{{Short description|Wisconsin high school athletic conference (1926-1958)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} The '''Juneau County League''' is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Formed in 1926 and disbanded in 1958, all of its member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
== History == {{OSM Location map | title = | coord = {{coord|43.8212|-90.1964}} | float = right | zoom = 9 <!--(1=wisconsin, 18=a street)--> | width = 250 | height = 250 | mark-size1=10 | mark-title1=Elroy | mark-coord1={{coord|43.7543|-90.2755}} | mark-description1=Location: | shape-color1=#330072 | shape1=circle | mark-title2=Hillsboro | mark-coord2={{coord|43.6569|-90.3518}} | mark-description2=Location: | shape-color2=#e35205 | shape2=circle | mark-title3=Mauston | mark-coord3={{coord|43.7881|-90.0876}} | mark-description3=Location: | shape-color3=#ffc72c | shape3=circle | mark-title4=Necedah | mark-coord4={{coord|44.0007|-90.0741}} | mark-description4=Location: | shape-color4=#ba0c2f | shape4=circle | mark-title5=New Lisbon | mark-coord5={{coord|43.8763|-90.1700}} | mark-description5=Location: | shape-color5=#0032a0 | shape5=circle | mark-title6=Wonewoc | mark-coord6={{coord|43.6627|-90.2228}} | mark-description6=Location: | shape-color6=#00843d | shape6=circle | caption = Location of Original Juneau County League Members | auto-caption= | wrap=wrap}} The Juneau County League was founded in 1926 by six small high schools on the eastern edge of the Driftless Area in central Wisconsin: Elroy, Hillsboro, Mauston, Necedah, New Lisbon and Wonewoc.<ref name="Founding">{{Cite news |date=10 January 1927 |title=Elroy Wins Third Straight in Juneau County League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/400719276/?match=1&terms=%22juneau%20county%20league%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=11}}</ref> All members were located in Juneau County with the exception of Hillsboro in neighboring Vernon County. Necedah left the conference after one season to be replaced by Camp Douglas High School in 1927.<ref name="1927 Camp Douglas">{{Cite news |date=5 March 1928 |title=Wonewoc Clinches New Juneau Loop Crown This Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/511021240/?match=1&terms=%22juneau%20county%20league%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=La Crosse Tribune |pages=7}}</ref> The Juneau County League continued on with six members until Necedah returned to the conference and Wisconsin Dells joined in 1932, bringing the membership roster to a high of eight schools.<ref name="1932 Expansion">{{Cite news |date=10 February 1933 |title=Camp Douglas to Play New Lisbon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518687258/?match=1&terms=%22juneau%20county%20league%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=11}}</ref> Wisconsin Dells would leave the conference to join the South Central Conference as a provisionary member in 1939<ref name="1939 Wisconsin Dells">{{Cite news |date=25 March 1939 |title=Wisconsin Dells Admitted to South Central |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518626472/?match=1&terms=%22wisconsin%20dells%22%20%22south%20central%20conference%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=8}}</ref> and were followed out two years later by Mauston, who joined the West Central Conference.<ref name="1941 Mauston">{{Cite news |date=27 January 1941 |title=Middleton Coach Will Take Post at Mauston |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/529639285/?match=1&terms=%22mauston%22%20%22west%20central%20conference%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=1}}</ref> The six remaining schools would carry on until Westby joined the loop after the demise of the West Central Conference in 1952.<ref name="1952 Westby">{{Cite news |date=30 November 1952 |title=State Prep Cage Standings (see Juneau County League) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/402660620/?match=1&terms=%22juneau%20county%20league%22%20%22westby%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=30}}</ref> By the mid-1950s, rural school district consolidation and defections began to take their toll on conference membership. Camp Douglas High School was the first to go, as it closed in 1955 after their school district was folded into neighboring Tomah.<ref name="1955-01 Camp Douglas">{{Cite news |date=5 June 1955 |title=Camp Douglas Area Seeks School Merger With Tomah |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/89035887/?match=1&terms=%22camp%20douglas%20high%20school%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=La Crosse Tribune |pages=18}}</ref><ref name="1955-02 Camp Douglas">{{Cite news |date=18 December 1955 |title=Area High School Basketball Standings (see Juneau County League) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396447941/?match=1&terms=%22juneau%20county%20league%22%20standings |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=54}}</ref> Necedah left the next year for membership in the Central Lakes Conference,<ref name="1956 Necedah">{{Cite news |date=11 February 1957 |title=Three Area Quintets Eye Conference Titles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246232318/?match=1&terms=%227-c%22%20standings%20necedah |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=Oshkosh Northwestern |pages=13}}</ref> and by 1956, there were only five schools left in the conference.