{{Short description|Wisconsin high school athletic conference (1926–1962)}} The '''7-C Conference''' is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in central Wisconsin. It existed from 1926 to 1962, and its members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
== History ==
=== 1926–1934 === {{OSM Location map | title = | coord = {{coord|44.0719|-89.4887}} | float = right | zoom = 8 <!--(1=wisconsin, 18=a street)--> | width = 250 | height = 250 | mark-size1=10 | mark-title1=Almond | mark-coord1={{coord|44.2603|-89.4121}} | mark-description1=Location: | shape-color1=#00843d | shape1=circle | mark-title2=Coloma | mark-coord2={{coord|44.0355|-89.5223}} | mark-description2=Location: | shape-color2=#ba0c2f | shape2=circle | mark-title3=Friendship | mark-coord3={{coord|43.9661|-89.8019}} | mark-description3=Location: | shape-color3=#777777 | shape3=circle | mark-title4=Hancock | mark-coord4={{coord|44.1334|-89.5232}} | mark-description4=Location: | shape-color4=#0032a0 | shape4=circle | mark-title5=Montello | mark-coord5={{coord|43.7958|-89.3219}} | mark-description5=Location: | shape-color5=#ffc72c | shape5=circle | mark-title6=Oxford | mark-coord6={{coord|43.7813|-89.5726}} | mark-description6=Location: | shape-color6=#005eb8 | shape6=circle | mark-title7=Plainfield | mark-coord7={{coord|44.2106|-89.4937}} | mark-description7=Location: | shape-color7=#d50032 | shape7=circle | mark-title8=Redgranite | mark-coord8={{coord|44.0419|-89.0979}} | mark-description8=Location: | shape-color8=#330072 | shape8=circle | mark-title9=Wautoma | mark-coord9={{coord|44.0711|-89.2986}} | mark-description9=Location: | shape-color9=#ff8200 | shape9=circle | mark-title10=Westfield | mark-coord10={{coord|43.8953|-89.4887}} | mark-description10=Location: | shape-color10=#582c83 | shape10=circle | mark-title11=Wild Rose | mark-coord11={{coord|44.1764|-89.2451}} | mark-description11=Location: | shape-color11=#753bbd | shape11=circle | caption = Location of Original 7-C Conference Members | auto-caption= | wrap=wrap}} The 7-C Conference was formed in 1926 as the '''Four-County Conference''', named after the four counties where member schools were located (Adams, Marquette, Portage and Waushara). It was initially made up of eleven small schools located in central Wisconsin: Almond, Coloma, Friendship, Hancock, Montello, Oxford, Plainfield, Redgranite, Wautoma, Westfield and Wild Rose.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=10 December 1926 |title=Sportoscope |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/250608165/?match=1&terms=%22four-county%22%20standings |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=Stevens Point Journal |pages=7}}</ref> In 1929, Friendship High School merged with neighboring Adams High School to form the new Adams-Friendship High School, which retained Friendship's membership in the conference.<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |date=18 September 1929 |title=The New $75,000 Adams-Friendship High School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243474965/?match=1&terms=%22adams-friendship%20high%20school%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=12}}</ref> That same year, the Four-County Conference added Neshkoro and Princeton to bring membership to thirteen schools.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=19 December 1929 |title=Three Are Leading Four County Loop Not Yet Defeated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/250596693/?match=1&terms=%22four%20county%22%20neshkoro%20standings |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=Stevens Point Journal |pages=6}}</ref> Despite the expansion into Green Lake County, the league did not change its name. Green Lake and Omro joined the 4-C Conference in 1931, and Winneconne became members of the conference in 1932. That same year, the conference's name was changed to the 6-C Conference, representing its expanded geographic footprint:<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=12 October 1932 |title=A-F Gridders Show Spirit in Game at Dells |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243156192/?match=1&terms=%22big%206-c%22 |access-date=4 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=8}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Big 6-C Conference !Little 6-C Conference |- |Adams-Friendship |Almond |- |Montello |Coloma |- |Omro |Green Lake |- |Redgranite |Hancock |- |Wautoma |Neshkoro |- |Westfield |Oxford |- | |Plainfield |- | |Princeton |- | |Wild Rose |- | |Winneconne |}
=== 1934–1942 === In 1934 the conference renamed itself the 7-C Conference because of the expansion into Wood County, adding Markesan to the Little 7-C<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=8 February 1935 |title=Coloma Continues to Set Pace in 7-C Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/250466900/?match=1&terms=%227-c%22%20markesan%20standings |access-date=4 March 2025 |work=Stevens Point Journal |pages=8}}</ref> and Port Edwards (formerly of the Wood County League) to the Big 7-C.