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The Cloverbelt Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership base concentrated in west central Wisconsin. Founded in 1927, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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History

1927-1945

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The Cloverbelt Conference, originally known as the Wisconsin Clover Belt Interscholastic League, was formed in 1927 by five small high schools in west central Wisconsin: Boyd, Cadott, Owen, Stanley and Thorp. [1] Original member schools were located in Chippewa County and Clark County along Wisconsin Highway 29, a major thoroughfare transversing the state from Green Bay to the Twin Cities. Cornell joined the Cloverbelt Conference in 1928, [2] bringing the loop to six members. In 1933, the conference added Gilman and Lake Holcombe to its membership roster, and subdivided into Eastern and Western divisions: [3]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
GilmanBoyd
OwenCadott
StanleyCornell
ThorpLake Holcombe

Withee became the ninth member of the Cloverbelt Conference in 1938 and were assigned to the Eastern Cloverbelt. Gilman moved to the Western Cloverbelt that same year. [4] In 1939, the Cloverbelt Conference sponsored football for the first time, with four schools (Cadott, Cornell, Thorp and Withee) playing the six-player variant [5] until the 1944 season, when the four schools shifted to eight-player football. [6] Neillsville accepted conference membership in 1945, [7] the same year that the Cloverbelt Conference adopted eleven-player football and welcomed full members Owen and Stanley from the defunct football-only Chippewa-Black River Valley Conference. [8] For all other sports, Neillsville joined the Eastern Cloverbelt, giving each division five member schools: [9]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
NeillsvilleBoyd
OwenCadott
StanleyCornell
ThorpGilman
WitheeLake Holcombe

1945-1964

After World War II, rural school district consolidation began to affect members of the Cloverbelt Conference. Lake Holcombe left the Western Cloverbelt to join the new Flambeauland Conference in 1946, [10] with Altoona replacing them after having previously competed in the Little Eight Conference. [11] In 1948, Boyd was consolidated into Stanley [12] (though the school wouldn't be renamed until 1965), and another former Little Eight member (Fall Creek) took their place in the Western Cloverbelt. [13] The Cloverbelt Conference remained a ten-school league until 1955, when Owen and Withee merged, [14] with the new school inheriting Owen's membership in the Eastern Cloverbelt. Elk Mound joined the next year from the Dunn-St. Croix Conference as the Cloverbelt's tenth school, [15] becoming members of the Western Cloverbelt with Gilman shifting back to the Eastern Cloverbelt: [16]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
GilmanAltoona
NeillsvilleCadott
Owen-WitheeCornell
StanleyElk Mound
ThorpFall Creek

Elk Mound's stay in the Cloverbelt would be brief, as they returned to the Dunn-St. Croix Conference in 1961. [17] In 1962, the Cloverbelt Conference accepted four new members who were displaced by the dissolution of the nearby 3-C Conference: Colby, Dor-Abby, Greenwood and Loyal. [18] All four schools joined the Eastern Cloverbelt with Gilman and Stanley moving over to the Western Cloverbelt: [19]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
ColbyAltoona
Dor-AbbyCadott
GreenwoodCornell
LoyalFall Creek
NeillsvilleGilman
Owen-WitheeStanley
Thorp

1964-1982

Dor-Abby would become the new Abbotsford High School in 1964 after the merger between Dorchester and Abbotsford that had taken place three years earlier was ended. [20] The Cloverbelt Conference also adopted the Eastern-Western divisional format for football alongside the other sports offered. [21] Lake Holcombe rejoined the Western Cloverbelt in 1965, [22] giving each division seven schools. This alignment would be short-lived, as Abbotsford left in 1966 to join the Marawood Conference. [23] Lake Holcombe exited in 1970 to become a member of the Lakeland Conference, [24] and the conference competed as a twelve-member league for the first half of the 1970s:

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
ColbyAltoona
GreenwoodCadott
LoyalCornell
NeillsvilleFall Creek
Owen-WitheeGilman
ThorpStanley-Boyd

Colby left the Cloverbelt Conference in 1976 to join an expanded Lumberjack Conference, [25] but their membership only lasted for two seasons. They returned in 1978, bringing three former Lumberjack members with them: Auburndale, Mosinee and Nekoosa. [26] All four schools took up residence in the Eastern Cloverbelt with Thorp moving to the Western Cloverbelt to accommodate the expansion: [27]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
AuburndaleAltoona
ColbyCadott
GreenwoodCornell
LoyalFall Creek
MosineeGilman
NeillsvilleStanley-Boyd
NekoosaThorp
Owen-Withee

Football was also realigned by enrollment size instead of geographical location for the first time in 1978, with all fifteen members participating: [28]

