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The Packerland Conference is an athletic conference of high schools located in northeastern Wisconsin. Formed in 1970, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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1970-1979

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Sheboygan Falls
Sturgeon Bay
Southern Door
Plymouth
New Holstein
Luxemburg-Casco
Kiel
Kewaunee
Chilton
Algoma
Location of Original Packerland Conference Members

The Packerland Conference was founded in 1970 by ten small- to medium-sized high schools in northeastern Wisconsin. It started with a five-school group informally referred to as the "Nuclear Five" (Algoma, Kewaunee, Luxemburg-Casco, Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay), which were the odd schools out during the flurry of conference realignment that took place in the region.[1] Three Nuclear Five schools (Algoma, Kewaunee and Sturgeon Bay) were former members of the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference and two schools (Luxemburg-Casco and Southern Door) previously belonged to the Peninsula Conference, both of which ceased operations after the previous season.[2] After an unsuccessful attempt to join the Bay Conference as a group,[3] the Nuclear Five joined with five schools that were displaced by the ending of the Eastern Wisconsin Conference (Chilton, Kiel, New Holstein, Plymouth and Sheboygan Falls) to form the original roster of the Packerland Conference.[4] Due to the large geographic footprint of its member schools, the conference was partitioned into Northern and Southern Divisions for most sports:

Northern Division Southern Division
Algoma Chilton
Kewaunee Kiel
Luxemburg-Casco New Holstein
Southern Door Plymouth
Sturgeon Bay Sheboygan Falls

1979-present

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In 1979, the five schools of the Southern Division, along with Two Rivers from the Fox Valley Association and Valders from the Olympian Conference, left the Packerland Conference to reform the Eastern Wisconsin Conference.[5] Gibraltar and Sevastopol, two Door County high schools left without affiliation after the collapse of the Bay-Lakes Conference,[6] replaced the five outgoing schools and the conference ended divisional play. The conference expanded to nine schools in 1984 when Oconto and Oconto Falls joined after leaving the Central Wisconsin Conference.[7] Membership in the Packerland Conference remained stable for the next fifteen years before Oconto Falls left to become charter members of the Valley 8 Conference in 1999.[8] Replacing them were former Olympian Conference members Denmark and Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran, formerly of the Midwest Classic Conference.[9][10] In 2007, Denmark and Luxemburg-Casco exited the Packerland Conference for membership in the new Eastern Valley Conference.[11] The Packerland Conference would continue with eight schools for ten years until Peshtigo left the Marinette & Oconto Conference to join in 2017,[12] bringing the roster to its current total of nine schools.

List of conference members

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Current members

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School[13] Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined
Algoma Algoma, WI Public 219 Wolves     1970[4]
Gibraltar Fish Creek, WI Public 182 Vikings     1979[6]
Kewaunee Kewaunee, WI Public 298 Storm     1970[4]
N.E.W. Lutheran Green Bay, WI Private (Lutheran, WELS) 145 Blazers     1999[10]
Oconto Oconto, WI Public 282 Blue Devils     1984[7]
Peshtigo Peshtigo, WI Public 339 Bulldogs     2017[12]
Sevastopol Sturgeon Bay, WI Public 180 Pioneers     1979[6]
Southern Door Brussels, WI Public 323 Eagles     1970[4]
Sturgeon Bay Sturgeon Bay, WI Public 394 Clippers     1970[4]

Former members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Chilton Chilton, WI Public 401 Tigers     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin
Kiel Kiel, WI Public 453 Raiders     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin
Luxemburg-Casco Luxemberg, WI Public 610 Spartans     1970[4] 2007[11] Bay North Eastern
New Holstein New Holstein, WI Public 319 Huskies     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin
Plymouth Plymouth, WI Public 746 Panthers     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin East Central
Sheboygan Falls Sheboygan Falls, WI Public 513 Falcons     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin
Oconto Falls Oconto Falls, WI Public 521 Panthers     1984[7] 1999[8] Valley Eight North Eastern
Denmark Denmark, WI Public 488 Vikings     1999[9] 2007[11] Bay North Eastern

Membership timeline

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Membership map

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9 Sturgeon Bay
9 Sturgeon Bay
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8 Southern Door
8 Southern Door
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7 Sevastopol
7 Sevastopol
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6 Peshtigo
6 Peshtigo
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5 Oconto
5 Oconto
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4 N.E.W. Lutheran
4 N.E.W. Lutheran
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3 Kewaunee
3 Kewaunee
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2 Gibraltar
2 Gibraltar
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1 Algoma
1 Algoma
Location of Packerland Conference full members:
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Algoma
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Gibraltar
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Kewaunee
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N.E.W. Lutheran
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Oconto
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Peshtigo
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Sevastopol
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Southern Door
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Sturgeon Bay

