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Marawood Conference
The Marawood Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in north central Wisconsin. It was founded in 1949 and all member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History 1949-1972 The Marawood Conference was founded in 1949 by seven small high schools in north central Wisconsin: Athens High School (Wisconsin), Athens, Auburndale High School (Wisconsin), Auburndale, Edgar High School, Edgar, Marathon High School (Wisconsin), Marathon, Pittsville High School, Pittsville, Rudolph High School, Rudolph, and Stratford High School (Wisconsin), Startford. These schools were all former members of the Marathon County League (1928-1949) and Wood County League (1925-1942), and the name of the conference reflects the location of its original member schools. Membership remained consistent through the first thirteen years of the conference's history, with the first changes coming in 1962. Rudolph High School clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloverbelt Conference
The Cloverbelt Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership base concentrated in west central Wisconsin. Founded in 1927, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History 1927-1945 The Cloverbelt Conference, originally known as the Wisconsin Clover Belt Interscholastic League, was formed in 1927 by five small high schools in west central Wisconsin: Boyd, Cadott, Owen, Stanley and Thorp. Original member schools were located in Chippewa County and Clark County along Wisconsin Highway 29, a major thoroughfare transversing the state from Green Bay to the Twin Cities. Cornell joined the Cloverbelt Conference in 1928, bringing the loop to six members. In 1933, the conference added Gilman and Lake Holcombe to its membership roster, and subdivided into Eastern and Western divisions: Withee became the ninth member of the Cloverbelt Conference in 1938 and were assigned to the Eastern Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newman Catholic High School (Wausau, Wisconsin)
Newman Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, in the Diocese of La Crosse. Background Newman Catholic was established in 1951. It is the only Catholic high school in Marathon County. The school has a student–teacher ratio of 20:1. Notable alumni * Jack Koltes (class of 1960): Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball * Jim DeLisle (class of 1967): football defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers; professor of real estate at the University of Washington * Jerry Petrowski (class of 1968): member of the Wisconsin State Senate, 29th district; former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * John H. Robinson (class of 1973): former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ..., 85th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Marshfield is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin, Wood and Marathon County, Wisconsin, Marathon counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 18,929 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census; of this, 18,119 were in Wood County and 810 were in Marathon County. It is a principal city of the Marshfield–Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Wood County and had a population of 74,207 in 2020. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 10, Highway 13 (Wisconsin), Highway 13 and Highway 97 (Wisconsin), Highway 97. Marshfield is home to the Marshfield Clinic, a large healthcare system that serves much of Central, Northern, and Western Wisconsin. History In 1851 and 1853, when the area was still forested, Surveying, surveyors working for the U.S. government marked all the Section (United States land surveying), section corners in the square which now includes Marshfield, Hewitt, Wood County, Wiscons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus Catholic High School (Marshfield, Wisconsin)
Columbus Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Marshfield, Wisconsin. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse. Background Columbus Catholic High School is one of two Catholic high schools in Wood County. Starting with the 2012–2013 school year, Columbus Catholic High School administrators and teachers began a one-to-one iPad integration. Notable alumni * Rich Seubert Richard Thomas Seubert (; born March 30, 1979) is an American former professional football guard who played his entire career with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Early life Born in Stratford, Wisconsin, Seubert atten ... - NFL player for the New York Giants References External links School website Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse Catholic secondary schools in Wisconsin Schools in Wood County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Wisconsin River. The population was 18,877 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a principal city of the Marshfield, Wisconsin, Marshfield–Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Wood County and had a population of 74,207 in 2020. The city was established in the late 1830s as the series of rapids along the Wisconsin River provided good sites for water-driven sawmills, and nearby forests held pine lumber to be sawed and floated down the river. After the lumber dwindled, the waterpower drove electric generators and various other enterprises–particularly paper mills. History Establishment The Menominee claimed the big rapids in the forest prior to European settlement, with Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk lands nearby. They called the place "Ah-dah-wah-gam" meaning "Two-sided Rapids" because the rapids were split by a large chunk of rock. In 1836, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assumption High School (Wisconsin)
