Southwest Wisconsin Conference

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The Southwest Wisconsin Conference, commonly referred as the SWC, is a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) conference in southwest Wisconsin comprising the largest high schools in the area, including the school districts of Dodgeville, Lancaster, Platteville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, and River Valley.

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Southwest Wisconsin Conference Member School Locations in Wisconsin

History

The Southwest Wisconsin Conference was formed when the WIAA split the former Southwest Athletic League I and Southwest Athletic League II (SWAL I and SWAL II). In 2002, Cuba City had asked for a realignment of SWAL, and under the conference constitution, this was to be done by placing the seven largest schools in SWAL I and the seven smallest in SWAL II. Under this arrangement, Boscobel High School would be reassigned to the SWAL I Conference, and the school resisted the proposal. In 2004, representatives of each school met to discuss possible solutions, and it was decided that SWAL I and SWAL II would cease to exist. Instead, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, the six schools from Dodgeville, Lancaster, Platteville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, and River Valley would be part of a new conference, later named the SWC. The remaining eight schools, Boscobel, Cuba City, Darlington, Fennimore, Iowa-Grant, Mineral Point, Riverdale, and Southwestern, would become the Southwest Athletic League (SWAL). [1]

Enrollment

SchoolMascotEnrollmentRank by SizeColors
Dodgeville Dodgers3754  
Lancaster Flying Arrows2956  
Platteville Hillmen5131  
Prairie du Chien Blackhawks3435  
Richland Center Hornets4182  
River Valley Blackhawks3893  

ACT scores

ACT composite scores for the 2008-2009 school year were: [2]

SchoolACT Composite
Platteville 23.8
Dodgeville 23.1
Lancaster 22.5
Prairie du Chien 22.2
Richland Center 21.8
River Valley21.5


Conference championships

Conference championships won through the 2009 fall season:

SchoolCount
Platteville 26
Lancaster 16
Dodgeville 12
Richland Center 11
River Valley10
Prairie du Chien 8

Conference champions by sport

Football [3]

Boys' cross country [6]

Girls' cross country [9]

Boys' soccer [14]

Volleyball [15]

Boys' basketball [16]

Girls' basketball [17]

Wrestling [18]

Baseball [19]

Boys' track and field

Girls' track and field

Golf [22]

Softball [23]

Girls' soccer [24]

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  2. ACT Results - Composite - All Students - Platteville Hi 2008-09 - Compared to all High Schools in Southwest Wisconsin Athletic Conference
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  5. WIAA 2006 State Football [ permanent dead link ]
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  21. 2008 WIAA State Baseball [ permanent dead link ]
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  23. "SWC Golf". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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