The Wisconsin Valley Conference is a high school

High school

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 athletic conference

Athletic conference

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 composed of the largest public schools in north-central Wisconsin centered on the Wausau

Wausau, Wisconsin

Wausau is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city. The city is adjacent to the town of Wausau.According to the 2000 census, Wausau had a population of 38,426 people...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 metro area. The Wisconsin Valley is one of Wisconsin's oldest athletic conferences. The conference sponsors a variety of high school sports for girls and boys. In 2008, Antigo and Merrill, which had been charter members for 87 years, moved to the Great Northern Conference

Great Northern Conference

The Great Northern Conference is a high school athletic conference in the WIAA. It comprises seven teams from Marathon, Taylor, Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas counties in Northern Wisconsin.-Charter Members:-Other Affiliated Members:-External links:**...

. This was the first change of the Wisconsin Valley Conference since 1980 when member Shawano moved to the Bay Conference

Bay Conference

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...

. In the summer of 2010 Merrill will return to the Wisconsin Valley Conference and Rhinelander will move to the Great Northern Conference.

Member schools

Current members of the Wisconsin Valley are:

• D.C. Everest Evergreens, Schofield
  Schofield, Wisconsin
  Schofield is a city in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2117 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Schofield is located at ....
  
  
• Marshfield Tigers, Marshfield
  Marshfield, Wisconsin
  Marshfield is a city in Marathon and Wood counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the largest city in Wood County. The small portion of the city that extends into Marathon County is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,800 at the 2000 census. Marshfield is...
  
  
• Merrill Blue Jays, Merrill
  Merrill, Wisconsin
  Merrill is a city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 10,728 at the 2010 census. The city is located to the south of and adjacent to the Town of Merrill....
  
  
• Stevens Point Panthers, Stevens Point
  Stevens Point, Wisconsin
  Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Located in the central part of the state, it is the largest city in the county, with a population of 24,551 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Wausau East Lumberjacks, Wausau
  Wausau, Wisconsin
  Wausau is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city. The city is adjacent to the town of Wausau.According to the 2000 census, Wausau had a population of 38,426 people...
  
  
• Wausau West Warriors, Wausau
  Wausau, Wisconsin
  Wausau is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city. The city is adjacent to the town of Wausau.According to the 2000 census, Wausau had a population of 38,426 people...
  
  
• Wisconsin Rapids Red Raiders, Wisconsin Rapids
  Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,435 at the 2000 census.According to the 2010 census, the Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan area was home to 54,362 people...
  
  

Merill left in 2008 & joined back in 2010.

Former member schools:

• Antigo Red Robins (Left 2008), Antigo
  Antigo, Wisconsin
  Antigo is a city in and the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,560 at the 2000 census. Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and...
  
  
• Rhinelander Hodags (Left 2010)Rhinelander
  Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  Rhinelander is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 7,735 at the 2000 census.-Claim to fame:...
  
  
• Shawano Hawks (Left 1980), Shawano
  Shawano, Wisconsin
  Shawano is a city in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,305 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Shawano County...
  
  
• Medford Raiders (Left 1920s/30s), Medford
  Medford, Wisconsin
  Medford is a city in Taylor County, in north-central Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,326 at the 2010 census. The city is located mostly within the boundaries of the Town of Medford.- Geography :Medford is located at Medford is a city in Taylor County, in north-central Wisconsin,...
  
  
• Nekoosa Papermakers (Left 1920s/30s), Nekoosa
  Nekoosa, Wisconsin
  Nekoosa is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. Its name derives from the Ho-Chunk word, "Nakrusa" which translates to "running water." The population was 2,590 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Tomahawk Hatchets (Left 1920s/1930s), Tomahawk, Wisconsin
  Tomahawk, Wisconsin
  Tomahawk is a city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,346 at the 2010 census. The city is located to the northeast of the Town of Tomahawk and is not contiguous with it.-History:...
  
