{{Short description|Wisconsin high school athletic conference (1953-2008)}} The '''Lumberjack Conference''' is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in north central Wisconsin. Originating as a football-only conference in 1946, the Lumberjack Conference competed as an all-sport conference from 1953 to 2008. All member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
== History ==
=== 1946–1953 === The Lumberjack Conference was organized in 1946 as a football-only conference by a group of small- to medium-sized schools in north central Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 1945 |title=New Grid Loop Being Organized |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243531362/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22 |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=5}}</ref> Original members were Medford, Mosinee, Stanley, Tomahawk and the "B" team from Wausau High School. In 1948, the Wausau "B" team left the conference and were replaced by Nekoosa High School, formerly of the Wisconsin Valley Conference.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 1948 |title=Await Conference Meeting to Decide Lumberjack Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243263943/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20standings |archive-url= |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=13}}</ref> Stanley left the league in 1950 to join their primary home (the Cloverbelt Conference) for football and were replaced by Park Falls and Phillips.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 1950 |title=Lumberjack Conference Elects New Officers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/267171633/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20standings}}</ref> By 1951, conference officials began discussing sponsorship of sports other than football, contingent upon Nekoosa and Tomahawk leaving the larger Wisconsin Valley Conference.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 February 1951 |title=Nekoosa High to Quit Valley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/11692762/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Rhinelander Daily News |pages=6}}</ref> Park Falls left the Lumberjack Conference in 1952 to become an all-sport member of the Michigan-Wisconsin Conference (which they already belonged to for basketball).<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 November 1951 |title=Officials of Lumberjack Conference to Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/267470355/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20%22park%20falls%22 |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Marshfield News-Herald |pages=14}}</ref> Nekoosa followed them out to join the South Central Conference, and the Lumberjack was down to four members for the 1952 football season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 December 1951 |title=Nekoosa Gridders to Compete in New Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243476462/?match=1&terms=%22south%20central%20conference%22%20nekoosa |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=4}}</ref> In 1953, the newly opened D.C. Everest High School in Schofield was accepted into the Lumberjack Conference as its fifth football member.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 November 1952 |title=Football at Everest High School in '53 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/271701198/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20standings%20rothschild |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Wausau Daily Herald |pages=14}}</ref>
=== 1953–1976 === {{OSM Location map | title = | coord = {{coord|45.2500|-90.0000}} | float = right | zoom = 7 <!--(1=wisconsin, 18=a street)--> | width = 250 | height = 250 | mark-size1=10 | mark-title1=D.C. Everest | mark-coord1={{coord|44.8975|-89.5940}} | mark-description1=Location: | shape-color1=#115740 | shape1=circle | mark-title2=Medford | mark-coord2={{coord|45.1418|-90.3652}} | mark-description2=Location: | shape-color2=#d50032 | shape2=circle | mark-title3=Mosinee | mark-coord3={{coord|44.7942|-89.7085}} | mark-description3=Location: | shape-color3=#582c83 | shape3=circle | mark-title4=Phillips | mark-coord4={{coord|45.6937|-90.4139}} | mark-description4=Location: | shape-color4=#e35205 | shape4=circle | caption = Location of Original Lumberjack Conference Members | auto-caption= | wrap=wrap}} A few months after D.C. Everest was welcomed into the Lumberjack Conference, the loop elected to sponsor additional sports, starting with basketball in the 1953–54 school year.<ref name="Founding">{{Cite news |date=15 April 1953 |title=Lumberjack League Adds Basketball Slate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272635036/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20standings%20rothschild |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Wausau Daily Herald |pages=18}}</ref> Four of the football members (D.C. Everest, Medford, Mosinee and Phillips) would compete in the inaugural season. The fifth football member, Tomahawk, joined the Lumberjack the next year as a full member after leaving the Wisconsin Valley Conference.