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]
| Conference | WIAA |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| No. of teams | 7 |
| Headquarters | [[{{{hq_city}}}, Wisconsin]] |
| Official website | Coulee Conference |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia | Arcadia | Public | 417 | Raiders | |
| Black River Falls | Black River Falls | Public | 481 | Tigers | |
| Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau | Galesville | Public | 400 | Red Hawks | |
| Luther | Onalaska | Private | 228 | Knights | |
| Viroqua | Viroqua | Public | 339 | Blackhawks | |
| West Salem | West Salem | Public | 607 | Panthers | |
| Westby | Westby | Public | 305 | Norsemen |
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
Softball
- 2014 - Arcadia[4]
Boys' Track & Field
- 1991 - Arcadia[4]
- 1992 - Arcadia
- 1994 - Arcadia
- 1995 - Arcadia
- 1998 - Arcadia
- 1999 - Arcadia
- 2004 - Arcadia
Girls' Track & Field
- 1979 - West Salem[4]
- 1998 - Arcadia
- 2003 - Arcadia
- 2004 - Arcadia
- 2007 - West Salem
- 2008 - Arcadia
- 2009 - Arcadia
Spring Baseball
- 2017 - West Salem
State championship runners-up
Football
Girls' basketball
- 1999 - Viroqua[8]
Summer baseball
- 1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[10]
Boys' cross country
- 1994 - West Salem[11]
Girls' golf
- 2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain City[12]
Gymnastics
Girls' hockey
- 2002 - Viroqua/Cornerstone/Westby/Youth Initiative[15]
Boys' Track & Field
Wrestling
- 1995 - Arcadia[19]
The Vernon County Mega Bowl
Beginning in 2019, the Westby Norsemen and the Viroqua Blackhawks have played for the Vernon County Mega Bowl in their yearly football contest. The Norsemen won the first Mega Bowl game 21-8 in 2019. There was no Mega Bowl Game in 2020.[20]
Mega Bowl Game results
| Westby victories | Viroqua victories | Tie games |
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References
- "2017-2018 Enrollments" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- "WIAA 2019 Football Realignment Plan". 2 May 2018.
- https://www.wiaawi.org/News/NewsReleases/tabid/113/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/14854/Revised-Football-Only-Conference-Plan-Released.aspx
- "Football State_Records results" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org.
- https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf
- "Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau vs Brillion (03/17/12 at Kohl Center - Madison, Wisconsin)".
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 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
- https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf
- 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/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf
- "Noah Benish on Instagram: ""When they look back in the anals of history, people are gonna be talking about three things: The discovery of fire, invention of the submarine, and the Flint, Michigan Mega Bowl."-Jackie Moon #megabowl"".