WIAA Big Eight Conference

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The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's Big Eight Conference, is an athletic conference for high schools in south-central Wisconsin. Its nine member schools are the Beloit Memorial High School Purple Knights, Janesville Craig High School Cougars, George S. Parker High School Vikings, Madison East High School Purgolders, Madison LaFollette High School Lancers, Madison Memorial High School Spartans, Madison West High School Regents, Middleton High School Cardinals, and the Sun Prairie High School Cardinals.

The management of the conference is vested in the principals of the member schools. The principals determine the rules governing the eligibility of athletes and the schedules. Rules and regulations may not be less restrictive than those of the WIAA.

The 2007-2008 Sport and Academic year of Big 8 Competition will include a tenth school, Verona High School from the city of Verona.

[edit] Sports

The members of the conference may organize and compete with member schools in the following sports:

Baseball (boys only)
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Hockey
Soccer
Softball (girls only)
Swim
Tennis
Track
Volleyball
Wrestling

Girls are allowed to participate on football, hockey, and wrestling teams.


[edit] Championships

The Big 8 conference is well known for its success and numerous state championships.

Baseball (Spring)
1952 - Madison West
1965 - Beloit Memorial
1967 - Madison East
1974 - Sun Prairie
1977 - Janesville Parker
1983 - Janesville Craig
1984 - Janesville Criag
1990 - Madison Memorial
1992 - Madison Memorial
1994 - Sun Prairie
1997 - Sun Prairie
1998 - Janesville Craig
2003 - Middleton
2005 - Sun Prairie
2006 - Sun Prairie

Baseball (Summer)
none

Basketball (Boys)
1932 - Beloit Memorial
1933 - Beloit Memorial
1934 - Beloit Memorial
1937 - Beloit Memorial
1945 - Madison West
1947 - Beloit Memorial
1958 - Madison East
1969 - Beloit Memorial
1971 - Janesville Parker
1973 - Beloit Memorial
1977 - Madison LaFollette
1982 - Madison LaFollette
2002 - Madison LaFollette

2005 - Madison Memorial

Basketball (Girls)
1976 - Madison West
1982 - Madison West
1993 - Janesville Parker
2000 - Janesville Parker
2001 - Janesville Parker

Cross Country (Boys)
1947 - Madison West
1950 - Janesville
1951 - Madison West
1955 - Madison West
1961 - Janesville
1962 - Janesville
1967 - Madison Memorial
1969 - Madison Memorial
1991 - Madison Memorial
1992 - Middleton
2004 - Madison West
2006 - Madison LaFollette

Cross Country (Girls)
1980 - Madison Memorial
1984 - Madison Memorial
1991 - Janesville Craig
1995 - Middleton
1996 - Middleton
1997 - Middleton
2006 - Middleton

Football
1977 - Madison West
1983 - Middleton
1995 - Sun Prairie

Golf (Boys)
1932 - Beloit Memorial
1934 - Madison West
1935 - Madison West
1936 - Madison West
1945 - Beloit Memorial
1949 - Madison West
1951 - Janesville
1953 - Janesville
1956 - Madison West
1957 - Madison West
1960 - Madison West
1961 - Madison West
1962 - Madison West
1963 - Janesville
1965 - Madison East
1966 - Madison West
1967 - Madison West
1972 - Madison Memorial
1976 - Madison West
1984 - Madison Memorial
1987 - Madison West
1988 - Madison West
1990 - Madison Memorial
1991 - Sun Prairie
1993 - Middleton
1995 - Madison West
1997 - Middleton
1998 - Middleton
1999 - Middleton
2003 - Madison LaFollette

Golf (Girls)
1972 - Madison West
1973 - Madison West
1974 - Madison West
1975 - Madison West
1976 - Madison West
1977 - Madison Memorial
1979 - Madison Memorial
1980 - Madison Memorial

Gymnastics
1983 - Madison LaFollette
1987 - Madison West

Hockey (Boys)
1973 - Madison East
1975 - Madison East
1976 - Madison Memorial
1977 - Madison Memorial
1978 - Madison East
1979 - Madison Memorial
1980 - Madison Memorial
1983 - Madison West
1985 - Madison Memorial
1987 - Madison East
1988 - Madison Memorial
1997 - Sun Prairie
1998 - Madison Memorial
1999 - Beloit Memorial
2000 - Madison Memorial

Hockey (Girls)
none

Soccer (Boys)
1984 - Madison West
1987 - Madison West
1988 - Madison West
2004 - Middleton
2006 - Madison Memorial

Soccer (Girls)
1986 - Madison Memorial
1987 - Madison Memorial
1988 - Madison West
1991 - Madison West
1999 - Madison West
2000 - Madison West
2006 - Middleton

Softball
1976 - Madison West
1989 - Middleton

Swimming & Diving (Boys)
1955 - Janesville
1961 - Janesville
1975 - Beloit Memorial
1976 - Beloit Memorial
1979 - Madison West
1980 - Madison Memorial
1981 - Madison Memorial
1982 - Madison West
1983 - Madison West
1984 - Madison West
1985 - Madison West
1986 - Madison Memorial
1987 - Madison West
1988 - Madison West
1989 - Madison West
1990 - Madison West
1991 - Madison West
1992 - Madison Memorial
1993 - Madison West
1994 - Madison Memorial
1996 - Madison Memorial
2005 - Madison Memorial
2006 - Madison Memorial

Swimming & Diving (Girls)
1970 - Madison Memorial
1971 - Madison Memorial
1972 - Madison Memorial
1973 - Madison West
1974 - Madison Memorial
1975 - Madison Memorial
1976 - Madison Memorial
1977 - Madison West
1978 - Madison Memorial
1979 - Madison Memorial
1980 - Madison West
1981 - Madison West
1982 - Madison West
1983 - Madison West
1986 - Madison West
1988 - Madison Memorial
1989 - Madison West
1990 - Madison West
1991 - Madison West
1992 - Madison West
1993 - Madison Memorial
1994 - Madison Memorial
1995 - Madison West
1996 - Madison West
1997 - Madison West
1998 - Madison West
1999 - Madison Memorial
2000 - Madison Memorial
2001 - Madison Memorial

Tennis (Boys)
1948 - Madison West

Tennis (Girls)
1988 - Madison Memorial

Track & Field (Boys)
1942 - Madison West
1944 - Madison West
1948 - Madison West
1949 - Beloit Memorial
1951 - Madison West
1952 - Madison West
1953 - Madison West
1956 - Madison West
1964 - Madison West
1969 - Madison LaFollette
1970 - Madison Memorial
1973 - Madison Memorial
1977 - Beloit Memorial
1991 - Beloit Memorial
2002 - Madison LaFollette

Track & Field (Girls)
1972 - Madison Memorial
1973 - Madison Memorial
1974 - Madison West
1975 - Madison West
1977 - Madison East
1979 - Madison Memorial
1980 - Madison West
1981 - Madison West
1982 - Madison West
1985 - Madison West
1997 - Middleton
1998 - Middleton
2003 - Madison Memorial

Volleyball (Boys)
1947 - Madison West

Volleyball (Girls)
none

Wrestling
1955 - Janesville
1965 - Madison West


[edit] References

http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/athletics/swc.htm
http://www.wiaawi.org/