<ref name="1953 Tomahawk">{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1 July 1954 |title=4 Schools Form New Prep League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518417868/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Clumberjack%2520conference%E2%80%9D%2520standings |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=The Capital Times |pages=26}}</ref> Park Falls joined the conference in 1955 after their exit from the Michigan-Wisconsin Conference.<ref name="1955 ParkFalls">{{Cite news |date=12 November 1954 |title=Park Falls Coming Back To Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272023664/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Clumberjack%2520conference%E2%80%9D%2520tomahawk%2520%E2%80%9Cpark%2520falls%E2%80%9D |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=Wausau Dailu Herald |pages=14}}</ref> In 1957, D.C. Everest left the Lumberjack Conference when they were invited to join the Wisconsin Valley Conference.<ref name="1957 Everest">{{Cite news |date=13 November 1956 |title=D.C. Everest Admitted Into Valley Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/250806680/?match=1&terms=everest%20%22wisconsin%20valley%20conference%22 |access-date=24 December 2024 |work=Stevens Point Journal |pages=1}}</ref> They were replaced by Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua (formerly of the Northern Lakes Conference) in 1958,<ref name="1958 Lakeland">{{Cite news |date=24 October 1957 |title=Lakeland Board Reaffirms Shift to New Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/11010212/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Clumberjack%2520conference%E2%80%9D%2520lakeland%2520minocqua |access-date=27 December 2024 |work=Rhinelander Daily News |pages=3}}</ref> and the conference remained a six-member circuit for fifteen years. Ashland and Hurley joined the Lumberjack in 1973, leading to the dissolution of the Michigan-Wisconsin Conference.<ref name="1973 AshlandHurley">{{Cite news |date=9 May 1972 |title=Lumberjack Conference Accepts Hurley’s Bid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/55237750/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Clumberjack%2520conference%E2%80%9D%2520ashland |access-date=27 December 2024 |work=Ironwood Daily Globe |pages=5}}</ref>
=== 1976–2008 === {{OSM Location map | title = | coord = {{coord|45.4500|-90.0000}} | float = right | zoom = 6 <!--(1=wisconsin, 18=a street)--> | width = 250 | height = 250 | mark-size1=10 | mark-title1=Ashland | mark-coord1={{coord|46.5737|-90.8839}} | mark-description1=Location: | shape-color1=#330072 | shape1=circle | mark-title2=Auburndale | mark-coord2={{coord|44.6324|-90.0058}} | mark-description2=Location: | shape-color2=#005eb8 | shape2=circle | mark-title3=Colby | mark-coord3={{coord|44.9203|-90.3180}} | mark-description3=Location: | shape-color3=#115740 | shape3=circle | mark-title4=Hurley | mark-coord4={{coord|46.4560|-90.2018}} | mark-description4=Location: | shape-color4=#ff8200 | shape4=circle | mark-title5=Lakeland Union | mark-coord5={{coord|45.8866|-89.7058}} | mark-description5=Location: | shape-color5=#000000 | shape5=circle | mark-title6=Medford | mark-coord6={{coord|45.1418|-90.3652}} | mark-description6=Location: | shape-color6=#d50032 | shape6=circle | mark-title7=Mosinee | mark-coord7={{coord|44.7942|-89.7085}} | mark-description7=Location: | shape-color7=#582c83 | shape7=circle | mark-title8=Nekoosa | mark-coord8={{coord|44.3094|-89.9089}} | mark-description8=Location: | shape-color8=#041e42 | shape8=circle | mark-title9=Northland Pines | mark-coord9={{coord|45.9363|-89.2528}} | mark-description9=Location: | shape-color9=#005eb8 | shape9=circle | mark-title10=Park Falls | mark-coord10={{coord|45.9459|-90.4546}} | mark-description10=Location: | shape-color10=#ba0c2f | shape10=circle | mark-title11=Phillips | mark-coord11={{coord|45.6937|-90.4139}} | mark-description11=Location: | shape-color11=#e35205 | shape11=circle | mark-title12=Tomahawk | mark-coord12={{coord|45.4769|-89.7104}} | mark-description12=Location: | shape-color12=#ffc72c | shape12=circle | caption = Location of Lumberjack Conference Members (1976-1978) | auto-caption= | wrap=wrap}} In 1976, the Lumberjack Conference added four schools: Auburndale, Colby, Nekoosa and Northland Pines in Eagle River. Auburndale and Nekoosa were former members of the Marawood Conference, Colby came from the Cloverbelt Conference, and Northland Pines was late of the Northern Lakes Conference. To accommodate the expansion of the Lumberjack to twelve member schools, the conference subdivided into North and South Divisions:<ref name="1976-01 Expansion">{{Cite news |date=27 June 1975 |title=Papers, Apaches Shifted to Lumberjack |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/243931832/?match=1&terms=%22marawood%20conference%22%20granton%20realignment |access-date=24 December 2024 |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |pages=6}}</ref><ref name="1976-02 Expansion">{{Cite news |last=Orcutt |first=Rob |date=1 July 1975 |title=Medium, small school officials display mixed emotions in wake of realignment |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273152932/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20realignment |work=Wausau Daily Herald |pages=15}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !North Division !South Division |- |Ashland |Auburndale |- |Hurley |Colby |- |Lakeland Union |Medford |- |Northland Pines |Mosinee |- |Park Falls |Nekoosa |- |Phillips |Tomahawk |} {{OSM Location map | title = | coord = {{coord|45.5500|-89.8500}} | float = right | zoom = 7 <!