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=19 April 1934 |title=Bill Chandler Port Edwards Speaker Last Night |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243133634/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=4 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=7}}</ref> Winneconne left to join the Little Nine Conference in 1935,<ref name="1935 Winneconne">{{Cite news |date=19 September 1935 |title=Basketball Schedule, Little Nine Conference, 1935-1936 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396174290/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=18}}</ref> and in 1937, the 7-C Conference realigned itself by geography instead of enrollment size:<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 November 1937 |title=Omro High Cagers Start Practices for Court Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246223056/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=18}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Eastern 7-C Conference<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 December 1937 |title=Omro Cage Quint Beats Princeton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246225029/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=7 March 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=14}}</ref> !Northern 7-C Conference<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 November 1937 |title=Hancock Defeats Plainfield High in Opening Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/250611535/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Stevens Point Journal |pages=6}}</ref> !Western 7-C Conference<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 1938 |title=Port Wallops Wautoma 34 to 13; Keeps Slate Clean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243272169/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=7 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> |- |Green Lake |Almond |Adams-Friendship |- |Markesan |Coloma |Montello |- |Omro |Hancock |Plainfield |- |Princeton |Neshkoro |Port Edwards |- |Redgranite |Oxford |Wautoma |- | |Wild Rose |Westfield |} {{OSM Location map | title = | coord = {{coord|44.0719|-89.4887}} | float = right | zoom = 8 <!--(1=wisconsin, 18=a street)--> | width = 250 | height = 250 | mark-size1=10 | mark-title1=Adams-Friendship | mark-coord1={{coord|43.9661|-89.8019}} | mark-description1=Location: | shape-color1=#115740 | shape1=circle | mark-title2=Almond | mark-coord2={{coord|44.2603|-89.4121}} | mark-description2=Location: | shape-color2=#00843d | shape2=circle | mark-title3=Coloma | mark-coord3={{coord|44.0355|-89.5223}} | mark-description3=Location: | shape-color3=#ba0c2f | shape3=circle | mark-title4=Endeavor | mark-coord4={{coord|43.7158|-89.4662}} | mark-description4=Location: | shape-color4=#9d2235 | shape4=circle | mark-title5=Green Lake | mark-coord5={{coord|43.8506|-88.9593}} | mark-description5=Location: | shape-color5=#00843d | shape5=circle | mark-title6=Hancock | mark-coord6={{coord|44.1334|-89.5232}} | mark-description6=Location: | shape-color6=#0032a0 | shape6=circle | mark-title7=Markesan | mark-coord7={{coord|43.7116|-88.9873}} | mark-description7=Location: | shape-color7=#002d6c | shape7=circle | mark-title8=Montello | mark-coord8={{coord|43.7958|-89.3219}} | mark-description8=Location: | shape-color8=#ffc72c | shape8=circle | mark-title9=Neshkoro | mark-coord9={{coord|43.7116|-88.9873}} | mark-description9=Location: | shape-color9=#002d6c | shape9=circle | mark-title10=Omro | mark-coord10={{coord|44.0462|-88.7401}} | mark-description10=Location: | shape-color10=#6f2c3f | shape10=circle | mark-title11=Oxford | mark-coord11={{coord|43.7813|-89.5726}} | mark-description11=Location: | shape-color11=#005eb8 | shape11=circle | mark-title12=Port Edwards | mark-coord12={{coord|44.3471|-89.8596}} | mark-description12=Location: | shape-color12=#e35205 | shape12=circle | mark-title13=Princeton | mark-coord13={{coord|43.8440|-89.1202}} | mark-description13=Location: | shape-color13=#d50032 | shape13=circle | mark-title14=Plainfield | mark-coord14={{coord|44.2106|-89.4937}} | mark-description14=Location: | shape-color14=#d50032 | shape14=circle | mark-title15=Redgranite | mark-coord15={{coord|44.0419|-89.0979}} | mark-description15=Location: | shape-color15=#330072 | shape15=circle | mark-title16=Wautoma | mark-coord16={{coord|44.0711|-89.2986}} | mark-description16=Location: | shape-color16=#ff8200 | shape16=circle | mark-title17=Westfield | mark-coord17={{coord|43.8953|-89.4887}} | mark-description17=Location: | shape-color17=#582c83 | shape17=circle | mark-title18=Wild Rose | mark-coord18={{coord|44.1764|-89.2451}} | mark-description18=Location: | shape-color18=#753bbd | shape18=circle | caption = Location of 7-C Conference Members (1938-1940) | auto-caption= | wrap=wrap}} Endeavor joined the 7-C Conference in 1938 as its eighteenth overall member, and was assigned to the Northern 7-C.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=30 January 1939 |title=Hancock Ties Endeavor for League Lead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/250448296/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22%20endeavor |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Stevens Point Journal |pages=6}}</ref> In 1940, Wild Rose moved back to the Eastern 7-C after Omro's exit from the conference:<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=18 May 1940 |title=7C Conference Shifts Made; Omro Resigns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611049792/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Portage Daily Register |pages=4}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Eastern 7-C Conference !Northern 7-C Conference !Western 7-C Conference |- |Green Lake |Almond |Adams-Friendship |- |Markesan |Coloma |Montello |- |Princeton |Endeavor |Plainfield |- |Redgranite |Hancock |Port Edwards |- |Wild Rose |Neshkoro |Wautoma |- | |Oxford |Westfield |}
