The Lower Fox Conference is a former

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with its membership concentrated in the lower Fox River valley in southeastern

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. Founded in 1933 and playing its last season in 1936, the conference's member schools belonged to the

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History

The Lower Fox Conference was formed in 1933 by five small high schools in southeastern Wisconsin:

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, Racine County Agricultural,

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and Wilmot Union. All original members with the exception of East Troy belonged to the

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for other sports, which did not sponsor football at that time. Fellow SEC members Union Grove and

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joined in 1934, and the conference maintained its seven-member lineup until its last season was played in 1936. The Southeastern Wisconsin Conference began sponsorship of football in the 1937 season, with six of the seven members of the Lower Fox Conference becoming members. Williams Bay, the only holdout, transitioned to

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and joined the Southern Regional Conference along with

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and Darien.

Conference membership history

Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1933 till:1937 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:m bar:1 color:lavender from:1933 till:1937 text:East Troy (1933-1936) bar:2 color:lavender from:1933 till:1937 text:Mukwonago (1933-1936) bar:3 color:lavender from:1933 till:1937 text:Rochester Aggies (1933-1936) bar:4 color:lavender from:1933 till:1937 text:Waterford (1933-1936) bar:5 color:lavender from:1933 till:1937 text:Wilmot Union (1933-1936) bar:6 color:lavender from:1934 till:1937 text:Union Grove (1934-1936) bar:7 color:lavender from:1934 till:1937 text:Williams Bay (1934-1936) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:1933

List of conference champions

References

{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences Wisconsin high school sports conferences Sports organizations established in 1933 1933 establishments in Wisconsin 1936 disestablishments in Wisconsin