Southern Ten Conference

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The Southern Ten Conference was formed in 1941 by a group of medium-sized high schools in south central Wisconsin after the breakup of two established conferences: the South Central Conference and the Southern Six Conference. Logan High School in La Crosse had recently been voted out of the South Central by a 5-4 margin for reasons of competitive balance. The three schools that voted with Logan to keep them in the conference (Sparta, Tomah and Viroqua) followed them out, and these four schools formed the new Gateway Conference.{{Cite news |date=5 December 1940 |title=South Central Conference Schools Vote to Oust La Crosse Logan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/405226983/?match=1&terms=%22southern%20six%22%20watertown |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=27}} The five schools that voted for Logan's forced exit from the South Central (Baraboo, Portage, Reedsburg, Richland Center and Wisconsin Dells) joined with five schools from the Southern Six (Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Monroe, Stoughton and Wisconsin High) in forming the Southern Ten, and competition was set to begin with the 1941-42 basketball season.{{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}} Watertown, who was removed from the Southern Six prior to the merger for similar reasons to Logan's removal from the South Central,{{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}} competed as an independent for twelve years until the Braveland Conference was formed in 1953.{{Cite news |date=25 September 1953 |title=New League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/517915692/?match=1&terms=watertown%20braveland |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=13}}

The Southern Ten Conference split in 1952 due to the reformation of the South Central Conference by the five schools that originally competed in that conference.{{Cite news |date=21 November 1951 |title=Eight Teams Join in New South-Central Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611319418/?match=1&terms=%22south%20central%20conference%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Portage Daily Register |pages=6}} The five remaining schools that were originally part of the Southern Six joined with members of the disbanded Rock River Valley League (Evansville, Jefferson, Lake Mills and Milton) and Middleton (formerly of the Madison Suburban Conference) to form the new Badger Conference.{{Cite news |date=22 January 1952 |title=Announce Prep Grid Schedule for New Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518537827/?match=1&terms=%22southern%20ten%22%20%22south%20central%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=9}}{{Cite news |last=Mueller |first=Chuck |date=24 March 1952 |title="Badger" Is Selected as Name of New 10-School Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/12724699/?match=1&terms=%22badger%20conference%22 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Janesville Weekly Gazette |pages=10}}{{clear}}

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Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences

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Category:1941 establishments in Wisconsin

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