Big Nine Conference (Wisconsin)

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The Big Nine Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, operating from 1985 to 1993 and consisting of nine large high schools in southeastern Wisconsin.

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History

The Big Nine Conference was formed in the aftermath of extensive athletic conference realignment in southeastern Wisconsin following the 1984-85 school year. It was one of three new conferences created that year, along with the North Shore and Suburban Park conferences. This alignment placed the Racine and Kenosha high schools back together in a similar alignment to the old South Shore Conference, but with the addition of four high schools on the south side of Milwaukee [1] . The Milwaukee schools were not in favor of this alignment [2] , going to the length of filing a lawsuit against the WIAA to rejoin the Milwaukee City Conference [3] [4] . This finally happened in 1993, and the five high schools in Racine and Kenosha went on to form part of the new fifteen-member Southeast Conference [5] [6] .

Conference Membership History

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Kenosha Bradford Kenosha, WI Public1,765Red Devils  19851993 Southeast
Kenosha Tremper Kenosha, WI Public1,835Trojans  19851993 Southeast
Milwaukee Bay View Milwaukee, WI Public966Redcats  19851993 Milwaukee City
Milwaukee Hamilton Milwaukee, WI Public1,475Wildcats  19851993 Milwaukee City
Milwaukee Pulaski Milwaukee, WI Public924Rams  19851993 Milwaukee City
Milwaukee South Division Milwaukee, WI Public1,109Cardinals  19851993 Milwaukee City
Racine Case Racine, WI Public1,892Eagles  19851993 Southeast
Racine Horlick Racine, WI Public1,360Rebels  19851993 Southeast
Racine Park Racine, WI Public1,059Panthers  19851993 Southeast

List of State Champions

Fall Sports

Boys Cross Country
SchoolYearDivision
Racine Case1989Class A
Football
SchoolYearDivision
Racine Park1988Division 1
Kenosha Tremper1991Division 1
Girls Golf
SchoolYearDivision
Racine Case1988Single Division
Girls Volleyball
SchoolYearDivision
Racine Horlick1990Division 1

Winter Sports

None

Spring Sports

Baseball
SchoolYearDivision
Racine Park1993Division 1
Boys Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Milwaukee South Division1986Class A
Milwaukee South Division1987Class A
Milwaukee South Division1988Class A
Milwaukee South Division1989Class A
Girls Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Racine Horlick1987Class A
Racine Horlick1988Class A

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