| Bay Conference (Bay) |
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|---|---|
| Established | 1970 |
| Association | WIAA |
| Members | 9 |
| Headquarters | Suamico, Wisconsin |
| Commissioner | Garry Sievert |
| Website | http://www.bayconference.org/ |
The Bay Conference, is a high school athletic conference made up of 9 teams in northeastern Wisconsin, centering primarily around the Green Bay / Fox Valley Metropolitan Areas. Conference schools are members of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association based in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Contents |
| Team & Mascot | School | Year Joined | Former Conference | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark Vikings | Denmark HS | 2007 | Packerland | 542 |
| Hortonville Polar Bears | Hortonville HS | 2007 | Valley 8 | 1172 |
| Luxemburg-Casco Spartans | Luxemburg-Casco HS | 2007 | Packerland | 669 |
| Marinette Marines | Marinette HS | 1970 | None; Charter Member | 722 |
| New London Bulldogs | New London HS | 1979 | East Central | 888 |
| Oconto Falls Panthers | Oconto Falls HS | 1970 & 2007* | Valley 8 | 632 |
| Seymour Thunder | Seymour HS | 1970 | None, Charter Member | 826 |
| Shawano Hawks | Shawano Community HS | 1979 | Wisconsin Valley | 962 |
| West De Pere Phantoms | West De Pere HS | 1970 | None; Charter Member | 778 |
| Team & Mascot | School | Current Conference | Member for: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonduel Bears | Bonduel HS | Central Wisconsin | Girls Swimming; Combined with Shawano |
| Clintonville Truckers | Clintonville HS | Eastern Valley | Girls Swimming |
| Sturgeon Bay Clippers | Sturgeon Bay HS | Packerland | Girls Swimming |
| Sevastopol Pioneers | Sevastopol HS | Packerland | Girls Swimming; Combined with Sturgeon Bay |
| Team & Mascot | School | Year Joined | Year Left | Current Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwaubenon Jaguars | Ashwaubenon HS | 1970, Charter Member | 2007 | Fox River Classic |
| Bay Port Pirates | Bay Port HS | 1970, Charter Member | 2007 | Fox River Classic |
| Clintonville Truckers | Clintonville HS | 1970, Charter Member | 1999 | Eastern Valley |
| De Pere Redbirds | De Pere HS | 1970, Charter Member | 2007 | Fox River Classic |
| Oconto Blue Devils | Oconto HS | 1970, Charter Member | 1979 | Packerland |
| Pulaski Red Raiders | Pulaski HS | 1970, Charter Member | 2007 | Fox River Classic |
Of the ten original members, only Marinette, Seymour, and West De Pere have remained in the conference since its inception.
The 2007 WIAA Realignment brought major changes to the Bay Conference. The desire for a top-level, highly competitive Green Bay Metro high school sports conference prompted the transfer of Bay Conference powerhouses Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, & Pulaski to the Fox River Classic Conference where they joined the larger Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan Area High Schools.
These changes also included the transfer of Hortonville and Oconto Falls from the now defunct Valley 8 Conference as well as the transfer of Denmark & Luxemburg-Casco from the Packerland Conference. Each of these schools have increasing enrollments and had out-grown their previous conferences.
In late 2008, Hortonville High School officially petitioned the WIAA for consideration in moving the growing school into the Fox Valley Association in exchange for Menasha High School whose declining enrollment prompted them to look at other alternatives. Hortonville cited travel times and costs as well as well as the imbalance that currently exists within the Bay Conference as reasons to leave. Hortonville's enrollment is nearly twice as large as the Bay Conference's smallest school and 200 students more than the second largest school. The issue came to a vote at a Menasha School Board meeting, which resulted in Menasha's decision to remain in the FVA.[3] In September 2011 at an WIAA Area meeting held in Appleton Green Bay West requested to leave the FRCC to join the Bay Conference while Green Bay East asked to go if needed,.[4][5] West & East both cited they have not been able to compete in the FRCC.
