Wisconsin Flyway Conference

The Wisconsin Flyway Conference was formed in 2006, the result of a split of six schools from the East Central Flyway Conference (Horicon, Laconia, Lomira, Mayville, North Fond du Lac and St. Mary's Springs).{{Cite news |last=Casper Jr. |first=John |date=27 September 2005 |title=Area to face realignment issues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/248880166/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Ceast%2520central%2520flyway%2520conference%E2%80%9D%2520realignment |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=D1}} These schools were previously in the conference's Rivers Division and were members of the original Flyway Conference before its merger with the East Central Conference. Kettle Moraine Lutheran in Jackson was the seventh original member of the Wisconsin Flyway Conference, having been displaced by the closing of the Parkland Conference the year prior.{{Cite news |date=13 January 2006 |title=WIAA realignment plan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290717391/?match=1&terms=%22flyway%20conference%22%20realignment%20%22kettle%20moraine%20lutheran%22 |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=22}} Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac joined as the conference's eighth member after the East Central Flyway was closed in 2007.{{Cite news |title=WIAA approves realignment plan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/364706944/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Ceast%2520central%2520flyway%2520conference%E2%80%9D%2520ending |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=D2}} Omro's entry into the Wisconsin Flyway Conference from the Eastern Valley Conference in 2010 brought membership to its high of nine schools.{{Cite news |date=16 May 2009 |title=Omro approved for move to Wisconsin Flyway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/362731201/?match=1&terms=%22wisconsin%20flyway%20conference%22%20omro%20realignment |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=B2}} This mark was to be short-lived, as Horicon left to join the Trailways Conference in 2012.{{Cite news |last=Kahl |first=Tom |date=17 November 2012 |title=Walking the plank |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/685367230/?match=1&terms=%22trailways%20conference%22%20moves%20horicon |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Portage Daily Register |pages=8}} The membership roster was further decreased to seven schools in 2015 when Kettle Moraine Lutheran became members of the reconstituted East Central Conference.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Steve |date=16 August 2015 |title=Conference Realignment Jumbles Area Prep Football Schedule |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123705721/?match=1&terms=%22east%20central%20conference%22 |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=A11}} In 2021, Campbellsport exited the East Central Conference to become the Wisconsin Flyway Conference's eighth member.{{Cite news |last=Rushin |first=Jerell |date=14 February 2020 |title=Campbellsport one step away from joining the Flyway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/637959480/?match=1&terms=%22east%20central%20conference%22%20realignment |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Fond du Lac Reporter |pages=B1}} This figure will increase back to nine in 2025, as St. Lawrence Seminary will be joining as a full member after having previously been an associate member in multiple sports.

In February 2019, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, the WIAA released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin to commence with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle.{{Cite web |date=9 February 2019 |title=Revised Football-Only Conference Plan Released |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/News/News-Article/revised-football-only-conference-plan-released |access-date=5 June 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}} The Wisconsin Flyway Conference was set to keep its seven-member all-sport lineup intact for football, with the early addition of Campbellsport as a football-only member for 2020 before attaining full membership in 2021.{{Cite web |date=6 February 2019 |title=WFCA/WIAA Football-Only Realignment Proposal |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/News%20Releases/2018-19/fbconferences_final.pdf?ver=mRVRndsxHmyl_0u8wi5J1A%3d%3d |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}} In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wisconsin Flyway Conference postponed their football season until the alternate season in spring 2021.{{Cite news |last=Rushin |first=Jerell |date=12 September 2020 |title=Three ECC schools will join Flyway in alternate fall season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/680863046/?match=1&terms=wisconsin%20flyway%20football%20spring |access-date=5 June 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=4B}} Ripon and Waupun joined as temporary members for the season, as they were the only schools in the East Central Conference that did not field football teams for the fall 2020 season.{{Cite news |last=Rushin |first=Jerell |date=2 October 2020 |title=Moving to spring; Omro gives up on fall football after COVID-19 struggles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/685420003/?match=1&terms=ripon%20waupun%20flyway%20football |access-date=5 June 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=1B, 3B}} The Wisconsin Flyway Conference has maintained its eight-member roster for football through the 2026-2027 realignment cycle.{{Cite web |date=11 February 2021 |title=Proposed Football Only Conference Alignment - 11-Player |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Conference%20Realignment/2020-21/Proposed%20FB%20Only%20Conf%20Align%2011-Player2_11_21.pdf |access-date=5 June 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.}}{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=2024-25 Conference Realignment Plan – 11-Player Football |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Conference%20Realignment/2024-25Football/11-PlayerFB2024-Final2.pdf |access-date=5 June 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}}{{Cite web |date=10 December 2024 |title=2026 - 27 Conference Realignment – 11-Player Football |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Conference%20Realignment/2026-27Football/Football11Realignment2026-27.pdf |access-date=5 June 2025 |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.wisconsinflywayconference.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=201 Wisconsin Flyway Conference (official website)]

{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}

Category:Sports organizations established in 2006

Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences

Category:2006 establishments in Wisconsin