Metro Conference (Wisconsin)
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The Metro Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin , formed in 1974 and dissolving in 1997. It consisted entirely of private high schools in the Milwaukee metropolitan area , and most were Catholic high schools within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee .
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History
The Metro Conference was formed in 1974 as the successor to the Milwaukee Catholic Conference [1] Milwaukee Lutheran High School to join the Milwaukee Catholic Conference in the early 1970s.[2] Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association , an organization for private high school athletic programs in the state of Wisconsin.[3]
The conference maintained a very consistent membership roster during its existence, only losing three members: St. John's Cathedral in 1976 (due to closing), Messmer in 1984[4] [5] St. Joan Antida in 1989 (joined the Midwest Classic Conference ). The Metro Conference was very successful at state-level competitions within WISAA, with its most high-profile successes coming in basketball. During its twenty-three-year history, Metro Conference member schools won twenty boys and eighteen girls WISAA basketball championships.[6]
After the 1994 football season, the Metro Conference lost both St. Catherine's and St. Joseph to the new Wisconsin Independent Football Association , leaving the conference with six football members.[7] Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association , the state's high school athletics organization for public schools.[8] [9]
Conference membership history
Final members
School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference Catholic Memorial Waukesha, WI Private (Catholic ) Crusaders 1974 1997 Classic Eight Divine Savior Holy Angels Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic ) Dashers 1974 1997 Greater Metro Dominican Whitefish Bay, WI Private (Catholic , Sinsinawa Dominicans ) Knights 1974 1997 Parkland Metro Classic Marquette University Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic , Jesuit ) Hilltoppers 1974 1997 Greater Metro Milwaukee Lutheran Milwaukee, WI Private (Lutheran , LCMS ) Red Knights 1974 1997 North Shore Woodland Pius XI Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic ) Popes 1974 1997 Classic Eight Woodland St. Catherine's Racine, WI Private (Catholic , Dominican ) Angels 1974 1997 Lakeshore Metro Classic St. Joseph Kenosha, WI Private (Catholic ) Lancers 1974 1997 Lakeshore Metro Classic Thomas More Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic ) Cavaliers 1974 1997 Woodland Metro Classic
Previous members
List of state championships
Fall sports
Boys Cross Country School Year Organization Division Thomas More 1974 WISAA Class A St. Catherine's 1975 WISAA Class A Thomas More 1976 WISAA Class A Thomas More 1978 WISAA Class A Thomas More 1980 WISAA Class A Thomas More 1981 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1984 WISAA Class A St. Catherine's 1985 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1986 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1987 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1988 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1989 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1990 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1991 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1992 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1993 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1994 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1995 WISAA Division 1 St. Catherine's 1996 WISAA Division 1
Girls Cross Country School Year Organization Division Catholic Memorial 1980 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1981 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1982 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1983 WISAA Class A Dominican 1984 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1985 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1988 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1989 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1991 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1992 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1993 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1994 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1995 WISAA Division 1
Football School Year Organization Division Marquette University 1975 WISAA Thomas More 1976 WISAA Class A Thomas More 1977 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1979 WISAA Class A Thomas More 1981 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1982 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1985 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1987 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1988 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1989 WISAA Division 1 Dominican 1990 WISAA Division 2 Catholic Memorial 1993 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1994 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1996 WISAA Division 1
Golf School Year Organization St. Catherine's 1974 WISAA Pius XI 1976 WISAA Marquette University 1982 WISAA Marquette University 1983 WISAA Marquette University 1992 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1993 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1994 WISAA
Boys Soccer School Year Organization Division Marquette University 1979 WISAA Pius XI 1980 WISAA Marquette University 1981 WISAA Marquette University 1982 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1983 WISAA Marquette University 1984 WISAA Marquette University 1985 WISAA Marquette University 1986 WISAA Pius XI 1988 WISAA Marquette University 1989 WISAA Marquette University 1990 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1991 WISAA Marquette University 1992 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1993 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1994 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1995 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1996 WISAA Division 1
Girls Tennis School Year Organization Dominican 1978 WISAA Dominican 1979 WISAA DSHA 1992 WISAA DSHA 1993 WISAA DSHA 1994 WISAA DSHA 1996 WISAA
Volleyball School Year Organization Division Dominican 1974 WISAA Milwaukee Lutheran 1975 WISAA Dominican 1976 WISAA Milwaukee Lutheran 1977 WISAA St. Catherine's 1978 WISAA Dominican 1979 WISAA Pius XI 1981 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1982 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1983 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1984 WISAA Class A DSHA 1985 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1986 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1987 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1988 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1989 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1990 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1991 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1992 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1993 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1994 WISAA Division 1
Winter sports
