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Flambeauland Conference
The Flambeauland Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership base in northwestern Wisconsin. Operational from 1946 to 1955, the conference and its members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History The Flambeauland Conference was formed in the aftermath of World War II by six small high schools in northwestern Wisconsin: Hannibal High School (Wisconsin), Hannibal, Hawkins High School (Wisconsin), Hawkins, Ingram-Glen Flora High School, Ingram-Glen Flora, Lake Holcombe High School, Lake Holcombe, Tony High School, Tony and Weyerhaeuser High School, Weyerhaeuser. It was named for its original member schools’ proximity to the Flambeau River, and members were located in three counties (Chippewa County, Michigan, Chippewa, Rusk County, Wisconsin, Rusk and Taylor County, Wisconsin, Taylor). Because of the small size and remote location of its members, the Flambeauland Conference sponsored baseball as a fall sport in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletic Conference
An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams which play competitively against each other in a sports league. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller Division (sport), divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. Conferences often, but not always, include teams from a common geographic region. Australian rules football The AFL Women's competition used a non-geographic conference system in 2019 AFL Women's season, 2019 and 2020 AFL Women's season, 2020. The league was divided into two conferences, based on ladder position in the previous season. Not every team could play each other due to the limited number of rounds, so conferences were introduced so that teams were only measured against the teams they played. The system was controversial because it allowed some weak teams to make finals, and strong teams from the other conference missed out on finals. It was because of this that the conference system was removed for the 2021 AFL Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
