Wisconsin Little Ten Conference
Former Wisconsin high school athletic conference

The Wisconsin Little Ten Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership based in southeastern Wisconsin. It existed from 1970 to 2017 and all member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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Wisconsin Lutheran
West Bend West
West Bend East
Watertown
Slinger
Oconomowoc
Hartford Union
Beaver Dam
Location of Final Wisconsin Little Ten Conference Members

The Wisconsin Little Ten Conference was founded in 1970 after the breakup of the original Little Ten Conference. All six members of the Southern Little Ten (Beaver Dam, Hartford Union, Oconomowoc, Watertown, West Bend East and West Bend West) joined with Waupun (the largest school in the Northern Little Ten) to form its initial membership roster.[1] Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee joined the Wisconsin Little Ten in 1974 after leaving the Midwest Prep Conference, bringing membership to eight schools.[2] They were the only private high school in the conference during its history and were members of the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association prior to its merger with the WIAA in 2000.[3]

The Wisconsin Little Ten's membership roster was remarkably stable over the course of its history. Waupun, historically the smallest school in the conference, left to join the East Central Conference as a football-only member in 1995[4] and were accepted to full membership in the East Central Flyway Conference in 2004.[5] Slinger became members of the Little Ten Conference in 2006 after they were displaced from the Parkland Conference after its ending.[6] The conference was realigned out of existence in 2017, and all members were dispersed to existing conferences. Four schools (Hartford Union, Slinger, West Bend East and West Bend West) became members of the North Shore Conference,[7] two schools (Beaver Dam and Watertown) joined the Badger Conference,[8] Oconomowoc was accepted into the Classic 8 Conference[9] and Wisconsin Lutheran entered the Woodland Conference.[10]

Conference membership history

Final members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Beaver Dam Beaver Dam, WI Public 1,124 Golden Beavers     1970[11] 2017[12] Badger
Hartford Union Hartford, WI Public 1,281 Orioles     1970[11] 2017[12] North Shore
Oconomowoc Oconomowoc, WI Public 1,657 Racoons     1970[11] 2017[12] Classic 8
Slinger Slinger, Wisconsin Public 1,052 Owls       2006[13] 2017[12] North Shore
Watertown Watertown, WI Public 1,170 Goslings     1970[11] 2017[12] Badger
West Bend East West Bend, WI Public 948 Suns       1970[11] 2017[12] North Shore Glacier Trails
West Bend West West Bend, WI Public 1,077 Spartans       1970[11] 2017[12] North Shore Glacier Trails
Wisconsin Lutheran Milwaukee, WI Private (Lutheran,WELS) 938 Vikings       1974[14] 2017[12] Woodland

Previous members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Waupun Waupun, WI Public 573 Warriors     1970[1] 2004[5] East Central Flyway Capitol

Membership timeline

Sports sponsored

There were 15 sports in the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference.[15]

  • Men's Baseball
  • Men's/Women's Basketball
  • Men's/Women's Bowling
  • Men's Hockey
  • Men's/Women's Cross Country
  • Women's Dance
  • Men's Football
  • Men's/Women's Golf
  • Men's/Women's Soccer
  • Women's Softball
  • Men's/Women's Swimming
  • Men's/Women's Tennis
  • Men's/Women's Track
  • Women's Volleyball
  • Men's Wrestling

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country
School Year Organization Division
West Bend West 1993 WIAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 2011 WIAA Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 2013 WIAA Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 2014 WIAA Division 2
Football
School Year Organization Division
Beaver Dam 1979 WIAA Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 1998[16] WISAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 2004 WIAA Division 3
Wisconsin Lutheran 2005 WIAA Division 3
Wisconsin Lutheran 2007 WIAA Division 3
Wisconsin Lutheran 2014 WIAA Division 3
Boys Golf
School Year Organization Division
Wisconsin Lutheran 1989[17] WISAA Single Division
Girls Volleyball
School Year Organization Division
West Bend East 1983 WIAA Class A
Waupun 1993 WIAA Division 2
West Bend East 1993 WIAA Division 1
Waupun 1995 WIAA Division 2
West Bend East 1995 WIAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 1995[18] WISAA Division 1
Waupun 1996 WIAA Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 1996[19] WISAA Division 1
Waupun 1997 WIAA Division 2
West Bend East 1997 WIAA Division 1
Waupun 1999 WIAA Division 2
West Bend East 1999 WIAA Division 1
West Bend East 2000 WIAA Division 1
Waupun 2001 WIAA Division 2
Waupun 2002 WIAA Division 2
Waupun 2003 WIAA Division 2
Watertown 2007 WIAA Division 1

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
School Year Organization Division
Wisconsin Lutheran 2009 WIAA Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 2014 WIAA Division 2
Girls Basketball
School Year Organization Division
Watertown 1977 WIAA Class A
West Bend East 1984 WIAA Class A
Hartford Union 1992 WIAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 1994[20] WISAA Division 1
Beaver Dam 2017 WIAA Division 2
Boys Wrestling
School Year Organization Division
Hartford Union 1990 WIAA Class A

