Flambeauland Conference

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

The Flambeauland Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership base in northwestern Wisconsin. Operational from 1946 to 1955, the conference and its members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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The Flambeauland Conference was formed in the aftermath of World War II by six small high schools in northwestern Wisconsin: Hannibal, Hawkins, Ingram-Glen Flora, Lake Holcombe, Tony and Weyerhaeuser.{{Cite news |date=29 October 1946 |title=Flambeauland Cage Conference Is Ready To Begin Operations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/416600155/?match=1&terms=flambeauland%20conference |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |pages=5}} It was named for its original member schools’ proximity to the Flambeau River, and members were located in three counties (Chippewa, Rusk and Taylor). Because of the small size and remote location of its members, the Flambeauland Conference sponsored baseball as a fall sport in place of football.{{Cite news |date=23 October 1947 |title=Flambeauland Is Ready for Second Year of Operation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/416853952/?match=1&terms=%22flambeauland%20conference%22%20baseball |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |pages=4}} Membership remained stable for the first five years of competition, until Weyerhaeuser returned to the Lakeland Conference in 1951.{{Cite news |date=31 January 1952 |title=Shell Lake Has Crown in Bag; Chetek in Lead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/345414907/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20lakeland%22%20%22western%20lakeland%22 |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Eau Claire Daily Telegram |pages=10}} After Hawkins’ move to the similarly named Flambeau League in 1952,{{Cite book |title=Hawkeye 1952-53 |publisher=Hawkins High School |year=1953 |pages=19-20}}{{Cite news |date=21 November 1952 |title=Holcombe Off To Slow Start, Drops 2nd Game in Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/417156168/?match=1&terms=flambeauland%20abbreviated |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |pages=9}} the Flambeauland Conference continued with four schools until its dissolution in 1955.{{Cite news |date=12 December 1955 |title=Holcombe Chieftains Play Host to Hawkins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/416632779/?match=1&terms=flambeauland |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |pages=8}} Ingram-Glen Flora joined the Flambeau League immediately after the Flambeauland Conference was disbanded, while the other three schools became independents before eventually joining other conferences.{{clear}}