Madison Suburban Conference

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The Madison Suburban Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, founded in 1926 and ending competition in 1969. Its members were located in south central Wisconsin, predominantly around the Madison area.

History

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1926–1952

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Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 456: bad argument #1 to 'abs' (number expected, got nil). The Madison Suburban Conference formed in 1926 by ten schools in and around Dane County that were smaller in enrollment than those in the city of Madison: Cambridge, Deerfield, DeForest, Lodi, Marshall, Middleton, Oregon, Sun Prairie, Verona and Waterloo.[1][2] It was subdivided into Eastern and Western sections after the first season of competition:[3]

Eastern Section Western Section
Cambridge DeForest
Deerfield Lodi
Marshall Middleton
Sun Prairie Oregon
Waterloo Verona

In 1930, the Madison Suburban Conference began sponsorship of football with Cambridge, Lodi, Middleton and Sun Prairie as their original membership roster.[4] Divisions were eliminated in basketball for the 1931-32 season,[5] and Lodi left the conference for the Tri-County League at that season’s conclusion.[6] Johnson Creek joined the conference in 1935 after moving over from the Little Five Conference, having won all six basketball titles during that conference’s history.[7] The Madison Suburban Conference accepted its first football-only member in 1941 when Blanchardville, whose primary affiliation was with the State Line League, joined the conference.[8] They remained a member until after the 1949 season, when they switched to eight-man football and joined the State Line League.[9]

1952–1963

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Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 456: bad argument #1 to 'abs' (number expected, got nil). Growth in the Madison area during the post-war years accompanied some substantial shifts with the athletic conferences in south central Wisconsin. Middleton exited the Madison Suburban Conference in 1952 to join the new Badger Conference,[10] and Juneau joined the following year after the break-up of the 4-C Conference.[11] Verona left in 1954 to join the Tri-County League,[12] and in 1955 the conference would add three schools that left the Badger Conference: Evansville, Lake Mills and Milton.[13]

1963–1969

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In 1963, the high school athletic conferences in the Madison area went through another period of significant realignment.[14] Sun Prairie left the conference to join the Badger Conference that year,[15] and their place was immediately taken by the new high school in McFarland.[16] The conference also absorbed the former Tri-County League, which had been reduced from ten to six schools[17] due to a series of consolidations and the defection of Sauk Prairie High School to the South Central Conference.[18] Former members Lodi and Verona rejoined the conference, and they were accompanied by Poynette, River Valley in Spring Green, Waunakee and Wisconsin Heights in Mazomanie.[19] In order to accommodate the new schools, the Madison Suburban Conference was subdivided into three sections of six schools each:[20]

Central Section Eastern Section Western Section
DeForest Cambridge Lodi
Evansville Deerfield Poynette
Lake Mills Johnson Creek River Valley
Milton Juneau Verona
Oregon Marshall Waunakee
Waterloo McFarland Wisconsin Heights

The Madison Suburban Conference's absorption of both the Tri-County League and the football-only Southern Dairyland Conference (of which Deerfield, Johnson Creek and Marshall were members)[21] meant all members of the Madison Suburban Conference participated in football for the first time in its history.[22] River Valley would leave after only one season in the conference to join the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League, and their place was taken by Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills. They joined the Eastern Section with McFarland moving over to the Western Section:[23] Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 456: bad argument #1 to 'abs' (number expected, got nil).

Central Section Eastern Section Western Section
DeForest Cambridge Lodi
Evansville Deerfield McFarland
Lake Mills Johnson Creek Poynette
Milton Juneau Verona
Oregon Lakeside Lutheran Waunakee
Waterloo Marshall Wisconsin Heights

In the long term, this level of growth proved to be unsustainable and in 1969, the Madison Suburban Conference split up into three separate conferences,[24] predominantly along the final sectional alignment. All six schools in the Western Section (along with DeForest and Waterloo from the Central Section) formed the Capitol Conference,[25] the six schools in the Eastern Section (along with Palmyra and Queen of Apostles in Madison) formed the Eastern Suburban Conference, and the four remaining schools in the Central Section (along with Beloit Turner and Clinton) formed the Central Suburban Conference.[26]