--(1=wisconsin, 18=a street)--> | width = 250 | height = 250 | mark-size1=10 | mark-title1=Lakeland Union | mark-coord1={{coord|45.8866|-89.7058}} | mark-description1=Location: | shape-color1=#000000 | shape1=circle | mark-title2=Medford | mark-coord2={{coord|45.1418|-90.3652}} | mark-description2=Location: | shape-color2=#d50032 | shape2=circle | mark-title3=Northland Pines | mark-coord3={{coord|45.9363|-89.2528}} | mark-description3=Location: | shape-color3=#005eb8 | shape3=circle | mark-title4=Park Falls | mark-coord4={{coord|45.9459|-90.4546}} | mark-description4=Location: | shape-color4=#ba0c2f | shape4=circle | mark-title5=Phillips | mark-coord5={{coord|45.6937|-90.4139}} | mark-description5=Location: | shape-color5=#e35205 | shape5=circle | mark-title6=Tomahawk | mark-coord6={{coord|45.4769|-89.7104}} | mark-description6=Location: | shape-color6=#ffc72c | shape6=circle | caption = Location of Final Lumberjack Conference Members | auto-caption= | wrap=wrap}} This alignment would be short-lived, as four schools left the Lumberjack to join the Cloverbelt Conference in 1978: Auburndale, Colby, Mosinee and Nekoosa. Mosinee had long wanted out of the Lumberjack because of the long travel distances they experienced as members of the conference and were closer to their new rivals in the Cloverbelt.<ref name="1978 Contraction">{{Cite news |last=McNichols |first=Mike |date=24 September 1977 |title=Mosinee, Colby, two other LJ schools move into Cloverbelt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273416556/?match=1&terms=lumberjack%20cloverbelt%20realignment |access-date=24 December 2024 |work=Wausau Daily Herald |pages=11}}</ref> The conference went back down to a single division and continued as an eight-member conference until Hurley left in 1980 to join with former rivals in the Michigan-Wisconsin Conference to form the Gogebic Range Conference.<ref name="1980 Hurley">{{Cite news |date=31 January 1980 |title=Lumberjack Stats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268220350/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20hurley |archive-url= |access-date=25 December 2024 |work=Marshfield News Herald |pages=15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 January 1981 |title=Lumberjack Cage Stats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268192014/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=25 December 2024 |work=Marshfield News-Herald |pages=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 1980 |title=Torrid Teams Tangle in Tuesday Feature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/4721772/?match=1&terms=%22gogebic%20range%20conference%22 |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=Ironwood Daily Globe |pages=10}}</ref> After the 2002 season, the Lumberjack Conference ended sponsorship of football,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Tim |date=14 January 2003 |title=Lumberjack, Valley conferences in for a shakeup |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268686867/?terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20football |access-date=16 July 2025 |work=Marshfield News-Herald |pages=9}}</ref> in part due to Phillips's abrupt exit from the football roster before the season started.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lueck |first=Collin |date=11 September 2002 |title=Hatchets fall to Indians |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1092948125/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20football%20phillips |access-date=16 July 2025 |work=Merrill Foto News |pages=43}}</ref> The remaining seven full members continued on until Ashland left the Lumberjack Conference in 2006 to join the Lake Superior Conference, a Minnesota-based conference that included nearby Superior High School as members.<ref name="2006 Ashland">{{Cite news |last=Weegman |first=Rick |date=8 September 2006 |title=Ashland feels right at home in Minnesota-based conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1132761155/?match=1&terms=ashland%20%22lake%20superior%20conference%22 |access-date=25 December 2024 |work=Duluth News Tribune |pages=14}}</ref> The Lumberjack played on with six members until 2008, when the conference was dissolved. Four of its member schools (Lakeland Union, Medford, Northland Pines and Tomahawk) were founding members of the Great Northern Conference,<ref name="Ending">{{Cite news |last=Lueck |first=Collin |date=11 June 2008 |title=Merrill High School ready for move to brand new conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1092368936/?match=1&terms=%22lumberjack%20conference%22%20realignment |access-date=24 December 2024 |work=Merrill Foto News |pages=31}}</ref> and the other two schools (Park Falls and Phillips) joined the Marawood Conference. Park Falls High School would close in 2009 after consolidation with Glidden to form Chequamegon High School.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 July 2009 |title=School District Consolidation History (graphic insert) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/304868762/?match=1&terms=%E2%80%9Cpark%2520falls%E2%80%9D%2520glidden%2520Chequamegon |access-date=27 December 2024 |work=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |pages=6A}}</ref>{{clear}}