List of state champions

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Fall sports

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Boys Cross Country
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay 2001 Division 2
Girls Cross Country
School Year Division
Luxemburg-Casco 1982 Class B
Luxemburg-Casco 1987 Class B
Luxemburg-Casco 1989 Class B
Gibraltar 1994 Division 3
Gibraltar 1995 Division 3
Luxemburg-Casco 1998 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2000 Division 3
Sevastopol 2006 Division 3
Football
School Year Division
Plymouth 1976 Division 3
Plymouth 1978 Division 3
Southern Door 1989 Division 4
Oconto Falls 1997 Division 3
Sturgeon Bay 2004 Division 4
Kewaunee 2010 Division 4
Boys Soccer
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay 2015 Division 4
Sturgeon Bay 2019 Division 4
Girls Swimming & Diving
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol 2009 Division 2
Girls Volleyball
School Year Division
Sevastopol 1984 Class C
Sevastopol 1991 Division 3

Winter sports

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Boys Basketball
School Year Division
Sheboygan Falls 1974 Class B
Sheboygan Falls 1975 Class B
Girls Basketball
School Year Division
Algoma 1981 Class B
Algoma 1986 Class C
Luxemburg-Casco 1988 Class B
Luxemburg-Casco 1994 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2004 Division 2
Kewaunee 2012 Division 3
Algoma 2013 Division 4
Kewaunee 2013 Division 3
Boys Swimming & Diving
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door 2003 Division 2
Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door 2004 Division 2
Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door 2005 Division 2
Sturgeon Bay 2006 Division 2
Boys Wrestling
School Year Division
Luxemburg-Casco 1992 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 1994 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 1996 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 1999 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2001 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2002 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2003 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2005 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2006 Division 2

Spring sports

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Baseball
School Year Division
Algoma 1983 Class B
Sevastopol 1985 Class C
Sturgeon Bay 1991 Division 2
Oconto 2013 Division 3
Softball
School Year Division
Luxemburg-Casco 1982 Class B
Southern Door 1992 Division 2
Southern Door 1994 Division 2
Sevastopol 2007 Division 3
Sevastopol 2008 Division 3
Algoma 2013 Division 4
Boys Track & Field
School Year Division
Sheboygan Falls 1975 Class B
Southern Door 1993 Division 2
Girls Track & Field
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay 1972 Class B
Algom 2017 Division 3

Summer sports

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Baseball
School Year
Sheboygan Falls 1973

Olympian-Packerland

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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 the Large Division. The Large Division has ten teams and the small has seven. This arrangement ended in 2015 when the Olympian ceased to exist.

Large Division

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  • Chilton
  • Kewaunee
  • Mishicot
  • Oconto
  • Southern Door
  • Sturgeon Bay
  • Valders
  • Wrightstown
  • Roncalli
  • Brillion

Small Division

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  • Algoma
  • Gibraltar
  • Hilbert
  • Manitowoc Lutheran
  • Reedsville
  • St. Mary Catholic
  • Sevastopol
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References

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  1. ^ "Nuclear Five Has League...At Last". Green Bay Press-Gazette. January 20, 1970. pp. B-1. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  2. ^ Walter, Tony (December 21, 1969). "High School Realignment Begins To Take Definite Shape in Area". Green Bay Press-Gazette. pp. E-5. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  3. ^ "New Bay Loop Adds Marinette". Green Bay Press-Gazette. December 17, 1969. pp. C-1. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Pick 'Packerland' as New Loop Name". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. March 4, 1970. p. 25. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Bartel, Roger (October 12, 1978). "Lutheran looks for new conference". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. p. 19. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Lutheran looks for new conference". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. October 12, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c Klein, Tom (May 1, 1984). "CWC faces major increase in size next fall". Oshkosh Northwestern. p. 10. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Conference gets name". Appleton Post-Crescent. October 15, 1998. pp. E-8. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  9. ^ a b McMahon, Scott (June 26, 1998). "WIAA's realignment stands, as expected". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 15. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  10. ^ a b Mancosky, George (April 1, 1998). "New opponents to dot 1998-99 SMC schedules". Neenah-Menasha News-Record. p. 21. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c Arguello, Ricardo (July 25, 2007). "Prep football conferences to see new looks". Appleton Post-Crescent. p. 7. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  12. ^ a b Pekarek, Andrew (November 26, 2016). "Shorter Peshtigo team looking to go out on top". Green Bay Press-Gazette. pp. D1 & D5. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  13. ^ "Packerland". Wisconsin High School Sports | Wisconsin Sports Network | WisSports.net. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
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