Big Eight Conference (Wisconsin)
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's Big Eight Conference is a high school athletic conference in south-central Wisconsin. The management of the conference is vested in the principals of the member schools, who determine the rules governing eligibility of athletes and schedules.
Member schools
- Beloit Memorial High School
- Janesville Craig High School
- Janesville Parker High School
- Madison East High School
- Madison La Follette High School
- Madison Memorial High School
- Madison West High School
- Middleton High School
- Sun Prairie East High School (Sun Prairie)
- Sun Prairie West High School (Coming in 2022)
- Verona Area High School
Other Member Schools
- Fort Atkinson High School/Cambridge High School (Boys Volleyball)
- Madison Edgewood High School (Boys Volleyball)
History
In summer 2018, a plan to move Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker out of the Big Eight to the Badger South Conference for football only emerged.[1] In the spring of 2020, a plan to put Sun Prairie West into the Big 8 Conference, once the school opens in 2022.[2]
References
- ^ Masson, Jon. "WFCA football-only realignment proposal alters Big Eight, Badger South and Capitol in 2020". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Kabelowsky, Art. "Big 8 Conference votes unanimously to admit new Sun Prairie West in 2022". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 23 May 2020.