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The Six Rivers Conference is a high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, formed in 1997 and consisting of small schools in the southwestern part of the state. All member schools belong to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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History

The Six Rivers Conference was formed in 1997 through the merger of two smaller conferences in southwestern Wisconsin: the Black Hawk League and the State Line League. [1] It was named after the six rivers located in the conference's catchment area (Mississippi, Grant, Sugar, Platte, Fever and Pecatonica). [2] The conference was originally conceived as an umbrella organization, and its original divisional alignment reflects this: [3]

Black Hawk DivisionState Line Division
BelmontAlbany
BentonArgyle
CassvilleBarneveld
HighlandBelleville
PotosiBlack Hawk
River RidgeJuda
ShullsburgMonticello
New Glarus
Pecatonica

After the first two seasons, the league realigned itself into two eight-member divisions. Pecatonica joined with the other Black Hawk Division schools in the Western Division while the remainder of the State Line Division schools comprised the new Eastern Division: [4]

Eastern DivisionWestern Division
AlbanyBelmont
ArgyleBenton
BarneveldCassville
BellevilleHighland
Black HawkPecatonica
JudaPotosi
MonticelloRiver Ridge
New GlarusShullsburg

This alignment remained in place until 2006, when the two largest schools in the conference (Belleville and New Glarus) left the Six Rivers to join more similarly-sized schools the Capitol Conference. [5] Pecatonica rejoined their State Line League brethren in the conference's Eastern Division to create two seven-member divisions in an alignment that continues to this day: [6]

Eastern DivisionWestern Division
AlbanyBelmont
ArgyleBenton
BarneveldCassville
Black HawkHighland
JudaPotosi
MonticelloRiver Ridge
PecatonicaShullsburg

Because of the size of the Six River Conference's member schools, there are a large number of cooperative programs in certain sports, especially football. A significant number of football-playing members do so as cooperative programs with larger schools in other conferences in the area (i.e. Brodhead-Juda, Mount Horeb-Barneveld, New Glarus-Monticello), although the Six Rivers itself does sponsor football.

List of Member Schools

Current Members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoined
Albany Albany, WI Public80Comets  1997 [1]
Argyle Argyle, WI Public74Orioles  1997 [1]
Barneveld Barneveld, WI Public128Golden Eagles  1997 [1]
Belmont Belmont, WI Public121Braves  1997 [1]
Benton Benton, WI Public65Zephyrs  1997 [1]
Black Hawk South Wayne, WI Public109Warriors  1997 [1]
Cassville Cassville, WI Public57Comets  1997 [1]
Highland Highland, WI Public105Cardinals  1997 [1]
Juda Juda, WI Public96Panthers  1997 [1]
Monticello Monticello, WI Public98Ponies  1997 [1]
Pecatonica Blanchardville, WI Public106Vikings  1997 [1]
Potosi Potosi, WI Public107Chieftains  1997 [1]
River Ridge Patch Grove, WI Public175Timberwolves   1997 [1]
Shullsburg Shullsburg, WI Public104Miners  1997 [1]

Former Members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Belleville Belleville, WIPublic279Wildcats  1997 [1] 2006 [5] Capitol
New Glarus New Glarus, WIPublic323Glarner Knights  1997 [1] 2006 [5] Capitol

List of State Champions

Fall Sports

Girls Cross Country
SchoolYearDivision
Albany2000Division 3
Football
SchoolYearDivision
Black Hawk2013Division 7
Black Hawk2018Division 7
Black Hawk/Warren (IL)2019Division 7
Girls Volleyball
SchoolYearDivision
Potosi2002Division 4
Highland2010Division 4

Winter Sports

Boys Basketball
SchoolYearDivision
Cassville2000Division 4
Barneveld2017Division 5
Girls Basketball
SchoolYearDivision
Barneveld1998Division 4
Barneveld1999Division 4
Barneveld2005Division 4
Benton2009Division 4
Barneveld2014Division 5
Barneveld2015Division 5
Black Hawk2019Division 5
Albany/Monticello2024Division 5

Spring Sports

Softball
SchoolYearDivision
Belmont2002Division 4
Highland2006Division 4
Albany/Juda2017Division 4
Belmont2019Division 5
Girls Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Benton/Shullsburg2018Division 3

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