Packerland Conference

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The Packerland Conference is an athletic conference of high schools located in northeastern Wisconsin. Formed in 1970, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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1970-1979

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Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 456: bad argument #1 to 'abs' (number expected, got nil). The Packerland Conference was founded in 1970 by ten small- to medium-sized high schools in northeastern Wisconsin. It started with a group informally referred to in the local media as the "Nuclear Five" (Algoma, Kewaunee, Luxemburg-Casco, Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay), which were the odd schools out during the flurry of conference realignment that took place in the region.[1] Three Nuclear Five schools (Algoma, Kewaunee and Sturgeon Bay) were former members of the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference and two schools (Luxemburg-Casco and Southern Door) previously belonged to the Peninsula Conference, both of which ceased operations after the previous season.[2] After an unsuccessful attempt to join the Bay Conference as a group,[3] the Nuclear Five joined with five schools that were displaced by the ending of the Eastern Wisconsin Conference (Chilton, Kiel, New Holstein, Plymouth and Sheboygan Falls) to form the original roster of the Packerland Conference.[4] Due to the large geographic footprint of its member schools, the conference was partitioned into Northern and Southern Divisions for most sports:

Northern Division Southern Division
Algoma Chilton
Kewaunee Kiel
Luxemburg-Casco New Holstein
Southern Door Plymouth
Sturgeon Bay Sheboygan Falls

1979-2007

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In 1979, the five schools of the Southern Division, along with Two Rivers from the Fox Valley Association and Valders from the Olympian Conference, left the Packerland Conference to reform the Eastern Wisconsin Conference.[5] Gibraltar and Sevastopol, two Door County high schools left without affiliation after the collapse of the Bay-Lakes Conference,[6] replaced the five outgoing schools and the conference ended divisional play. The two Door County schools would not be members of the Packerland for football, however. They traded affiliations with Denmark and Mishicot of the Olympian Conference for five seasons before returning as a cooperative program in 1984.[7][8] That same year, the conference expanded to nine schools when Oconto and Oconto Falls joined after leaving the Central Wisconsin Conference.[9] Membership in the Packerland Conference remained stable for the next fifteen years before Oconto Falls left to become charter members of the Valley 8 Conference in 1999.[10] Replacing them were former Olympian Conference members Denmark and Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran, formerly of the Midwest Classic Conference.[11][12]

2007-present

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In 2007, Denmark and Luxemburg-Casco exited the Packerland Conference for membership in the new Eastern Valley Conference.[13] The conference also entered into a partnership with the Olympian Conference to create the new Olympian-Packerland Conference for football.[14] This arrangement ended when the Olympian was dissolved after the 2014-2015 school year, and the Packerland returned to football sponsorship with five members (Algoma, Kewaunee, Oconto, Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay).[15] The Packerland Conference would continue with eight schools for ten years until Peshtigo left the Marinette & Oconto Conference to join in 2017,[16] bringing the roster to its current total of nine schools. Football sponsorship was also ended that year, as the Packerland entered into a conglomeration with the Marinette & Oconto and Northern Lakes Conferences, forming the Marinette & Oconto-Northern Lakes-Packerland Conference (MONLPC).

Football (since 2020)

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In February 2019, the WIAA and the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin to start in 2020 with a two-year competition period between realignments.[17] As part of this, the MONLPC Football Conference's two 11-player divisions were dissolved and the Packerland Conference was reinstated for football. Full members Kewaunee, Oconto, Peshtigo, Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay were part of the initial lineup, along with schools from the Big East Conference (Mishicot), the Central Wisconsin Conference (Bonduel), and the North Eastern Conference (Clintonville).[18] Two years later, Clintonville left to join the Northwoods Football Conference with Marinette moving over from the North Eastern Conference as their replacement.[19] This alignment remained in place through the 2024-2025 competition cycle.[20] For the 2026-2027 cycle, Mishicot is slated to join their primary home in the Big East Conference with Oconto Falls leaving the Northwoods Football Conference to keep membership at eight schools.[21]