Boys Basketball School Year Organization Division Pius XI 1975 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1976 WISAA Class A St. Catherine's 1977 WISAA Class A Dominican 1978 WISAA Class A Dominican 1979 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1980 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1981 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1983 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1984 WISAA Class A St. Catherine's 1985 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1986 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1987 WISAA Class A Thomas More 1988 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1989 WISAA Class A Dominican 1991 WISAA Class A St. Catherine's 1992 WISAA Division 1 St. Catherine's 1993 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1994 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1996 WISAA Division 1 Dominican 1997 WISAA Division 1
Girls Basketball School Year Organization Division St. Catherine's 1976 WISAA Milwaukee Lutheran 1977 WISAA St. Catherine's 1979 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1980 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1982 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1983 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1984 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1985 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1986 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1987 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1988 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1989 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1990 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1991 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1992 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1993 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1995 WISAA Division 1 DSHA 1996 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1997 WISAA Division 1
Wrestling School Year Organization Thomas More 1975 WISAA St. Joseph 1978 WISAA Pius XI 1979 WISAA Marquette University 1980 WISAA Marquette University 1981 WISAA Marquette University 1982 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1991 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1992 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1995 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1996 WISAA
Spring sports
Baseball School Year Organization St. Catherine's 1975 WISAA St. Catherine's 1976 WISAA St. Joseph 1977 WISAA Thomas More 1981 WISAA Marquette University 1982 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1983 WISAA St. Joseph 1988 WISAA St. Catherine's 1989 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1990 WISAA Marquette University 1992 WISAA Marquette University 1993 WISAA Pius XI 1994 WISAA Marquette University 1995 WISAA Thomas More 1996 WISAA Marquette University 1997 WISAA
Girls Soccer School Year Organization Pius XI 1987 WISAA DSHA 1988 WISAA Pius XI 1989 WISAA Pius XI 1990 WISAA Pius XI 1991 WISAA Pius XI 1992 WISAA DSHA 1993 WISAA Pius XI 1994 WISAA Pius XI 1995 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1996 WISAA Pius XI 1997 WISAA
Softball School Year Organization Division St. Catherine's 1977 WISAA Milwaukee Lutheran 1978 WISAA St. Joseph 1979 WISAA Pius XI 1980 WISAA DSHA 1981 WISAA Dominican 1982 WISAA Catholic Memorial 1983 WISAA Pius XI 1986 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1989 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1990 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1991 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1992 WISAA Division 1 St. Catherine's 1993 WISAA Division 1 St. Catherine's 1994 WISAA Division 1 Pius XI 1995 WISAA Division 1
Boys Tennis School Year Organization Marquette University 1981 WISAA Marquette University 1982 WISAA Marquette University 1983 WISAA Marquette University 1984 WISAA Marquette University 1985 WISAA Marquette University 1986 WISAA Marquette University 1988 WISAA Marquette University 1989 WISAA Marquette University 1990 WISAA Marquette University 1991 WISAA Marquette University 1992 WISAA Marquette University 1993 WISAA Marquette University 1994 WISAA Marquette University 1995 WISAA Marquette University 1996 WISAA Marquette University 1997 WISAA
Boys Track & Field School Year Organization Division Pius XI 1975 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1976 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1977 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1978 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1979 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1982 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1983 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1984 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1985 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1986 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1988 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1989 WISAA Class A Marquette University 1990 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1991 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1992 WISAA Division 1 Marquette University 1995 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1996 WISAA Division 1
Girls Track & Field School Year Organization Division Pius XI 1979 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1980 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1981 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1982 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1983 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1984 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1985 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1986 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1987 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1988 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1989 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1990 WISAA Class A Catholic Memorial 1991 WISAA Class A Pius XI 1992 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1993 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1994 WISAA Division 1 Catholic Memorial 1995 WISAA Division 1 St. Joseph 1995 WISAA Division 2 Catholic Memorial 1996 WISAA Division 1
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball
School Quantity Years Marquette University 10 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 Dominican 5 1978, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1997 Thomas More 4 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988 Pius XI 3 1995, 1996, 1997 Catholic Memorial 2 1987, 1993 St. Catherine's 2 1977, 1992 Messmer 1 1982 Milwaukee Lutheran 1 1985 St. Joseph 1 1984 St. John's Cathedral 0
Girls Basketball
School Quantity Years Pius XI 18 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 St. Catherine's 3 1976, 1977, 1979 Milwaukee Lutheran 1 1978 Catholic Memorial 0 Dominican 0 DSHA 0 Messmer 0 St. Joan Antida 0 St. John's Cathedral 0 St. Joseph 0 Thomas More 0
School Quantity Years Marquette University 9 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996 Catholic Memorial 6 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1993, 1996 Thomas More 5 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981 St. Catherine's 3 1975, 1977, 1978 Pius XI 1 1992 Dominican 0 Messmer 0 Milwaukee Lutheran 0 St. John's Cathedral 0 St. Joseph 0
References
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