Olympian-Packerland Conference
{{Short description|Former Wisconsin high school football conference}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
The Olympian-Packerland Conference is a former high school football conference with its membership base in northeastern Wisconsin. It was in existence from 2007 through the 2014 football season, and the conference was affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
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In 2007, two previously established high school athletic conferences in northeastern Wisconsin, the Olympian and Packerland Conferences, joined forces to create a new football-only conference.{{Cite news |last=Venci |first=Scott |date=30 June 2007 |title=It will be a new era |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/361111072/?match=1&terms=olympian%20packerland%20football |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=C-1}} All members with the exception of Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Green Bay (who did not sponsor football at that time) participated, and the conference was partitioned into divisions for large and small schools:{{Cite news |date=28 July 2007 |title=Setting It Straight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/360227189/?match=1&terms=olympian%20packerland%20football |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=D-4}}
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!Olympian-Packerland Large !Olympian-Packerland Small |
| Chilton
|Algoma |
| Kewaunee
|Brillion |
| Mishicot
|Gibraltar |
| Oconto
|Hilbert |
| Southern Door
|Manitowoc Lutheran |
| Sturgeon Bay
|Reedsville |
| Valders
|Roncalli |
| Wrightstown
|Sevastopol |
| |St. Mary Catholic |
Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran joined the conference in 2010 when it started a football program and was immediately placed in the small schools division.{{Cite news |last=Lawrenz |first=Lee |date=1 September 2010 |title=Kewaunee romps Denmark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1186674050/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20lutheran%22%20football |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=Kewaunee County News |pages=7}} For the 2011 football season, Brillion and Roncalli were moved to the large schools division,{{Cite news |date=30 August 2011 |title=Football: By The Numbers (see Olympian-Packerland Large) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/361548263/?match=1&terms=%22olympian-packerland%22%20football%20brillion%20roncalli |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=B-2}} and N.E.W. Lutheran played its last season of eleven-man football before leaving the conference to transition to eight-man football.{{Cite web |title=Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran Football History |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/wi/green-bay/green-bay-new-lutheran-blazers/football/history/ |access-date=10 June 2025 |website=MaxPreps}} Gibraltar and Sevastopol would do the same after the 2012 football season,{{Cite web |date=6 March 2025 |title=Great 8 (8-Man) Football Standings (2013 Season) |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/wi/football/13-14/conference/great-8-8-man-/?leagueid=db41ac2a-45f5-4621-aeea-42c0750e8f9c |access-date=10 June 2025 |website=MaxPreps}} and the conference was left with fifteen schools. Mishicot and Oconto were placed with the small schools, which is how it stayed until the Olympian Conference ceased operations after the 2014-2015 school year.{{Cite news |last=Gannett Wisconsin Media |date=30 January 2014 |title=WIAA approves realignment plan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/109258204/? |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter |pages=A7-A8}} The football partnership between the two conferences was also dissolved, with the Packerland Conference reinstating football and the former Olympian Conference schools joining other conferences.
Conference membership history
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!School !Location !Affiliation ![https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1292447 Enrollment] !Mascot !Colors !Seasons !Conference Joined !Primary Conference |
| Algoma
|Public |219 |Wolves |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |2007-2014 |
| Brillion
|Public |342 |Lions |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |2007-2014 |
| Chilton
|Public |401 |Tigers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |2007-2014 |
| Gibraltar
|Public |182 |Vikings |{{color box|ffc72c}} {{color box|0032a0}} |2007-2012 |
| Hilbert
|Public |141 |Wolves |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}} |2007-2014 |
| Kewaunee
|Public |298 |Storm |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |2007-2014 |
| Manitowoc Lutheran
|227 |Lancers |{{color box|a2aaad}} {{color box|d50032}} |2007-2014 |
| Mishicot
|Public |280 |Indians |{{color box|ff8200}} {{color box|black}} |2007-2014 |
| Oconto
|Public |282 |Blue Devils |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |2007-2014 |
| Reedsville
|Public |192 |Panthers |{{color box|black}} {{color box|e35205}} |2007-2014 |
| Roncalli
|Private (Catholic) |223 |Jets |{{color box|002d6c}} {{color box|69b3e7}} |2007-2014 |
| Sevastopol
|Public |180 |Pioneers |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|black}} |2007-2012 |
| Southern Door
|Public |323 |Eagles |{{color box|69b3e7}} {{color box|ba0c2f}} |2007-2014 |
| St. Mary Catholic
|Private (Catholic) |277 |Zephyrs |{{color box|69b3e7}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |2007-2014 |
| Sturgeon Bay
|Public |394 |Clippers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|d50032}} |2007-2014 |
| Valders
|Public |298 |Vikings |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |2007-2014 |
| Wrightstown
|Public |402 |Tigers |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|white}} |2007-2014 |
| N.E.W. Lutheran
|145 |Blazers |{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|a2aaad}} |2010-2011 |
Membership timeline
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List of state champions
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|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Football] !School !Year !Division |
| Brillion
|2010 |Division 5 |
| Kewaunee
|2010 |Division 4 |
| Wrightstown
|2011 |Division 4 |
List of conference champions
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!School !Quantity !Years |
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" | Brillion
|4 |2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 |
| style="background: #582c83; color: #ffc72c" | Kewaunee
|4 |2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| style="background: #0032a0; color: white" | Wrightstown
|4 |2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 |
| style="background: black; color: #ffc72c" | Algoma
|3 |2011, 2013, 2014 |
| style="background: #005eb8; color: white" | Hilbert
|3 |2008, 2011, 2012 |
| style="background: #041e42; color: #ffc72c" | Chilton
|1 |2012 |
| style="background: #a2aaad; color: #d50032" | Manitowoc Lutheran
|1 |2011 |
| style="background: #002d6c; color: #69b3e7" | Roncalli
|1 |2013 |
| style="background: #ffc72c; color: #0032a0" | Gibraltar
|0 | |
| style="background: #ff8200; color: black" | Mishicot
|0 | |
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: #a2aaad" | N.E.W. Lutheran
|0 | |
| style="background: #005eb8; color: #ffc72c" | Oconto
|0 | |
| style="background: black; color: #e35205" | Reedsville
|0 | |
| style="background: #d50032; color: black" | Sevastopol
|0 | |
| style="background: #69b3e7; color: #d50032" | Southern Door
|0 | |
| style="background: #69b3e7; color: #ffc72c" | St. Mary Catholic
|0 | |
| style="background: #041e42; color: #d50032" | Sturgeon Bay
|0 | |
| style="background: #d50032; color: white" | Valders
|0 | |
References
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{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}
Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences
Category:Sports organizations established in 2007