Madison Suburban Conference

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The Madison Suburban Conference formed in 1926 by ten schools in and around Dane County that were smaller in enrollment than those in the city of Madison: Cambridge, Deerfield, DeForest, Lodi, Marshall, Middleton, Oregon, Sun Prairie, Verona and Waterloo.{{Cite news |date=3 March 1927 |title=Middleton Out in Lead in Cage Fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/400718446/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20standings |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=15}}{{Cite news |date=3 March 1927 |title=Middleton "5" Tops Suburban Cage League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/517929716/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%20league%22%20standings |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=13}} It was subdivided into Eastern and Western sections after the first season of competition:{{Cite news |date=1 March 1928 |title=Middleton and Marshall Lead Suburban Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/520363906/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20league%20standings |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=17}}

In 1930, the Madison Suburban Conference began sponsorship of football with Cambridge, Lodi, Middleton and Sun Prairie as their original membership roster.{{Cite news |date=27 October 1930 |title=Middleton in 12-6 Victory at Cambridge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/520507000/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20football%20standings |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=14}} Divisions were eliminated in basketball for the 1931-32 season,{{Cite news |date=16 March 1932 |title=Sun Prairie Annexes Suburban Crown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/397100335/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20league%20standings%20%22lodi%22 |archive-url= |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=17}} and Lodi left the conference for the Tri-County League at that season’s conclusion.{{Cite news |date=23 November 1932 |title=Tri-County Basketball Season Opens Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396755951/?match=1&terms=%22tri-county%20basketball%22 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=14}} Johnson Creek joined the conference in 1935 after moving over from the Little Five Conference.{{Cite news |date=25 September 1935 |title=Johnson Creek Joins Suburban Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/406365919/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20%22johnson%20creek%22 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=15}} The Madison Suburban Conference accepted its first football-only member in 1941 when Blanchardville, whose primary affiliation was with the State Line League, joined the conference. They remained a member until after the 1949 season, when they switched to eight-man football and joined the State Line League.

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Growth in the Madison area during the post-war years accompanied some substantial shifts with the athletic conferences in south central Wisconsin. Middleton exited the Madison Suburban Conference in 1952 to join the new Badger Conference,{{Cite news |date=24 March 1952 |title=New High School Athletic Wheel Formed Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396187409/?match=1&terms=%22badger%20conference%22%20middleton |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=24}} and Juneau joined the following year after the break-up of the 4-C Conference.{{Cite news |date=18 September 1953 |title=Inexperienced Chief Squad Opens Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1039384805/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20juneau |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Dodge County Independent-News |pages=1}} Verona left in 1954 to join the Tri-County League,{{Cite news |last=Dommershausen |first=Joe |date=28 September 1954 |title=Busy Week Slated for Preo Gridders |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404952071/?match=1&terms=%22tri-county%20league%22%20%22madison%20suburban%22%20verona |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=25}} and in 1955 the conference would add three schools that left the Badger Conference: Evansville, Lake Mills and Milton.{{Cite news |date=25 May 1954 |title=Three Schools Quit Badger Conference, Plan to Join Suburban Loop in '55-56 Term |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404730291/?match=1&terms=%22tri-county%20league%22%20%22madison%20suburban%22%20verona |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=21}}

In 1963, the high school athletic conferences in the Madison area went through another period of significant realignment.{{Cite news |date=20 February 1962 |title=Big Shifts in 3 Prep Loops Seen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/519317648/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20mcfarland%20joining |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=16}} Sun Prairie left the conference to join the Badger Conference that year,{{Cite news |date=11 May 1962 |title=Sun Prairie Is Invited to Join Badger Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/13163192/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20%22badger%20conference%22%20%22sun%20Prairie%22%20joining |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Janesville Weekly Gazette |pages=14}} and their place was immediately taken by the new high school in McFarland.{{Cite news |last=Cornelius |first=Lew |date=16 June 1962 |title=Lew Cornelius' Scorebook |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/519322110/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20mcfarland%20invited |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=14}} The conference also absorbed the former Tri-County League, which had been reduced from ten to six schools{{Cite news |date=25 September 1963 |title=Waunakee, Lodi Preps Vie for Lead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/400603807/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20%22tri-county%20league%22%20standings |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=18}} due to a series of consolidations and the defection of Sauk Prairie High School to the South Central Conference.{{Cite news |date=9 September 1963 |title=Start Action in New Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611299917/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20%22tri-county%20league%22%20merger |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Portage Daily Register |pages=6}} Former members Lodi and Verona rejoined the conference, and they were accompanied by Poynette, River Valley in Spring Green, Waunakee and Wisconsin Heights in Mazomanie.{{Cite news |date=11 September 1963 |title=Late Bulletins: Open Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1053265671/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20%22tri-county%20league%22%20merger |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Tri-County Citizen (Beaver Dam, WI) |pages=12}} In order to accommodate the new schools, the Madison Suburban Conference was subdivided into three sections of six schools each:{{Cite news |date=22 December 1963 |title=Prep Cage Standings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/400702300/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20standings |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=24}}

The Madison Suburban Conference's absorption of both the Tri-County League and the football-only Southern Dairyland Conference (of which Deerfield, Johnson Creek and Marshall were members){{Cite news |date=27 October 1962 |title=Deerfield in 21-7 Defeat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/520984781/?match=1&terms=standings%20deerfield%20%22johnson%20creek%22%20marshall%20palmyra%20norris%20%22williams%20bay%22 |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=12}} meant all members of the Madison Suburban Conference participated in football for the first time in its history.{{Cite news |date=31 October 1963 |title=High School Football Standings (see Madison Suburban) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/400548099/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20football%20standings |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=21}} River Valley would leave after only one season in the conference to join the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League, and their place was taken by Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills. They joined the Eastern Section with McFarland moving over to the Western Section:{{Cite news |date=31 October 1964 |title=Standings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/521047525/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20%22river%20valley%22%20%22southwest%20wisconsin%22 |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=16}}

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In the long term, this level of growth proved to be unsustainable and in 1969, the Madison Suburban Conference split up into three separate conferences,{{Cite news |last=Hillstrom |first=Eric |date=3 July 1969 |title=City, Area Prep Hi-Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518768166/?match=1&terms=%22madison%20suburban%22%20split%20ending |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=19}} predominantly along the final sectional alignment. All six schools in the Western Section (along with DeForest and Waterloo from the Central Section) formed the Capitol Conference,{{Cite news |date=9 December 1969 |title=Undefeated Will Battle In Capitol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/519316798/?match=1&terms=%22capitol%20conference%22%20founded |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=26}} the six schools in the Eastern Section (along with Palmyra and Queen of Apostles in Madison) formed the Eastern Suburban Conference, and the four remaining schools in the Central Section (along with Beloit Turner and Clinton) formed the Central Suburban Conference.{{Cite news |last=Hillstrom |first=Eric |date=16 January 1969 |title=City, Area Prep Hi-Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518769356/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20suburban%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=27}}

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