=== 1942–1946 === In 1942, the 7-C Conference disbanded for basketball because of wartime travel issues.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=11 November 1942 |title=Big 7-C Conference Disbanded for the Duration |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243219454/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> The conference was revived for the 1943–44 school year, albeit with a reduced grouping of Adams-Friendship, Almond, Hancock, Plainfield, Port Edwards, Wautoma and Westfield.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=1 October 1943 |title=7-C League to Function Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/476740200/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=11}}</ref> Former conference member Montello returned to the 7-C in 1944<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |date=17 May 1944 |title=Montello High School Returns to Big 7-C Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243343352/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=6}}</ref> along with several other schools, and the league split into two divisions by school enrollment size: {| class="wikitable" !Big 7-C Conference<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 1944 |title=Port Edwards Loses to Wautoma in Big 7-C Opener, 23-19 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243234177/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> !Little 7-C Conference<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |date=4 October 1944 |title=Endeavor School Leaders at Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611057124/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Portage Daily Register |pages=4}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=11 November 1944 |title=Green Lake Wins Over Hancock, 49 to 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/476728827/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=9}}</ref> |- |Adams-Friendship |Coloma |- |Almond |Endeavor |- |Montello |Green Lake |- |Plainfield |Hancock |- |Port Edwards |Markesan |- |Wautoma |Oxford |- |Westfield |Princeton |} In 1945, the league welcomed back former members Omro and Wild Rose after the end of World War II.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |date=22 March 1945 |title=Seven-C Prep Conference Reorganizes Sports Plan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518493336/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22%20omro |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=23}}</ref> These two schools, along with Green Lake from the Little 7-C, were placed into the Big 7-C. The Little 7-C was left with five members following Green Lake's move and Markesan joining the Dual County Conference.<ref name="Markesan Joins">{{Cite news |date=22 November 1945 |title=Prep Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396054621/?match=1&terms=%22dual%20county%22%20markesan |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=29}}</ref> The 7-C Conference also began sponsoring football with four conference members participating: Adams-Friendship, Omro, Wautoma and Westfield.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 November 1944 |title=7-C Conference Decides to Resume Regulation Football |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/476729888/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22%20football |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=19 October 1945 |title=A-F Defeated by Omro, 7-6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243519807/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22%20football |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> Neshkoro was reinstated as a sixth member to the Little 7-C before the start of league competition, and the 7-C started the 1945–46 season with a sixteen-member roster:<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=30 November 1945 |title=Hancock Nips Coloma 5 to Head Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243540294/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22%20omro |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Big 7-C Conference<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 1945 |title=7-C Conference is Reorganized at Plainfield |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243311058/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> !Little 7-C Conference<ref name=":0" /> |- |Adams-Friendship |Coloma |- |Almond |Endeavor |- |Green Lake |Hancock |- |Montello |Neshkoro |- |Omro |Oxford |- |Plainfield |Princeton |- |Port Edwards | |- |Wautoma | |- |Westfield | |- |Wild Rose | |}
=== 1946–1962 === {{OSM Location map | title = | coord = {{coord|44.0719|-89.4887}} | float = right | zoom = 8 <!--(1=wisconsin, 18=a street)--> | width = 250 | height = 250 | mark-size1=10 | mark-title1=Adams-Friendship | mark-coord1={{coord|43.9661|-89.8019}} | mark-description1=Location: | shape-color1=#115740 | shape1=circle | mark-title2=Tri-County | mark-coord2={{coord|44.2106|-89.4937}} | mark-description2=Location: | shape-color2=#000000 | shape2=circle | mark-title3=Wautoma | mark-coord3={{coord|44.0711|-89.2986}} | mark-description3=Location: | shape-color3=#ff8200 | shape3=circle | mark-title4=Westfield | mark-coord4={{coord|43.8953|-89.4887}} | mark-description4=Location: | shape-color4=#582c83 | shape4=circle | caption = Location of Final 7-C Conference Members | auto-caption= | wrap=wrap}} After the end of World War II, the 7-C Conference began to lose members to school district consolidation. Coloma was the first to leave the conference for this reason, with their district folded into Westfield in 1946.