Milwaukee City Conference

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The Milwaukee City Conference (also known as "City Conference") is a high school athletic conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All full-time member institutions are located in the city of Milwaukee and are members of the Milwaukee Public Schools system. Its members participate in WIAA Division 1.

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Membership

InstitutionEnrollmentMascotColors
Audubon Technology420Cardinals  
Bay View High School 966Redcats  
Bradley Tech 954Trojans  
Carmen Northwest 382Hawks    
Golda Meir High School 594Owls  
Hamilton High School 1475Wildcats  
Juneau High School233Pioneers  
Rufus King High School 1284Generals  
Madison University High School 713Knights  
Marshall High School 811Eagles  
North Division High School 382Blue Devils  
Obama SCTE High School 756Cougars  
Pulaski High School 1248Panthers  
Riverside University High School 1235Tigers  
Reagan High School 1366Huskies  
Milwaukee Arts 1023Crimson Stars  
Milwaukee School of Languages 596Hawks   
South Division High School 1109Cardinals  
Vincent High School 973Vikings  
Washington High School 432Purgolders  
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning 210Wizards  



Affiliate members

InstitutionEnrollmentMascotColors
Carmen Southeast 718Rams    
Carmen South 382Hawks    
Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy345Lions   
Milwaukee Academy of Science395Novas  

Co-op teams

Several co-op teams exist in the conference. These co-op teams usually include a full-time member and an affiliate member. The "host" school is listed in bold.

Sanctioned sports

WIAA championships

Softball

Bay View won the lone state championship for City Conference members in 1985. The Redcats also advanced to the state tournament in 1981, 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1991. Bay View won 111 straight conference games from 1985-91.

Spring Baseball

Bradley Tech (formerly Boys Tech) won the lone state championship for City Conference members in 1948, the inaugural year.

Boys' basketball

The City Conference did not allow its teams to compete in the WIAA tournament until the 1951-52 season. The now-disbanded Lincoln High School became the first City team to win the state title in 1959. It won four more state titles (1961, 1962, 1966, and 1967).

Hamilton won the Class A title in 1972, the first year in which separate tournaments were held based on enrollment size. Three city schools won consecutive titles when Milwaukee Tech (1979), North Division (1980), and Madison (1981) each took home a Class A crown. Milwaukee Tech (now Bradley Tech) repeated its success in 1983.

Since then, 14 titles have gone to one of three City schools: Rufus King (1984, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2004), Washington (1985, 1987, 1990, 1993) and Vincent (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001). [1]

Boys' track and field

South Division put together a string of five consecutive Class A (now Division 1) titles from 1985 to 1989. Vincent has won three Division 1 titles in boys' track and field (2001, 2003 and 2005). North Division (1992) and Bradley Tech (1995) have each claimed a Division 1 title. King won in 2006.

Girls' basketball

Washington is one of three City Conference teams to have won the WIAA Division 1 title five times, a public school record. [2] Its first Class A title came in 1979, and its second in 1990. The team accomplished the first three-peat in girls' tournament history (in any division), winning the title in 1994, 1995, and 1996. Vincent has also won the title three times: 2007, 2008 and 2009. Riverside won its first WIAA Division 1 title in 2013. [3]

Girls' track and field

Since the WIAA Class A/Division 1 tournament was established in 1972, the following City schools have won: Custer (1976), Riverside (1986, 2012), Bradley Tech (1996, 2009, 2010, 2011), and Rufus King (1989, 2002, 2016). [4] Athletes from the member schools hold five individual and three relay-team state tournament records. [5]

Controversy

Recently[ when? ] the WIAA decided to restrict travel outside Wisconsin and its border states. The decision was made as a response to the practice of City Conference boys' basketball teams, which often traveled long distances to find competition. Athletic directors from City schools argued against the decision, saying the travel was paid for by the host school or event organizer. [6]

The situation has caused some supporters to call for the City Conference to follow the lead of leagues in other major cities, such as Chicago and Philadelphia, to hold its own tournaments separate from the WIAA.[ citation needed ]

See also

List of high school athletic conferences in Wisconsin

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