Northeastern Wisconsin Conference
{{Short description|Former Wisconsin high school athletic conference}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
The Northeastern Wisconsin Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, opening competition in 1927 and disbanding in 1970. Its members were concentrated in the northeastern part of the state, and all members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
= 1927-1933 =
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The Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Conference was formed in 1927 by thirteen small- to medium-sized high schools in northeastern Wisconsin. Algoma, Clintonville, De Pere, Kaukauna, Kewaunee, Menasha, Neenah, New London, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Shawano, Sturgeon Bay and West De Pere were charter members.{{Cite news |date=7 February 1927 |title=Interscholastic Athletics Attracts 155 Badger High Schools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/517928006/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=16}} Gillett and Two Rivers joined the conference before the 1927 football season to give the NEW Conference fifteen members.{{Cite news |date=11 October 1927 |title=Oconto Falls Holds N. E. Wis. Loop Lead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/192735621/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=15}} The conference had a large geographic footprint, including schools in nine counties (Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca and Winnebago). Four years after the NEW Conference's formation, Clintonville and Gillett left the conference, putting the membership tally at thirteen schools.{{Cite news |date=27 October 1931 |title=Menasha and Sturgeon Bay Clash Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186404834/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20gillett%20clintonville |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=12}}
= 1933-1952 =
In 1933, the NEW Conference split its thirteen member schools into Eastern and Western Divisions:{{Cite news |date=2 February 1934 |title=Menasha, Shawano Clash Tomorrow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395840490/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=13}}
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!Eastern Division !Western Division |
| Algoma
|Kaukauna |
| De Pere
|Menasha |
| Kewaunee
|Neenah |
| Oconto
|New London |
| Oconto Falls
|Shawano |
| Sturgeon Bay
|West De Pere |
| Two Rivers
| |
Clintonville rejoined the conference in 1934, and they took up residence in the Western Division, putting each division at seven members apiece.{{Cite news |date=15 May 1934 |title=Draft Schedule to Give Clintonville Conference Games |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/187799574/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20clintonville |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=13}} Conference membership remained stable for over a decade until West De Pere left the NEW Conference in 1943 to compete as an independent.{{Cite news |date=26 August 1943 |title=Ansorge to See Grid Material In First Workout |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396105981/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20%22west%20de%20pere%22 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=4}} Two Rivers moved from the Eastern to the Western Division in 1949,{{Cite news |last=United Press |date=19 May 1949 |title=Admit Two Rivers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1066004911/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20%22two%20rivers%22 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Waukesha County Freeman |pages=11}} and the conference added two schools in 1950: Kimberly and Seymour. Both schools had recently left the Little Nine Conference in search of stronger competition, and both joined the Eastern Division for their first season in the NEW Conference.{{Cite news |date=23 March 1950 |title=Kimberly, Seymour Voted Into NEW Eastern Division |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396115960/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20seymour%20kimberly |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=17}} Kimberly switched to the Western Division in 1951, and the Eastern Division welcomed Pulaski and West De Pere. Both schools were formerly in the Mid-Valley Conference, and West De Pere was making its return after it left the NEW Conference eight years prior:{{Cite news |date=5 December 1951 |title='Phants Home, DP to Seymour Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186393653/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=39}}
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!Eastern Division !Western Division |
| Algoma
|Clintonville |
| De Pere
|Kaukauna |
| Kewaunee
|Kimberly |
| Oconto
|Menasha |
| Oconto Falls
|Neenah |
| Pulaski
|New London |
| Seymour
|Shawano |
| Sturgeon Bay
|Two Rivers |
| West De Pere
| |
= 1952-1966 =
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In 1952, all eight schools in the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference's Western Division left to form the Mid-Eastern Conference.{{Cite news |date=16 May 1952 |title=NEW Becomes Mid-Eastern Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396068780/?match=1&terms=%22mid-eastern%20conference%22 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=22}} The remaining nine schools in the Eastern Division of the NEW Conference continued on as a nine-member circuit. Growth in the Green Bay metropolitan area and the opening of new high schools drove expansion of the NEW Conference in the 1950s and 1960s. Preble High School was opened in 1955 and joined the NEW Conference the next year, bringing membership to ten.