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The North Shore Conference is a high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. It was founded in 1985, and membership is concentrated in the northern suburbs of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. All member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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History

1985-1992

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Location of Original North Shore Conference Members

The North Shore Conference was one of three conferences formed (along with the Big Nine and Suburban Park) during the realignment of high school athletic conferences in southeastern Wisconsin for the 1985-86 school year. Six members came from the Braveland Conference (Cedarburg, Germantown, Grafton, Homestead, Nicolet and Port Washington) and four came from the disbanded Suburban Conference (Shorewood, Wauwatosa East, Wauwatosa West and Whitefish Bay). [1] Other names considered for the conference were the Heritage Conference, Lakeshore Ten and North Suburban Conference. [2]

1992-2017

Shorewood left the North Shore Conference in 1992 to take West Milwaukee's place in the Parkland Conference after the school closed its doors. [3] In 1993, Wauwatosa East and Wauwatosa West left to become charter members of the new Woodland Conference, with Menomonee Falls moving over from the defunct Braveland Conference as a replacement. [4] They would only last four years in the North Shore Conference and were replaced by Milwaukee Lutheran High School in 1997. [5] Milwaukee Lutheran was in the process of joining the WIAA as part of the merger with the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association, and was the first (and to date, only) private high school in the conference.

2017-present

Membership would stay consistent for the next twenty years before further realignment occurred. In 2017, Germantown left to join the Greater Metro Conference and Milwaukee Lutheran became a member of the Woodland Conference. They were replaced by four schools who were displaced after the dissolution of the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference: Hartford Union, Slinger, West Bend East and West Bend West. [6] The North Shore Conference will become a seven-member loop in 2025 with the loss of Port Washington, West Bend East and West Bend West to the Glacier Trails Conference. [7]

Football-only alignment

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. [8] The North Shore Conference's original football group consisted of full conference members Cedarburg, Hartford Union Homestead, Nicolet, Slinger, West Bend East, West Bend West and Whitefish Bay. [9] This alignment is set to stay in place until the 2026-2027 cycle, when West Bend East and West Bend West move to their primary conference affiliation in the Glacier Trails Conference, which is set to begin competition next year as an all-sport conference before its first football season in 2026. The two schools currently slated to replace them are Pewaukee of the Classic 8 Conference and Wisconsin Lutheran of the Woodland Conference. [10] [11]

List of conference members

Current members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoined
Cedarburg Cedarburg, WI Public1,087Bulldogs  1985 [1]
Grafton Grafton, WI Public713Black Hawks  1985 [1]
Hartford Union Hartford, WI Public1,281Orioles  2017 [6]
Homestead Mequon, WI Public1,261Highlanders  1985 [1]
Nicolet Glendale, WI Public1,086Knights  1985 [1]
Slinger Slinger, WI Public1,052Owls  2017 [6]
Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay, WI Public944Blue Dukes  1985 [1]

Current football-only members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedConference Joined
West Bend East West Bend, WI Public948Suns  2025 [10] Glacier Trails
West Bend West West Bend, WI Public1,077Spartans  2025 [10] Glacier Trails

Former members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Germantown Germantown Public1,295Warhawks  1985 [1] 2017 [6] Greater Metro
Shorewood Shorewood, WI Public662Greyhounds  1985 [1] 1992 [3] Parkland Woodland
Wauwatosa East Wauwatosa, WI Public1,047Red Raiders  1985 [1] 1993 [4] Woodland Greater Metro
Wauwatosa West Wauwatosa, WI Public1,028Trojans  1985 [1] 1993 [4] Woodland Greater Metro
Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls, WI Public1,292Indians  1993 [4] 1997 [5] Greater Metro
Milwaukee Lutheran Milwaukee, WI Private (Lutheran, LCMS)908Red Knights  1997 [5] 2017 [6] Woodland
Port Washington Port Washington, WI Public815Pirates  1985 [1] 2025 [7] Glacier Trails
West Bend East West Bend, WI Public948Suns  2017 [6] 2025 [7] Glacier Trails
West Bend West West Bend, WI Public1,077Spartans  2017 [6] 2025 [7] Glacier Trails

Future football-only members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoiningFormer ConferencePrimary Conference
Pewaukee Pewaukee, WI Public874Pirates  2026 [11] Classic 8 Woodland
Wisconsin Lutheran Milwaukee, WI Private (Lutheran, WELS)938Vikings  2026 [11] Woodland Woodland

