# Little Nine Conference

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{{Short description|Wisconsin high school athletic conference (1928-1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
The '''Little Nine Conference''' is a former high school [athletic conference](/source/athletic_conference) in [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin).  Operational from 1928 to 1970, its membership was concentrated in east central Wisconsin and all member schools belonged to the [Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association](/source/Wisconsin_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association).

== History ==

=== 1928–1950 ===
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| mark-title5=[Kimberly](/source/Kimberly_High_School_(Wisconsin))
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| mark-title6=[Little Chute](/source/Little_Chute_High_School)
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| mark-title7=[Pulaski](/source/Pulaski_High_School)
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The Little Nine Conference was founded in 1928 by a group of nine small high schools in the [Fox River Valley](/source/Fox_River_(Green_Bay_tributary)):  [Bear Creek](/source/Bear_Creek_High_School_(Wisconsin)), [Brillion](/source/Brillion_High_School), [Denmark](/source/Denmark_High_School_(Denmark%2C_Wisconsin)), [Hortonville](/source/Hortonville_High_School), [Kimberly](/source/Kimberly_High_School_(Wisconsin)), Little Chute (not related to the [current high school](/source/Little_Chute_High_School)), [Pulaski](/source/Pulaski_High_School), [Seymour](/source/Seymour_High_School_(Wisconsin)) and [Wrightstown](/source/Wrightstown_High_School).<ref name="Founding">{{Cite news |date=23 February 1928 |title=Form Conference for Small Schools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/287549272/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=14}}</ref>  [Hilbert](/source/Hilbert_High_School) joined the following year to put membership at ten schools.<ref name="1929 Hilbert">{{Cite news |date=7 May 1929 |title=Hilbert Is Voted in Little Nine League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186323475/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=14}}</ref>  In 1930, [Reedsville](/source/Reedsville_High_School_(Wisconsin)) joined the Little Nine Conference, replacing the original Little Chute High School, which closed and redistricted to [Appleton](/source/Appleton_Area_School_District) and [Kaukauna](/source/Kaukauna_High_School).<ref name="1930 Reedsville">{{Cite news |date=29 April 1930 |title=Reedsville Now Member Little "9" School Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1028134273/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Two Rivers Reporter and Chronicle |pages=2}}</ref><ref name="1930 Little Chute">{{Cite news |date=6 May 1930 |title=Vote to Abandon Little Chute High; Students Protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186379238/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=23}}</ref>  The Little Nine also split into Eastern and Western Divisions that year:<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 1931 |title=Seymour, Pulaski Will Meet Friday in Conference Tilt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186456965/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=17}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Eastern Division
!Western Division
|-
|Brillion
|Bear Creek
|-
|Denmark
|Hortonville
|-
|Hilbert
|Kimberly
|-
|Reedsville
|Pulaski
|-
|Wrightstown
|Seymour
|}
In 1931, conference membership increased to twelve schools as [Freedom](/source/Freedom_High_School_(Wisconsin)) and [Shiocton](/source/Shiocton_High_School) joined the Little Nine.<ref name="1931 Freedom Shiocton">{{Cite news |date=15 September 1931 |title=Two New Schools Added to Little Nine Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186370364/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=26}}</ref>  Stockbridge was also invited to join the Little Nine that year<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 January 1931 |title=Freedom, Stockbridge Asked to Join League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290911075/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=14}}</ref> but declined the invite.  Freedom was placed in the Eastern Division while Shiocton was placed in the Western Division:<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 1932 |title=Bear Creek Plays Hortonville Five Tomorrow Night |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/287343180/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=14}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Eastern Division
!Western Division
|-
|Brillion
|Bear Creek
|-
|Denmark
|Hortonville
|-
|Freedom
|Kimberly
|-
|Hilbert
|Pulaski
|-
|Reedsville
|Seymour
|-
|Wrightstown
|Shiocton
|}
Pulaski left the conference in 1933 to compete independent of conference affiliation,<ref name="1933 Pulaski">{{Cite news |date=24 November 1933 |title=Pulaski High School Quits Little 9 Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395916744/?match=1&terms=%22little%20nine%22%20pulaski |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=13}}</ref> and two schools swapped divisions with Freedom moving to the Western Division and Kimberly to the Eastern Division.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 September 1933 |title=Little 9 League Shifts Kimberly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396139607/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=14}}</ref>  Two years later, [Winneconne](/source/Winneconne%2C_Wisconsin) joined the Little Nine Conference from the [Little 6-C Conference](/source/7-C_Conference) to bring membership back up to twelve schools.  They took up residence in the Western Division to give the conference two six-team divisions:<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>
{| class="wikitable"
!Eastern Division
!Western Division
|-
|Brillion
|Bear Creek
|-
|Denmark
|Freedom
|-
|Hilbert
|Hortonville
|-
|Kimberly
|Seymour
|-
|Reedsville
|Shiocton
|-
|Wrightstown
|Winneconne
|}
Seymour and Wrightstown swapped division affiliation in 1937,<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 March 1937 |title=Little Nine in Reoganization |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/287315249/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=14}}</ref> and the conference would maintain this alignment for twelve years. Football was added as a sponsored sport in 1947 with five schools (Brillion, Denmark, Shiocton Winneconne and Wrightstown) participating.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 1947 |title=Little Nine Draws Grid Schedule |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396036851/?match=1&terms=%22little%20nine%22%20football |access-date=19 June 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=15}}</ref> In 1950, Kimberly and Seymour left to join the [Northeastern Wisconsin Conference](/source/Northeastern_Wisconsin_Conference), leaving membership at ten schools.<ref name="1950 Kimberly Seymour">{{Cite news |date=23 March 1950 |title=Kimberly and Seymour Join Northeast Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/11622708/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Janesville Weekly Gazette |pages=9}}</ref>  Divisions were also abolished that year, and the Little Nine competed as a single entity for the rest of its history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 January 1951 |title=Reedsville Defeats Hilbert; Winneconne Edges Brillion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1028252825/?match=1&terms=%22little%20nine%22%20standings |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Two Rivers Reporter and Chronicle |pages=9}}</ref>

=== 1950–1970 ===
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| shape-color5=#9d2235 | shape5=circle
| mark-title6=[Omro](/source/Omro_High_School)
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| mark-title7=[Reedsville](/source/Reedsville_High_School)
| mark-coord7={{coord|44.1537|-87.9529}} | mark-description7=Location:
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| mark-title8=[Shiocton](/source/Shiocton_High_School)
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| mark-title9=[Winneconne](/source/Winneconne_High_School)
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The Little Nine Conference remained a fairly stable loop in terms of membership with few changes occurring during the last two decades of the conference's run.  Brillion left in 1951 to join the [Eastern Wisconsin Conference](/source/Eastern_Wisconsin_Conference),<ref name="1951 Brillion">{{Cite news |date=2 February 1951 |title=Brillion High School Officially Accepted by Eastern Wis. Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396163351/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=15}}</ref> they were not replaced until 1956 when [Omro](/source/Omro_High_School) joined the Little Nine from the [Big 7-C Conference](/source/7-C_Conference).<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>  Brillion would return in 1965 to replace Bear Creek after they left the conference to compete in the [Wolf River Valley Conference](/source/Wolf_River_Valley_Conference) for the remainder of their history.<ref name="1965 Bear Creek Brillion">{{Cite news |date=4 December 1964 |title=Brillion Will Leave EWC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396132914/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=20}}</ref>  The Little Nine Conference continued as a ten-member circuit before disbanding in 1970. Six schools moved on to the new [Olympian Conference](/source/Olympian_Conference) (Brillion, Denmark, Freedom, Hilbert, Reedsville and Wrightstown),<ref name="Olympian">{{Cite news |date=2 August 1969 |title=New Area Conference Forms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290796272/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=8}}</ref> three joined the new [East Central Conference](/source/East_Central_Conference) (Hortonville, Omro and Winneconne),<ref name="EWC">{{Cite news |date=20 June 1969 |title=New 8-School Area Conference Will Begin Competition in 1970-71 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290971863/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=19}}</ref> and Shiocton was accepted into the [Central Wisconsin Conference](/source/Central_Wisconsin_Conference).<ref name="CWC">{{Cite news |date=13 March 1970 |title=Area Prep Realignment Almost Complete |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/444980924/? |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=Neenah News-Record |pages=5}}</ref>{{clear}}

== Conference membership history ==

=== Final members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Location
!Affiliation
!Mascot
!Colors
!Joined
!Left
!Conference Joined
!Current Conference
|-
|['''Brillion'''](/source/Brillion_High_School)
|[Brillion, WI](/source/Brillion%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Lions
|{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}}
|1928,<ref name="Founding" /> 1965<ref name="1965 Bear Creek Brillion" />
|1951,<ref name="1951 Brillion" /> 1970<ref name="Olympian" />
|[Eastern Wisconsin](/source/Eastern_Wisconsin_Conference), [Olympian](/source/Olympian_Conference)
|[Eastern Wisconsin](/source/Eastern_Wisconsin_Conference)
|-
|['''Denmark'''](/source/Denmark_High_School_(Denmark%2C_Wisconsin))
|[Denmark, WI](/source/Denmark%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Vikings
|{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|ffc72c}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1970<ref name="Olympian" />
|[Olympian](/source/Olympian_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Freedom'''](/source/Freedom_High_School_(Wisconsin))
|[Freedom, WI](/source/Freedom%2C_Outagamie_County%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Irish
|{{color box|115740}} {{color box|ffc72c}}
|1931<ref name="1931 Freedom Shiocton" />
|1970<ref name="Olympian" />
|[Olympian](/source/Olympian_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Hilbert'''](/source/Hilbert_High_School)
|[Hilbert, WI](/source/Hilbert%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Wolves
|{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}}
|1929<ref name="1929 Hilbert" />
|1970<ref name="Olympian" />
|[Olympian](/source/Olympian_Conference)
|[Big East](/source/Big_East_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Hortonville'''](/source/Hortonville_High_School)
|[Hortonville, WI](/source/Hortonville%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Polar Bears
|{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1970<ref name="EWC" />
|[East Central](/source/East_Central_Conference)
|[Fox Valley Association](/source/Fox_Valley_Association)
|-
|['''Omro'''](/source/Omro_High_School)
|[Omro, WI](/source/Omro%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Foxes
|{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|b3a369}}
|1956<ref name="1956 Omro" />
|1970<ref name="EWC" />
|[East Central](/source/East_Central_Conference)
|[Wisconsin Flyway](/source/Wisconsin_Flyway_Conference)
|-
|['''Reedsville'''](/source/Reedsville_High_School_(Wisconsin))
|[Reedsville, WI](/source/Reedsville%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Panthers
|{{color box|black}} {{color box|e35205}}
|1930<ref name="1930 Reedsville" />
|1970<ref name="Olympian" />
|[Olympian](/source/Olympian_Conference)
|[Big East](/source/Big_East_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Shiocton'''](/source/Shiocton_High_School)
|[Shiocton, WI](/source/Shiocton%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Chiefs
|{{color box|173f35}} {{color box|white}}
|1931<ref name="1931 Freedom Shiocton" />
|1970<ref name="CWC" />
| colspan="2" |[Central Wisconsin](/source/Central_Wisconsin_Conference)
|-
|['''Winneconne'''](/source/Winneconne_High_School)
|[Winneconne, WI](/source/Winneconne%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Wolves
|{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|white}}
|1935<ref name="1935 Winneconne" />
|1970<ref name="EWC" />
|[East Central](/source/East_Central_Conference)
|[Bay](/source/Bay_Conference) (2025)
|-
|['''Wrightstown'''](/source/Wrightstown_High_School)
|[Wrightstown, WI](/source/Wrightstown%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Tigers
|{{color box|0032a0}} {{color box|white}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1970<ref name="Olympian" />
|[Olympian](/source/Olympian_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|}

=== Previous members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Location
!Affiliation
!Mascot
!Colors
!Joined
!Left
!Conference Joined
!Current Conference
|-
|['''Bear Creek'''](/source/Bear_Creek_High_School_(Wisconsin))
|[Bear Creek, WI](/source/Bear_Creek%2C_Outagamie_County%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Bruins
|{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1965<ref name="1965 Bear Creek Brillion" />
|[Wolf River Valley](/source/Wolf_River_Valley_Conference)
|Closed in 1969 (consolidated into [Clintonville](/source/Clintonville_High_School))
|-
|['''Kimberly'''](/source/Kimberly_High_School_(Wisconsin))
|[Kimberly, WI](/source/Kimberly%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Papermakers
|{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1950<ref name="1950 Kimberly Seymour" />
|[Northeastern Wisconsin](/source/Northeastern_Wisconsin_Conference)
|[Fox Valley Association](/source/Fox_Valley_Association)
|-
|['''Little Chute'''](/source/Little_Chute_High_School_(original))
|[Little Chute, WI](/source/Little_Chute%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Purple and Gold
|{{color box|753bbd}} {{color box|ffc72c}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1930<ref name="1930 Little Chute" />
| colspan="2" |Closed (district split between [Appleton](/source/Appleton_Area_School_District) and [Kaukauna](/source/Kaukauna_High_School))
|-
|['''Pulaski'''](/source/Pulaski_High_School)
|[Pulaski, WI](/source/Pulaski%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Red Raiders
|{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1933<ref name="1933 Pulaski" />
|Independent
|[Fox River Classic](/source/Fox_River_Classic_Conference)
|-
|['''Seymour'''](/source/Seymour_High_School_(Wisconsin))
|[Seymour, WI](/source/Seymour_(city)%2C_Outagamie_County%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Indians
|{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}}
|1928<ref name="Founding" />
|1950<ref name="1950 Kimberly Seymour" />
|[Northeastern Wisconsin](/source/Northeastern_Wisconsin_Conference)
|[Bay](/source/Bay_Conference)
|}

==Membership timeline==

=== Full members ===
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  bar:1  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1965 text:
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  bar:3  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1970 text:
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  bar:4  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1970 text:
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  bar:5  color:blue from:1933 till:1950 text:
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  bar:7  color:skyblue from:1930 till:1933 text:
  bar:8  color:tan1 from:1928 till:1930 text:Seymour (1928-1950)
  bar:8  color:skyblue from:1930 till:1937 text:
  bar:8  color:blue from:1937 till:1950 text:
  bar:9  color:tan1 from:1928 till:1930 text:Wrightstown (1928-1970)
  bar:9  color:blue from:1930 till:1937 text:
  bar:9  color:skyblue from:1937 till:1950 text:
  bar:9  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1970 text:
  bar:10  color:tan1 from:1929 till:1930 text:Hilbert (1929-1970)
  bar:10  color:blue from:1930 till:1950 text:
  bar:10  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1970 text:
  bar:11  color:skyblue from:1930 till:1950 text:Reedsville (1930-1970)
  bar:11  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1970 text:
  bar:12  color:blue from:1931 till:1933 text:Freedom (1931-1970)
  bar:12  color:skyblue from:1933 till:1950 text:
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  bar:13  color:skyblue from:1931 till:1950 text:Shiocton (1931-1970)
  bar:13  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1970 text:
  bar:14  color:skyblue from:1935 till:1950 text:Winneconne (1935-1970)
  bar:14  color:tan1 from:1950 till:1970 text:
  bar:15  color:tan1 from:1956 till:1970 text:Omro (1956-1970)

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{{Font color||{{RGB|0|102|204}}| Eastern Division }} {{Font color||{{RGB|178|204|255}}| Western Division }}

=== Football members ===
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  width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:m

  bar:1  color:lavender from:1947 till:1951 text:Brillion (1947-1950)
  bar:1  color:lavender from:1965 till:1970 text:(1965-1969)
  bar:2  color:lavender from:1947 till:1970 text:Denmark (1947-1969)
  bar:3  color:lavender from:1947 till:1970 text:Shiocton (1947-1969)
  bar:4  color:lavender from:1947 till:1970 text:Winneconne (1947-1969)
  bar:5  color:lavender from:1947 till:1970 text:Wrightstown (1947-1969)
  bar:6  color:lavender from:1949 till:1970 text:Freedom (1949-1969)
  bar:7  color:lavender from:1950 till:1970 text:Hortonville (1950-1969)
  bar:8  color:lavender from:1952 till:1970 text:Reedsville (1952-1969)
  bar:9  color:lavender from:1956 till:1970 text:Omro (1956-1969)
  bar:10  color:lavender from:1962 till:1970 text:Hilbert (1962-1969)
  
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1947

</timeline>

== List of conference champions ==

=== Boys Basketball ===
{| class="wikitable"
!School
!Quantity
!Years
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002d6c, inset -2px -2px 0 #002d6c;" |'''Hortonville'''
|13
|1931, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959
|-
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Winneconne'''
|11
|1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1951, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Kimberly'''
|10
|1932, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
|-
| style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Reedsville'''
|8
|1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1945, 1946, 1963, 1964
|-
| style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Seymour'''
|7
|1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1949
|-
| style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Hilbert'''
|6
|1943, 1950, 1955, 1963, 1964, 1965
|-
| style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Denmark'''
|5
|1930, 1937, 1938, 1955, 1962
|-
| style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Bear Creek'''
|3
|1938, 1941, 1954
|-
| style="background: #b3a369; color: #6f2c3f; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #6f2c3f, inset -2px -2px 0 #6f2c3f;" |'''Omro'''
|3
|1968, 1969, 1970
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Brillion'''
|2
|1929, 1935
|-
| style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Freedom'''
|2
|1945, 1946
|-
| style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Shiocton'''
|2
|1960, 1961
|-
| style="background: #753bbd; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Little Chute'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Pulaski'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #0032a0; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Wrightstown'''
|0
|
|}

=== Football ===
{| class="wikitable"
!School
!Quantity
!Years
|-
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Winneconne'''
|8
|1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957
|-
| style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Denmark'''
|8
|1952, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969
|-
| style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Freedom'''
|4
|1957, 1961, 1964, 1965
|-
| style="background: #0032a0; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Wrightstown'''
|4
|1948, 1954, 1962, 1968
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Brillion'''
|3
|1948, 1967, 1968
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002d6c, inset -2px -2px 0 #002d6c;" |'''Hortonville'''
|3
|1956, 1957, 1969
|-
| style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Reedsville'''
|3
|1957, 1958, 1959
|-
| style="background: #b3a369; color: #6f2c3f; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #6f2c3f, inset -2px -2px 0 #6f2c3f;" |'''Omro'''
|1
|1963
|-
| style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Hilbert'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Shiocton'''
|0
|
|}

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