Coulee Conference

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Coulee Conference
Conference WIAA
CommissionerLouie Ferguson
Sports fielded
  • 20
    • men's: 10
    • women's: 10
DivisionDivisions 2-3 (Baseball, Cross Country, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling)

Divisions 3-4 (Basketball)

Divisions 4-6 (Football)
No. of teams7
Headquarters[[{{{hq_city}}}, Wisconsin]]
Official website Coulee Conference
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Coulee Conference Member School Locations in Wisconsin

The Coulee Conference is a seven-member high school athletic conference in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. It was founded in 1926 and is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Conference schools have enrollments ranging from 236 to 540, with an average enrollment of 395. [1]

Contents

Beginning in 2014, West Salem will compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference for football only.

With the announcement and passing of football-only conference realignments by the WIAA, the Coulee Conference will be temporarily split up for the 2019 football season. [2] In the 2020 football season, the Coulee Conference will return, but Luther will join the Scenic Bluffs Conference. The Altoona Railroaders of the Cloverbelt Conference and Aquinas Blugolds (La Crosse) of the Mississippi Valley Conference will join the Coulee for football only. [3]

Sports

The Coulee Conference sponsors 20 varsity sports. They are:

Schools

SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollment [1] MascotColorsJoined
Arcadia Arcadia, WI Public417Raiders  1965
Black River Falls Black River Falls, WI Public481Tigers  1977
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Galesville, WI Public400Red Hawks   1971
Luther Onalaska, WI Private (WELS)228Knights  1997
Viroqua Viroqua, WI Public339Blackhawks  1987
West Salem West Salem, WI Public607Panthers  1926
Westby Westby, WI Public305Norsemen  1977

Former schools

SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Bangor Bangor, WI Public203Cardinals  19261977Scenic CentralScenic Bluffs
Gale-Ettrick Galesville, WI PublicN/ARedmen  19261971Merged with Trempeleau
Holmen Holmen, WI Public1,215Vikings  19261989Mississippi Valley
Mindoro Mindoro, WI PublicN/ATigers  19261965Merged with Melrose
Onalaska Onalaska, WI Public923Hilltoppers  19261989Mississippi Valley
Trempeleau Trempeleau, WI PublicN/ABears  19361971Merged with Gale-Ettrick
Melrose Melrose, WI PublicN/AEagles  19421965Merged with Mindoro
Melrose-Mindoro Melrose, WI Public223Mustangs  19651977Dairyland
Cochrane-Fountain City Fountain City, WI Public175Pirates  19721977Dairyland
Royall Elroy, WI Public154Panthers  19771979Scenic Bluffs
La Crescent La Crescent, MN Public347Lancers  19802007Hiawatha ValleyThree Rivers

State championships

Football

Boys' golf

Softball

Boys' Track & Field

Girls' Track & Field

Spring Baseball

State championship runners-up

Football

Boys' basketball

Girls' basketball

Spring baseball

Summer baseball

Boys' cross country

Girls' golf

Boys' golf

Gymnastics

Girls' hockey

Boys' Track & Field

Girls' Track & Field

Softball

Wrestling

The Vernon County Mega Bowl

Beginning in 2019, the Westby Norsemen and the Viroqua Blackhawks have played for the Vernon County Mega Bowl in their yearly football contest. The Norsemen won the first Mega Bowl game 21-8 in 2019. There was no Mega Bowl Game in 2020. [19]

Mega Bowl Game results

Westby victoriesViroqua victoriesTie games

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