List of conference members

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Current full members

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School[22] Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined
Algoma Algoma, WI Public 219 Wolves     1970[4]
Gibraltar Fish Creek, WI Public 182 Vikings     1979[6]
Kewaunee Kewaunee, WI Public 298 Storm     1970[4]
N.E.W. Lutheran Green Bay, WI Private (Lutheran, LCMS) 145 Blazers     1999[12]
Oconto Oconto, WI Public 282 Blue Devils     1984[9]
Peshtigo Peshtigo, WI Public 339 Bulldogs     2017[16]
Sevastopol Sevastopol, WI Public 180 Pioneers     1979[6]
Southern Door Brussels, WI Public 323 Eagles     1970[4]
Sturgeon Bay Sturgeon Bay, WI Public 394 Clippers     1970[4]

Current associate members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Primary Conference Sport(s)
Bonduel Bonduel, WI Public 262 Bears     Central Wisconsin Football
Marinette Marinette, WI Public 623 Marines     North Eastern Football
Mishicot Mishicot, WI Public 280 Indians     Big East Football
Providence Academy Green Bay, WI Private (Christian) 35 Paladins     Independent Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Girls Soccer

Future football-only members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joining Primary Conference
Oconto Falls Oconto Falls, WI Public 521 Panthers     2026 North Eastern

Former members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Chilton Chilton, WI Public 401 Tigers     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin
Denmark Denmark, WI Public 488 Vikings     1999[11] 2007[13] Bay North Eastern
Kiel Kiel, WI Public 453 Raiders     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin
Luxemburg-Casco Luxemberg, WI Public 610 Spartans     1970[4] 2007[13] Bay North Eastern
New Holstein New Holstein, WI Public 319 Huskies     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin
Oconto Falls Oconto Falls, WI Public 521 Panthers     1984[9] 1999[10] Valley 8 North Eastern
Plymouth Plymouth, WI Public 746 Panthers     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin Glacier Trails
Sheboygan Falls Sheboygan Falls, WI Public 513 Falcons     1970[4] 1979[5] Eastern Wisconsin

Former football-only members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Seasons Primary Conference
Denmark Denmark, WI Public 488 Vikings     1979-1983[7][8] Olympian
Mishicot Mishicot, WI Public 280 Indians     1979-1983[7][8] Olympian

Membership timeline

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Full members

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</timeline>  Northern Division  Southern Division

Football members

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Membership map

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Sanctioned sports

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Baseball
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Boys Cross Country
Girls Cross Country
Football
Boys Golf
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Softball
Boys Track & Field
Girls Track & Field
Girls Volleyball
Boys Wrestling
Girls Wrestling
Algoma X X X X X X X X X X
Gibraltar X X[a] X X X X X[b] X[a] X X X
Kewaunee X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
N.E.W. Lutheran X[c] X X X[c] X X[c] X[c] X[c] X
Oconto X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Peshtigo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Sevastopol X X X X X X X[d] X X X X
Southern Door X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Sturgeon Bay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X[b] X[b]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Co-operative with Washington Island
  2. ^ a b c Co-operative with Sevastopol
  3. ^ a b c d e Co-operative with Providence Academy
  4. ^ Co-operative with Gibraltar

List of state champions

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Fall sports

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Boys Cross Country
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay 2001 Division 2
Girls Cross Country
School Year Division
Luxemburg-Casco 1982 Class B
Luxemburg-Casco 1987 Class B
Luxemburg-Casco 1989 Class B
Gibraltar 1994 Division 3
Gibraltar 1995 Division 3
Luxemburg-Casco 1998 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2000 Division 3
Sevastopol 2006 Division 3
Football
School Year Division
Plymouth 1976 Division 3
Plymouth 1978 Division 3
Southern Door 1989 Division 4
Oconto Falls 1997 Division 3
Sturgeon Bay 2004 Division 4
Boys Soccer
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay 2015 Division 4
Sturgeon Bay 2019 Division 4
Girls Swimming & Diving
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay/
Sevastopol
2009 Division 2
Girls Volleyball
School Year Division
Sevastopol 1984 Class C
Sevastopol 1991 Division 3

