Cloverbelt Conference
The Cloverbelt Conference is a high school athletic conference in the State of Wisconsin. The schools included in the conference are near the Eau Claire – Chippewa Falls metropolitan area.
List of Schools in the Cloverbelt Conference
- Altoona High School
- Augusta High School
- Cadott High School
- Colby High School
- Columbus (Marshfield)
- Fall Creek High School
- Gilman High School
- Granton High School
- Greenwood High School
- Loyal High School
- McDonnell Central Catholic High School
- Neillsville High School
- Osseo-Fairchild High School
- Owen-Withee High School
- Regis High School
- Spencer High School
- Stanley-Boyd High School
- Thorp High School
Fall Sports
Football
In football, the Cloverbelt Conference used to be separated into two divisions, the Large Division, and Small Division until the end of the 2007-08 athletic season when the area underwent major conference realignments. The Cloverbelt was then split into a modified Cloverbelt Conference, the newly formed Cloverwood Conference, and some of the schools moved to The Marawood Conference. Before this realignment, the Cloverbelt Conference was considered a powerhouse amongst Wisconsin's small school conference for decades, often sending at least one team to the state finals each year.
Before the Realignment- Large Cloverbelt: Altoona, Cadott, Colby, Fall Creek, Neillsville, Osseo-Fairchild, and Stanley-Boyd, and Mosinee.
Small Cloverbelt: Augusta, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal, McDonnell, Owen-Withee, Regis, and Thorp.
After the realignment-
Cloverbelt: Colby, Stanley-Boyd, Eau Claire Regis, Altoona, Osseo-Fairchild, Fall Creek, Spencer/Marshfield Colombus, Neillsville, and Cadott.
Cloverwood: Athens, Greewood/Granton, Assumption, Owen-Withee, Newman Catholic, McDonell Central, Loyal, Gilman, Abbotsford, Thorp
Volleyball
In volleyball, the East Division and West Division compose the Cloverbelt Conference.
In the East Division is: Augusta, Colby, Columbus (Marshfield), Gilman, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Spencer
The West Division is made up of: Altoona, Cadott, Fall Creek, McDonell (Chippewa Falls), Osseo-Fairchild, Regis (Eau Claire), Stanley-Boyd, Thorp
Winter Sports
Basketball
For both boys and girls in basketball, the Conference division is the same; East and West.
East is composed of: Augusta, Colby, Columbus (Marshfield), Gilman, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Spencer
Teams making up the West are: Altoona,Cadott, Fall Creek, McDonell (Chippewa Falls), Osseo-Fairchild, Regis (Eau Claire), Stanley-Boyd, Thorp
Wrestling
For wrestling, the teams are different. There are three divisions for wrestling in the WIAA, but because of having trouble trying to find fourteen quality wrestlers to fill a fourteen man weight class roster in small schools, some schools have been forced to merge programs to fill the holes.
The Conference consists of Abby/Colby, Cadott, Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal, Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Altoona, Spencer, Stanley-Boyd/Thorp
Spring Sports
Baseball
Like in winter sports, baseball and softball in the Cloverbelt is divided into East and West Divisions.
East: Augusta, Colby, Columbus, Gilman, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Spencer
West: Altoona, Cadott, Fall Creek, McDonell, Osseo-Fairchild, Regis, Stanley-Boyd, Thorp