Membership timeline

Full members

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Football members (since 2020)

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Membership map

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Location of North Shore Conference full members:
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Grafton
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Hartford Union
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Homestead
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Nicolet
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Slinger
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Whitefish Bay

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country
SchoolYearDivision
Whitefish Bay2005Division 1
Port Washington2007Division 2
Girls Cross Country
SchoolYearDivision
Homestead1986Class A
Whitefish Bay2008Division 1
Slinger2023Division 1
Football
SchoolYearDivision
Port Washington1985Division 2
Germantown1998Division 2
Homestead1999Division 1
Germantown2003Division 2
Homestead2006Division 1
Homestead2008Division 1
Homestead2012Division 2
Homestead2015Division 2
Homestead2018Division 2
Slinger2024Division 2
Girls Golf
SchoolYearDivision
Homestead1987Single Division
Homestead1999Single Division
Homestead2011Division 1
Homestead2012Division 1
Boys Soccer
SchoolYearDivision
Cedarburg1989Single Division
Wauwatosa East1990Single Division
Cedarburg1991Single Division
Homestead1993Division 1
Whitefish Bay1994Division 1
Whitefish Bay1995Division 2
Cedarburg1996Division 1
Homestead1999Division 1
Whitefish Bay2015Division 2
Whitefish Bay2016Division 2
Whitefish Bay2017Division 2
Girls Swimming & Diving
SchoolYearDivision
Germantown1992Division 2
Germantown1993Division 2
Grafton2004Division 2
Grafton2005Division 2
Grafton2013Division 2
Grafton2014Division 2
Whitefish Bay2024Division 2
Girls Tennis
SchoolYearDivision
Nicolet1989Single Division
Nicolet1990Single Division
Nicolet1992Single Division
Nicolet1993Single Division
Nicolet1994Division 1
Nicolet1995Division 1
Whitefish Bay1995Division 2
Nicolet1996Division 1
Whitefish Bay1996Division 2
Nicolet1998Division 1
Whitefish Bay1998Division 2
Nicolet1999Division 1
Nicolet2000Division 1
Whitefish Bay2005Division 1
Whitefish Bay2007Division 1
Homestead2008Division 1
Homestead2009Division 1
Homestead2010Division 1
Homestead2011Division 1
Homestead2012Division 1
Homestead2016Division 1
Homestead2017Division 1
Homestead2018Division 1
Homestead2019Division 1
Girls Volleyball
SchoolYearDivision
Wauwatosa East1985Class A
Wauwatosa East1992Division 1

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
SchoolYearDivision
Wauwatosa East1989Class A
Whitefish Bay1996Division 2
Whitefish Bay1998Division 2
Whitefish Bay2011Division 2
Germantown2012Division 1
Germantown2013Division 1
Germantown2014Division 1
Nicolet2019Division 2
Girls Basketball
SchoolYearDivision
Grafton2007Division 2
Grafton2009Division 2
Nicolet2011Division 1
Gymnastics
SchoolYearDivision
Whitefish Bay1989Class A
Homestead1993Division 1
Whitefish Bay/Shorewood1995Division 1
Whitefish Bay/Shorewood1996Division 1
Homestead2002Division 1
Whitefish Bay2001Division 2
Whitefish Bay2009Division 2
Whitefish Bay2011Division 2
Whitefish Bay2012Division 2
Whitefish Bay2014Division 2
Whitefish Bay2016Division 2
Whitefish Bay2017Division 2
Whitefish Bay2018Division 2
Whitefish Bay2019Division 2
Hartford Union2020Division 1
Whitefish Bay2021Division 2
Whitefish Bay2022Division 2
Nicolet2023Division 2
Boys Swimming & Diving
SchoolYearDivision
Whitefish Bay1997Division 2
Homestead1998Division 1
Whitefish Bay1998Division 2
Homestead1999Division 1
Homestead2000Division 1
Homestead2001Division 1
Cedarburg2021Division 2