== Conference membership history ==
=== Final members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |- |'''Lakeland Union''' |Minocqua, WI |Public |Thunderbirds |{{color box|black}} {{color box|white}} |1958<ref name="1958 Lakeland" /> |2008<ref name="Ending" /> | colspan="2" |Great Northern |- |'''Medford''' |Medford, WI |Public |Red Raiders |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |1953<ref name="Founding" /> |2008<ref name="Ending" /> | colspan="2" |Great Northern |- |'''Northland Pines''' |Eagle River, WI |Public |Eagles |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |1976<ref name="1976-01 Expansion" /><ref name="1976-02 Expansion" /> |2008<ref name="Ending" /> | colspan="2" |Great Northern |- |'''Park Falls''' |Park Falls, WI |Public |Cardinals |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |1955<ref name="1955 ParkFalls" /> |2008<ref name="Ending" /> |Marawood |Closed in 2009 (consolidated into Chequamegon) |- |'''Phillips''' |Phillips, WI |Public |Loggers |{{color box|black}} {{color box|e35205}} |1953<ref name="Founding" /> |2008<ref name="Ending" /> | colspan="2" |Marawood |- |'''Tomahawk''' |Tomahawk, WI |Public |Hatchets |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1954<ref name="1954 Tomahawk" /> |2008<ref name="Ending" /> | colspan="2" |Great Northern |}
=== Previous members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Conference Joined !Current Conference |- |'''Ashland''' |Ashland, WI |Public |Oredockers |{{color box|330072}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1973<ref name="1973 AshlandHurley" /> |2006<ref name="2006 Ashland" /> |Lake Superior (MSHSL) |Heart O' North |- |'''Auburndale''' |Auburndale, WI |Public |Apaches |{{color box|005eb8}} {{color box|white}} |1976<ref name="1976-01 Expansion" /><ref name="1976-02 Expansion" /> |1978<ref name="1978 Contraction" /> |Cloverbelt |Marawood |- |'''Colby''' |Colby, WI |Public |Hornets |{{color box|115740}} {{color box|b3a369}} |1976<ref name="1976-01 Expansion" /><ref name="1976-02 Expansion" /> |1978<ref name="1978 Contraction" /> | colspan="2" |Cloverbelt |- |'''D.C. Everest''' |Weston, WI |Public |Evergreens |{{color box|173f35}} {{color box|white}} |1953<ref name="Founding" /> |1957<ref name="1957 Everest" /> | colspan="2" |Wisconsin Valley |- |'''Hurley''' |Hurley, WI |Public |Midgets |{{color box|black}} {{color box|ff8200}} |1973<ref name="1973 AshlandHurley" /> |1980<ref name="1980 Hurley" /> |Gogebic Range (MHSAA) |Northern Lights |- |'''Mosinee''' |Mosinee, WI |Public |Indians |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|white}} |1953<ref name="Founding" /> |1978<ref name="1978 Contraction" /> |Cloverbelt |Great Northern |- |'''Nekoosa''' |Nekoosa, WI |Public |Papermakers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|white}} |1976<ref name="1976-01 Expansion" /><ref name="1976-02 Expansion" /> |1978<ref name="1978 Contraction" /> |Cloverbelt |South Central |}
=== Associate members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Joined !Left !Primary Conference !Sport |- |'''Mosinee''' |Mosinee, WI |Public |Indians |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|white}} |1997 |2008 |Cloverbelt |Boys Hockey |- |'''Waupaca''' |Waupaca, WI |Public |Comets |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|white}} |1997 |2008 |East Central, Valley 8, Eastern Valley |Boys Hockey |}
=== Football-only members === {| class="wikitable sortable" !School !Location !Affiliation !Mascot !Colors !Seasons !Primary Conference |- |'''Medford''' |Medford, WI |Public |Red Raiders |{{color box|d50032}} {{color box|white}} |1946-1952 |3-C |- |'''Mosinee''' |Mosinee, WI |Public |Indians |{{color box|582c83}} {{color box|white}} |1946-1952 |Marathon County, Central Wisconsin |- |'''Nekoosa''' |Nekoosa, WI |Public |Papermakers |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|white}} |1948-1951 |Wisconsin Valley |- |'''Park Falls''' |Park Falls, WI |Public |Cardinals |{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}} |1950-1951 |Michigan-Wisconsin |- |'''Phillips''' |Phillips, WI |Public |Loggers |{{color box|black}} {{color box|e35205}} |1950-1952 |3-C |- |'''Stanley''' |Stanley, WI |Public |Orioles |{{color box|ff8200}} {{color box|black}} |1946-1949 |Cloverbelt |- |'''Tomahawk''' |Tomahawk, WI |Public |Hatchets |{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|ffc72c}} |1946-1953 |Wisconsin Valley |}
==Membership timeline==
=== Full members === <timeline> DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1953 till:2008 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5
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</timeline> {{Font color||{{RGB|0|102|204}}| North Division }} {{Font color||{{RGB|178|204|255}}| South Division }}
=== Football members === <timeline> DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1946 till:2003 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5
