Southeastern Badger Conference
{{Short description|Former Wisconsin high school athletic conference}}
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The Southeastern Badger Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Founded in 1963 and dissolved in 1970, its membership was located in southeastern Wisconsin and most schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
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The Southeastern Badger Conference was formed in 1963 in the aftermath of a split between conference members that created two new conferences from the former Southeastern Wisconsin Conference. Clinton, Norris Foundation, Palmyra, Williams Bay joined with Northwestern Military & Naval Academy and Wisconsin School for the Deaf to form the Indian Trails Conference, and the remaining four schools (Salem Central, St. Mary's in Burlington, Union Grove and Waterford) formed the Southeastern Badger Conference after unsuccessfully trying to join the Southern Lakes Conference.{{Cite news |date=31 January 1963 |title=Name New League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/596755442/?match=1&terms=%22southeastern%20conference%22%20%22indian%20trails%22%20%22southeastern%20badger%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Kenosha News |pages=21}}{{Cite news |last=Pelkin |first=Dwight |date=6 February 1963 |title=It's This Way |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/242709509/?match=1&terms=%22southeastern%20conference%22%20%22indian%20trails%22%20%22southeastern%20badger%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=The Sheboygan Press |pages=32}} Membership increased to six in 1965 when Arrowhead (formerly of the Little Ten Conference) and the newly opened Kettle Moraine High School in Wales joined the conference.{{Cite news |date=9 September 1965 |title=Southeastern Badger Will Open with Exhibitions This Weekend |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/342461819/?match=1&terms=%22southeastern%20badger%22%20arrowhead%20%22kettle%20moraine%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Racine Journal Times |pages=3D}} Two schools left the Southeastern Badger Conference in 1969: Arrowhead joined the Scenic Moraine Conference and Salem Central joined the Southern Lakes Conference four years after their previous attempt was unsuccessful.{{Cite news |date=17 January 1969 |title=S. Lakes Turns Down 2 Schools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/87150397/?match=1&terms=%22southeastern%20badger%22%20arrowhead%20%22salem%20central%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Waukesha Daily Freeman |pages=8}} The four remaining schools competed for one more season before disbanding in 1970. Union Grove and Waterford finally were able to join the Southern Lakes after two failed attempts,{{Cite news |date=13 March 1969 |title=Southern Lakes Takes Two New Schools In |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1065844482/?match=1&terms=%22southeastern%20badger%22%20%22union%20grove%22%20waterford%20%22southern%20lakes%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Waukesha County Freeman |pages=20}} Kettle Moraine joined Arrowhead in the Scenic Moraine Conference{{Cite news |date=28 August 1970 |title=KM Grid Team Gets 'New Look' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1065578660/?match=1&terms=%22southeastern%20badger%22%20%22kettle%20moraine%22%20%22scenic%20moraine%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Waukesha County Freeman |pages=13}} and St. Mary's competed for one season as an independent before joining the Midwest Prep Conference in 1971.{{Cite news |date=10 November 1970 |title=St. Mary's in League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/342595048/?match=1&terms=%22st.%20mary%27s%22%20%22midwest%20prep%20conference%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Racine Journal Times |pages=11}}{{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 |
| Salem Central
|Public |1,220 |Falcons |{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|a2aaad}} | colspan="2" |Southern Lakes |
| St. Mary's
|Private (Catholic) |128 |Hilltoppers |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}} |Independent |
| Union Grove
|Public |1,049 |Broncos |{{color box|black}} {{color box|d50032}} | colspan="2" |Southern Lakes |
| Waterford
|Public |958 |Wolverines |{{color box|115740}} {{color box|white}} | colspan="2" |Southern Lakes |
| Arrowhead
|Public |2,076 |Warhawks |{{color box|69b3e7}} {{color box|d50032}} |
| Kettle Moraine
|Public |1,251 |Lasers |{{color box|002d6c}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |
Membership timeline
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List of conference champions
= Boys Basketball =
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!School !Quantity !Years |
| style="background: #115740; color: white" | Waterford
|3 |1965, 1967, 1970 |
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: #a2aaad" | Salem Central
|2 |1964, 1968 |
| style="background: #69b3e7; color: #d50032" | Arrowhead
|1 |1966 |
| style="background: black; color: #d50032" | Union Grove
|1 |1969 |
| style="background: #ffc72c; color: #002d6c" | Kettle Moraine
|0 | |
| style="background: #005eb8; color: white" | St. Mary’s
|0 | |
= Football =
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!School !Quantity !Years |
| style="background: #115740; color: white" | Waterford
|5 |1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969 |
| style="background: #69b3e7; color: #d50032" | Arrowhead
|3 |1965, 1966, 1967 |
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: #a2aaad" | Salem Central
|1 |1966 |
| style="background: black; color: #d50032" | Union Grove
|1 |1969 |
| style="background: #ffc72c; color: #002d6c" | Kettle Moraine
|0 | |
| style="background: #005eb8; color: white" | St. Mary’s
|0 | |
References
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Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences
Category:Sports organizations established in 1963