Wood County League

The Wood County League is a former high school athletic conference in central Wisconsin. It existed from 1925 to 1942, and its members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

The Wood County League was founded in 1925 by five small high schools in Wood County: Auburndale, Pittsville, Port Edwards, Rudolph, and the Wood County School of Agriculture. Milladore would become a member of the conference in 1927 but would only stay for a year before reentering in 1929. Biron would join the Wood County League that same year, bringing membership to its high of seven schools. They would only last a single season before leaving, and the conference continued as a six-member loop until 1934. Two schools left the Wood County League that year: Auburndale joined the neighboring Marathon County League, and Port Edwards became a member of the Big 7-C Conference. With Biron's reentry, the Wood County League had five member schools going into the 1934-35 school year. A sixth would join in 1936, bringing the roster back up to six schools. They would only last for one season, and with Milladore's exit from the league and Auburndale's return, five schools were in the conference in 1937. The number would decrease to four when Biron withdrew from the conference in 1939, only to rejoin 1940 and leave again in 1941 after not completing their league schedule the year prior. After several years of instability and the closing of the Wood County School of Agriculture, the Wood County League folded in 1942. Seven years after the dissolution of the Wood County League, three former members would join four schools formerly in the Marathon County League to form the Marawood Conference.

Membership timeline

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