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bar:1 color:lavender from:1946 till:1976 text:Medford (1946-2002) bar:1 color:yellowgreen from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:1 color:lavender from:1978 till:2003 text: bar:2 color:lavender from:1946 till:1976 text:Mosinee (1946-1977) bar:2 color:yellowgreen from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:3 color:lavender from:1946 till:1950 text:Stanley (1946-1949) bar:4 color:lavender from:1946 till:1976 text:Tomahawk (1946-2002) bar:4 color:yellowgreen from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:4 color:lavender from:1978 till:2003 text: bar:5 color:lavender from:1946 till:1948 text:Wausau "B" (1946-1947) bar:6 color:lavender from:1948 till:1952 text:Nekoosa (1948-1951) bar:6 color:yellowgreen from:1976 till:1978 text:(1976-1977) bar:7 color:lavender from:1950 till:1952 text:Park Falls (1950-1951, 1955-2002) bar:7 color:lavender from:1955 till:1976 text: bar:7 color:green from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:7 color:lavender from:1978 till:2003 text: bar:8 color:lavender from:1950 till:1976 text:Phillips (1950-2001) bar:8 color:green from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:8 color:lavender from:1978 till:2002 text: bar:9 color:lavender from:1953 till:1957 text:D.C. Everest (1953-1956) bar:10 color:lavender from:1958 till:1976 text:Lakeland Union (1958-2002) bar:10 color:green from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:10 color:lavender from:1978 till:2003 text: bar:11 color:lavender from:1973 till:1976 text:Ashland (1973-2002) bar:11 color:green from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:11 color:lavender from:1978 till:2003 text: bar:12 color:lavender from:1973 till:1980 text:Hurley (1973-1979) bar:12 color:green from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:12 color:lavender from:1978 till:1980 text: bar:13 color:yellowgreen from:1976 till:1978 text:Auburndale (1976-1977) bar:14 color:yellowgreen from:1976 till:1978 text:Colby (1976-1977) bar:15 color:green from:1976 till:1978 text:Northland Pines (1976-2002) bar:15 color:lavender from:1978 till:2003 text:
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</timeline>{{Font color||{{RGB|0|178|0}}| North Division}} {{Font color||{{RGB|153|229|153}}| South Division}}
== List of state champions ==
=== Fall sports === {| class="wikitable" |+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf Boys Cross Country] !School !Year !Division |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |1977 |Class B |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Phillips''' |1990 |Division 2 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Phillips''' |1992 |Division 2 |} {| class="wikitable" |+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf Girls Cross Country] !School !Year !Division |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |1976 |Single Division |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |1978 |Class B |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |1979 |Class B |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Phillips''' |1985 |Class B |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Phillips''' |1986 |Class B |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Park Falls''' |1988 |Class B |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Park Falls''' |1991 |Division 2 |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |2004 |Division 2 |} {| class="wikitable" |+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Football] !School !Year !Division |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Lakeland Union''' |1983 |Division 3 |- | style="background: #330072; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Ashland''' |1984 |Division 2 |- | style="background: #330072; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Ashland''' |1993 |Division 3 |}
=== Winter sports === {| class="wikitable" |+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf?ver=2019-03-25-161230-947 Boys Basketball] !School !Year !Division |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Park Falls''' |1999 |Division 3 |} {| class="wikitable" |+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Girls/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf?ver=2019-03-25-103336-893 Girls Basketball] !School !Year !Division |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Lakeland Union''' |1992 |Division 2 |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Park Falls''' |1995 |Division 3 |} {| class="wikitable" |+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF//Results/statechampsbyschool.htm Curling] !School !Year !Division |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Medford''' |1968 |Single Division |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Medford''' |1970 |Single Division |} === Spring sports === None
== List of conference champions ==