  

Wisconsin Valley football and wrestling

Since the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association

Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Its history dates to 1895, making it the first high school athletic organization in the country...

began the state football playoffs in 1976, the Wisconsin Valley has had a team in the state championship 17 times, and won the championship 11 times (including 5 title wins by the D.C. Everest Evergreens), more than any other large school conference.

Wisconsin Valley Conference football rivalries

Rivalries in the conference include Marshfield and D.C. Everest, Wausau East and Wausau West, and Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids

Conference Champions

Fall Sports

Football

• 1920 Antigo
• 1921 Merrill
• 1922 Stevens Point & Wausau
• 1923 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1924 Shawano
• 1925 Stevens Point
• 1926 Antigo & Wausau
• 1927 Marshfield
• 1928 Antigo
• 1929 Antigo
• 1930 Marshfield & Wausau
• 1931 Stevens Point
• 1932 Marshfield & Stevens Point
• 1933 Wausau
• 1934 Stevens Point & Rhinelander
• 1935 Stevens Point
• 1936 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1937 Wausau
• 1938 Rhinlander
• 1939 Wausau
• 1940 Wausau
• 1941 Wausau
• 1942 Wausau
• 1943 Wausau
• 1944 Wausau
• 1945 Wausau
• 1946 Wausau & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1947 Wausau
• 1948 Wausau
• 1949 Stevens Point
• 1950 Wausau
• 1951 Stevens Point
• 1952 Wausau
• 1953 Wausau
• 1954 Merrill, Stevens Point & Wausau
• 1955 Antigo & Rhinelander
• 1956 Stevens Point
• 1957 DC Everest
• 1958 DC Everest
• 1959 Antigo
• 1960 Stevens Point
• 1961 DC Everest
• 1962 DC Everest
• 1963 Antigo
• 1964 Antigo & Rhinelander
• 1965 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1966 DC Everest
• 1967 Antigo, DC Everest & Marshfield
• 1968 Antigo
• 1969 Antigo
• 1970 DC Everest
• 1971 DC Everest
• 1972 Antigo
• 1973 Antigo
• 1974 Antigo & Rhinelander
• 1975 Antigo
• 1976 Antigo
• 1977 Merrill & Stevens Point
• 1978 Antigo
• 1979 Merrill
• 1980 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1981 DC Everest
• 1982 Antigo
• 1983 DC Everest
• 1984 DC Everest
• 1985 Antigo
• 1986 Antigo
• 1987 Antigo
• 1988 Antigo, Stevens Point & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1989 DC Everets & Rhinelander
• 1990 Stevens Point & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1991 DC Everest & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1992 Antigo
• 1993 DC Everest, Stevens Point & Wausau West
• 1994 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1995 DC Everest
• 1996 DC Everest
• 1997 DC Everest
• 1998 DC Everest
• 1999 Marshfield
• 2000 DC Everest
• 2001 DC Everest & Marshfield
• 2002 Marshfield
• 2003 DC Everest
• 2004 DC Everest
• 2005 Stevens Point
• 2006 Stevens Point
• 2007 Stevens Point
• 2008 DC Everest
• 2009 Stevens Point
• 2010 Stevens Point

Boys Soccer

• 1991 Wausau East
• 1992 Wausau West
• 1993 Stevens Point
• 1994 Wausau East
• 1995 Wausau West
• 1996 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1997 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1998 Stevens Point
• 1999 Stevens Point
• 2000 Stevens Point
• 2001 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2002 Stevens Point & Wisconsin Rapids
• 2003 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2004 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2005 Marshfield & Wausau West
• 2006 Stevens Point
• 2007 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2008 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2009 Stevens Point
• 2010 Wisconsin Rapids

