Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association


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.

History

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. 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. 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 and became the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association to reflect its expanded scope.

Executive Directors

  • Phil Schrempf
  • Steve Pavela

Membership timeline


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bar:13 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:McDonell Central Catholic
bar:14 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:Messmer
bar:15 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:Newman Catholic
bar:16 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:Notre Dame
bar:17 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:Our Lady of Lourdes, Marinette Central Catholic
bar:18 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:Our Lady of Premontre
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bar:23 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1964 text:St. Benedict the Moor
bar:24 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:St. Bonaventure
bar:25 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:St. Catherine's
bar:26 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:St. Gregory
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bar:33 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:St. Norbert, Abbot Pennings
bar:34 color:powderblue from:1957 till:1968 text:Superior Cathedral
bar:35 color:powderblue from:1958 till:1968 text:Dominican
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bar:37 color:powderblue from:1960 till:1968 text:Xavier
bar:38 color:powderblue from:1961 till:1968 text:Francis Jordan
bar:39 color:powderblue from:1961 till:1968 text:Lourdes Academy
bar:40 color:powderblue from:1964 till:1968 text:Holy Cross Seminary
bar:41 color:powderblue from:1965 till:1968 text:de Sales Prep
bar:42 color:powderblue from:1965 till:1968 text:Roncalli
bar:43 color:powderblue from:1966 till:1968 text:Holy Name Seminary
bar:44 color:powderblue from:1966 till:1968 text:Sacred Heart Seminary
bar:45 color:powderblue from:1966 till:1968 text:Salvatorian Seminary
bar:46 color:powderblue from:1966 till:1968 text:St. Lawrence Seminary
bar:47 color:powderblue from:1967 till:1968 text:Pio Nono
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Former WCIAA-affiliated conferences

Alignments are listed for WCIAA membership dates only; see links for full conference histories.

List of state champions

YearChampion
1928Marquette University
1929Marquette University
1930Campion Jesuit
1931Campion Jesuit
1932Campion Jesuit
1933St. John's Cathedral
1934-
1935-
1936St. Norbert
1937St. Norbert
1938Notre Dame
1939St. Norbert
1940St. Mary Catholic
1941Aquinas
1942Edgewood
1943Edgewood
1944Aquinas
1945Edgewood
1946Aquinas
1947Regis
1948Regis
1949Aquinas
1950Aquinas
1951St. Norbert
1952Regis
1953St. Mary Catholic
1954Marquette University
1955St. Mary Catholic
1956St. Norbert

YearChampion
1960Catholic Memorial
1961Catholic Memorial
1962Catholic Memorial
1963Catholic Memorial, Xavier
1964Catholic Memorial
1965Marquette University
1966Marquette University
1967Beloit Catholic, Marquette University
1968Edgewood

YearChampion
1957St. Catherine's
1958Don Bosco
1959Catholic Memorial
1960Catholic Memorial
1961St. Joseph
1962St. Joseph
1963St. Joseph
1964St. Joseph
1965St. Joseph
1966St. Joseph
1967Aquinas
1968Aquinas