The Glaicer Trails Conference is a high school

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with its membership concentrated on the northern outskirts of the

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. Its first year of competition will be the 2025-26 school year, and the conference is affiliated with the

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History

The Glacier Trails Conference was formed in preparation for the 2025-26 school year, and consists of seven high schools. Three members ( Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kewaskum and Plymouth) are leaving the soon-to-be defunct

East Central Conference The East Central Conference is a high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Originally founded in 1970, it was disbanded in 2001 and remained defunct until its reconstitution in 2015. It will be dissolved again after 2024-25 school year, and al ...

to help form the new conference. The other four schools to enter the league came from the

North Shore Conference The North Shore Conference is a high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. It was founded in 1985, and membership is concentrated in the northern suburbs of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. All member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsi ...

( Port Washington, West Bend East and West Bend West) and the

Fox River Classic Conference The Fox River Classic Conference (often shortened to FRCC) is a high school athletic conference with its membership based in northeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 2007, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Intersc ...

( Sheboygan South). The Glacier Trails Conference was named after the

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s that shaped the

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, a geological region that coincides with the geographic footprint of the conference. Football competition is set to begin with the 2026-2027 WIAA realignment cycle, and all members with the exception of Sheboygan South will be participating. The seventh slot is set to be filled by Grafton, currently affiliated with the

Woodland Conference The Woodland Conference is a high school athletic conference with its geographic footprint in southeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 1993, the Woodland Conference and its members are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association ...

for football.

List of conference members

Full members

Future football-only members

Membership timeline

Full members

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Football members (2026-future)

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Membership map

References

External links

Glacier Trails Conference (official website)
{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences Wisconsin high school sports conferences Sports organizations established in 2025 2025 establishments in Wisconsin