Founded | 1957 |
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Ceased | 1968 |
No. of teams | 34(1957), 41(1968) |
Headquarters | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
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The Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association is a former organization for high school athletics in Wisconsin. Its membership consisted entirely of parochial high schools, and was in operation from 1957 to 1968.
The origins of the Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association date back to 1928, when Marquette University in Milwaukee sponsored a basketball tournament for the state's Catholic high schools. [1] This was the first such competition in the state, and it eventually became an annual event. In 1957, the thirty-four Catholic high schools participating in that year's tournament assembled to form the Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association. [2] At the time of the WCIAA's founding, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association limited its membership to public high schools, and the WCIAA gave parochial schools the chance to compete for statewide championships. Over the course of its eleven-year existence, the WCIAA sponsored championships for:
By the late 1960s, many new independent high schools had opened up in the state of Wisconsin that were outside the Catholic church, sponsored either by other religions or private entities. The forty-one members of the WCIAA added twelve non-Catholic high schools in 1968 (along with Queen of Apostles, a Catholic high school in Madison who was already slated to join) and became the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association to reflect its expanded scope. [3]
Alignments are listed for WCIAA membership dates only; see links for full conference histories.
School | Location | Tenure |
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Assumption High School | Wisconsin Rapids | 1957-1968 |
Campion Jesuit High School | Prairie du Chien | 1957-1968 |
Columbus Catholic High School | Marshfield | 1957-1968 |
Newman Catholic High School | Wausau | 1957-1968 |
Pacelli High School | Stevens Point | 1957-1968 |
McDonell Central Catholic High School | Chippewa Falls | 1961-1968 |
Regis High School | Eau Claire | 1963-1968 |
Aquinas High School | La Crosse | 1964-1968 |
School | Location | Tenure |
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Abbot Pennings High School | De Pere | 1957-1968 |
Marinette Central Catholic High School | Marinette | 1957-1968 |
Our Lady of Premontre High School | Green Bay | 1957-1968 |
St. John High School | Little Chute | 1957-1968 |
St. Mary Catholic High School | Neenah | 1957-1968 |
St. Mary's Springs Academy | Fond du Lac | 1957-1968 |
Lourdes Academy | Oshkosh | 1961-1968 |
Xavier High School | Appleton | 1961-1968 |
School | Location | Tenure |
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Catholic Memorial High School | Waukesha | 1957-1968 |
Don Bosco High School | Milwaukee | 1957-1968 |
Marquette University High School | Milwaukee | 1957-1968 |
Messmer High School | Milwaukee | 1957-1968 |
Notre Dame High School | Milwaukee | 1957-1968 |
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee | 1957-1968 |
St. Bonaventure High School | Sturtevant | 1957-1968 |
St. Catherine's High School | Racine | 1957-1968 |
St. John's Cathedral High School | Milwaukee | 1957-1968 |
Dominican High School | Whitefish Bay | 1958-1968 |
St. Joseph High School | Kenosha | 1958-1968 |
St. Benedict the Moor High School | Milwaukee | 1959-1964 |
Francis Jordan High School | Milwaukee | 1961-1968 |
School | Location | Tenure | Conference |
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Beloit Catholic High School | Beloit | 1957-1961 | SWAPS Conference |
St. Mary's High School | Burlington | 1957-1961 | SWAPS Conference |
McDonell Central Catholic High School | Chippewa Falls | 1960-1961 | Bi-State Conference |
Sacred Heart High School | Lima | 1960-1966 | Bi-State Conference |
St. Mary's High School | Burlington | 1961-1963 | Southeastern Wisconsin Conference |
Madonna High School | Mauston | 1962-1966 | Central-C Conference |
St. Mary's High School | Burlington | 1963-1968 | Southeastern Badger Conference |
Beloit Catholic High School | Beloit | 1964-1968 | SHARK Conference (IHSA) |
Cathedral High School | Superior | 1965-1968 | Michigan-Wisconsin Conference |
de Sales Preparatory Academy | St. Francis | 1965-1968 | Wisconsin Seminary League |
Holy Name Seminary | Madison | 1966-1968 | Wisconsin Seminary League |
Sacred Heart Seminary | Oneida | 1966-1968 | Wisconsin Seminary League |
Salvatorian Seminary | St. Nazianz | 1966-1968 | Wisconsin Seminary League |
St. Lawrence Seminary | Mount Calvary | 1966-1968 | Wisconsin Seminary League |
Year | Champion |
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1957 [19] | Notre Dame |
1958 [20] | Edgewood |
1959 [21] | Marquette University |
1960 [22] | Edgewood |
1961 [23] | Edgewood |
1962 [24] | Marquette University |
1963 [25] | Pius XI |
1964 [26] | Pius XI |
1965 [27] | St. Joseph |
1966 [28] | Edgewood |
1967 [29] | Edgewood |
1968 [30] | St. Catherine's |
Year | Champion |
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1957 [31] | St. Norbert |
1958 [32] | St. Catherine's |
1959 [33] | St. Catherine's |
1960 [34] | St. Mary Catholic |
1961 [35] | St. Catherine's |
1962 [36] | Edgewood |
1963 [37] | Xavier |
1964 [38] | Marinette Central Catholic |
1965 [39] | Marquette University |
1966 [40] | Messmer |
1967 [41] | Marquette University |
1968 [42] | Messmer |
Year | Champion |
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1967 [43] | Pius XI |
Year | Champion |
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1957 [44] | Aquinas |
1958 [45] | Marquette University |
1959 [46] | St. Mary's Springs |
1960 [47] | St. Catherine's |
1961 [48] | St. Catherine's |
1962 [49] | Don Bosco |
1963 [50] | Marquette University |
1964 [51] | Marquette University |
1965 [52] | Marquette University |
1966 [53] | Marquette University |
1967 [54] | St. Joseph |
1968 [55] | Pius XI |
Year | Champion |
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1960 [56] | Catholic Memorial |
1961 [57] | Catholic Memorial |
1962 [58] | Catholic Memorial |
1963 [59] | Catholic Memorial, Xavier (tie) |
1964 [60] | Catholic Memorial |
1965 [61] | Marquette University |
1966 [62] | Marquette University |
1967 [63] | Beloit Catholic, Marquette University (tie) |
1968 [64] | Edgewood |
Year | Champion | |
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1957 [65] | Marquette University | |
1958 [66] | Marquette University | |
1959 [67] | Pius XI | |
1960 [68] | Pius XI | |
1961 [69] | Pius XI | |
1962 [70] | Marquette University | |
1963 [71] | Marquette University | |
1964 [72] | Aquinas | |
Year | Class A | Class B |
1965 | Marquette University [73] | Assumption [74] |
1966 | Messmer [75] | Columbus Catholic [76] |
1967 | Pius XI [77] | Assumption [78] |
1968 | Messmer [79] | Assumption [80] |
Year | Champion |
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1957 [81] | St. Catherine's |
1958 [82] | Don Bosco |
1959 [83] | Catholic Memorial |
1960 [84] | Catholic Memorial |
1961 [85] | St. Joseph |
1962 [86] | St. Joseph |
1963 [87] | St. Joseph |
1964 [88] | St. Joseph |
1965 [89] | St. Joseph |
1966 [90] | St. Joseph |
1967 [91] | Aquinas |
1968 [92] | Aquinas |
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