Southeast Conference (Wisconsin)

The Southeast Conference is a high school athletic conference consisting of large schools in southeastern Wisconsin. The conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

1993-1997

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Location of Original Southeast Conference Members

The Southeast Conference was formed in 1993 as a fifteen-member superconference, ^[1] taking all of its schools from three recently disbanded conferences. Five members came from the Big Nine (Kenosha Bradford, Kenosha Tremper, Racine Case, Racine Horlick and Racine Park), ^[2] five from the Suburban Park (Kettle Moraine, Muskego, Nathan Hale, Oak Creek and West Allis Central) ^[3] and four from the Braveland (Arrowhead, Mukwonago, Waukesha North and Waukesha South). ^[4] The recently opened Waukesha West High School, which would have become Braveland Conference members but for its dissolution, ^[5] rounded out the original membership roster of the Southeast Conference. Schools were subdivided by geography along previous conference alignments, and schedules were weighted to give more games to divisional opponents: ^[6]

Central Division	South Division	West Division
Kettle Moraine	Kenosha Bradford	Arrowhead
Muskego	Kenosha Tremper	Mukwonago
Nathan Hale	Racine Case	Waukesha North
Oak Creek	Racine Horlick	Waukesha South
West Allis Central	Racine Park	Waukesha West

1997-2009

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Location of Southeast Conference Members (1997-2009)

After a few years of competition, most of the schools in the Central and West Divisions were unhappy with the long travel distances experienced with facing schools in Racine and Kenosha. ^{[7] [8]} In addition, the WIAA approved a merger with the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association (an organization for private school athletics) to begin in 1997. ^[9] In the wake of these developments, another round of realignment was approved for the high school conferences in southeastern Wisconsin. Two new conferences were created (Classic 8 and Greater Metro), and the Southeast Conference lost members to both of them. Six schools (Arrowhead, Kettle Moraine, Mukwonago, Waukesha North, Waukesha South and Waukesha West) joined the Classic 8, ^[10] and two joined the Greater Metro (Nathan Hale and West Allis Central). ^{[11] [12]} The remaining seven schools accepted three new members into the Southeast Conference: two from the Woodland Conference (Franklin and South Milwaukee) ^[13] and one from the Southern Lakes Conference (Burlington). ^[14] The ten schools of the Southeast Conference were aligned into Northern and Southern divisions:

Northern Division	Southern Division
Burlington	Kenosha Bradford
Franklin	Kenosha Tremper
Muskego	Racine Case
Oak Creek	Racine Horlick
South Milwaukee	Racine Park

2009-present

Within a few years after the Southeast Conference was realigned in 1997, the two smallest schools (Burlington and South Milwaukee) began to voice their displeasure at the long travel distances and competitive imbalance they faced as members. Both schools rejoined their former conferences in 2009, with Burlington returning to the Southern Lakes Conference ^[15] and South Milwaukee reuniting with the Woodland Conference. ^[16] The Southeast Conference dropped divisional alignments to compete as a single entity with the reduction to eight members. In 2012, Muskego left to join the Classic 8 Conference after the Kenosha Unified School District added a third high school on the west side of the city (Indian Trail High School and Academy). ^[17] In 2025, Oak Creek left to become members of the Classic 8 Conference, ^[18] decreasing the Southeast Conference's roster to seven schools.

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. ^[19] The Southeast Conference was one of the few conferences in the state that stayed entirely intact after the realignment, ^{[20] [21]} but this will no longer be the case for the 2026-2027 realignment cycle. Oak Creek will be joining the Classic 8 (one year after becoming a full member) and Franklin is aligning with the Greater Metro Conference. Westosha Central will be moving over from the Southern Lakes Conference as a replacement, and with both conferences having seven football members, the Southeast and Southern Lakes Conferences will enter a scheduling partnership. This partnership mandates that one crossover game per school per season must be played, with the results included in the respective schools won-loss record in conference play. ^{[22] [23]}

List of member schools

Current members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined
Franklin	Franklin, WI	Public	1,570	Sabers		1997 [13]
Kenosha Bradford	Kenosha, WI	Public	1,765	Red Devils		1993 [1]
Kenosha Indian Trail	Kenosha, WI	Public	2,245	Hawks		2012 [17]
Kenosha Tremper	Kenosha, WI	Public	1,835	Trojans		1993 [1]
Racine Case	Racine, WI	Public	1,892	Eagles		1993 [1]
Racine Horlick	Racine, WI	Public	1,360	Rebels		1993 [1]
Racine Park	Racine, WI	Public	1,059	Panthers		1993 [1]

Former members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Arrowhead	Hartland, WI	Public	2,076	Warhawks		1993 [1]	1997 [10]	Classic 8
Kettle Moraine	Wales, WI	Public	1,251	Lasers		1993 [1]	1997 [10]	Classic 8
Mukwonago	Mukwonago, WI	Public	1,619	Indians		1993 [1]	1997 [10]	Classic 8
Muskego	Muskego, WI	Public	1,683	Warriors		1993 [1]	2012 [17]	Classic 8
Nathan Hale	West Allis, WI	Public	1,373	Huskies		1993 [1]	1997 [11] [12]	Greater Metro
Waukesha North	Waukesha, WI	Public	1,018	Northstars		1993 [1]	1997 [10]	Classic 8	Woodland (2025)
Waukesha South	Waukesha, WI	Public	1,179	Blackshirts		1993 [1]	1997 [10]	Classic 8	Woodland (2025)
Waukesha West	Waukesha, WI	Public	1,194	Wolverines		1993 [1]	1997 [10]	Classic 8
West Allis Central	West Allis, WI	Public	1,126	Bulldogs		1993 [1]	1997 [11] [12]	Greater Metro	Woodland
Burlington	Burlington, WI	Public	1,001	Demons		1997 [14]	2009 [15]	Southern Lakes
South Milwaukee	South Milwaukee, WI	Public	1,002	Rockets		1997 [13]	2009 [16]	Woodland
Oak Creek	Oak Creek, WI	Public	2,170	Knights		1993 [1]	2025 [18]	Classic 8

