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21-566: The ECC was founded in 1970 with Berlin, Hortonville, New London, Omro, Ripon, Waupaca, Weyauwega and Winneconne as the original members. In 1973, Weyauwega left for the Central Wisconsin Conference (CWC) and was replaced by former CWC member Little Chute the following year. In 1979, New London left to join the Bay Conference in exchange for former CWC member Wautoma. In 1995, Waupun joined for football only as Wautoma transferred to

42-633: A 2 year window to make changes. In late 2023 West De Pere once again filed a Fast Track Request to move to the FRCC, Also Winneconne and Fox Valley Lutheran made the request to move the growing schools into the Bay Conference. The first process saw both moves with Unanimous support from the Realignment Task Force Committee to move to the next steps. This proposal became official in April 2024 with

63-592: A realignment plan to go into effect starting in fall 2020 for football only. The proposal has Green Bay West, Green Bay East, West De Pere, and Menasha moving to the FRCC, with Fox Valley Lutheran and Marinette joining the five other remaining Bay football schools in a revamped Bay where Shawano would be the largest school in terms of enrollment. After some modifications the final Bay Conference will consist of current schools New London, Seymour, Shawano, Waupaca and Xavier, as well as football-only schools Fox Valley Lutheran and Winneconne. In 2022 A slight modification sent FVL to

84-585: A request to move to the FRCC. After a committee reviewed the process, West De Pere's request was denied due to their failure to provide documents showing discussions with the Northeastern Conference which was provided as a solution to fill the void leaving the Bay Conference. West De Pere chose not to appeal the rejection. In 2018, the WIAA and Wisconsin Football Coaches Association released

105-555: A vote at a Menasha School Board meeting, which resulted in Menasha's decision to remain in the FVA. In September 2011, at an WIAA area meeting held in Appleton, Green Bay West requested to leave the FRCC to join the Bay Conference, and Green Bay East asked to go if needed. West and East both cited their inability to compete in the FRCC. In a September 2012 WIAA area meeting, New London asked to leave

126-488: 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 the imbalance that existed in the Bay Conference as reasons to leave. Hortonville's enrollment was nearly twice as large as the Bay Conference's smallest school and 200 students more than the second largest school. The issue came to

147-712: The Green Bay and Fox Valley metropolitan areas. Conference schools are members of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association . The Bay Conference was established in 1970 by charter members Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, Clintonville, De Pere, Marinette, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, Seymour, and West De Pere. 1979 brought the addition of former East Central Conference member New London and former Wisconsin Valley Conference member Shawano, in exchange for Oconto and Oconto Falls, who would go to

168-492: The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA). Sports sponsored by the conference are baseball , basketball , cross-country running , football , golf , soccer , softball , track and field , volleyball and wrestling . For football the Packerland and Olympian conferences once combined forming a small and large division. During the 2011 football season changes were made as Brillion and Manitowoc Roncalli joined

189-608: The Bay Conference to move to the Eastern Valley Conference, and Denmark requested to leave. Green Bay East and West are still seeking to move. At a WIAA Board of Control meeting in September, the board gave first approval to swap Hortonville with FVA member Menasha before the 2014-15 school year. A final vote was taken after the 40-day appeal window and passed. In December 2013, the WIAA Board of Control gave first approval for

210-503: The Central Wisconsin Conference. In 1999, Clintonville left the Bay Conference to join the newly formed Valley 8 Conference . Of the ten original members, only Seymour, and West De Pere have remained in the conference since its inception. The 2007 WIAA realignment brought major changes to the Bay Conference. Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, and Pulaski transferred to the Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC), where they joined

231-697: The Flyway Conference for football. In 1999, Hortonville, Little Chute and Waupaca joined the newly formed Valley 8 Conference, while Waupun became a full-time member. That year, Laconia and Markesan also joined the conference. In 2001, the ECC merged with the Flyway Conference. The conference was briefing named the East Central-Flyway Conference and consisted of two divisions: the Rivers and the Lakes. The conference

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252-560: The Northeastern for 2 seasons setting up double crossover games between the Bay and Northeastern Conferences in Weeks 3 and 4 of the regular season, These 2 games counted in the conference standings and for playoff qualification purposes. FVL will return in 2024 and teams in the Bay and Northeastern will have 1 Crossover game to count in the conference and playoff standings. Football Only conferences run on

273-478: The Rivers. The divisions were in place until 2006 when several teams moved to different conferences. Lakes Rivers Mayville played in the Lakes for Football along with Springs for a few years. Markesan & Laconia also played in the Rivers only for Football only but in the lakes for all other Sports. Bay Conference The Bay Conference is a high school athletics conference made up of eight teams in northeastern Wisconsin , centering primarily around

294-640: The WIAA Task force due to no solution to move Plymouth, Kewaskum, Kettle Moraine Lutheran and Waupun. In December 2023 a similar request was filed on the likes of Berlin, Ripon and Winneconne, however Kettle Moraine Lutheran requested to move the growing school to the Metro Classic and Kewaskum and Plymouth to the North Shore and sending Waupun to the Capitol Conference. After some deliberation the final decision

315-458: The changes taking effect in the 2025-2026 School year. De La Salle Brothers , Manitowoc Franciscans ) Packerland Conference The Packerland Conference is an athletic conference of high schools located in northeast Wisconsin . These schools are located chiefly within Door and Kewaunee counties, which are between Green Bay and Lake Michigan . All members are also affiliated with

336-400: The conference stayed steady at eight schools. However, in September 2016, West De Pere requested to move to the FRCC, citing inadequate athletic competition in the Bay and a school size that was rapidly growing. Other reasons included rivalries against teams in the FRCC like De Pere , Ashwaubenon and Pulaski . In December 2019, as part of the realignment process, West De Pere formally filed

357-563: The departure of Denmark, Luxemburg–Casco, Marinette and Oconto Falls to the Eastern Valley in Return for the FRCC's Green Bay East & West and the EVC's Xavier. Waupaca would be in the Bay for football only. A final vote was taken after the 40-day appeal window & successfully passed for implementation for the 2015–2016 school year along with several other conference realignments. Starting in 2015,

378-465: The larger Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan area high schools. Hortonville and Oconto Falls transferred from the now defunct Valley 8 Conference , and Denmark and Luxemburg-Casco transferred from the Packerland Conference . Each of these schools had increasing enrollments and had outgrown their previous conferences. In late 2008, Hortonville petitioned the WIAA to move the growing school into

399-527: The new conference the East Central Conference as several members were once part of the original ECC. In 2021 It was presented by Berlin and Ripon to request moving the two schools to the nearby South Central Conference due to declining enrollment and finishing near the bottom in most sports. It was also requested by Winneconne to move the growing school to the Bay Conference as long as West De Pere left as it requested to leave. Both request were denied by

420-640: Was moving Berlin and Ripon to the South Central, Waupun to the Capitol and Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kewaskum and Plymouth would form a new conference with Sheboygan South, Port Washington, West Bend East and West Bend West. In 2001, the conference merged with the Wisconsin Flyway Conference to form the East Central-Flyway. At that time, the conference was split into two divisions: the Lakes and

441-578: Was restructured again in 2006 as the Flyway Conference split with the ECC. The conference was fully disbanded in 2007 with four of the remaining ECC teams joining former Valley 8 Conference teams to form the Eastern Valley Conference . During the realignment of several conferences within northeastern Wisconsin, eight schools were joined to form a new conference. Members included: Berlin, Campbellsport, Kewaskum, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Plymouth, Ripon, Waupun and Winneconne. The members choose to name

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