Spring sports

Baseball
SchoolYearDivision
Milwaukee Lutheran2002Division 2
Milwaukee Lutheran2003Division 2
Milwaukee Lutheran2015Division 2
Whitefish Bay2023Division 1
Boys Golf
SchoolYearDivision
Homestead1996Division 1
Homestead2006Division 1
Cedarburg2013Division 1
Homestead2014Division 1
Girls Soccer
SchoolYearDivision
Homestead1992Single Division
Whitefish Bay1994Single Division
Homestead1995Single Division
Grafton1997Division 2
Whitefish Bay1998Division 2
Whitefish Bay1999Division 2
Whitefish Bay2000Division 2
Homestead2007Division 1
Cedarburg2013Division 1
Homestead2016Division 2
Whitefish Bay2017Division 2
Whitefish Bay2021Division 2
Whitefish Bay2023Division 2
Softball
SchoolYearDivision
Germantown1996Division 1
Boys Tennis
SchoolYearDivision
Nicolet1986Single Division
Nicolet1987Single Division
Nicolet1988Single Division
Nicolet1989Single Division
Nicolet1990Single Division
Nicolet1997Division 1
Whitefish Bay1997Division 2
Nicolet1998Division 1
Whitefish Bay1998Division 2
Nicolet1999Division 1
Whitefish Bay1999Division 2
Whitefish Bay2000Division 2
Whitefish Bay2002Division 2
Nicolet2004Division 1
Nicolet2005Division 1
Nicolet2006Division 1
Boys Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Nicolet1990Class A
Grafton2000Division 2
Germantown2006Division 1
Homestead2010Division 1
Girls Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Whitefish Bay2015Division 1

Summer sports

Baseball
SchoolYear
Homestead1994
Nicolet1998

List of conference champions

Source: [12]

Boys Basketball

SchoolQuantityYears
Nicolet121992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2019, 2020, 2024
Germantown92007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Homestead71987, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2022, 2023
Whitefish Bay71987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2009, 2021
Wauwatosa East61986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
Cedarburg42003, 2017, 2018, 2021
Port Washington12010
Slinger12025
Grafton0
Hartford Union0
Menomonee Falls0
Milwaukee Lutheran0
Shorewood0
Wauwatosa West0
West Bend East0
West Bend West0

Girls Basketball

SchoolQuantityYears
Nicolet121989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Grafton81987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
Homestead71994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2022, 2023, 2024
Cedarburg42005, 2006, 2007, 2013
Germantown42014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Port Washington31990, 1999, 2000
Slinger32018, 2019, 2021
Whitefish Bay31986, 2006, 2012
Milwaukee Lutheran22001, 2003
Wauwatosa East21992, 1993
Hartford Union22024, 2025
West Bend West22020, 2021
Menomonee Falls0
Shorewood0
Wauwatosa West0
West Bend East0

Football

SchoolQuantityYears
Homestead251988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Whitefish Bay81986, 1989, 1993, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
Port Washington61985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2000
Cedarburg51986, 1997, 2002, 2011, 2014
Germantown41997, 1999, 2000, 2014
Hartford Union22019, 2022
Grafton11995
Nicolet11989
Slinger12024
Wauwatosa East11986
Menomonee Falls0
Milwaukee Lutheran0
Shorewood0
Wauwatosa West0
West Bend East0
West Bend West0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fensin, Lee (August 27, 1985). "Waukesha teams begin play in new conference". Waukesha County Freeman. p. 19. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Contest winners finally chosen". Ozaukee County News Graphic. October 10, 1984. p. 17. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Harlow, Judy (February 18, 1992). "Parkland moves OK with Slinger High athletic boss". West Bend Daily News. p. 10. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Steinbach, Paul (August 26, 1993). "Blackhawk backfields tough to beat?". Ozaukee County News Graphic. p. 12. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Cebulski, Mark (June 6, 1986). "Realignment twist has 'em guessing". Ozaukee County News Graphic. p. 5. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Conference Realignment (see Conference C)". Waukesha Freeman. July 26, 2016. pp. b3. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Board Approves Remanded Conference Realignment Plans at April Meeting". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. April 23, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Revised Football-Only Conference Plan Released". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 9, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  9. ↑ "WFCA/WIAA Football-Only Realignment Proposal" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. February 6, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "2024-25 Conference Realignment Plan – 11-Player Football" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. December 14, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "2026 - 27 Conference Realignment – 11-Player Football (" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. December 10, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  12. ↑ "All-Time Conference Champions". North Shore Conference (official website). Retrieved May 29, 2025.
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