Southern Six Conference
{{Short description|Former Wisconsin high school athletic conference}}
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The Southern Six Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, consisting of schools in the state's south central region. It was in operation from 1928 to 1941 and all members were part of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
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The Southern Six Conference, also known as the Southern Wisconsin Six in its early years, was formed in 1928 by six medium-sized high schools in south central Wisconsin: Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Monroe, Stoughton, Watertown and the University of Wisconsin High School (Wisconsin High).{{Cite news |date=17 September 1928 |title=11 Tilts Booked in New Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1081129814/?match=1&terms=%22southern%20six%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Stoughton Courier |pages=6}} Three conference members (Edgerton, Fort Atkinson and Stoughton) formerly belonged to the Rock River Valley League, Monroe entered the conference from the Southwest Wisconsin Athletic League, and Watertown was previously a member of the Little Ten Conference{{Cite news |date=20 April 1928 |title=Six Schools United by Prep Heads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/520383950/?match=1&terms=%22little%20ten%22%20watertown%20withdraw |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=15}} but left to seek out stronger competition in athletics.{{Cite news |date=26 April 1928 |title=Campus Talk by CID |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1058066710/?match=1&terms=%22little%20ten%22%20watertown%20withdraw |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Waupun Leader |pages=9}} The conference lasted for thirteen years before Watertown was forced out by the five other conference members, and the conference was dissolved in 1941.{{Cite news |date=4 December 1940 |title=Watertown's Ouster Made Official at Souther Six Meeting; Grid Slate Set |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1127163066/?match=1&terms=%22southern%20six%22%20watertown |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Stoughton Courier |pages=4}} The remaining schools, along with five schools who left the South Central Conference for similar reasons (Baraboo, Portage, Reedsburg, Richland Center and Wisconsin Dells) went on to form the Southern Ten Conference,{{Cite news |date=15 February 1941 |title=Southern Six, South Central Schools Form New League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/405772993/?match=1&terms=%22southern%20ten%20conference%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=7}} which competed for eleven years before its dissolution in 1952.{{Cite news |date=1 January 1952 |title=Southern 10 Disbanded in 1951; Major Titles Go to Dells, Baraboo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518075445/?match=1&terms=%22southern%20ten%22%20disband |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=29}}{{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 |
| Edgerton
|Public |537 |Crimson Tide |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |
| Fort Atkinson
|Public |964 |Blackhawks |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ba0c2f}} |
| Monroe
|Public |742 |Cheesemakers |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |
| Stoughton
|Public |868 |Vikings |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|white}} |
| Watertown
|Public |1,170 |Goslings |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|white}} |Independent |
| Wisconsin High
|Public (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |N/A |Badger Preps |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}} |Closed in 1964 |
Membership timeline
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List of state champions
= Fall sports =
None
= Winter sports =
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|+[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 |
| Wisconsin High
|1931 |Single Division |
| Watertown
|1939 |Class B |
= Spring sports =
None
List of conference champions
= Boys Basketball =
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!School !Quantity !Years |
| style="background: #005eb8; color: white" | Wisconsin High
|6 |1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 |
| style="background: #582c83; color: white" | Stoughton
|4 |1935, 1937, 1940, 1941 |
| style="background: #0032a0; color: white" | Watertown
|3 |1930, 1936, 1939 |
| style="background: #d50032; color: white" | Monroe
|2 |1930, 1941 |
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" | Edgerton
|1 |1932 |
| style="background: black; color: #ba0c2f" | Fort Atkinson
|1 |1938 |
= Football =
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!School !Quantity !Years |
| style="background: #0032a0; color: white" | Watertown
|7 |1928, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 |
| style="background: #582c83; color: white" | Stoughton
|4 |1929, 1933, 1937, 1941 |
| style="background: black; color: #ba0c2f" | Fort Atkinson
|2 |1934, 1936 |
| style="background: #005eb8; color: white" | Wisconsin High
|2 |1930, 1938 |
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white" | Edgerton
|0 | |
| style="background: #d50032; color: white" | Monroe
|0 | |
References
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{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}
Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences
Category:Sports organizations established in 1928