Spring sports

Baseball
School Year Organization Division
Oconomowoc 1980 WIAA Class A
Oconomowoc 1981 WIAA Class A
Watertown 1999 WIAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 2000[21] WISAA Single Division
Softball
School Year Organization Division
Hartford Union 1987 WIAA Class A
Wisconsin Lutheran 1996[22] WISAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 1997[23] WISAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 1999[24] WISAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 2000[25] WISAA Division 1
Boys Track & Field
School Year Organization Division
Wisconsin Lutheran 1987[26] WISAA Class A
Wisconsin Lutheran 1993[27] WISAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 1994[28] WISAA Division 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 1997[29] WISAA Division 1
Girls Track & Field
School Year Organization Division
Wisconsin Lutheran 1998[30] WISAA Division 1

Summer sports

Baseball
School Year Organization Division
West Bend West 1972 WIAA Single Division
West Bend West 1984 WIAA Single Division
West Bend East 1993 WIAA Single Division
West Bend East 1999 WIAA Single Division
West Bend East 2002 WIAA Single Division
West Bend West 2007 WIAA Single Division
West Bend West 2017 WIAA Single Division

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School Quantity Years
Wisconsin Lutheran 15 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Watertown 13 1972, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005
Beaver Dam 7 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1998, 2017
West Bend East 7 1976, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1995, 2000, 2002
Oconomowoc 5 1978, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2016
West Bend West 5 1972, 1973, 1975, 1999, 2002
Waupun 2 1974, 1975
Hartford Union 1 1973
Slinger 0

Girls Basketball

School Quantity Years
Watertown 13 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Beaver Dam 11 1977, 1996, 1997, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hartford Union 11 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002
Wisconsin Lutheran 6 1979, 1993, 1994, 2008, 2009, 2014
Oconomowoc 5 1978, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2011
West Bend East 4 1982, 1983, 1984, 2007
Waupun 1 1996
West Bend West 1 2005
Slinger 0

Football

School Quantity Years
Wisconsin Lutheran 18 1975, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
Hartford Union 13 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010
Oconomowoc 12 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015, 2016
Beaver Dam 9 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Watertown 5 1973, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1996
West Bend East 1 1989
West Bend West 1 2006
Slinger 0
Waupun 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Waupun". Fond du Lac Reporter. March 12, 1970. p. 32. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  2. ^ "To Join Little Ten". Waukesha County Freeman. September 24, 1973. p. 13. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  3. ^ Anderson, Eric (April 24, 1997). "WIAA easily approves merger with WISAA". Racine Journal Times. p. 27. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  4. ^ Shriver, Gregory (August 25, 1995). "Losing streak halted at 16 due to forfeit". Fond du Lac Reporter. pp. 29, Section E. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Waupun's move to ECFC approved". Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. September 16, 2003. p. 14. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  6. ^ Ritchay, Doug (January 17, 2006). "KML, Slinger should keep their rivalry going". West Bend Daily News. p. 9. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  7. ^ "Conference Realignment (see Conference C)". Waukesha Freeman. July 26, 2016. pp. b3. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  8. ^ Kabelowsky, Art (April 20, 2016). "Beaver Dam and Watertown join Badger Conference". Baraboo News Republic. p. 9. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  9. ^ Hutchinson, Mark (January 18, 2017). "Guidinger cashes in with bank shot". Waukesha Freeman. pp. B1. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  10. ^ Bucher, Chris (April 21, 2016). "Conference realignment approved". Oconomowoc Enterprise. p. 9. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference Founding2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference Ending2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2007 Slinger2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1974 Wisconsin Lutheran2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ "Conference Calendar". Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  16. ^ "Roncalli rips Pacelli". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. November 16, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  17. ^ "Wisconsin Lutheran wins WISAA golf championship". Fond du Lac Reporter. October 4, 1989. p. 19. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  18. ^ "Scoreboard (see Volleyball, High School Girls, WISAA Tournament)". Racine Journal Times. October 30, 1995. p. 22. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  19. ^ "Scoreboard (see Girls Volleyball, WISAA State Tournament)". Wisconsin State Journal. November 3, 1996. p. 39. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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  23. ^ Anderson, Eric (May 29, 1997). "It's official: Central, Logan share golf title". La Crosse Tribune. p. 13. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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  25. ^ "Scoreboard (see Softball, WISAA Tournament)". Waukesha Freeman. June 5, 2000. p. 16. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  26. ^ Associated Press (May 26, 1987). "Wis. Lutheran, Pius snare Class A WISAA track titles". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. p. 11. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  27. ^ Associated Press (May 23, 1993). "Quesnell takes care of business for Marquette". Racine Journal Times. p. 30. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  28. ^ Associated Press (May 23, 1994). "Duo powers Wis. Lutheran to track title". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. p. 9. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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  30. ^ "WISAA State Track and Field Results". Wisconsin State Journal. May 31, 1998. p. 37. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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