Girls Swimming

• 1975 Stevens Point
• 1976 Stevens Point
• 1977 Stevens Point
• 1978 Stevens Point
• 1979 Marshfield
• 1980 Wausau West, Stevens Point, Rhinelander
• 1981 Stevens Point
• 1982 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1983 Rhinelander
• 1984 Stevens Point
• 1985 Stevens Point
• 1986 Stevens Point
• 1987 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1988 Stevens Point
• 1989 Stevens Point
• 1990 Stevens Point
• 1991 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1992 Rhinelander
• 1993 Rhinelander
• 1994 Rhinelander
• 1995 Rhinelander
• 1996 Wausau West
• 1997 Stevens Point
• 1998 Stevens Point
• 1999 Stevens Point
• 2000 Stevens Point
• 2001 Rhinelander
• 2002 Rhinelander
• 2003 Wausau East
• 2004 Wausau East
• 2005 Wausau East
• 2006 Wausau East
• 2007 Wausau East
• 2008 Wausau East
• 2009 Wausau East
• 2010 Wausau East

Girls Tennis

• 2003 Stevens Point
• 2004 Stevens Point
• 2005 Wausau East
• 2006 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2007 Wausau East
• 2008 Marshfield
• 2009 Marshfield
• 2010 Wausau East

Girls Volleyball

• 1972 Antigo & Shawano
• 1973 Shawano
• 1974 Shawano
• 1975 Shawano
• 1976 Antigo
• 1977 Merrill
• 1978 Antigo
• 1979 Antigo
• 1980 Merrill
• 1981 Merrill
• 1982 Merrill
• 1983 Antigo
• 1984 Merrill
• 1985 DC Everest & Merrill
• 1986 Antigo
• 1987 Antigo
• 1988 DC Everest & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1989 DC Everest
• 1990 DC Everest
• 1991 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1992 Marshfield & Wausau East
• 1993 Wausau West
• 1994 Wausau West
• 1995 Wausau West
• 1996 Wausau East
• 1997 Stevens Point & Marshfield
• 1998 DC Everest
• 1999 Marshfield
• 2000
• 2001 Antigo & Marshfield
• 2002 Marshfield
• 2003 Marshfield
• 2004 Marshfield
• 2005 Marshfield
• 2006 DC Everest & Marshfield
• 2007 DC Everest
• 2008 DC Everest
• 2009 DC Everest
• 2010 Wausau East

Boys Cross Country

• 1951 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1952 Wausau
• 1953 Wausau
• 1954 Wausau
• 1955 Wausau
• 1956 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1957 Stevens Point
• 1958 Marshfield
• 1959 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1960 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1961 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1962 Rhinelander
• 1963 Antigo
• 1964 Antigo
• 1965 Antigo
• 1966 Rhinelander
• 1967 Antigo
• 1968 Antigo
• 1969 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1970 Antigo
• 1971 Rhinelander
• 1972 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1973 Antigo
• 1974 Rhinelander
• 1975 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1976 Wausau West
• 1977 Stevens Point
• 1978 Stevens Point
• 1979 Stevens Point
• 1980 Stevens Point
• 1981 Stevens Point
• 1982 Stevens Point
• 1983 Stevens Point
• 1984 Stevens Point
• 1985 Stevens Point
• 1986 Stevens Point
• 1987 Rhinelander
• 1988 Stevens Point
• 1989 Stevens Point
• 1990 Stevens Point
• 1991 Stevens Point
• 1992 Stevens Point
• 1993 Stevens Point
• 1994 Stevens Point
• 1995 Stevens Point
• 1996 Stevens Point
• 1997 Stevens Point
• 1998 Stevens Point
• 1999 Stevens Point
• 2000 Stevens Point
• 2001 Stevens Point
• 2002 Stevens Point
• 2003 Stevens Point
• 2004 Stevens Point
• 2005 Stevens Point
• 2006 Stevens Point
• 2007 Stevens Point
• 2008 Stevens Point
• 2009 Stevens Point
• 2010 Stevens Point

