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Six Rivers Conference

The Six Rivers Conference is a high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, formed in 1997 and consisting of small schools in the southwestern part of the state. All member schools belong to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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The Six Rivers Conference was formed in 1997 through the merger of two smaller conferences in southwestern Wisconsin: the Black Hawk League and the State Line League.[1] It was named after the six rivers located in the conference's catchment area (Mississippi, Grant, Sugar, Platte, Fever and Pecatonica).[2] The conference was originally conceived as an umbrella organization, and its original divisional alignment reflects this:[3]

Black Hawk Division State Line Division
Belmont Albany
Benton Argyle
Cassville Barneveld
Highland Belleville
Potosi Black Hawk
River Ridge Juda
Shullsburg Monticello
New Glarus
Pecatonica

After the first two seasons, the league realigned itself into two eight-member divisions. Pecatonica joined with the other Black Hawk Division schools in the Western Division while the remainder of the State Line Division schools comprised the new Eastern Division:[4]

Eastern Division Western Division
Albany Belmont
Argyle Benton
Barneveld Cassville
Belleville Highland
Black Hawk Pecatonica
Juda Potosi
Monticello River Ridge
New Glarus Shullsburg

This alignment remained in place until 2006, when the two largest schools in the conference (Belleville and New Glarus) left the Six Rivers to join more similarly-sized schools the Capitol Conference.[5] Pecatonica rejoined their State Line League brethren in the conference's Eastern Division to create two seven-member divisions in an alignment that continues to this day:[6]

Eastern Division Western Division
Albany Belmont
Argyle Benton
Barneveld Cassville
Black Hawk Highland
Juda Potosi
Monticello River Ridge
Pecatonica Shullsburg

Because of the size of the Six River Conference's member schools, there are a large number of cooperative programs in certain sports, especially football. A significant number of football-playing members do so as cooperative programs with larger schools in other conferences in the area (i.e. Brodhead-Juda, Mount Horeb-Barneveld, New Glarus-Monticello), although the Six Rivers itself does sponsor football.

List of Member Schools

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Current Members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined
Albany Albany, WI Public 80 Comets     1997[1]
Argyle Argyle, WI Public 74 Orioles     1997[1]
Barneveld Barneveld, WI Public 128 Golden Eagles     1997[1]
Belmont Belmont, WI Public 121 Braves     1997[1]
Benton Benton, WI Public 65 Zephyrs     1997[1]
Black Hawk South Wayne, WI Public 109 Warriors     1997[1]
Cassville Cassville, WI Public 57 Comets     1997[1]
Highland Highland, WI Public 105 Cardinals     1997[1]
Juda Juda, WI Public 96 Panthers     1997[1]
Monticello Monticello, WI Public 98 Ponies     1997[1]
Pecatonica Blanchardville, WI Public 106 Vikings     1997[1]
Potosi Potosi, WI Public 107 Chieftains     1997[1]
River Ridge Patch Grove, WI Public 175 Timberwolves       1997[1]
Shullsburg Shullsburg, WI Public 104 Miners     1997[1]

Former Members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Belleville Belleville, WI Public 279 Wildcats     1997[1] 2006[5] Capitol
New Glarus New Glarus, WI Public 323 Glarner Knights     1997[1] 2006[5] Capitol

List of State Champions

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Fall Sports

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Girls Cross Country
School Year Division
Albany 2000 Division 3
Football
School Year Division
Black Hawk 2013 Division 7
Black Hawk 2018 Division 7
Black Hawk/Warren (IL) 2019 Division 7
Girls Volleyball
School Year Division
Potosi 2002 Division 4
Highland 2010 Division 4

Winter Sports

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Boys Basketball
School Year Division
Cassville 2000 Division 4
Barneveld 2017 Division 5
Girls Basketball
School Year Division
Barneveld 1998 Division 4
Barneveld 1999 Division 4
Barneveld 2005 Division 4
Benton 2009 Division 4
Barneveld 2014 Division 5
Barneveld 2015 Division 5
Black Hawk 2019 Division 5
Albany/Monticello 2024 Division 5

Spring Sports

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Softball
School Year Division
Belmont 2002 Division 4
Highland 2006 Division 4
Albany/Juda 2017 Division 4
Belmont 2019 Division 5
Girls Track & Field
School Year Division
Benton/Shullsburg 2018 Division 3

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Hernandez, Rob (20 May 1997). "Leagues realign: For now, merger brings no changes". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 30. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ^ Hernandez, Rob (11 November 1997). "Sun Prairie win brings back memories". Wisconsin State Journal. pp. 4D. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Prep Basketball Standings (see Six Rivers Conference)". The Capital Times. 16 December 1997. pp. 3B. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Prep Scoreboard (see Six Rivers Conference standings)". The Capital Times. 21 December 1999. pp. 3B. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Semrau, Dennis (16 December 2005). "Wrestlers eye league moves". The Capital Times. pp. 5D. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ^ Semrau, Dennis (13 December 2006). "Points to Ponder: A glance at what's on deck for the season". The Capital Times. pp. D3. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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