Winter sports

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Boys Basketball
School Year Division
Sheboygan Falls 1974 Class B
Sheboygan Falls 1975 Class B
Girls Basketball
School Year Division
Algoma 1981 Class B
Algoma 1986 Class C
Luxemburg-Casco 1988 Class B
Luxemburg-Casco 1994 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2004 Division 2
Kewaunee 2012 Division 3
Algoma 2013 Division 4
Kewaunee 2013 Division 3
Boys Swimming & Diving
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay/
Southern Door
2003 Division 2
Sturgeon Bay/
Southern Door
2004 Division 2
Sturgeon Bay/
Southern Door
2005 Division 2
Sturgeon Bay 2006 Division 2
Boys Wrestling
School Year Division
Luxemburg-Casco 1992 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 1994 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 1996 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 1999 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2001 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2002 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2003 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2005 Division 2
Luxemburg-Casco 2006 Division 2

Spring sports

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Baseball
School Year Division
Algoma 1983 Class B
Sevastopol 1985 Class C
Sturgeon Bay 1991 Division 2
Oconto 2013 Division 3
Softball
School Year Division
Luxemburg-Casco 1982 Class B
Southern Door 1992 Division 2
Southern Door 1994 Division 2
Sevastopol 2007 Division 3
Sevastopol 2008 Division 3
Algoma 2013 Division 4
Boys Track & Field
School Year Division
Sheboygan Falls 1975 Class B
Southern Door 1993 Division 2
Girls Track & Field
School Year Division
Sturgeon Bay 1972 Class B
Algoma 2017 Division 3

Summer sports

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Baseball
School Year
Sheboygan Falls 1973

List of conference champions

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Boys Basketball

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School Quantity Years
Southern Door 15 1984, 1985, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
Sturgeon Bay 13 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012
Luxemburg-Casco 9 1974, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1991, 2002, 2005, 2006
Kewaunee 6 1971, 1973, 1990, 1996, 2020, 2022
N.E.W. Lutheran 5 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Algoma 4 1975, 1992, 2006, 2007
Oconto 3 1987, 2009, 2010
Oconto Falls 3 1991, 1994, 1995
New Holstein 2 1976, 1977
Plymouth 2 1974, 1978
Sheboygan Falls 2 1972, 1975
Denmark 1 2007
Kiel 1 1974
Peshtigo 1 2022
Chilton 0
Gibraltar 0
Sevastopol 0

Girls Basketball

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School Quantity Years
Algoma 18 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Luxemburg-Casco 14 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Kewaunee 13 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025
Sturgeon Bay 6 1975, 1976, 1977, 1993, 2006, 2007
Southern Door 5 1978, 1982, 1992, 2008, 2018
Sevastopol 3 2006, 2023, 2024
Oconto 2 1999, 2022
New Holstein 1 1977
Chilton 0
Denmark 0
Gibraltar 0
Kiel 0
N.E.W. Lutheran 0
Oconto Falls 0
Peshtigo 0
Plymouth 0
Sheboygan Falls 0

Football

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School Quantity Years
Kewaunee 13 1970, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2021, 2023
Southern Door 10 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2015, 2016, 2022
Luxemburg-Casco 6 1988, 1989, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
Oconto Falls 5 1984, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1998
Algoma 4 1974, 1982, 1992, 1994
Denmark 4 1979, 1980, 1999, 2000
Plymouth 4 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978
Bonduel 2 2020, 2024
Oconto 2 1985, 1986
Sturgeon Bay 2 1986, 1993
Chilton 1 1970
Mishicot 1 1981
Sheboygan Falls 1 1973
Clintonville 0
Kiel 0
Marinette 0
New Holstein 0
Peshtigo 0
Sevastopol 0
Sevastopol/Gibraltar 0
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