Large CloverbeltSmall Cloverbelt
AuburndaleAltoona
CadottCornell
ColbyFall Creek
MosineeGilman
NeillsvilleGreenwood
NekoosaLoyal
Stanley-BoydOwen-Withee
Thorp

1982-2008

Nekoosa was only a Cloverbelt member for four years before they left to join the South Central Conference in 1982, [29] leaving the conference with fourteen member schools. Osseo-Fairchild would move over from the Dairyland Conference in 1986 [30] with Thorp returning to their former home in the Eastern Cloverbelt. [31] Augusta's entry to the Western Cloverbelt from the Dairyland in 1990 gave the conference sixteen members: [32]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
AuburndaleAltoona
ColbyAugusta
GreenwoodCadott
LoyalCornell
MosineeFall Creek
NeillsvilleGilman
Owen-WitheeOsseo-Fairchild
ThorpStanley-Boyd

This alignment would remain in place for most of the 1990s, the first change was Cornell's exit in 1998 to join the Lakeland Conference. [33] In 2000, Auburndale left to rejoin the Marawood Conference, [34] and two schools who were former members of WISAA and the Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference joined the Cloverbelt: McDonell Central Catholic in Chippewa Falls and Regis in Eau Claire. [35] Both schools took up residence in the Western Cloverbelt with Stanley-Boyd shifting to the Eastern Cloverbelt:

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
ColbyAltoona
GreenwoodAugusta
LoyalCadott
MosineeFall Creek
NeillsvilleGilman
Owen-WitheeMcDonell Central Catholic
Stanley-BoydOsseo-Fairchild
ThorpRegis

2008-present

In 2008, the Cloverbelt Conference added three former Marawood Conference members to its stable: Columbus Catholic in Marshfield, Granton and Spencer. [36] All three schools joined the Eastern Cloverbelt, with Stanley-Boyd and Thorp moving to the Western Cloverbelt and Augusta shifting to the Eastern Cloverbelt. With the loss of Mosinee to the new Great Northern Conference, [37] the Cloverbelt Conference now had eighteen member schools on its roster: [38]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
AugustaAltoona
ColbyCadott
Columbus CatholicFall Creek
GrantonGilman
GreenwoodMcDonell Central Catholic
LoyalOsseo-Fairchild
NeillsvilleRegis
Owen-WitheeStanley-Boyd
SpencerThorp

In football, the Cloverbelt Conference members were split into two different conferences. Six members of the Large Cloverbelt were grouped with Regis of the Small Cloverbelt and Spencer (new to the Cloverbelt in 2008), and this conference retained the Cloverbelt moniker. The other group consisted of six schools formerly in the Small Cloverbelt (Augusta, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal, Owen-Withee and Thorp) and four from the Marawood Conference (Abbotsford, Assumption, Athens and Newman Catholic), with the new conference calling itself the Cloverwood Conference as a nod to its member schools' primary membership: [39]

CloverbeltCloverwood
AltoonaAbbotsford
CadottAssumption
ColbyAthens
Fall CreekAugusta
NeillsvilleGilman
Osseo-FairchildGreenwood
RegisLoyal
SpencerNewman Catholic
Stanley-BoydOwen-Withee
Thorp

Augusta would make its return to the Dairyland Conference in 2014, [40] and Gilman shifted to the Eastern Cloverbelt after six decades as Western Cloverbelt members. [41] In 2021, Altoona accepted an invitation to join larger schools in the Middle Border Conference, with Bloomer moving over from the Heart O' North Conference to replace them. [42] Currently, the Cloverbelt Conference has sixteen member schools, with Osseo-Fairchild leaving for membership in the Dairyland Conference in 2024, [43] and Elk Mound planning to rejoin the Cloverbelt Conference in 2025 [44] as their replacement: [45]

Eastern CloverbeltWestern Cloverbelt
ColbyBloomer
Columbus CatholicCadott
GilmanFall Creek
GrantonMcDonell Central Catholic
GreenwoodOsseo-Fairchild
LoyalRegis
NeillsvilleStanley-Boyd
Owen-WitheeThorp
Spencer

Football (since 2020)

In February 2019, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, the WIAA released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin to commence with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle. [46] The Cloverbelt retained five members from the previous alignment (Fall Creek, Neillsville/Granton, Osseo-Fairchild, Regis and Stanley) and added three members of the Dunn-St. Croix Conference (Durand-Arkansaw, Elk Mound and Mondovi) to form its initial roster. [47] This alignment has remained in place for both the 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 competition cycles, [48] [49] with Osseo-Fairchild leaving for the Dunn-St. Croix Conference and all other members retained. The Cloverbelt will also be entering into a scheduling partnership with the Marawood Conference to schedule one mandatory crossover game per member, with results counting towards overall conference standings. [50]

