Metro Conference (Wisconsin)
The Metro Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, formed in 1974 and dissolving in 1997. It consisted entirely of private high schools in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and most were Catholic high schools within the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
History
The Metro Conference was formed in 1974 as the successor to the Milwaukee Catholic Conference and had twelve original members. It was formed in the wake of the successful application by Milwaukee Lutheran High School to join the Milwaukee Catholic Conference in the early 1970s. All of its member schools competed under the banner of the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association, an organization for private high school athletic programs in the state of Wisconsin.The conference maintained a very consistent membership roster during its existence, only losing three members: St. John's Cathedral in 1976, Messmer in 1984 and St. Joan Antida in 1989. The Metro Conference was very successful at state-level competitions within WISAA, with its most high-profile successes coming in basketball. During its twenty-three-year history, Metro Conference member schools won twenty boys and eighteen girls WISAA basketball championships.
After the 1994 football season, the Metro Conference lost both St. Catherine's and St. Joseph to the new Wisconsin Independent Football Association, leaving the conference with six football members. The Metro Conference was disbanded in 1997 in anticipation for the coming merger between WISAA and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the state's high school athletics organization for public schools. All of its member schools went to established WIAA conferences after the 1996-97 school year.
Membership timeline
Full members
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Football members
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List of state championships
Fall sports
| School | Year | Organization | Division |
| Catholic Memorial | 1980 | WISAA | |
| Catholic Memorial | 1981 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1982 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1983 | WISAA | Class A |
| Dominican | 1984 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1985 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1988 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1989 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1991 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1992 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Catholic Memorial | 1993 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Catholic Memorial | 1994 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Catholic Memorial | 1995 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| School | Year | Organization |
| St. Catherine's | 1974 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1976 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1982 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1983 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1992 | WISAA |
| Catholic Memorial | 1993 | WISAA |
| Catholic Memorial | 1994 | WISAA |
| School | Year | Organization |
| Dominican | 1978 | WISAA |
| Dominican | 1979 | WISAA |
| DSHA | 1992 | WISAA |
| DSHA | 1993 | WISAA |
| DSHA | 1994 | WISAA |
| DSHA | 1996 | WISAA |
Winter sports
| School | Year | Organization | Division |
| St. Catherine's | 1976 | WISAA | |
| Milwaukee Lutheran | 1977 | WISAA | |
| St. Catherine's | 1979 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1980 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1982 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1983 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1984 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1985 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1986 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1987 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1988 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1989 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1990 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1991 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1992 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Pius XI | 1993 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Pius XI | 1995 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| DSHA | 1996 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Pius XI | 1997 | WISAA | Division 1 |
Spring sports
| School | Year | Organization |
| Pius XI | 1987 | WISAA |
| DSHA | 1988 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1989 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1990 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1991 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1992 | WISAA |
| DSHA | 1993 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1994 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1995 | WISAA |
| Catholic Memorial | 1996 | WISAA |
| Pius XI | 1997 | WISAA |
| School | Year | Organization |
| Marquette University | 1981 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1982 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1983 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1984 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1985 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1986 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1988 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1989 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1990 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1991 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1992 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1993 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1994 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1995 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1996 | WISAA |
| Marquette University | 1997 | WISAA |
| School | Year | Organization | Division |
| Pius XI | 1979 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1980 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1981 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1982 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1983 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1984 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1985 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1986 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1987 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1988 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1989 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1990 | WISAA | Class A |
| Catholic Memorial | 1991 | WISAA | Class A |
| Pius XI | 1992 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Catholic Memorial | 1993 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Catholic Memorial | 1994 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| Catholic Memorial | 1995 | WISAA | Division 1 |
| St. Joseph | 1995 | WISAA | Division 2 |
| Catholic Memorial | 1996 | WISAA | Division 1 |