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Little Eight Conference (Wisconsin)
The Little Eight Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Founded in 1926 and dissolved in 1937, the conference and its member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. History The Little Eight Conference was formed in 1926 by eight small high schools in west central Wisconsin: Altoona High School, Altoona, Augusta High School (Wisconsin), Augusta, Black River Falls High School, Black River Falls, Fairchild High School (Wisconsin), Fairchild, Fall Creek High School, Fall Creek, Humbird High School, Humbird, Merrillan High School, Merrillan and Osseo-Fairchild High School, Osseo. Most conference members were located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Eau Claire County (or the neighboring counties of Clark County, Wisconsin, Clark, Jackson County, Wisconsin, Jackson and Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Trempealeau) and all members with one exception were located along U.S. Route 12 in Wisconsin, U.S. Route 12. A ninth member was ... [...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] |
