Classic 8 Conference
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| Association | WIAA |
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| Commissioner | David Sternig |
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| Division | Divisions 1-3 |
| Region | Southeastern Wisconsin |
| Official website | Classic8Conference.org |
The Classic 8 Conference, also known as the C8C, is a high school athletic conference made up of 8 teams in southeastern Wisconsin. The Classic 8 Conference is a member of the WIAA. The conference is one of the newer conferences in the WIAA, having been formed in 1997. The conference has schools that participate in such sports as lacrosse, field hockey, alpine skiing, boys ice hockey, girls ice hockey, and cross-country skiing.
Current Member schools
Current members of the Classic 8 Conference include:
- Arrowhead Warhawks
- Catholic Memorial Crusaders
- Kettle Moraine Lasers
- Mukwonago Indians
- Muskego Warriors
- Waukesha North Northstars
- Waukesha South Blackshirts
- Waukesha West Wolverines
Classic 8 football
Current members of the Classic 8 Conference have accounted for a total of 17 state appearances, including 11 WIAA State Champions. Of those eleven state championships, Arrowhead has won six (1993, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2012, 2013), Kettle Moraine has won one (1988), Mukwonago has won one (2004), Catholic Memorial has won one (2012) and Waukesha West has won two (2004, 2010). The conference put its football talents on display especially in 2004, when it had two WIAA state champions in Mukwonago (Division 1) and Waukesha West (Division 2) and again in 2012 when it had Arrowhead (Division 1) and Catholic Memorial (Division 3). Since 2000, the conference has sent 15 teams to the state championships in Madison at Camp Randall (8 state runners-up, 7 championships).
| Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Location (all in Wisconsin) | Division | ||
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| 1983 | D.C. Everest | 28 | Waukesha North | 14 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 1988 | Kettle Moraine | 20 | New Berlin West | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 2 |
| 1989 | D.C. Everest | 20 | Waukesha South | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 1993 | Arrowhead | 21 | Appleton West | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 1994 | Arrowhead | 19 | Muskego | 16 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 1996 | Arrowhead | 24 | D.C. Everest | 21 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2000 | Oshkosh North | 28 | Arrowhead | 0 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2001 | Ashwaubenon | 27 | Catholic Memorial | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 2 |
| 2002 | Marshfield | 21 | Arrowhead | 14 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2003 | D.C. Everest | 42 | Arrowhead | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2004 | Mukwonago | 17 | Marshfield | 6 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2004 | Waukesha West | 24 | Monona Grove | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 2 |
| 2006 | Homestead | 35 | Arrowhead | 0 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2007 | Arrowhead | 31 | Homestead | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2008 | Homestead | 13 | Arrowhead | 11 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2010 | West De Pere | 35 | Catholic Memorial | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 3 |
| 2010 | Waukesha West | 45 | Stevens Point Area | 26 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 1 |
| 2012 | Catholic Memorial | 42 | Waupaca | 7 | Camp Randall Stadium, Madison | 3 |
Classic 8 cross country
The Classic 8 Conference is often represented by multiple schools in both the boys' and girls' state rankings, as well as at the WIAA State Division I Meet currently held at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. In only the past ten years, Classic 8 teams have run to 7 WIAA Division I championships, as well as 5 runnerup finishes. Titles have gone to Waukesha West girls (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005), Arrowhead girls (2007), Waukesha West boys (1999) and Waukesha Catholic Memorial boys (2002). Second-place state finishes in the past ten years were earned by Arrowhead girls (1999), Arrowhead boys (2002 and 2004), and Waukesha West girls (2002 and 2006).