Wisconsin Little Ten Conference

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The Wisconsin Little Ten Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership based in southeastern Wisconsin. It existed from 1970 to 2017 and all member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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History

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Location of Final Wisconsin Little Ten Conference Members

The Wisconsin Little Ten Conference was founded in 1970 after the breakup of the original Little Ten Conference. All six members of the Southern Little Ten (Beaver Dam, Hartford Union, Oconomowoc, Watertown, West Bend East and West Bend West) joined with Waupun (the largest school in the Northern Little Ten) to form its initial membership roster. [1] Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee joined the Wisconsin Little Ten in 1974 after leaving the Midwest Prep Conference, bringing membership to eight schools. [2] They were the only private high school in the conference during its history and were members of the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association prior to its merger with the WIAA in 2000. [3]

The Wisconsin Little Ten's membership roster was remarkably stable over the course of its history. Waupun, historically the smallest school in the conference, left to join the East Central Conference as a football-only member in 1995 [4] and were accepted to full membership in the East Central Flyway Conference in 2004. [5] Slinger became members of the Little Ten Conference in 2006 after they were displaced from the Parkland Conference after its ending. [6] The conference was realigned out of existence in 2017, and all members were dispersed to existing conferences. Four schools (Hartford Union, Slinger, West Bend East and West Bend West) became members of the North Shore Conference, [7] two schools (Beaver Dam and Watertown) joined the Badger Conference, [8] Oconomowoc was accepted into the Classic Eight Conference [9] and Wisconsin Lutheran entered the Woodland Conference. [10]

Conference membership history

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Beaver Dam Beaver Dam, WI Public1,124Golden Beavers  1970 [1] 2017 [10] Badger
Hartford Union Hartford, WI Public1,281Orioles  1970 [1] 2017 [10] North Shore
Oconomowoc Oconomowoc, WI Public1,657Racoons  1970 [1] 2017 [10] Classic Eight
Watertown Watertown, WI Public1,170Goslings  1970 [1] 2017 [10] Badger
Waupun Waupun, WI Public573Warriors  1970 [1] 2004 [5] East Central Flyway Capitol (2025)
West Bend East West Bend, WI Public948Suns  1970 [1] 2017 [10] North Shore Glacier Trails (2025)
West Bend West West Bend, WI Public1,077Spartans  1970 [1] 2017 [10] North Shore Glacier Trails (2025)
Wisconsin Lutheran Milwaukee, WI Private (Lutheran,WELS)938Vikings  1974 [2] 2017 [10] Woodland
Slinger Slinger, Wisconsin Public1,052Owls  2006 [6] 2017 [10] North Shore

Membership timeline

Wisconsin Little Ten Conference

Sports sponsored

There were 15 sports in the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference. [11]

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
West Bend West1993WIAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran2011WIAADivision 2
Wisconsin Lutheran2013WIAADivision 2
Wisconsin Lutheran2014WIAADivision 2
Football
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Beaver Dam1979WIAADivision 2
Wisconsin Lutheran1998 [12] WISAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran2004WIAADivision 3
Wisconsin Lutheran2005WIAADivision 3
Wisconsin Lutheran2007WIAADivision 3
Wisconsin Lutheran2014WIAADivision 3
Boys Golf
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Wisconsin Lutheran1989 [13] WISAASingle Division
Girls Volleyball
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
West Bend East1983WIAAClass A
Waupun1993WIAADivision 2
West Bend East1993WIAADivision 1
Waupun1995WIAADivision 2
West Bend East1995WIAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran1995 [14] WISAADivision 1
Waupun1996WIAADivision 2
Wisconsin Lutheran1996 [15] WISAADivision 1
Waupun1997WIAADivision 2
West Bend East1997WIAADivision 1
Waupun1999WIAADivision 2
West Bend East1999WIAADivision 1
West Bend East2000WIAADivision 1
Waupun2001WIAADivision 2
Waupun2002WIAADivision 2
Waupun2003WIAADivision 2
Waupun2004WIAADivision 2
Watertown2007WIAADivision 1

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Wisconsin Lutheran2009WIAADivision 2
Wisconsin Lutheran2014WIAADivision 2
Girls Basketball
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Watertown1977WIAAClass A
West Bend East1984WIAAClass A
Hartford Union1992WIAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran1994 [16] WISAADivision 1
Beaver Dam2017WIAADivision 2
Boys Wrestling
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Hartford Union1990WIAAClass A

Spring sports

Baseball
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Oconomowoc1980WIAAClass A
Oconomowoc1981WIAAClass A
Watertown1999WIAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran2000 [17] WISAASingle Division
Softball
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Hartford Union1987WIAAClass A
Wisconsin Lutheran1996 [18] WISAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran1997 [19] WISAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran1999 [20] WISAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran2000 [21] WISAADivision 1
Boys Track & Field
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Wisconsin Lutheran1987 [22] WISAAClass A
Wisconsin Lutheran1993 [23] WISAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran1994 [24] WISAADivision 1
Wisconsin Lutheran1997 [25] WISAADivision 1
Girls Track & Field
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Wisconsin Lutheran1998 [26] WISAADivision 1

Summer sports

Baseball
SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
West Bend West1972WIAASingle Division
West Bend West1984WIAASingle Division
West Bend East1993WIAASingle Division
West Bend East1999WIAASingle Division
West Bend East2002WIAASingle Division
West Bend West2007WIAASingle Division
West Bend West2017WIAASingle Division

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

SchoolQuantityYears
Wisconsin Lutheran151978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Watertown131972, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005
Beaver Dam71971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1998, 2017
West Bend East71976, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1995, 2000, 2002
Oconomowoc51978, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2016
West Bend West51972, 1973, 1975, 1999, 2002
Waupun21974, 1975
Hartford Union11973
Slinger0

Girls Basketball

SchoolQuantityYears
Watertown131979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Beaver Dam111977, 1996, 1997, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hartford Union111976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002
Wisconsin Lutheran61979, 1993, 1994, 2008, 2009, 2014
Oconomowoc51978, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2011
West Bend East41982, 1983, 1984, 2007
Waupun11996
West Bend West12005
Slinger0

Football

SchoolQuantityYears
Wisconsin Lutheran181975, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
Hartford Union131970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010
Oconomowoc121973, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015, 2016
Beaver Dam91971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Watertown51973, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1996
West Bend East11989
West Bend West12006
Slinger0
Waupun0

References

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  2. 1 2 "To Join Little Ten". Waukesha County Freeman. September 24, 1973. p. 13. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  3. Anderson, Eric (April 24, 1997). "WIAA easily approves merger with WISAA". Racine Journal Times. p. 27. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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  5. 1 2 "Waupun's move to ECFC approved". Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. September 16, 2003. p. 14. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Ritchay, Doug (January 17, 2006). "KML, Slinger should keep their rivalry going". West Bend Daily News. p. 9. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  7. "Conference Realignment (see Conference C)". Waukesha Freeman. July 26, 2016. pp. b3. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  8. Kabelowsky, Art (April 20, 2016). "Beaver Dam and Watertown join Badger Conference". Baraboo News Republic. p. 9. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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  12. "Roncalli rips Pacelli". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. November 16, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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