The Bay-Lakes Conference is a former high school

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in northeast

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, operating from 1970 to 1979. Its public school members belonged to the

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and its private school members were part of the

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History

The Bay-Lakes Conference, named so for its proximity to Green Bay and the many lakes in northeastern Wisconsin, was formed in 1970 by a mix of seven small public and private schools in the region. Six of the seven schools were members of conferences that had disbanded prior to the 1970-71 school year: three from the

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(

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, Manitowoc Lutheran and

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), two from the

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( St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran) and one from the Wisconsin Seminary League ( Sacred Heart Seminary). Stockbridge, the seventh member, was an independent prior to joining the conference, as they had competed without affiliation since the demise of the

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in 1969. The conference kept the same membership over the course of its nine-year history with the exception of Sacred Heart Seminary's exit in 1976 due to its closing. The Bay-Lakes Conference split up in 1979 with two public high schools moving to the

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(Gibraltar and Sevastopol), two private schools joining the

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(St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran), Stockbridge joined the

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and Manitowoc Lutheran became an independent.

Conference membership history

Membership timeline

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List of state champions

Fall sports

Winter sports

None

Spring sports

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Football

References

{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences Wisconsin high school sports conferences Sports organizations established in 1970 1970 establishments in Wisconsin 1979 disestablishments in Wisconsin