Future football-only members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joining	Former Conference	Primary Conference
Westosha Central	Paddock Lake, WI	Public	1,220	Falcons		2026 [22] [23]	Southern Lakes	Southern Lakes

Membership timeline

Full members

 Central Division South Division West Division Northern Division Southern Division

Football members (since 2020)

Membership map

Southeast Conference

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8.1miles

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Location of Southeast Conference full members:

1

Franklin

2

Kenosha Bradford

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Kenosha Indian Trail

4

Kenosha Tremper

5

Racine Case

6

Racine Horlick

7

Racine Park

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country

School	Year	Division
Arrowhead	1995	Division 1
Arrowhead	1996	Division 1

Girls Cross Country

School	Year	Division
Waukesha West	1993	Division 1
Mukwonago	1994	Division 1

Football

School	Year	Division
Arrowhead	1993	Division 1
Arrowhead	1994	Division 1
Arrowhead	1996	Division 1
Racine Park	2005	Division 1
Kenosha Bradford	2011	Division 1

Girls Golf

School	Year	Division
Racine Horlick	1994	Single Division
Racine Case	1997	Single Division
Kenosha Bradford	2005	Division 1

Boys Volleyball

School	Year	Division
Racine Horlick	2003	Single Division

Girls Volleyball

School	Year	Division
Nathan Hale	1996	Division 1
Kenosha Tremper	2008	Division 1

Winter sports

Boys Basketball

School	Year	Division
Racine Case	1999	Division 1

Girls Basketball

School	Year	Division
Racine Park	1997	Division 1
Oak Creek	2014	Division 1

Boys Swimming & Diving

School	Year	Division
Arrowhead	1995	Division 1
Arrowhead	1997	Division 1

Boys Wrestling

School	Year	Division
Muskego	1994	Division 1

Spring sports

Baseball

School	Year	Division
Kenosha Bradford	2008	Division 1

Softball

School	Year	Division
Kenosha Bradford	2024	Division 1

Boys Track & Field

School	Year	Division
Racine Park	1997	Division 1
Racine Park	1998	Division 1
Racine Park	2000	Division 1

Girls Track & Field

School	Year	Division
Kenosha Tremper	2013	Division 1
Kenosha Tremper	2014	Division 1

Summer sports

Baseball

School	Year	Division
Oak Creek	2003	Single Division
Oak Creek	2004	Single Division
Oak Creek	2005	Single Division
Oak Creek	2012	Single Division

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Racine Case	11	1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2024
Oak Creek	8	1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2017
Franklin	7	1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2022, 2023
Racine Horlick	7	1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009
Racine Park	7	1998, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2025
Muskego	4	1998, 2003, 2005, 2007
Kenosha Tremper	3	1995, 2004, 2008
Waukesha West	3	1995, 1996, 1997
Nathan Hale	2	1995, 1997
Waukesha South	2	1994, 1997
Burlington	1	2009
Kenosha Indian Trail	1	2015
Mukwonago	1	1996
South Milwaukee	1	2001
Arrowhead	0
Kenosha Bradford	0
Kettle Moraine	0
Waukesha North	0
West Allis Central	0

Girls Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Oak Creek	14	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025
Franklin	9	1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2023, 2024
Racine Park	7	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
Racine Case	5	2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Kenosha Tremper	4	2002, 2005, 2006, 2008
Muskego	4	2001, 2004, 2009, 2010
Kenosha Bradford	3	2000, 2005, 2025
Nathan Hale	3	1995, 1996, 1997
Mukwonago	2	1994, 1997
Racine Horlick	2	2003, 2004
Arrowhead	1	1996
Waukesha South	1	1995
West Allis Central	1	1994
Burlington	0
Kenosha Indian Trail	0
Kettle Moraine	0
South Milwaukee	0
Waukesha North	0
Waukesha West	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Franklin	15	1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Oak Creek	10	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2022
Kenosha Tremper	7	1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007
Racine Park	5	1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008
Arrowhead	3	1993, 1994, 1996
Racine Horlick	3	1999, 2008, 2017
Kenosha Bradford	2	2009, 2011
Kettle Moraine	2	1993, 1996
Mukwonago	2	1993, 1995
Muskego	2	1994, 1995
Burlington	0
Kenosha Indian Trail	0
Nathan Hale	0
Racine Case	0
South Milwaukee	0
Waukesha North	0
Waukesha South	0
Waukesha West	0
West Allis Central	0

References

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6. "High School Scoreboard (see Standings/Results, Southeast Conference)". Waukesha Freeman. September 11, 1993. pp. 5D. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
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External links

• Southeast Conference (official site)