Baseball
Cross Country Boys (Individual Champion)
Cross Country Girls (Individual Champion)
Girl's Tennis
Boys Golf
Girls Golf
Boys Soccer
Girls Swimming
Girls Soccer
Football
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Track & Field Boys
Track & Field Girls
Boys Tennis
Softball
Volleyball
Wrestling
Conference Championship Trophy 1970-1979 http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac284/B_Erdmann/IMG_6682.jpg
Conference Championship trophy 1979-1980 http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac284/B_Erdmann/IMG_6977.jpg
Conference Championship trophy 1980-1999 [IMG]http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac284/B_Erdmann/IMG_6978.jpg[/IMG]
Sources
The Bay Conference was known & still is to have some heated rivalries both geographically & sport.
Non Conference Rivalries
In 1982, the WIAA approved cooperative teams, allowing two or more schools to combine to form a team in a sport where neither school has enough athletes to run the sport on its own. Several Bay Conference members have cooperative arrangements, primarily in the sport of Ice Hockey.
Currently, the Clintonville Truckers & Sturgeon Bay Clippers compete in the Bay Conference in Girls Swimming only, as their respective conferences do not carry the sport. Sturgeon Bay fields a girls swimming team in conjunction with Sevastopol High School. The Shawano Girls Swimming team also includes members from neighboring Bonduel High School.[6]
Bold indicates State Champion // Asterisk* indicates appearance predated membership in Bay Conference
| Sport | Team | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball[7] | Ashwaubenon | 2005 (D1) | |
| Bay Port | 1983 (A), 1998 (D1), 2001 (D1), 2003 (D-1), 2005 (D-1), 2007 (D-1) | ||
| Clintonville | 1962*, 1993 (D2) | ||
| De Pere | 1960*, 1986 (B), 2004 (D1), 2006 (D1) | ||
| Denmark | 2002 (D2)*, 2005 (D2)* | ||
| Hortonville | 1980 (B)*, 1982 (B)*, 1984 (B)*, 1987 (B)*, 1994 (D2)*, 1995 (D2)*, 1997 (D2)*, 1998 (D2)* | ||
| Luxemburg-Casco | 1990 (B)* | ||
| Marinette | 1980 (A), 1990 (A) | ||
| New London | 1951*, 1964*, 1977* | ||
| Oconto Falls | 1973, 1978 (B), 1979 (B)*, 1987(B)* | ||
| Pulaski | 1956*, 1957* | ||
| Shawano | 1964*, 1984 (A), 1986 (A), 1994 (D1), 1997 (D1) | ||
| West De Pere | 2004 (D2), 2006 (D2), 2008 (D2), 2010(D2) | ||
| Basketball (Boys)[8] | Ashwaubenon | 2006 | |
| Clintonville | 1963*, 1976, 1977 (B), 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989 (B) | ||
| De Pere | 1934 (B)*, 1977, | ||
| Denmark | 1938*, 1939*, 1985 (B)* | ||
| Marinette | 1924*, 1939*, 1942* | ||
| New London | 1934*, 1936*, 1938*, 1944*, 1998, 1999 (D2) | ||
| Pulaski | 1975, 1989 | ||
| Seymour | 1935*, 1993, 1996, 1997 (D2), 2000, 2001 (D2), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (D2), 2007, 2011 | ||
| Shawano | 1923*, 1925*, 1926*, 1933*, 1937*, 1938 (B)*, 1940*, 1941*, 1943*, 1956*, 1957*, 1958*, 1961*, 1982 | ||
| West De Pere | 1933* | ||
| Basketball (Girls)[9] | Ashwaubenon | 2004, 2006 (D1) | |
| Bay Port | 1988, 2000 | ||
| Clintonville | 1993 | ||
| De Pere | 1982, 1983 (A), 2005 (D1) | ||
| Denmark | 1982*, 1983* | ||
| Hortonville | 1987* | ||
