Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference


The Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, active from 1956 to 2000. Consisting entirely of Catholic high schools within the La Crosse diocese, the conference was affiliated with both the Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association and its successor, the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association.

History

The Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference was formed by six parochial high schools in central Wisconsin in 1956. Original members were Assumption in Wisconsin Rapids, Campion Jesuit in Prairie du Chien, Columbus Catholic in Marshfield, McDonell Central Catholic in Chippewa Falls, Newman Catholic in Wausau and Pacelli in Stevens Point. Two other high schools were also part of the initial group, but originally were not slated to join until 1957 because of previous athletic commitments. Madonna in Mauston and Maryheart in Pittsville were also invited to join the conference but declined due to smaller enrollment compared to the other eight schools.
In 1957, McDonell Central Catholic left the conference to compete as an independent, then returned as a full member four years later. Regis wouldn't officially join in CWCC competition until 1963, and Aquinas followed suit in 1964, bringing the conference to eight member schools. Campion would close in 1975, leaving the Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference with seven members. It would stay this way for nearly a quarter century until Aquinas was invited to join the Mississippi Valley Conference in 1996 with conference play starting the next year. In 1997, WISAA agreed to a merger with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association to group public and private high schools under one organizational umbrella for interscholastic competition, finalizing in 2000. The Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference was folded along with WISAA that year, with its members going to the Central Wisconsin Conference, Cloverbelt Conference and Marawood Conference.

Conference membership history

Final members

Previous members

Membership timeline

Full members


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Football members


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List of state champions

Fall sports

SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Pacelli1981WISAAClass B
Pacelli1982WISAAClass B
Columbus Catholic1983WISAAClass B
Pacelli1984WISAAClass B
Pacelli1985WISAAClass B
Aquinas1986WISAAClass A
Pacelli1986WISAAClass B
Aquinas1987WISAAClass A
Pacelli1987WISAAClass B
Pacelli1988WISAAClass B
Pacelli1989WISAAClass B
Pacelli1990WISAAClass B
Pacelli1991WISAAClass B
McDonell Central Catholic1994WISAADivision 2
Aquinas1996WISAADivision 1
McDonell Central Catholic1999WISAADivision 2

SchoolYearOrganization
Aquinas1975WISAA
Aquinas1977WISAA
Aquinas1995WISAA

Winter sports

SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Columbus Catholic1980WISAAClass B
Newman Catholic1981WISAAClass A
Regis1986WISAAClass B
Regis1992WISAADivision 2
Regis1993WISAADivision 2
Aquinas1996WISAADivision 2
Aquinas1997WISAADivision 2
Assumption1998WISAADivision 3
Assumption1999WISAADivision 2
Columbus Catholic1999WISAADivision 3
Columbus Catholic2000WISAADivision 3

Spring sports

SchoolYearOrganization
Aquinas1970WISAA
Campion Jesuit1971WISAA
Aquinas1974WISAA

SchoolYearOrganization
Campion Jesuit1970WISAA

SchoolYearOrganizationDivision
Newman Catholic1971WISAA
Aquinas1976WISAA
Aquinas1977WISAAClass A
Aquinas1978WISAAClass A
Aquinas1981WISAAClass B
Assumption1982WISAAClass B
McDonell Central Catholic1984WISAAClass B
Pacelli1985WISAAClass B
Pacelli1986WISAAClass B
Regis1987WISAAClass B
Regis1993WISAADivision 2
Newman Catholic1996WISAADivision 2
Aquinas1997WISAADivision 1
McDonell Central Catholic1998WISAADivision 2
McDonell Central Catholic1999WISAADivision 2
McDonell Central Catholic2000WISAADivision 2

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Football