History
The Little Seven Conference, known as the Little Five Conference during its first season, was formed by five small high schools on the periphery of metropolitan Milwaukee in 1926: Hartland, Menomonee Falls, North Milwaukee, Oconomowoc and Pewaukee. [1] Cedarburg and Port Washington joined after the first season, which is when the conference assumed the Little Seven name. [2] In 1928, Norris Foundation became the eighth school to join the conference, but the Little Seven name remained in place despite the conference's expansion. [3] In 1929, the village of North Milwaukee was annexed into the city of Milwaukee [4] [5] along with the high school, which joined the Milwaukee Public Schools district. Out of a desire to avoid confusion between North Milwaukee High School and the nearby North Division High School, North Milwaukee was renamed Custer High School after the original street it resided on. [6] In 1930, the Little Seven lost four schools: Custer to the Milwaukee City Conference, [7] Hartland to the Little Six Conference, Oconomowoc to the Little Ten Conference [8] and Port Washington to compete independent of conference affiliation. By the time Norris Foundation left to join the Southeastern Wisconsin Conference in 1932, [9] the Little Seven had ended sponsorship of a basketball league and its last vestige was an annual triangular track meet between the remaining participants. [10] The Little Seven officially ended competition in 1934, when Cedarburg, Menomonee Falls and Pewaukee joined with Juneau High School in Dodge County to form the 4-C Conference. [11]