<ref name=":14">{{Cite news |date=12 September 1946 |title=Strike Against Westfield by Coloma Students Is on Wane |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243359326/?match=1&terms=%22coloma%20high%20school%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=1}}</ref> To offset this loss, the Little 7-C added former members Redgranite and Wild Rose after the latter's shift from the Big 7-C.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news |date=23 December 1946 |title=Oxford Prep Cagers Top Little 7-C Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518709602/?match=1&terms=%227-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=11}}</ref> The next year, Hancock and Plainfield merged to form the new Tri-County High School in Plainfield.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news |date=19 November 1947 |title=Tri-County High Cops Debut, 38-21 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243156111/?match=1&terms=%22tri-county%20high%20school%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=6}}</ref> Almond moved over from the Big 7-C as their replacement.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 December 1947 |title=Westfield Is 37-35 Victor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243172062/?match=1&terms=%22little%207-c%20conference%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> In 1948, the 7-C Conference lost two high schools to consolidation: Neshkoro (redistricted to Westfield)<ref name=":17">{{Cite news |date=28 February 1949 |title=Views of the Press (School Consolidation) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243298257/?match=1&terms=%22neshkoro%20high%20school%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=4}}</ref> and Redgranite (redistricted to Berlin and Wautoma).<ref name=":18">{{Cite news |date=1 May 1948 |title=Hold Parley on School Problem |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/476874565/?match=1&terms=%22redgranite%20high%20school%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=13}}</ref> In 1951, Endeavor High School closed its doors when it was consolidated into Oxford.<ref name=":19">{{Cite news |date=18 July 1951 |title=School Vote is in Favor of the Planned Merger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/611302443/?match=1&terms=%22endeavor%20high%20school%22 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Portage Daily Register |pages=1}}</ref> That same year, Green Lake of the Big 7-C joined the four Little 7-C schools in seceding from the conference to form the new Central Lakes Conference.<ref name=":110">{{Cite news |date=8 December 1951 |title=Princeton Loses to Wild Rose Five |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/476892744/?match=1&terms=%22central%20lakes%20conference%22 |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=11}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2 October 1952 |title=Green Lake To Enter New Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246439010/?match=1&terms=%22central%20lakes%20conference%22 |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=17}}</ref> The seven members of what was formerly known as the Big 7-C continued on until Omro left to join the Little Nine Conference in 1956.<ref name="1956 Omro">{{Cite news |date=21 November 1955 |title=Omro to Join Little 9 Loop in 1956-57 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396119416/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=17}}</ref> Membership was whittled down to five schools in 1958 when Port Edwards left to join the Central Lakes Conference.<ref name=":21">{{Cite news |date=5 April 1958 |title=Nekoosa, Port 9's Open Prep Slate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243361801/?match=1&terms=%22central%20lakes%20conference%22%20port%20edwards |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=6}}</ref> Montello joined the Dual County Conference in 1961,<ref name="Montello Joins">{{Cite news |date=16 September 1961 |title=Thrillers Played in Dual County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/519285860/?match=1&terms=%22dual%20county%22%20montello |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=13}}</ref> further decreasing conference membership to four schools. Due in part to the rapid decline in membership, the 7-C Conference ceased operations in 1962. Three of its former members (Adams-Friendship, Tri-County and Westfield) aligned with the five Central Lakes Conference schools and Madonna High School in Mauston to form the new Central-C Conference.<ref name="Founding">{{Cite news |date=25 January 1962 |title=Central-C Conference Is Formed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/519302085/?match=1&terms=%22central-c%20conference%22 |access-date=31 January 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=20}}</ref> The fourth school (Wautoma) joined the Central Wisconsin Conference<ref name="1962 Wautoma">{{Cite news |date=19 November 1961 |title=Wautoma Joins Central Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/398366749/?match=1&terms=%22central%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20wautoma |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=35}}</ref> in the aftermath of the 7-C Conference's demise.
