Fox River Classic Conference


The Fox River Classic Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership based in northeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 2007, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

The Fox River Classic Conference was formed in 2007 when four members of the Bay Conference joined with the eight members of the shuttered Fox River Valley Conference. One of the reasons this was done was to create greater parity among conferences in the region, as the four schools in the Green Bay suburbs were some of the largest in the Bay Conference. This realignment also brought more high schools in the Green Bay metropolitan area closer together for travel purposes.
As early as 2011, both Green Bay East and Green Bay West requested to leave the Fox River Classic Conference, citing an inability to compete and desire to maintain their football rivalry. In January 2014, the WIAA approved a realignment plan that would move Green Bay East and Green Bay West out of the FRCC and into the Bay Conference, a plan that took effect for the 2015–16 school year. The FRCC's membership roster remained stable until 2025, when Sheboygan South exited to join the new Glacier Trails Conference, with the arrival of former Bay Conference member West De Pere as their replacement.

Football-only alignment

In February 2019, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, the WIAA released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin, set to commence with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle. This plan would not take effect for FRCC members until 2021, as the conference made the decision to cancel the 2020 fall season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A temporary conference was formed for the alternate spring 2021 competition season called the Fox Valley Classic Conference, and it included all FRCC members along with members of the former Valley Football Association. When the WIAA/WFCA realignment plan was finally implemented for the 2021 football season, the conference added former full members Green Bay East and Green Bay West as football-only members, along with Menasha and West De Pere of the Bay Conference:
North DivisionSouth Division
AshwaubenonGreen Bay East
Bay PortGreen Bay West
De PereManitowoc Lincoln
Green Bay PrebleMenasha
Green Bay SouthwestNotre Dame Academy
PulaskiSheboygan North
West De PereSheboygan South

This alignment continued through the 2022-2023 football competition cycle,. and added two new football-only members for the 2024-2025 cycle: Appleton West of the Wisconsin Valley Conference and Oshkosh North of the Fox Valley Association. Appleton West was added to the FRCC's North Division, while Oshkosh West joined the South Division. The Fox River Classic Conference's football alignment will be maintained at sixteen schools over two divisions through at least the 2027 football season.

List of conference members

Current full members

Source:
SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoined
AshwaubenonAshwaubenon, WIPublic1,016Jaguars 2007
Bay PortSuamico, WIPublic1,958Pirates 2007
De PereDe Pere, WIPublic1,449Redbirds 2007
Green Bay PrebleGreen Bay, WIPublic2,265Hornets 2007
Green Bay SouthwestGreen Bay, WIPublic1,077Trojans 2007
Manitowoc LincolnManitowoc, WIPublic1,449Ships 2007
Notre Dame AcademyGreen Bay, WIPrivate, Catholic732Tritons 2007
PulaskiPulaski, WIPublic1,162Red Raiders 2007
Sheboygan NorthSheboygan, WIPublic1,634Golden Raiders 2007
West De PereDe Pere, WIPublic1,052Phantoms 2025

Current associate members

Current co-operative members

Former members

Former football-only members

Membership timeline

Full members


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Football members


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Membership map

Sanctioned sports

List of state champions

Fall sports

SchoolYearDivision
Notre Dame Academy2015Division 3
Bay Port2024Division 1
Notre Dame Academy2024Division 3
West De Pere2025Division 2

SchoolYearDivision
Notre Dame Academy2007Division 2
Notre Dame Academy2008Division 2

Winter sports

SchoolYearDivision
De Pere2012Division 1
Notre Dame Academy2013Division 2
Notre Dame Academy2014Division 2
Bay Port2019Division 1
Notre Dame Academy2021Division 2
Notre Dame Academy2022Division 2
Notre Dame Academy2023Division 2