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The Little Ten Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, formed in 1925 and reorganizing into the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference in 1970.
History
editFormation and Sustained Stability (1925-1959)
editThe Little Ten Conference was founded in 1925 by ten medium- to smaller-sized schools in south central Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Berlin, Columbus, Hartford Union, Horicon, Mayville, Portage, Ripon, Watertown and Waupun. The conference went through a few membership changes during its first few seasons, starting with the loss of Portage to the South Central Conference in 1926 and Watertown to the Southern Six in 1928. The conference added West Bend in 1929 and Oconomowoc in 1930 to bring conference membership back up to ten. Membership would remain consistent until 1959, when Arrowhead joined from the Southeastern Wisconsin Conference and Watertown rejoined from the Braveland Conference.
Division Split and Reformation (1959-1970)
editWith conference membership increasing to twelve, the Little Ten subdivided into Northern and Southern Divisions for the 1959-60 school year:
Northern Little Ten | Southern Little Ten |
---|---|
Berlin | Arrowhead |
Columbus | Beaver Dam |
Horicon | Hartford Union |
Mayville | Oconomowoc |
Ripon | Watertown |
Waupun | West Bend |
In 1965, Arrowhead left to join the Southeastern Badger Conference, bringing conference membership to eleven. By the late 1960s, increasing gaps in enrollment between the smaller schools Northern Little Ten and the larger schools in the Southern Little Ten were creating problems with competitive balance, and the schools in the Southern Little Ten began looking to secede from the conference. The conference finally disbanded in 1970, with the five Southern Little Ten members (six with the split of West Bend into East and West) and Waupun forming the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference, leaving the five remaining schools in the Northern Little Ten to find other conferences with schools more similar in enrollment size.
Conference Membership History
editNotes
edit- ^ Split into West Bend East and West Bend West High Schools prior to the 1970-71 school year.
List of State Champions
editFall Sports
editNone
Winter Sports
editSchool | Year | Division |
---|---|---|
Watertown | 1928 | Single Division |
Mayville | 1935 | Class B |
Beaver Dam | 1937 | Class B |
Spring Sports
editSchool | Year | Division |
---|---|---|
West Bend | 1951 | Single Division |
Oconomowoc | 1959 | Single Division |
School | Year | Division |
---|---|---|
Berlin | 1931 | Class B |
West Bend | 1934 | Class B |
Horicon | 1937 | Class C |
Horicon | 1938 | Class C |
Horicon | 1939 | Class C |
Horicon | 1954 | Class C |
Horicon | 1959 | Class C |
Berlin | 1961 | Class B |
Arrowhead | 1965 | Class B |
Ripon | 1968 | Class B |