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The Marinette & Oconto Conference is a high school athletic conference in northeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 1927, the conference and its members are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
The Marinette & Oconto Conference was formed in 1927 by seven small high schools in Marinette and Oconto Counties in northeastern Wisconsin: Coleman, Crivitz, Lena, Marinette Normal, Our Lady of Lourdes, Peshtigo and Wausaukee. [1] In 1929, the M&O lost Marinette Normal and Our Lady of Lourdes, with Niagara joining to bring the conference to six members. [2] Peshtigo left the loop in 1931, [3] with Gillett moving over from the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference in 1932 to take their place. [4] The membership roster for the Marinette & Oconto Conference increased to nine in 1933 when Florence, Mountain and Suring entered the league. [5] Peshtigo would return to the M&O in 1934, [6] and Florence and Niagara left a year later, bringing the conference to eight schools. [7] In 1938, Mountain and Wausaukee exited the conference, [8] and along with Amberg and Pembine they formed the new Nicolet Conference. [9] [10] Bonduel spent a short stint in the conference during World War II, joining in 1941 [11] and leaving two years later. [12] After numerous changes in the conference's first two decades, the circuit entered a period of stability that would last until the 1950s.
In 1951, the four-member Granite Valley Conference merged with the six members of the Marinette & Oconto Conference: Amberg, Crivitz, Pembine and Wausaukee. Crivitz was previously a member of both conferences, and Wausaukee reentered the M&O after a thirteen-year absence. [13] With the addition of Goodman, the Marinette & Oconto Conference became a ten-member group, but this arrangement would end up being short-lived. In 1954, Amberg, Goodman, Pembine and Wausaukee split off to reform the Granite Valley Conference, leaving the conference with six member schools. [14] Wausaukee rejoined the Marinette & Oconto Conference for a third time in 1961 after displacement by the Granite Valley's dissolution in 1960. [15] In 1968, Niagara left the Menominee Range Conference in the upper peninsula of Michigan to rejoin as the M&O's eighth member. [16] The Marinette & Oconto Conference entered a three-decade period of stability after Niagara's return.
In 1999, Marinette Central Catholic (formerly Our Lady of Lourdes) came back to the Marinette & Oconto Conference [17] [18] after the dissolution of the Fox Valley Christian Conference, a result of the merger between the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association and the WIAA that was finalized in 2000. [19] The school became St. Thomas Aquinas Academy in 2005 after changing its enrollment model from high school to K-12. [20] The Oneida Nation High School joined the M&O in 2015, its first conference membership in their twenty-year history. [21] With Peshtigo's exit in 2017 to join the Packerland Conference, [22] the Marinette & Oconto Conference became the nine-member league that currently exists.
| School | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment | Mascot | Colors | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman | Coleman, WI | Public | 229 | Cougars | 1927 [1] | |
| Crivitz | Crivitz, WI | Public | 215 | Wolverines | 1927 [1] | |
| Gillett | Gillett, WI | Public | 158 | Tigers | 1932 [4] | |
| Lena | Lena, WI | Public | 133 | Wildcats | 1927 [1] | |
| Niagara | Niagara, WI | Public | 136 | Badgers | 1929, [2] 1968 [16] | |
| Oneida Nation | Onʌyoteˀa·ká, WI | Federal (Tribal) | 127 | Thunderhawks | 2015 [21] | |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | Marinette, WI | Private (Catholic) | 38 | Cavaliers | 1927, [1] 1999 [17] [18] | |
| Suring | Suring, WI | Public | 117 | Eagles | 1933 [5] | |
| Wausaukee | Wausaukee, WI | Public | 126 | Rangers | 1927, [1] 1951, [13] 1961 [15] |
| School | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment | Mascot | Colors | Joined | Left | Conference Joined | Current Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marinette Normal | Marinette, WI | Public | N/A | Unknown | Unknown | 1927 [1] | 1929 [2] | Closed in 1965 | |
| Peshtigo | Peshtigo, WI | Public | 339 | Bulldogs | 1927, [1] 1934 [6] | 1931, [3] 2017 [22] | Packerland | ||
| Florence | Florence, WI | Public | 118 | Bobcats | 1933 [5] | 1935 [7] | Little Seven (MHSAA) | Northern Lakes | |
| Mountain | Mountain, WI | Public | N/A | Mountaineers | 1933 [5] | 1938 [8] | Nicolet | Closed in 1948 (consolidated into Suring) | |
| Bonduel | Bonduel, WI | Public | 262 | Bears | 1941 [11] | 1943 [12] | Independent | Central Wisconsin | |
| Amberg | Amberg, WI | Public | N/A | Ravens | 1951 [13] | 1954 [14] | Granite Valley | Closed in 1960 (consolidated into Wausaukee) | |
| Goodman | Goodman, WI | Public | 30 | Falcons | 1951 [13] | 1954 [14] | Granite Valley | Northern Lakes (co-op with Pembine) | |
| Pembine | Pembine, WI | Public | 68 | Panthers | 1951 [13] | 1954 [14] | Granite Valley | Northern Lakes (co-op with Goodman) | |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Peshtigo | 1983 | Division 5 |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Niagara | 1991 | Division 4 |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Niagara | 1979 | Class C |
| Wausaukee | 1993 | Division 4 |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Lena | 1980 | Class C |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman | 1960 | Single Division |
| Coleman | 1962 | Single Division |
| Coleman | 1963 | Single Division |
| Coleman | 1964 | Single Division |
| Coleman | 1966 | Single Division |
| Coleman | 2000 | Division 3 |
| Coleman | 2010 | Division 3 |
| Coleman | 2011 | Division 3 |
| Coleman | 2012 | Division 3 |
| Coleman | 2014 | Division 3 |
| Coleman | 2020 | Division 3 |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman | 2012 | Division 4 |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Wausaukee | 1996 | Division 3 |
| Peshtigo | 2010 | Division 3 |
| School | Year | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Peshtigo | 1957 | Class C |
| Lena | 1960 | Class C |
| Peshtigo | 1966 | Class C |
| Peshtigo | 1971 | Class C |
| Coleman | 2016 | Division 3 |
| Coleman | 2017 | Division 3 |
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