List of conference members

Current members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedDivision
Bloomer Bloomer, WI Public429Blackhawks  2021 [42] Western
Cadott Cadott, WI Public260Hornets  1927 [1] Western
Colby Colby, WI Public309Hornets  1962, [18] 1978 [26] Eastern
Columbus Catholic Marshfield, WI Private (Catholic)146Dons  2008 [36] Eastern
Elk Mound Elk Mound, WI Public344Mounders  2025 [44] Western
Fall Creek Fall Creek, WI Public243Crickets  1948 [13] Western
Gilman Gilman, WI Public97Pirates  1933 [3] Eastern
Granton Granton, WI Public62Bulldogs  2008 [36] Eastern
Greenwood Greenwood, WI Public112Indians  1962 [18] Eastern
Loyal Loyal, WI Public163Greyhounds  1962 [18] Eastern
McDonell Central Catholic Chippewa Falls, WI Private (Catholic)206Macks  2000 [35] Western
Neillsville Neillsville, WI Public269Warriors  1945 [7] Eastern
Owen-Withee Owen, WI Public126Blackhawks  1955 [14] Eastern
Regis Eau Claire, WI Private (Catholic)210Ramblers  2000 [35] Western
Spencer Spencer, WI Public220Rockets  2008 [36] Eastern
Stanley-Boyd Stanley, WI Public337Orioles  1927 [1] Western
Thorp Thorp, WI Public170Cardinals  1927 [1] Western

Current football-only members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedPrimary Conference
Durand-Arkansaw Durand, WI Public307Panthers  2020 [47] Dunn-St. Croix
Mondovi Mondovi, WI Public250Buffaloes  2020 [47] Dunn-St. Croix

Former members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Boyd Boyd, WI PublicN/ABees  1927 [1] 1948 [12] Closed (consolidated into Stanley)
Owen Owen, WI PublicN/AEagles  1927 [1] 1955 [14] Closed (merged into Owen-Withee)
Cornell Cornell, WI Public111Chiefs  1928 [2] 1998 [33] Lakeland
Lake Holcombe Lake Holcombe, WI Public90Chieftains  1933, [3] 1965 [22] 1946, [10] 1970 [24] Flambeauland, Lakeland Lakeland
Withee Withee, WI PublicN/ABluejays  1938 [4] 1955 [14] Closed (merged into Owen-Withee)
Altoona Altoona, WI Public560Railroaders  1946 [11] 2021 [42] Middle Border
Dor-Abby Abbotsford, WI PublicN/AFalcons  1962 [18] 1964 [20] Merger dissolved, became Abbotsford
Abbotsford Abbotsford, WI Public244Falcons  1964 [20] 1966 [23] Marawood
Auburndale Auburndale, WI Public229Eagles  1978 [26] 2000 [34] Marawood
Mosinee Mosinee, WI Public621Indians  1978 [26] 2008 [37] Great Northern
Nekoosa Nekoosa, WI Public295Papermakers  1978 [26] 1982 [29] South Central
Osseo-Fairchild Osseo, WI Public255Thunder  1986 [30] 2024 [43] Dairyland
Augusta Augusta, WI Public226Beavers  1990 [32] 2014 [40] Dairyland

Former football-only members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsSeasonsPrimary Conference
Elk Mound Elk Mound, WI Public344Mounders  2020-2024 [47] [48] [49] Dunn-St. Croix

Membership timeline

Full members

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Football members

Cloverbelt Conference

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Membership map

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Location of Cloverbelt Conference full members:

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country
SchoolYearDivision
McDonell Central Catholic2001Division 3
Football
SchoolYearDivision
Mosinee1980Division 4
Mosinee1980Division 4
Gilman1986Division 6
Greenwood1990Division 6
Stanley-Boyd1991Division 4
Owen-Withee1992Division 6
Fall Creek1993Division 5
Thorp1993Division 6
Fall Creek1994Division 5
Stanley-Boyd1995Division 4
Osseo-Fairchild1996Division 5
Colby1998Division 4
Cadott1999Division 4
Owen-Withee1999Division 6
Osseo-Fairchild2000Division 5
Regis2003Division 7
Gilman2006Division 7
Colby2008Division 5
Colby2011Division 5
Stanley-Boyd2013Division 5
Regis2016Division 6
Regis2022Division 7
Girls Volleyball
SchoolYearDivision
Loyal1979Class C
Stanley-Boyd2006Division 3
McDonell Central Catholic2009Division 4
Regis2013Division 3
McDonell Central Catholic2021Division 4
McDonell Central Catholic2022Division 4

