History
In 2007, two previously established high school athletic conferences in northeastern Wisconsin, the Olympian and Packerland Conferences, joined forces to create a new football-only conference. [1] All members with the exception of Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Green Bay (who did not sponsor football at that time) participated, and the conference was partitioned into divisions for large and small schools: [2]
| Olympian-Packerland Large | Olympian-Packerland Small |
|---|---|
| Chilton | Algoma |
| Kewaunee | Brillion |
| Mishicot | Gibraltar |
| Oconto | Hilbert |
| Southern Door | Manitowoc Lutheran |
| Sturgeon Bay | Reedsville |
| Valders | Roncalli |
| Wrightstown | Sevastopol |
| St. Mary Catholic |
Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran joined the conference in 2010 when it started a football program and was immediately placed in the small schools division. [3] For the 2011 football season, Brillion and Roncalli were moved to the large schools division, [4] and N.E.W. Lutheran played its last season of eleven-man football before leaving the conference to transition to eight-man football. [5] Gibraltar and Sevastopol would do the same after the 2012 football season, [6] and the conference was left with fifteen schools. Mishicot and Oconto were placed with the small schools, which is how it stayed until the Olympian Conference ceased operations after the 2014–2015 school year. [7] The football partnership between the two conferences was also dissolved, with the Packerland Conference reinstating football and the former Olympian Conference schools joining other conferences.