Girls Cross Country

• 1975 Antigo
• 1976 DC Everest
• 1977 Rhinelander
• 1978 Wausau East
• 1979 Wausau East
• 1980 Wausau East
• 1981 Stevens Point
• 1982 Stevens Point
• 1983 Stevens Point
• 1984 Stevens Point
• 1985 DC Everest
• 1986 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1987 Stevens Point
• 1988 Stevens Point
• 1989 Stevens Point
• 1990 Stevens Point
• 1991 DC Everest
• 1992 Stevens Point
• 1993 Wausau East
• 1994 Stevens Point
• 1995 Wausau East
• 1996 Wausau East
• 1997 Wausau East
• 1998 DC Everest
• 1999 DC Everest
• 2000 DC Everest
• 2001 Stevens Point
• 2002 Stevens Point
• 2003 Stevens Point
• 2004 Stevens Point
• 2005 Marshfield
• 2006 Marshfield
• 2007 Marshfield
• 2008 Stevens Point
• 2009 Wausau East
• 2010 Wausau East

Winter Sports

Boys Basketball

• 1921-1922 Antigo
• 1922-1923 Antigo
• 1923-1924 Medford & Stevens Point
• 1924-1925 Shawano
• 1925-1926 Shawano
• 1926-1927 Stevens Point
• 1927-1928 Tomahawk
• 1928-1929 Nekoosa & Wausau
• 1929-1930 Wausau
• 1930-1931 Stevens Point
• 1931-1932 Wausau
• 1932-1933 Wausau
• 1933-1934 Stevens Point & Wausau
• 1934-1935 Antigo
• 1935-1936 Rhinelander
• 1936-1937 Rhinelander
• 1937-1938 Rhinelander
• 1938-1939 Rhinelander
• 1939-1940 Rhinelander
• 1940-1941 Wausau
• 1941-1942 Antigo, Rhinelander & Wausau
• 1942-1943 Antigo & Wausau
• 1943-1944 Stevens Point
• 1944-1945 Stevens Point
• 1945-1946 Stevens Point & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1946-1947 Stevens Point
• 1947-1948 Rhinelander & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1948-1949 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1949-1950 Stevens Point
• 1950-1951 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1951-1952 Stevens Point & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1952-1953 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1953-1954 Stevens Point & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1954-1955 Wausau
• 1955-1956 Antigo
• 1956-1957 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1957-1958 Stevens Point
• 1958-1959 Rhinelander
• 1959-1960 Rhinelander
• 1960-1961 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1961-1962 Antigo
• 1962-1963 Antigo
• 1963-1964 Rhinelander
• 1964-1965 Stevens Point
• 1965-1966 Rhinelander
• 1966-1967 DC Everest & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1967-1968 DC Everest
• 1968-1969 DC Everest & Rhinelander
• 1969-1970 DC Everest
• 1970-1971 Rhinelander
• 1971-1972 Antigo
• 1972-1973 Antigo & Shawano
• 1973-1974 Antigo
• 1974-1975 Rhinelander
• 1975-1976 Rhinelander
• 1976-1977 Wausau East
• 1977-1978 DC Everest & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1978-1979 Antigo & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1979-1980 Wausau East
• 1980-1981 Wausau East
• 1981-1982 Stevens Point
• 1982-1983 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1983-1984 Stevens Point
• 1984-1985 Stevens Point
• 1985-1986 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1986-1987 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1987-1988 Stevens Point
• 1988-1989 Rhinelander
• 1989-1990 Rhinelander & Wausau East
• 1990-1991 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1991-1992 Marshfield & Wausau West
• 1992-1993 Wausau West
• 1993-1994 Stevens Point
• 1994-1995 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1995-1996 Rhinelander & Wausau West
• 1996-1997 Antigo
• 1997-1998 Antigo, DC Everest & Rhinelander
• 1998-1999
• 1999-2000 Stevens Point
• 2000-2001 Wausau East
• 2001-2002 Wausau East
• 2002-2003 Wausau East
• 2003-2004 Rhinelander
• 2004-2005 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2005-2006 Wausau East
• 2006-2007 Wausau East
• 2007-2008 Stevens Point
• 2008-2009 Wausau West
• 2009-2010 Marshfield & Wausau West
• 2010-2011

