Southeast 8-Player Football Conference

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The Southeast 8-Player Football Conference is a high school football conference with members located in southeastern Wisconsin. It was formed in 2024 and is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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History

The Southeast 8-Player Football Conference was created in 2022, when the WIAA and Wisconsin Football Coaches Association unveiled their realignment plan for Wisconsin's high school football conferences in the 2024-2025 competition cycle. [1] Six of the conference's original nine members (Green Lake/Princeton, Montello, Oakfield, Valley Christian in Oshkosh, Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam and Williams Bay) belonged to the Trailways Conference as full members, along with one member from the Big East Conference (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah), one from the Midwest Classic Conference (St. John's Northwestern) and one independent (Lincoln Academy in Beloit). [2] For the 2026-2027 realignment cycle, the Southeast-8 lost two members to the Across the Bay Conference (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah and Valley Christian) and one who dropped football entirely (Lincoln Academy). The conference will be welcoming two former eleven-player programs to eight-player football as their replacements: the Abundant Life Christian School/St. Ambrose Academy cooperative (formerly of the Ridge & Valley Conference) and Palmyra-Eagle from the Trailways Conference. [3]

List of conference members

Current members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedPrimary Conference
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah Elkhart Lake, WI Public148Resorters  2024 Big East
Green Lake/
Princeton
Green Lake, WI & Princeton, WI Public210Tigersharks  2024 Trailways
Lincoln Academy Beloit, WI Charter108Lions  2024Independent
Montello Montello, WI Public251Hilltoppers  2024 Trailways
Oakfield Oakfield, WI Public158Oaks  2024 Trailways
St. John's Northwestern Delafield, WI Private (Nonsectarian), Military 236Lancers  2024 Midwest Classic
Valley Christian Oshkosh, WI Private (Christian)144Warriors  2024 Trailways
Wayland Academy Beaver Dam, WI Private (Nonsectarian, historically Baptist)159Big Red  2024 Trailways
Williams Bay Williams Bay, WI Public178Bulldogs  2024 Trailways

Future members

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoiningPrimary Conference
Abundant Life Christian/
St. Ambrose
Madison, WI Private (Christian)237Challengers  2026 Trailways
Palmyra-Eagle Palmyra, WI Public195Panthers  2026 Trailways

Membership timeline

Southeast 8-Player Football Conference

List of conference champions

SchoolQuantityYears
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah12024
Green Lake/
Princeton
0
Lincoln Academy0
Montello0
Oakfield0
St. John's Northwestern0
Valley Christian0
Wayland Academy0
Williams Bay0

References

  1. "WIAA approves football-only realignment, winter co-ops". Price County Review. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. "2024-25 Conference Realignment Plan – 8-Player Football" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. "2026 - 27 Conference Realignment – 8-Player Football" (PDF). Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2025.