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
SchoolYearDivision
Fall Creek1984Class C
Fall Creek1985Class C
Greenwood1988Class C
Auburndale1993Division 3
Auburndale2000Division 3
Thorp2014Division 5
McDonell Central Catholic2016Division 5
Columbus Catholic2024Division 5
Girls Basketball
SchoolYearDivision
Gilman1983Class C
Fall Creek1985Class C
Fall Creek1987Class C
Fall Creek1988Class C
Augusta1996Division 4
Fall Creek1996Division 3
Mosinee2000Division 2
Regis2003Division 4
Altoona2011Division 3
Regis2011Division 4
Neillsville2012Division 4
Loyal2017Division 5
McDonell Central Catholic2023Division 5
Boys Wrestling
SchoolYearDivision
Neillsville1983Class B
Cadott2001Division 3
Cadott2007Division 3

Spring sports

Baseball
SchoolYearDivision
Nekoosa1980Class B
Nekoosa1981Class B
Nekoosa1982Class B
Greenwood1988Class C
Greenwood1990Class C
Regis2002Division 3
Greenwood2013Division 4
Regis2022Division 4
Boys Golf
SchoolYearDivision
Osseo-Fairchild1994Division 3
Mosinee1995Division 2
Osseo-Fairchild1995Division 3
Osseo-Fairchild1996Division 3
Osseo-Fairchild1999Division 3
Osseo-Fairchild2000Division 3
Osseo-Fairchild2003Division 3
Osseo-Fairchild2004Division 3
Osseo-Fairchild2006Division 3
Osseo-Fairchild2013Division 3
Softball
SchoolYearDivision
Loyal1978Single Division
Loyal1979Class B
Loyal1980Class B
McDonell Central Catholic2008Division 4
Thorp2016Division 4
McDonell Central Catholic2017Division 5
McDonell Central Catholic2018Division 5
Altoona2021Division 2
Fall Creek2024Division 4
Girls Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Mosinee1979Class B
Cadott1994Division 3
Cadott1997Division 3
Fall Creek1999Division 3
Fall Creek2000Division 3
McDonell Central Catholic2014Division 3
Fall Creek2023Division 3

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

SchoolQuantityYears
Thorp311935, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1989, 2001, 2003
Cornell251935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1988
Fall Creek251953, 1956, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022
Altoona241947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1962, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2020
Stanley-Boyd161928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1959
Auburndale131985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Colby111972, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1992, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2023
Columbus Catholic112010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
Neillsville91962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 2020
Osseo-Fairchild91988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2018, 2019
Cadott81930, 1933, 1943, 1954, 1955, 1979, 1980, 1989
Regis62001, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016
Greenwood51966, 1987, 2002, 2004, 2007
McDonell Central Catholic52002, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023
Owen-Withee51957, 1977, 2003, 2014, 2025
Augusta22012, 2013
Bloomer22024, 2025
Owen21929, 1941
Spencer22015, 2020
Boyd11944
Dor-Abby11963
Gilman12007
Loyal11968
Mosinee11984
Nekoosa11982
Withee11942
Abbotsford0
Elk Mound0
Granton0
Lake Holcombe0

Girls Basketball

SchoolQuantityYears
Fall Creek211975, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2024, 2025
Neillsville171975, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Owen-Withee161975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2003
Regis142002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2025
Osseo-Fairchild92006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
Mosinee81991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Thorp71974, 1984, 1990, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2005
Stanley-Boyd61977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991
Altoona41975, 1976, 2001, 2008
Greenwood41985, 1990, 1995, 1996
Cadott31975, 1984, 1999
Loyal32015, 2016, 2017
McDonell Central Catholic32023, 2024, 2025
Auburndale21981, 1991
Colby22018, 2019
Gilman21982, 1983
Cornell11980
Augusta0
Bloomer0
Columbus Catholic0
Granton0
Nekoosa0
Spencer0

Football

SchoolQuantityYears
Stanley-Boyd221945, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017
Thorp151942, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1981, 1997, 1998, 2002
Colby141965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Cornell141939, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1980
Fall Creek131970, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006
Regis132003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Greenwood101965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1996
Mosinee81979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2005
Owen-Withee81955, 1978, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007
Osseo-Fairchild71992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004
Cadott51951, 1974, 1978, 1988, 1999
Neillsville41947, 1975, 1977, 2006
Gilman21986, 2000
Neillsville/
Granton
21992, 2000
Withee21940, 1941
Altoona11979
Augusta11990
Lake Holcombe11965
Mondovi12023
Owen11946
Spencer/
Columbus Catholic
12015
Abbotsford0
Auburndale0
Dor-Abby0
Durand-Arkansaw0
Elk Mound0
Loyal0
McDonell Central Catholic0
Nekoosa0
Spencer0

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