=== Boys Basketball === {| class="wikitable" !School !Quantity !Years |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Medford''' |18 |1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2008 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Lakeland Union''' |15 |1960, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Park Falls''' |9 |1959, 1960, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001 |- | style="background: #330072; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Ashland''' |8 |1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989 |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |6 |1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1980 |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Mosinee''' |5 |1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Phillips''' |4 |1986, 1987, 1992, 1996 |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Auburndale''' |1 |1977 |- | style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #b3a369, inset -2px -2px 0 #b3a369;" |'''Colby''' |0 | |- | style="background: #173f35; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''D.C. Everest''' |0 | |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ff8200, inset -2px -2px 0 #ff8200;" |'''Hurley''' |0 | |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Nekoosa''' |0 | |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Northland Pines''' |0 | |}
=== Girls Basketball === {| class="wikitable" !School !Quantity !Years |- | style="background: #330072; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Ashland''' |8 |1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Medford''' |8 |1977, 1987, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Lakeland Union''' |6 |1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2004, 2006 |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Northland Pines''' |6 |1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987 |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Park Falls''' |5 |1994, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008 |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |3 |1977, 1978, 2000 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Phillips''' |1 |1997 |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Auburndale''' |0 | |- | style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #b3a369, inset -2px -2px 0 #b3a369;" |'''Colby''' |0 | |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ff8200, inset -2px -2px 0 #ff8200;" |'''Hurley''' |0 | |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Mosinee''' |0 | |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Nekoosa''' |0 | |- | colspan="3" |'''Champions from 1982 unknown''' |}
=== Football === {| class="wikitable" !School !Quantity !Years |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Medford''' |20 |1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Mosinee''' |16 |1948, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977 |- | style="background: #330072; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Ashland''' |12 |1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Lakeland Union''' |8 |1963, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1996, 2002 |- | style="background: #173f35; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''D.C. Everest''' |2 |1955, 1956 |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Nekoosa''' |2 |1948, 1949 |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Northland Pines''' |2 |1981, 1986 |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" |'''Park Falls''' |2 |1950, 1959 |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Tomahawk''' |2 |1966, 1989 |- | style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #b3a369, inset -2px -2px 0 #b3a369;" |'''Colby''' |1 |1977 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #e35205, inset -2px -2px 0 #e35205;" |'''Phillips''' |1 |1968 |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Auburndale''' |0 | |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ff8200, inset -2px -2px 0 #ff8200;" |'''Hurley''' |0 | |- | style="background: #e35205; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Stanley''' |0 | |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Wausau "B"''' |0 | |}
=== Boys Hockey === {| class="wikitable" !School !Quantity !Years |- | style="background: #005eb8; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" | '''Northland Pines''' |10 |1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |- | style="background: #582c83; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" | '''Mosinee''' |4 |1998, 2002, 2007, 2008 |- | style="background: #330072; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" | '''Ashland''' |1 |1997 |- | style="background: black; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" | '''Lakeland Union''' |1 |2001 |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" | '''Waupaca''' |1 |2000 |- | style="background: #d50032; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" | '''Medford''' |0 | |- | style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffffff, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffffff;" | '''Park Falls''' |0 | |- | style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" | '''Tomahawk''' |0 | |}
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{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}
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