Coulee Conference
Association | WIAA |
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Commissioner | Louie Ferguson |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Divisions 2-3 (Baseball, Cross Country, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling)
Divisions 3-4 (Basketball) Divisions 4-6 (Football) |
Official website | Coulee Conference |
The Coulee Conference is a seven-member high school athletic conference in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. It is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Conference schools have enrollments ranging from 236 to 540, with an average enrollment of 395.[1]
Beginning in 2014, West Salem will compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference for football only.
With the announcement and passing of football-only conference realignments by the WIAA, the Coulee Conference will be temporarily split up for the 2019 football season.[2] In the 2020 football season, the Coulee Conference will return, but Luther will join the Scenic Bluffs Conference. The Altoona Railroaders of the Cloverbelt Conference and Aquinas Blugolds (La Crosse) of the Mississippi Valley Conference will join the Coulee for football only.[3]
Sports
The Coulee Conference sponsors 20 varsity sports. They are:
- Fall - Football, boys' soccer, girls' tennis, volleyball, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and girls' golf
- Winter - Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, gymnastics, wrestling boys' hockey and girls' hockey.
- Spring - Boys' track, girls' track, boys' golf, boys' tennis, girls' soccer, baseball and softball.
Schools
Institution | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment[1] | Mascot | Colors |
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Arcadia | Arcadia | Public | 347 | Raiders | Red and black |
Black River Falls | Black River Falls | Public | 516 | Tigers | Black and orange |
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau | Galesville | Public | 423 | Red Hawks | Red, white, and blue |
Luther | Onalaska | Private | 236 | Knights | Black and white |
Viroqua | Viroqua | Public | 355 | Blackhawks | Black and orange |
West Salem | West Salem | Public | 540 | Panthers | Orange and black |
Westby | Westby | Public | 349 | Norsemen | Red and white |
Former schools
- Holmen Vikings (Holmen) - Left after 1988 season to join Mississippi Valley Conference
- Onalaska Hilltoppers (Onalaska) - Left after 1988 season to join Mississippi Valley Conference
- La Crescent Lancers (La Crescent, Minnesota) - Left after 2006 season to join Minnesota's Hiawatha Valley League
- Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs (Melrose)
- Cochrane-Fountain City Pirates (Fountain City)
State championships
Football
Boys' golf
Softball
- 2014 - Arcadia[6]
Boys' Track & Field
- 1991 - Arcadia[7]
- 1992 - Arcadia[7]
- 1994 - Arcadia[7]
- 1995 - Arcadia[7]
- 1998 - Arcadia[7]
- 1999 - Arcadia[7]
- 2004 - Arcadia[7]
Girls' Track & Field
- 1979 - West Salem[8]
- 1998 - Arcadia[8]
- 2003 - Arcadia[8]
- 2004 - Arcadia[8]
- 2007 - West Salem[8]
- 2008 - Arcadia[8]
- 2009 - Arcadia[8]
State championship runners-up
Football
- 1989 - Westby[4]
- 1999 - Black River Falls[4]
- 2002 - West Salem[4]
- 2005 - West Salem[4]
- 2009 - Arcadia[4]
Boys' basketball
Girls' basketball
- 1999 - Viroqua[11]
Spring baseball
Summer baseball
- 1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[13]
Boys' cross country
- 1994 - West Salem[14]
Girls' golf
- 2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain City[15]
Boys' golf
Gymnastics
- 1979 - Viroqua[16]
- 2004 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[16]
- 2005 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[16]
Girls' hockey
- 2002 - Viroqua/Cornerstone/Westby/Youth Initiative[17]
Boys' Track & Field
Girls' Track & Field
Softball
Wrestling
- 1995 - Arcadia[18]
References
- ^ a b "2017-2018 Enrollments" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ a b c d e https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ a b c http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf
- ^ a b c d e f g h i http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf
- ^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ [3]
- ^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Girls/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ a b c d https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Spring/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Summer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf
- ^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ a b c https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Gymnastics/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Hockey_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- ^ http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf