999, Chilton left to become members of the Olympian Conference.{{Cite news |last=Lichterman |first=Dean |date=17 April 1998 |title=Area school officials generally pleased with latest proposals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1029139783/?match=1&terms=%22olympian%20conference%22%20realignment |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter |pages=8}} Campbellsport moved over from the Flyway Conference and Roncalli joined from the Fox Valley Christian Conference as their replacements.{{Cite news |date=28 November 1999 |title=Dawn of the three 'new' leagues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/271108955/?match=1&terms=%22east%20central%20conference%22%20laconia%20markesan%20realignment |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Fond du Lac Reporter |pages=D1}} Roncalli's entry into the league coincided with the merger between the WIAA and the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association,{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Eric |date=24 April 1997 |title=WIAA easily approves merger with WISAA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/343056018/?match=1&terms=wiaa%20wisaa%20merger |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Racine Journal Times |pages=27}} and they became the first private school affiliated with the EWC. Roncalli's affiliation would last until 2007, when they accepted membership in the Olympian Conference{{Cite news |last=VanderPas |first=Dan |date=13 January 2006 |title=Approval expected for plan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290717343/?match=1&terms=%22olympian%20conference%22%20realignment |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=19}} and Waupun joined from the East Central Flyway Conference to keep the roster at eight schools.{{Cite news |title=WIAA approves realignment plan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/364706944/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Ceast%2520central%2520flyway%2520conference%E2%80%9D%2520ending |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=D2}} The most recent change to conference membership came in 2015, when the Eastern Wisconsin Conference lost four members (Campbellsport, Kewaskum, Plymouth and Waupun) to the revival of the East Central Conference.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Steve |date=16 August 2015 |title=Conference Realignment Jumbles Area Prep Football Schedule |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123705721/?match=1&terms=%22east%20central%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=A11}} They were replaced by four schools displaced by the ceasing of the Olympian Conference. Chilton, Roncalli and Valders made their return to the EWC, along with Brillion, who were members of the original conference from 1951 to 1965.
= Football-only alignment =
In February 2019, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, the WIAA released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin to commence with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle.{{Cite web |date=9 February 2019 |title=Revised Football-Only Conference Plan Released |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/News/News-Article/revised-football-only-conference-plan-released |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}} Seven members of the Eatsern Wisconsin Conference were carried over into the football conference (Brillion, Chilton, Kiel, New Holstein, Roncalli, Two Rivers and Valders) and the Kohler/Sheboygan Lutheran/Sheboygan Christian (KLC) football cooperative was brought over from the Big East Conference.{{Cite web |date=6 February 2019 |title=WFCA/WIAA Football-Only Realignment Proposal |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/News%20Releases/2018-19/fbconferences_final.pdf?ver=mRVRndsxHmyl_0u8wi5J1A%3d%3d |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}} This alignment remained in place for the 2022-2023 realignment cycle.{{Cite web |date=11 February 2021 |title=Proposed Football Only Conference Alignment - 11-Player |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Conference%20Realignment/2020-21/Proposed%20FB%20Only%20Conf%20Align%2011-Player2_11_21.pdf |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.}} For the 2024-2025 cycle, Two Rivers was realigned to the North Eastern Conference for football, and St. Mary Catholic in Neenah took their place after moving from the Trailways Conference.{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=2024-25 Conference Realignment Plan – 11-Player Football |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Conference%20Realignment/2024-25Football/11-PlayerFB2024-Final2.pdf |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}} The Eastern Wisconsin Conference will continue with this alignment through at least the 2027 football season.{{Cite web |date=10 December 2024 |title=2026 - 27 Conference Realignment – 11-Player Football |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Conference%20Realignment/2026-27Football/Football11Realignment2026-27.pdf |access-date=29 May 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}}
List of conference members (1979-present)
= Current members =
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!School !Location !Affiliation ![https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1292447 Enrollment] !Mascot !Colors !Joined |
Brillion
|Public |342 |Lions |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |
Chilton
|Public |401 |Tigers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |
Kiel
|Public |453 |Raiders |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|a2aaad}} |
New Holstein
|Public |319 |Huskies |{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|white}} |
Roncalli
|Private (Catholic) |223 |Jets |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|69b3e7}} |
Sheboygan Falls
|Public |513 |Falcons |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |
Two Rivers
|Public |480 |Purple Raiders |{{color box|330072}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |
Valders
|Public |298 |Vikings |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |
= Current football-only members =
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!School !Location !Affiliation ![https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1292447 Enrollment] !Mascot !Colors !Seasons !Primary Conference |
[https://www.facebook.com/p/KohlerLutheranChristian-Football-100063467740106/ KLC Football]
|Public/Private |565 |None |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|115740}} |2020-present |
St. Mary Catholic
|Private (Catholic) |273 |Zephyrs |{{color box|69b3e7}} {{color box|ffc72c}} {{color box|041e42}} |2024-present |
= Former members =
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!School !Location !Affiliation ![https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1292447 Enrollment] !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |
Plymouth
|Public |746 |Panthers |{{color box|e35205}} {{color box|black}} |Glacier Trails (2025) |
Kewaskum
|Public |572 |Indians |{{color box|115740}} {{color box|white}} |Glacier Trails (2025) |
Campbellsport
|Public |470 |Cougars |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |
Waupun
|Public |573 |Warriors |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |Capitol (2025) |
Conference membership history (1923-1970)
= Full members =
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!School !Location !Affiliation ![https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1292447 Enrollment] !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |
Brillion
|Public |342 |Lions |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |Independent, Little Nine |Eastern Wisconsin |
Chilton
|Public |401 |Tigers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |Independent |Eastern Wisconsin |
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah
|Public |148 |Resorters |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |Independent, Central Lakeshore |
Hilbert
|Public |141 |Wolves |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}} |Independent |
Kiel
|Public |453 |Raiders |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|a2aaad}} |Eastern Wisconsin |
New Holstein
|Public |319 |Huskies |{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|white}} |Eastern Wisconsin |
Plymouth
|Public |746 |Panthers |{{color box|e35205}} {{color box|black}} |Glacier Trails (2025) |
Sheboygan Falls
|Public |513 |Falcons |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |Eastern Wisconsin |
Valders
|Public |298 |Vikings |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |Eastern Wisconsin |
Kohler
|Public |223 |Blue Bombers |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}} |
Oostburg
|Public |331 |Dutchmen |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |
Cedar Grove
|Public |291 |Rockets |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ff8200}} |1965 |
= Football-only members =
class="wikitable sortable"
!School !Location !Affiliation ![https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1292447 Enrollment] !Mascot !Colors !Seasons !Primary Conference |
Chilton
|Public |401 |Tigers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |Independent |
Membership timeline
= 1923-1970 =
== Full members ==
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== Football members ==
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bar:2 color:lavender from:1948 till:1970 text:(1948-1969)
bar:3 color:green from:1936 till:1942 text:Plymouth (1936-1941)
bar:3 color:lavender from:1948 till:1970 text:(1948-1969)
bar:4 color:green from:1936 till:1938 text:Sheboygan Falls (1936-1969)
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bar:8 color:lavender from:1951 till:1965 text:Brillion (1951-1964)
bar:9 color:lavender from:1961 till:1969 text:Oostburg (1961-1968)
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{{Font color||{{RGB|0|178|0}}| 11-Man Division}} {{Font color||{{RGB|153|229|153}}| 6-Man Division}}
= 1979-present =
== Full members ==
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bar:3 color:tan1 from:1979 till:2030 text:New Holstein (1979-present)
bar:4 color:tan1 from:1979 till:2015 text:Plymouth (1979-2015)
bar:5 color:tan1 from:1979 till:2030 text:Sheboygan Falls (1979-present)
bar:6 color:tan1 from:1979 till:2030 text:Two Rivers (1979-present)
bar:7 color:tan1 from:1979 till:1980 text:Valders (1979-1980)
bar:7 color:tan1 from:2015 till:2030 text:(2015-present)
bar:8 color:tan1 from:1980 till:2015 text:Kewaskum (1980-2015)
bar:9 color:tan1 from:1999 till:2015 text:Campbellsport (1999-2015)
bar:10 color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Roncalli (1999-2007)
bar:10 color:tan1 from:2015 till:2030 text:(2015-present)
bar:11 color:tan1 from:2007 till:2015 text:Waupun (2007-2015)
bar:12 color:tan1 from:2015 till:2030 text:Brillion (2015-present)
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== Football members (since 2020) ==
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bar:1 color:lavender from:2020 till:2030 text:Brillion (2020-present)
bar:2 color:lavender from:2020 till:2030 text:Chilton (2020-present)
bar:3 color:lavender from:2020 till:2030 text:Kiel (2020-present)
bar:4 color:lavender from:2020 till:2030 text:KLC (2020-present)
bar:5 color:lavender from:2020 till:2030 text:New Holstein (2020-present)
bar:6 color:lavender from:2020 till:2030 text:Roncalli (2020-present)
bar:7 color:lavender from:2020 till:2024 text:Two Rivers (2020-2023)
bar:8 color:lavender from:2020 till:2030 text:Valders (2020-present)
bar:9 color:lavender from:2024 till:2030 text:St. Mary Catholic (2024-present)
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Membership map
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List of state champions
= Fall sports =
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf Boys Cross Country] !School !Year !Division |
Two Rivers
|1999 |Division 2 |
Valders
|2017 |Division 2 |
Valders
|2018 |Division 2 |
Valders
|2019 |Division 2 |
Valders
|2021 |Division 2 |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf Girls Cross Country] !School !Year !Division |
Chilton
|1996 |Division 2 |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Football] !School !Year !Division |
Two Rivers
|1980 |Division 3 |
Two Rivers
|1981 |Division 3 |
Two Rivers
|1982 |Division 3 |
Sheboygan Falls
|2000 |Division 3 |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Boys_Soccer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Boys Soccer] !School !Year !Division |
Plymouth
|2002 |Division 2 |
Roncalli/Two Rivers
|2020 |Division 2 |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Volleyball_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Girls Volleyball] !School !Year !Division |
Sheboygan Falls
|1983 |Class B |
Waupun
|2008 |Division 2 |
= Winter sports =
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf?ver=2019-03-25-161230-947 Boys Basketball] !School !Year !Division |
Chilton
|1986 |Class B |
Roncalli
|2018 |Division 4 |
Roncalli
|2022 |Division 4 |
Brillion
|2023 |Division 3 |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Girls/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf?ver=2019-03-25-103336-893 Girls Basketball] !School !Year !Division |
Chilton
|1992 |Division 3 |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/State%20Records/individualchamps.pdf Boys Wrestling] !School !Year !Division |
Valders
|1957 |Single Division |
= Spring sports =
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf Boys Golf] !School !Year !Division |
Roncalli
|2009 |Division 3 |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Soccer_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Girls Soccer] !School !Year !Division |
New Holstein
|2010 |Division 3 |
Kiel
|2023 |Division 4 |
class="wikitable"
|+Boys Tennis !School !Year !Division |
Roncalli
|WISAA |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf Boys Track & Field] !School !Year !Division |
Kohler
|1946 |Class C |
Kohler
|1947 |Class C |
Kohler
|1948 |Class C |
Kohler
|1950 |Class C |
Kohler
|1951 |Class C |
Kohler
|1953 |Class C |
New Holstein
|1955 |Class C |
New Holstein
|1956 |Class C |
Kohler
|1958 |Class C |
Kohler
|1965 |Class C |
Kohler
|1967 |Class C |
Plymouth
|1967 |Class B |
Kohler
|1968 |Class C |
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf Girls Track & Field] !School !Year !Division |
Two Rivers
|1994 |Division 2 |
Two Rivers
|2000 |Division 2 |
Two Rivers
|2003 |Division 2 |
= Summer sports =
class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Summer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Baseball] !School !Year !Division |
New Holstein
|1965 |Single Division |
Plymouth
|1982 |Single Division |
List of conference champions
= Boys Basketball =
class="wikitable"
!School !Quantity !Years |
style="background: #e35205; color: black" |Plymouth
|20 |1938, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white" |New Holstein
|17 |1927, 1928, 1929, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2003, 2017, 2018 |
style="background: #330072; color: #ffc72c" |Two Rivers
|13 |1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2011 |
style="background: #d50032; color: white" |Valders
|13 |1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1963, 1964, 2016, 2018 |
style="background: #a2aaad; color: #582c83" |Kiel
|10 |1926, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1960, 1968, 1987, 1992, 2002, 2024 |
style="background: #582c83; color: #ffc72c" |Sheboygan Falls
|10 |1927, 1932, 1935, 1948, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1984, 2004, 2020 |
style="background: #041e42; color: #69b3e7" |Roncalli
|9 |1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025 |
style="background: #005eb8; color: white" |Kohler
|7 |1942, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1969 |
style="background: #ffc72c; color: black" |Waupun
|3 |2009, 2010, 2015 |
style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" |Brillion
|2 |1962, 2023 |
style="background: #041e42; color: #ffc72c" |Chilton
|2 |1939, 1959 |
style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" |Elkhart Lake
|1 |1934 |
style="background: black; color: #ff8200" |Cedar Grove
|0 | |
style="background: #0032a0; color: #ffc72c" |Campbellsport
|0 | |
style="background: #005eb8; color: white" |Hilbert
|0 | |
style="background: #115740; color: white" |Kewaskum
|0 | |
style="background: #d50032; color: white" |Oostburg
|0 | |
= Girls Basketball =
class="wikitable"
!School !Quantity !Years |
style="background: #330072; color: #ffc72c" |Two Rivers
|16 |1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2014 |
style="background: #e35205; color: black" |Plymouth
|9 |1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1998, 2011 |
style="background: #582c83; color: #ffc72c" |Sheboygan Falls
|6 |1983, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2024, 2025 |
style="background: #041e42; color: #69b3e7" |Roncalli
|4 |2002, 2004, 2007, 2016 |
style="background: #d50032; color: white" |Valders
|4 |2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" |Brillion
|3 |2021, 2022, 2023 |
style="background: #0032a0; color: #ffc72c" |Campbellsport
|3 |2006, 2007, 2009 |
style="background: #041e42; color: #ffc72c" |Chilton
|3 |1991, 1992, 1993 |
style="background: #ffc72c; color: black" |Waupun
|3 |2012, 2014, 2015 |
style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white" |New Holstein
|2 |1989, 1990 |
style="background: #a2aaad; color: #582c83" |Kiel
|1 |2015 |
style="background: #115740; color: white" |Kewaskum
|0 | |
= Football =
class="wikitable"
!School !Quantity !Years |
style="background: #e35205; color: black" |Plymouth
|22 |1948, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
style="background: #582c83; color: #ffc72c" |Sheboygan Falls
|17 |1952, 1953, 1961, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white" |New Holstein
|11 |1938, 1940, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1997, 1998 |
style="background: #330072; color: #ffc72c" |Two Rivers
|10 |1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 2022, 2023 |
style="background: #005eb8; color: white" |Kohler
|8 |1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1967 |
style="background: #041e42; color: #ffc72c" |Chilton
|7 |1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1951, 1966, 1969 |
style="background: #a2aaad; color: #582c83" |Kiel
|7 |1938, 1940, 1984, 1989, 2018, 2019, 2024 |
style="background: #115740; color: white" |Kewaskum
|5 |2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
style="background: #d50032; color: white" |Valders
|5 |1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1968 |
style="background: #0032a0; color: #ffc72c" |Campbellsport
|3 |1999, 2001, 2002 |
style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" |Brillion
|2 |2020, 2021 |
style="background: black; color: #ff8200" |Cedar Grove
|0 | |
style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" |Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah
|0 | |
style="background: #005eb8; color: black" |KLC
|0 | |
style="background: #d50032; color: white" |Oostburg
|0 | |
style="background: #041e42; color: #69b3e7" |Roncalli
|0 | |
style="background: #69b3e7; color: #ffc72c" |St. Mary Catholic
|0 | |
style="background: #ffc72c; color: black" |Waupun
|0 | |
colspan="3" |Champions from 1939 6-Man Division unknown |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.easternwisconsinconference.org/ Eastern Wisconsin Conference (official website)]
{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}
Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences
Category:Sports organizations established in 1923
Category:Sports organizations established in 1979
Category:1923 establishments in Wisconsin