== Conference membership history ==
=== Final members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |- |'''Adams-Friendship''' |Adams, WI |Public |Green Devils |{{color box|115740}} {{color box|white}} |1929,<ref name=":22" /> 1943<ref name=":9" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1962<ref name="1962 Wautoma" /> |Central-C |South Central |- |'''Tri-County''' |Plainfield, WI |Public |Penguins |{{color box|000000}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|d50032}} |1947<ref name=":16" /> |1962<ref name="1962 Wautoma" /> |Central-C |Central Wisconsin |- |'''Wautoma''' |Wautoma, WI |Public |Hornets |{{color box|ff8200}} {{color box|black}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1943<ref name=":9" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1962<ref name="1962 Wautoma" /> |Central Wisconsin |South Central |- |'''Westfield''' |Westfield, WI |Public |Pioneers |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1943<ref name=":9" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1962<ref name="1962 Wautoma" /> |Central-C |South Central |}
=== Previous members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |- |'''Almond''' |Almond, WI |Public |Eagles |{{color box|00843d}} {{color box|white}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1943<ref name=":9" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1951<ref name=":110" /><ref name=":02" /> |Central Lakes |Central Wisconsin |- |'''Coloma''' |Coloma, WI |Public |Cardinals |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1944<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1946<ref name=":14" /> | colspan="2" |Closed (consolidated into Westfield) |- |'''Endeavor''' |Endeavor, WI |Public |Cardinals |{{color box|9d2235}} {{color box|white}} |1938,<ref name=":6" /> 1944<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1951<ref name=":19" /> |Central Lakes |Closed in 1954 (consolidated into Portage) |- |'''Friendship''' |Friendship, WI |Public |Gladiators |Unknown |1926<ref name=":1" /> |1929<ref name=":22" /> | colspan="2" |Closed (merged into Adams-Friendship) |- |'''Green Lake''' |Green Lake, WI |Public |Lakers |{{color box|00843d}} {{color box|white}} |1931,<ref name=":3" /> 1944<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1951<ref name=":110" /><ref name=":02" /> |Central Lakes |Trailways (coop with Princeton) |- |'''Hancock''' |Hancock, WI |Public |Unknown |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1943<ref name=":9" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1947<ref name=":16" /> | colspan="2" |Closed (merged into Tri-County) |- |'''Markesan''' |Markesan, WI |Public |Hornets |{{color box|002d6c}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1934,<ref name=":4" /> 1944<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1945<ref name="Markesan Joins" /> |Dual County |Trailways |- |'''Montello''' |Montello, WI |Public |Hilltoppers |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1944<ref name=":10" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1961<ref name="Montello Joins" /> |Dual County |Trailways |- |'''Neshkoro''' |Neshkoro, WI |Public |Unknown |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|white}} |1929,<ref name=":2" /> 1944<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1948<ref name=":17" /> | colspan="2" |Closed (consolidated into Westfield) |- |'''Omro''' |Omro, WI |Public |Foxes |{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|b3a369}} |1931,<ref name=":3" /> 1945<ref name=":13" /> |1940,<ref name=":7" /> 1956<ref name="1956 Omro" /> |Little Nine |Wisconsin Flyway |- |'''Oxford''' |Oxford, WI |Public |Unknown |{{color box|330072}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1944<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1951<ref name=":110" /><ref name=":02" /> |Central Lakes |Closed in 1963 (consolidated into Westfield) |- |'''Plainfield''' |Plainfield, WI |Public |Eagles |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1943<ref name=":9" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1947<ref name=":16" /> | colspan="2" |Closed (merged into Tri-County) |- |'''Port Edwards''' |Port Edwards, WI |Public |Blackhawks |{{color box|e35205}} {{color box|black}} |1934,<ref name=":5" /> 1943<ref name=":9" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1958<ref name=":21" /> |Central Lakes |Central Wisconsin |- |'''Princeton''' |Princeton, WI |Public |Tigers |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |1929,<ref name=":2" /> 1944<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1951<ref name=":110" /><ref name=":02" /> |Central Lakes |Trailways (coop with Green Lake) |- |'''Redgranite''' |Redgranite, WI |Public |Demons |{{color box|330072}} {{color box|white}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1946<ref name=":15" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1948<ref name=":18" /> | colspan="2" |Closed (consolidated into Berlin and Wautoma) |- |'''Wild Rose''' |Wild Rose, WI |Public |Wildcats |{{color box|753bbd}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1926,<ref name=":1" /> 1945<ref name=":13" /> |1942,<ref name=":8" /> 1951<ref name=":110" /><ref name=":02" /> |Central Lakes |Central Wisconsin |- |'''Winneconne''' |Winneconne, WI |Public |Wolves |{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|white}} |1932<ref name=":3" /> |1935<ref name="1935 Winneconne" /> |Little Nine |Bay |}