Girls Basketball

• 1975-1976 DC Everest & Marshfield
• 1976-1977 Marshfield & Wausau East
• 1977-1978 Wausau East
• 1978-1979 Wausau East
• 1979-1980 Stevens Point
• 1980-1981 Wausau West
• 1981-1982 Antigo
• 1982-1983 Merrill
• 1983-1984 DC Everest & Merrill
• 1984-1985 Merrill & Stevens Point
• 1985-1986 DC Everest
• 1986-1987 Merrill
• 1987-1988 DC Everest
• 1988-1989 Merrill
• 1989-1990 DC Everest
• 1990-1991 DC Everest
• 1991-1992 DC Everest
• 1992-1993 DC Everest
• 1993-1994 DC Everest
• 1994-1995 DC Everest & Merrill
• 1995-1996 Merrill
• 1996-1997 DC Everest
• 1997-1998 DC Everest & Stevens Point
• 1998-1999 Stevens Point
• 1999-2000 Merrill
• 2000-2001 Stevens Point
• 2001-2002 DC Everest & Merrill
• 2002-2003 Marshfield
• 2003-2004 Marshfield
• 2004-2005 Marshfield
• 2005-2006 Stevens Point
• 2006-2007 Antigo & Merrill
• 2007-2008 DC Everest & Marshfield
• 2008-2009 Marshfield
• 2009-2010 Marshfield
• 2010-2011

Wrestling

• 1956-1957 Marshfield
• 1957-1958 Marshfield
• 1958-1959 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1959-1960 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1960-1961 DC Everest
• 1961-1962 DC Everest & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1962-1963 Merrill
• 1963-1964 DC Everest
• 1964-1965 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1965-1966 DC Everest
• 1966-1967 DC Everest
• 1967-1968 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1968-1969 Antigo, DC Everest & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1969-1970 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1970-1971 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1971-1972 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1972-1973 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1973-1974 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1974-1975 Merrill
• 1975-1976 Merrill & Wisconsin Rapids
• 1976-1977 Merrill
• 1977-1978 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1978-1979 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1979-1980 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1980-1981 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1981-1982 DC Everest
• 1982-1983 Merrill
• 1983-1984 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1984-1985 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1985-1986 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1986-1987 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1987-1988 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1988-1989 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1989-1990 Merrill
• 1990-1991 Merrill
• 1991-1992 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1992-1993 Merrill
• 1993-1994 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1994-1995 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1995-1996 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1996-1997 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1997-1998 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1998-1999 Wisconsin Rapids
• 1999-2000 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2000-2001 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2001-2002 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2002-2003 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2003-2004 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2004-2005 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2005-2006 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2006-2007 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2007-2008 Wausau West
• 2008-2009 Wausau West & Wisconsin Rapids
• 2009-2010 Wisconsin Rapids

Boys Hockey

• 1991-1992 Stevens Point
• 1992-1993 Antigo
• 1993-1994 Stevens Point
• 1994-1995 Antigo
• 1995-1996 Antigo
• 1996-1997 Stevens Point
• 1997-1998 Stevens Point
• 1998-1999 Wausau West
• 1999-2000 Stevens Point
• 2000-2001 Wausau West
• 2001-2002 Stevens Point & Wisconsin Rapids
• 2002-2003 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2003-2004 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2004-2005 Wisconsin Rapids
• 2005-2006 Stevens Point
• 2006-2007 Stevens Point
• 2007-2008 Wausau West
• 2008-2009 Wausau West
• 2009-2010 Wausau West
• 2010-2011

Spring Sports

Baseball

Softball

Boys Track

Girls Track

Girls Soccer

Boys Tennis

Boys Golf

External links

• Wisconsin Valley Conference History
• Wisconsin Valley Conference Stats