Conference membership history

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Final members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Cambridge Cambridge, WI Public 266 Bluejays     1926 1969 Eastern Suburban Capitol
Deerfield Deerfield, WI Public 216 Demons     1926 1969 Eastern Suburban Trailways
DeForest DeForest, WI Public 1,093 Norskies     1926 1969 Capitol Badger
Evansville Evansville, WI Public 507 Blue Devils     1955 1969 Central Suburban Rock Valley
Johnson Creek Johnson Creek, WI Public 180 Bluejays     1935 1969 Eastern Suburban Trailways
Juneau Juneau, WI Public 278[a] Chiefs     1953 1969 Eastern Suburban[b] Trailways
Lake Mills Lake Mills, WI Public 491 L-Cats     1955 1969 Central Suburban Capitol
Lakeside Lutheran Lake Mills, WI Private

(WELS)

506 Warriors     1964 1969 Eastern Suburban Capitol
Lodi Lodi, WI Public 451 Blue Devils     1926, 1963 1932, 1969 Tri-County,

Capitol

Capitol
Marshall Marshall, WI Public 292 Cardinals     1926 1969 Eastern Suburban Capitol
McFarland McFarland, WI Public 774 Spartans     1963 1969 Capitol Badger
Milton Milton, WI Public 1,059 RedHawks[c]     1955 1969 Central Suburban Badger
Oregon Oregon, WI Public 1,248 Panthers[d]     1926 1969 Central Suburban Badger
Poynette Poynette, WI Public 310 Indians     1963 1969 Capitol Capitol
Verona Verona, WI Public 1,801 Wildcats[e]     1926,

1963

1954,

1969

Tri-County,

Capitol

Big Eight
Waterloo Waterloo, WI Public 259 Pirates     1926 1969 Capitol Capitol
Waunakee Waunakee, WI Public 1,309 Warriors     1963 1969 Capitol Badger
Wisconsin Heights Mazomanie, WI Public 228 Vanguards     1963 1969 Capitol Capitol

Previous members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Middleton Middleton, WI Public 2,357 Cardinals     1926 1952 Badger Big Eight
River Valley Spring Green, WI Public 389 Blackhawks     1963 1964 SWAL Southwest Wisconsin
Sun Prairie[f] Sun Prairie, WI Public 1,239 Cardinals     1926 1963 Badger Big Eight

Notes

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  1. ^ Enrollment figure shown is for Dodgeland High School
  2. ^ Athletics program merged with Lowell-Reeseville in 1969, schools merged in 1970 to form Dodgeland High School
  3. ^ Nickname was Redmen prior to 1999
  4. ^ Nickname was Orioles prior to 1963
  5. ^ Nickname was Indians prior to 1992
  6. ^ Known as Sun Prairie High School prior to 2022

Football-only members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Seasons Primary Conference
Blanchardville Blanchardville, WI Public N/A Golden Eagles     1941-1949[8][9] State Line

Membership timeline

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</timeline>  Eastern Section  Western Section  Central Section

Football members

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</timeline>  Central Section  Eastern Section  Western Section

List of state champions

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Fall sports

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None

Winter sports

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Curling
School Year Division
Poynette 1966 Single Division

Spring sports

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None

List of conference champions

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Boys Basketball

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School Quantity Years
Marshall 10 1928, 1929, 1937, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1958, 1968, 1969
Sun Prairie 10 1930, 1931, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
Oregon 7 1934, 1939, 1945, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962
Waterloo 7 1933, 1935, 1938, 1944, 1956, 1963, 1964
Johnson Creek 6 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1964
Middleton 5 1927, 1928, 1935, 1936, 1937
Juneau 4 1954, 1956, 1965, 1966
Lodi 4 1928, 1929, 1964, 1966
DeForest 3 1930, 1931, 1968
Lake Mills 3 1965, 1967, 1968
McFarland 3 1967, 1968, 1969
Verona 3 1947, 1949, 1954
Cambridge 2 1946, 1960
Deerfield 2 1966, 1967
Milton 2 1956, 1966
Evansville 1 1969
Poynette 1 1965
Waunakee 1 1969
Lakeside Lutheran 0
River Valley 0
Wisconsin Heights 0

Football

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School Quantity Years
Sun Prairie 15 1930, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962
Middleton 7 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1946
Cambridge 6 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947
Milton 5 1957, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1968
Johnson Creek 3 1952, 1954, 1963
Oregon 3 1944, 1961, 1964
Poynette 3 1965, 1966, 1968
Deerfield 2 1965, 1968
DeForest 2 1956, 1957
Juneau 2 1964, 1967
Lake Mills 2 1963, 1967
Lodi 2 1963, 1966
McFarland 2 1964, 1968
Waunakee 2 1965, 1967
Blanchardville 1 1942
Marshall 1 1966
Waterloo 1 1940
Evansville 0
Lakeside Lutheran 0
River Valley 0
Verona 0
Wisconsin Heights 0

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