== Membership timeline ==
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===Football members=== <timeline> DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:22 Period = from:1945 till:1962 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5
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</timeline>
== List of state champions ==
=== Fall sports === None
=== Winter sports === None
=== Spring sports === {| class="wikitable" |+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf Boys Track & Field] !School !Year !Division |- | style="background: #ff8200; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Wautoma''' |1949 |Class C |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Westfield''' |1952 |Class C |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Westfield''' |1955 |Class C |}
== List of conference champions ==
=== Boys Basketball === {| class="wikitable" !School !Quantity !Years |- | style="background: #ff8200; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Wautoma''' |9 |1929, 1930, 1931, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961 |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Westfield''' |9 |1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1952, 1954, 1958 |- | style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Adams-Friendship''' |7 |1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1962 |- | style="background: #e35205; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Port Edwards''' |6 |1935, 1937, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951 |- | style="background: #b3a369; color: #6f2c3f; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #6f2c3f, inset -2px -2px 0 #6f2c3f;" |'''Omro''' |5 |1938, 1939, 1946, 1953, 1956 |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Coloma''' |4 |1934, 1935, 1938, 1946 |- | style="background: #ffc72c; color: #330072; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #330072, inset -2px -2px 0 #330072;" |'''Oxford''' |4 |1941, 1947, 1948, 1949 |- | style="background: #0032a0; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Montello''' |3 |1932, 1937, 1945 |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Plainfield''' |3 |1927, 1936, 1937 |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Hancock''' |2 |1939, 1946 |- | style="background: #002d6c; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Markesan''' |2 |1940, 1945 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Tri-County''' |2 |1953, 1959 |- | style="background: #753bbd; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Wild Rose''' |2 |1942, 1951 |- | style="background: #00843d; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Almond''' |1 |1950 |- | style="background: #9d2235; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Endeavor''' |1 |1946 |- | style="background: #0032a0; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Neshkoro''' |1 |1940 |- | style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Winneconne''' |1 |1933 |- | style="background: #d8d8d8; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Friendship''' |0 | |- | style="background: #00843d; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Green Lake''' |0 | |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Princeton''' |0 | |- | style="background: #330072; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Redgranite''' |0 | |- | colspan="3" |'''Champions from 1928, 1941 (Eastern) and 1942 (Northern) unknown''' |}
=== Football === {| class="wikitable" !School !Quantity !Years |- | style="background: #ff8200; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Wautoma''' |5 |1947, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1960 |- | style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Adams-Friendship''' |4 |1945, 1946, 1958, 1961 |- | style="background: #b3a369; color: #6f2c3f; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #6f2c3f, inset -2px -2px 0 #6f2c3f;" |'''Omro''' |3 |1945, 1948, 1949 |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Westfield''' |3 |1950, 1951, 1954 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Tri-County''' |2 |1956, 1957 |- | style="background: #e35205; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Port Edwards''' |1 |1952 |- | style="background: #0032a0; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Montello''' |0 | |}
== References == <!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. --> {{reflist}}{{7-C Conference}}{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}
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