| Luxemburg-Casco | 1988 (B)*, 1994 (D2)*, 1995*, 2000*, 2004 (D2)* 2011 | ||
| Marinette | 1993, 1997 | ||
| New London | 2006, 2007, 2011(D2) | ||
| Pulaski | 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996 | ||
| Shawano | 1989 | ||
| West De Pere | 1978 | ||
| Cross Country (Girls/Team)[10] | Luxemburg-Casco | Girls: 1981 (B)*, 1982 (B)*, 1983 (B)*, 1987 (B)*, 1989 (B)*, 1990 (D2)*, 1998 (D2)*, 1999 (D2)*, 2000 (D3)* | |
| Marinette | 1990 (D1) | ||
| Oconto Falls | 1992 (D2)* | ||
| Pulaski | 2004 (D1) | ||
| West De Pere | 2008 (D2) | ||
| Football[11] | Ashwaubenon | 1993 (D2), 1996 (D2), 1998 (D2), 2000 (D2), 2001 (D2), 2005 (D2) | |
| Clintonville | 1976 (D2)*, 1978 (D2)*, | ||
| Denmark | 1977 (D3)*, 1978 (D3)*, 1998 (D2)* | ||
| Marinette | 1989 (D2) | ||
| New London | 2007(D3) | ||
| Oconto Falls | 1982 (D4)*, 1984 (D3)*, 1997 (D3)* | ||
| Pulaski | 1980 (D2) | ||
| Seymour | 1985 (D3), 1991 (D2) | ||
| West De Pere | 2009(D3)2010 (D3) 2011 (D3) | ||
| Cross Country (Boys/Team)[12] | |||
| Bay Port | 2005(D1)2006(D1)2007(D1) | ||
| Shawano | 2006(D1)2007(D1) | ||
| Golf (Boys/Team)[13] | Shawano | 1955* | |
| Gymnastics (Team)[14] | Clintonville | 1972, 1997 (D2) | |
| De Pere | 1983 (D2), 1985 (D2), 1986 (D2), 1987 (D2), 1988 (D2), 1989 (D2), 1990 (D2) | ||
| Soccer (Boys)[15] | Bay Port | 1992 (D1) | |
| De Pere | 1992 (D2), 1993 (D2), 1995 (D2), 1999 (D2) | ||
| Soccer (Girls)[16] | De Pere | 2006 (D1) | |
| Pulaski | 2004 (D1) | ||
| Softball[17] | Ashwaubenon | 1978, 1980 (A), 1982 (A), 1983 (A), 1986 (A), 1988 (A), 1989 (A), 1992 (D1), 1993 (D1), 1994 (D1), 1995 (D1), 1997 (D1), 1998 (D), 1999 (D1), 2004 (D1), 2006 (D1) | |
| Denmark | 1982 (B)*, 1983 (B)*, 1984 (B)*, 1985 (B)*, 1990 (B)*, 1991 (D2)*, 1997 (D2)* | ||
| Hortonville | 1996 (D2)*, 1999 (D2)*, 2000 (D2)*, 2001 (D2)*, 2005 (D1)* | ||
| Luxemburg-Casco | 1998 (D2)*, 2009(D2), 2010(D2) | ||
| New London | 2005 (D2) | ||
| Pulaski | 1991 (D1), 1996 (D1) | ||
| Shawano | 2002 (D2), 2003 (D2) | ||
| Swimming (Boys/Team)[18] | Ashwaubenon | 1996 (D2), 2001 (D2), 2002 (D2) | |
| Swimming(Girls/Team)[19] | Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol | 2009(D2) | |
| Tennis (Boys)[20] | Shawano | 1939*, 1940*, 1941*, 1942* | |
| Track & Field Boys (Team)[21] | Ashwaubenon | 1970 (B), 1974 (B), | |
| Marinette | 1902* | ||
| New London | 1934* | ||
| Oconto Falls | 1926* | ||
| Seymour | 1932*, 1939*, 1981 (B) | ||
| Shawano | 1936*, 1938*, 1952* | ||
| Track & Field Girls (Team)[22] | Marinette | 1991(D1),1992(D1),1993(D1),1994(D1) | |
| New London | 2010 (Wheelchair)* | ||
| Volleyball[23] | Ashwaubenon | 1980, 1982 | |
| Clintonville | 1993, 1997 | ||
| De Pere | 1989, 1991, 2006 | ||
| Oconto Falls | 1998*, 2007,2011 | ||
| Pulaski | 1996, 1997 | ||
| Seymour | 1985, 1986, 1988 (B) | ||
| Shawano | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1988 (A) | ||
| Wrestling (Team)[24] | Luxemburg-Casco | 1992 (D2)*, 1994 (D2)*, 1996 (D2)*, 1999 (D2)*, 2001 (D2)*, 2002 (D2)*, 2003 (D2)*, 2004 (D2)*, 2005 (D2)*, 2006 (D2)*, 2007 (D2), 2008 (D2) 2011 (D2) | |
| New London | 1992 | ||
| Oconto Falls | 2009, 2010(D2) | ||
| Pulaski | 1993, 1994 |