{{Cite news |date=24 November 1954 |title=Donovan Paces Rugged Task at Stevens Point |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404757012/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20preble |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=36}} In 1964, Preble left the NEW Conference after their school district was consolidated into Green Bay's school district. They joined their new brethren with the larger schools of the Fox River Valley Conference and were replaced by Bonduel, formerly of the Central Wisconsin Conference.{{Cite news |date=11 September 1964 |title=Seymour '11' Plays Host to Pulaski |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290964099/?match=1&terms=%22NEW%20conference%22%20bonduel |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=3}} Two recently opened high schools joined the NEW Conference in 1966 to bring membership to twelve schools: Ashwaubenon High School and Bay Port High School of the Howard-Suamico district.{{Cite news |date=29 November 1966 |title=2 Newcomers Begin NEW Play Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/291054934/?match=1&terms=%22NEW%20conference%22%20%22bay%20port%22%20ashwaubenon |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=16}}
= 1966-1970 =
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The Northeastern Wisconsin Conference would continue with twelve member schools for the next four years before a major realignment occurred in the region. Several conferences were disbanded that year, and the NEW Conference was one of them. Eight of the twelve former NEW Conference schools, along with Clintonville of the Mid-Eastern Conference and former independent Marinette, formed the new Bay Conference: Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, Seymour and West De Pere. Three of the smaller schools (Algoma, Kewaunee and Sturgeon Bay) became charter members of the Packerland Conference and Bonduel returned to the Central Wisconsin Conference after leaving six years prior.{{Cite news |last=Walter |first=Tony |date=21 December 1969 |title=High School Realignment Begins To Take Definite Shape in Area |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/188952412/?match=1&terms=%22mid-eastern%20conference%22%20realignment |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=47}}{{clear}}
Conference membership history
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!School !Location !Affiliation ![https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1292447 Enrollment] !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |
| Algoma
|Public |219 |Wolves |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ffc72c}} | colspan="2" |Packerland |
| Clintonville
|Public |412 |Truckers |{{color box|e35205}} {{color box|black}} |
| De Pere
|Public |1,457 |Redbirds |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |Bay |
| Gillett
|Public |158 |Tigers |{{color box|black}} {{color box|d50032}} |Independent |
| Kaukauna
|Public |1,253 |Galloping Ghosts |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ff8200}} |
| Kewaunee
|Public |298 |Indians |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|ffc72c}} | colspan="2" |Packerland |
| Menasha
|Public |966 |Blue Jays |{{color box|002d6c}} {{color box|a2aaad}} |Bay |
| Neenah
|Public |1,979 |Rockets |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |
| New London
|Public |712 |Bulldogs |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|black}} |Bay |
| Oconto
|Public |282 |Blue Devils |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |Bay |
| Oconto Falls
|Public |521 |Panthers |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ff8200}} |Bay |
| Shawano
|Public |797 |Indians |{{color box|9d2235}} {{color box|white}} |Bay |
| Sturgeon Bay
|Public |394 |Clippers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|d50032}} | colspan="2" |Packerland |
| Two Rivers
|Public |480 |Raiders |{{color box|330072}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |
| West De Pere
|Public |1,087 |Phantoms |{{color box|e35205}} {{color box|black}} | colspan="2" |Bay |
| Kimberly
|Public |1,595 |Papermakers |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |
| Seymour
|Public |655 |Indians |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |1970 | colspan="2" |Bay |
| Pulaski
|Public |1,141 |Red Raiders |{{color box|black}} {{color box|d50032}} |Bay |
| Preble
|Public |2,235 |Hornets |{{color box|00843d}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |
| Bonduel
|Public |262 |Bears |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|ffc72c}} | colspan="2" |Central Wisconsin |
| Ashwaubenon
|Public |989 |Jaguars |{{color box|115740}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |Bay |
| Bay Port
|Public |1,915 |Pirates |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|69b3e7}} |Bay |
Membership timeline
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{{Font color||{{RGB|0|102|204}}| Eastern Division }} {{Font color||{{RGB|178|204|255}}| Western Division }}
List of state champions
= Fall sports =
None
= 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 |
| Neenah
|1930 |Single Division |
| De Pere
|1934 |Class B |
| Shawano
|1938 |Class B |
| Shawano
|1940 |Single Division |
| Two Rivers
|1941 |Single Division |
| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF//Results/statechampsbyschool.htm Skiing] !School !Year !Division |
| Sturgeon Bay
|1968 |Single Division |
= Spring sports =
| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Spring/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Baseball] !School !Year !Division |
| Menasha
|1950 |Single Division |
| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Tennis_Boys/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Boys Tennis] !School !Year !Division |
| Shawano
|1939 |Single Division |
| Shawano
|1940 |Single Division |
| Shawano
|1941 |Single Division |
| Neenah
|1946 |Single Division |
| Neenah
|1951 |Single Division |
| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf Boys Track & Field] !School !Year !Division |
| Shawano
|1936 |Class B |
| Sturgeon Bay
|1959 |Class B |
References
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