Tri-County League

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The Tri-County League is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, operational from 1926 to 1963 with its membership concentrated in south central Wisconsin. All members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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The Tri-County League began in 1923 as an oratorical and forensics conference between five small high schools in south central Wisconsin: Arena, Black Earth, Mazomanie, Prairie du Sac and Sauk City. [1] These five schools were concentrated in the lower Wisconsin River Valley across three counties: Dane, Iowa and Sauk. The loop began sponsorship of athletic competition in 1926, [2] and in 1928 added two new members: Spring Green and Waunakee. [3] Lodi joined the Tri-County League in 1932 from the Madison Suburban Conference, [4] [5] and the conference maintained a steady eight-school roster for the next two decades. Poynette and Verona joined from the Dual County and Madison Suburban Conferences in 1954, [6] bringing conference membership to ten schools.

Over the next decade, consolidation of rural school districts in south central Wisconsin hit Tri-County League membership hard, leading to its eventual demise. In 1962, River Valley High School was created from the consolidation of high schools in Spring Green, Arena and Lone Rock. [7] They took the place of Arena and Spring Green in the conference. The next year, two new school districts affecting Tri-County League membership were created: Sauk Prairie (from Prairie du Sac and Sauk City) and Wisconsin Heights (from Black Earth and Mazomanie). [8] The new Sauk Prairie High School joined the South Central Conference in the same year it was created, [9] leaving only six schools in the conference for the 1963-64 school year. Because of the decline in member schools, the Tri-County League merged with the Madison Suburban Conference, with all six schools (Lodi, Poynette, River Valley, Verona, Waunakee, and Wisconsin Heights) comprising the Western Section of the conference. [10]

Conference Membership History

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Arena Arena, WI PublicN/APurple Knights  1923 [1] 1962 [7] Closed (consolidated into River Valley)
Black Earth Black Earth, WI PublicN/AEarthmen  1923 [1] 1963 [8] Closed (consolidated into Wisconsin Heights) [10]
Mazomanie Mazomanie, WI PublicN/AMidgets  1923 [1] 1963 [8] Closed (consolidated into Wisconsin Heights) [10]
Prairie du Sac Prairie du Sac, WI PublicN/AIndians  1923 [1] 1963 [9] Closed (consolidated into Sauk Prairie)
Sauk City Sauk City, WI PublicN/ACardinals  1923 [1] 1963 [9] Closed (consolidated into Sauk Prairie)
Spring Green Spring Green, WI PublicN/AShamrocks  1928 [3] 1962 [7] Closed (consolidated into River Valley)
Waunakee Waunakee, WI Public1,309Warriors  1928 [3] 1963 [10] Madison Suburban Badger
Lodi Lodi, WI Public451Blue Devils  1932 [4] [5] 1963 [10] Madison Suburban Capitol
Poynette Poynette, WI Public310Indians  1954 [6] 1963 [10] Madison Suburban Capitol
Verona Verona, WI Public1,801Indians  1954 [6] 1963 [10] Madison Suburban Big Eight
River Valley Spring Green, WI Public389Blackhawks  1962 [7] 1963 [10] Madison Suburban Southwest Wisconsin

List of State Champions

Fall Sports

None

Winter Sports

Curling
SchoolYearDivision
Lodi1962Single Division
Poynette1963Single Division

Spring Sports

Boys Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Prairie du Sac1929Class C
Prairie du Sac1930Class C
Prairie du Sac1931Class C

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