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 December 1957 |title=High School Basketball Standings (see Juneau County League) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/397208856/?match=1&terms=%22juneau%20county%20league%22%20standings |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=40}}</ref> The end came for the Juneau County League came in 1958, when the five remaining members merged with the five-school Monroe-Vernon Conference (Cashton, Kendall, Norwalk, Ontario and Wilton) to form the new Scenic Central Conference.<ref name="Scenic Central">{{Cite news |date=17 November 1958 |title=Area Basketball Clubs See Action |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/511817754/?match=1&terms=%22scenic%20central%20conference%22 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=La Crosse Tribune |pages=15}}</ref>
== Conference membership history == === Final members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |- |'''Elroy''' |Elroy, WI |Public |Hilltoppers |{{color box|330072}} {{color box|white}} |1926<ref name="Founding" /> |1958<ref name="Scenic Central" /> |Scenic Central |Closed in 1959 (merged into Royall) |- |'''Hillsboro''' |Hillsboro, WI |Public |Tigers |{{color box|e35205}} {{color box|black}} |1926<ref name="Founding" /> |1958<ref name="Scenic Central" /> |Scenic Central |Scenic Bluffs |- |'''New Lisbon''' |New Lisbon, WI |Public |Rockets |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|white}} |1926<ref name="Founding" /> |1958<ref name="Scenic Central" /> |Scenic Central |Scenic Bluffs |- |'''Westby''' |Westby, WI |Public |Norsemen |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |1952<ref name="1952 Westby" /> |1958<ref name="Scenic Central" /> |Scenic Central |Coulee |- |'''Wonewoc''' |Wonewoc, WI |Public |Indians |{{color box|00843d}} {{color box|ffc72c}} {{color box|white}} |1926<ref name="Founding" /> |1958<ref name="Scenic Central" /> |Scenic Central |Scenic Bluffs |}
=== Previous members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |- |'''Camp Douglas''' |Camp Douglas, WI |Public |Generals |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |1927<ref name="1927 Camp Douglas" /> |1955<ref name="1955-01 Camp Douglas" /><ref name="1955-02 Camp Douglas" /> | colspan="2" |Closed (merged into Tomah) |- |'''Mauston''' |Mauston, WI |Public |Golden Eagles |{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1926<ref name="Founding" /> |1941<ref name="1941 Mauston" /> |West Central |South Central |- |'''Necedah''' |Necedah, WI |Public |Cardinals |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |1926,<ref name="Founding" /> 1932<ref name="1932 Expansion" /> |1927,<ref name="1927 Camp Douglas" /> 1956<ref name="1956 Necedah" /> |Independent, Central Lakes |Scenic Bluffs |- |'''Wisconsin Dells''' |Wisconsin Dells, WI |Public |Chiefs |{{color box|69b3e7}} {{color box|white}} |1932<ref name="1932 Expansion" /> |1939<ref name="1939 Wisconsin Dells" /> | colspan="2" |South Central |}
==Membership timeline== <timeline> DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1926 till:1958 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5
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bar:1 color:tan1 from:1926 till:1958 text:Elroy (1926-1958) bar:2 color:tan1 from:1926 till:1958 text:Hillsboro (1926-1958) bar:3 color:tan1 from:1926 till:1941 text:Mauston (1926-1941) bar:4 color:tan1 from:1926 till:1927 text:Necedah (1926-1927) bar:4 color:tan1 from:1932 till:1956 text:(1932-1956) bar:5 color:tan1 from:1926 till:1958 text:New Lisbon (1926-1958) bar:6 color:tan1 from:1926 till:1958 text:Wonewoc (1926-1958) bar:7 color:tan1 from:1927 till:1955 text:Camp Douglas (1927-1955) bar:8 color:tan1 from:1932 till:1939 text:Wisconsin Dells (1932-1939) bar:9 color:tan1 from:1952 till:1958 text:Westby (1952-1958)
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== List of conference champions ==
=== Boys Basketball === {| class="wikitable" !School !Quantity !Years |- | style="background: #0032a0; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''New Lisbon''' |19 |1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957 |- | style="background: #e35205; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Hillsboro''' |5 |1942, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1955 |- | style="background: #00843d; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Wonewoc''' |4 |1928, 1944, 1947, 1951 |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Elroy''' |3 |1927, 1950, 1958 |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Camp Douglas''' |2 |1931, 1933 |- | style="background: #0032a0; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Mauston''' |2 |1930, 1932 |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Necedah''' |2 |1939, 1949 |- | style="background: #69b3e7; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Wisconsin Dells''' |1 |1936 |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Westby''' |0 | |}
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