Assumption High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Wisconsin River. The population was 18,877 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a principal city of the Marshfield, Wisconsin, M ..., in the Diocese of La Crosse. Assumption was established in 1951. It is the only high school in the Wisconsin Rapids Area Catholic Schools, which also operates one middle school and three primary/elementary schools. Athletics The Assumption Royals compete in the Central Wisconsin Conference-Small for football and the Marawood Conference for all other athletics. Assumption is a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association ( WIAA). Its state titles include Division 5 girls’ basketball in 2013, 2016, 2021 and 2025, division 4 girls’ soccer in 2014, and softball in 2001 (in division 3), 2005 (in division 4), and 2021 (in division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeland Conference (Wisconsin)
The Lakeland Conference is a high school athletic conference consisting of nineteen members in northwestern Wisconsin. Founded in 1934, the conference and its member schools are all members of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History 1934-1957 The Lakeland Conference was formed by seven small northwestern Wisconsin high schools in 1934: Cameron, Chetek, Clear Lake, New Auburn, Shell Lake, Turtle Lake, and Weyerhaeuser. Five of the original members of the Lakeland Conference were previously part of the Heart O'North Conference and left that conference due to growing size difference between the larger and smaller schools. All of the conference's original members were located in Barron, Chippewa, Polk, Rusk, and Washburn Counties. By the end of the decade, four new schools were added to the conference: Clayton in 1936, Bruce in 1937, Birchwood in 1938, and Prairie Farm in 1939. The next year, the Lakeland Conference split its eleven-member roster into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prentice High School
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Lumberjack Conference
The Lumberjack Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in north central Wisconsin. Originating as a football-only conference in 1946, the Lumberjack Conference competed as an all-sport conference from 1953 to 2008. All member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History 1946-1953 The Lumberjack Conference was organized in 1946 as a football-only conference by a group of small- to medium-sized schools in north central Wisconsin. Original members were Medford Area Senior High School, Medford, Mosinee High School, Mosinee, Stanley High School (Wisconsin), Stanley, Tomahawk High School, Tomahawk and the "B" team from Wausau East High School, Wausau High School. In 1948, Wausau "B" left the conference and were replaced by Nekoosa High School, formerly of the Wisconsin Valley Conference. Stanley left the league in 1950 to join their primary home (the Cloverbelt Conference) for football and were repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central State Conference
The Central State Conference is a former high school athletic conference in central Wisconsin, in operation from 1962 to 1984. Its member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History 1962-1970 The Central State Conference, originally known as the Central-C Conference, was formed in 1962 by eight small- to medium-sized public high schools and one private Catholic high school in central Wisconsin. Five schools were former members of the Central Lakes Conference (Almond, Necedah, Oxford, Port Edwards and Wild Rose), three belonged to the 7-C Conference ( Adams-Friendship, Tri-County and Westfield) and one formerly competed as an independent (Madonna). Almost immediately, the conference began to lose members to rural school district consolidation and closings. The first such change occurred in 1963, when Oxford was closed and its students were redistricted to Westfield. In 1966, conference membership was cut in half due to the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flambeau League
The Flambeau League is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in northwestern Wisconsin. Founded in 1940 and disbanded in 1970, the conference and its member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History The Flambeau League was formed in 1940 by six small high schools in northwestern Wisconsin: Butternut, Draper-Loretta, Fifield, Glidden, Tripoli and Winter. Original members were located in four counties ( Ashland, Lincoln, Price and Sawyer) and the conference was named after the Flambeau River, which ran through the conference's geographic area. Prentice joined the Flambeau League as its seventh member after leaving the 3-C Conference in 1943. Membership remained stable until 1952, when Draper-Loretta was consolidated with fellow conference member Winter. Hawkins moved over from the similarly named Flambeauland Conference to replace them, keeping the roster at seven schools. Three years later, the Flambeau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
