SWISS Conference

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The Southern Wisconsin and Illinois Small Schools Conference, more commonly referred to as the SWISS Conference, is a former high school athletic conference. It was in existence from 1982 to 2006, and consisted primarily of private schools in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

History

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1982–1996

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Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 456: bad argument #1 to 'abs' (number expected, got nil). The SWISS Conference was formed in 1982 by five small private high schools in Wisconsin and Illinois: Heritage Christian School in New Berlin, Keith Country Day School in Rockford, Parkway Christian Academy in Oak Creek, University Lake School in Hartland and Waukegan Christian School.[1] Faith Christian School in Williams Bay became the sixth member of the SWISS Conference in 1983,[2] and the arrival of Brookfield Academy brought the membership total to seven schools the next year.[3] In 1989, two years after attaining membership in the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association, Heritage Christian School left the SWISS Conference for membership in the Midwest Classic Conference.[4] Christian Life School in Kenosha replaced them that same year.[5] In 1990, the SWISS Conference added three new members: Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Berean Baptist Christian School in Rockford and Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan.[6]

1996–2006

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The SWISS Conference would remain at ten members until 1996, when Brookfield Academy was invited to join the Midwest Classic Conference.[7] Two years later, Abundant Life Christian left the SWISS Conference to compete as an independent during the merger between WISAA and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.[8] In 2005, Christian Life exited for membership in the Midwest Classic Conference[9] and Parkway Christian Academy joined the Indian Trails Conference,[10] bringing membership down to six schools. The SWISS Conference was disbanded in 2006,[11] and its member schools were dispersed to other conference. Wisconsin School for the Deaf rejoined the Indian Trails Conference in 2006.[12] The other two Wisconsin-based members of the SWISS Conference (Faith Christian School and University Lake School)[13][14] and two of the three Illinois-based schools (Berean Baptist and Keith Country Day)[15][16] became members of the Indian Trails Conference in 2007 after competing as independents. The final school, Westlake Christian Academy in Grayslake, also competed as an independent.[17]

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
Berean Baptist Christian Rockford, IL Private (Baptist) 30[18] Kingsmen     1990[6] 2006[11] Independent Illinois Association of Christian Schools
Faith Christian Williams Bay, WI Private (Nondenominational Christian) 62[19] Eagles     1983[2] 2006[11] Independent Lake City
Keith Country Day Rockford, IL Private (Nonsectarian) 46.5[20] Cougars     1982[1] 2006[11] Independent Northeastern Athletic (IHSA)
University Lake School Hartland, WI Private (Nonsectarian) 73[19] Lakers     1982[1] 2006[11] Independent Lake City
Westlake Christian Grayslake, IL Private (Nondenominational Christian) 49[21] Eagles     1982[1] 2006[11] Independent Northeastern Athletic (IHSA)
Wisconsin School for the Deaf Delavan, WI Public (State, Special Needs) 26[19] Firebirds     1990[6] 2006[12] Indian Trails

Previous members

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School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Abundant Life Christian Madison, WI Private (Nondenominational Christian) 115[19] Challengers     1990[6] 1998[8] Independent Trailways
Brookfield Academy Brookfield, WI Private (Nonsectarian) 334[19] Blue Knights     1984[3] 1996[7] Midwest Classic
Christian Life Kenosha, WI Private (Nondenominational Christian) 202[19] Eagles     1989[5] 2005[9] Midwest Classic
Heritage Christian New Berlin, WI Private (Protestant) 196[19] Patriots     1982[1] 1989[4] Midwest Classic
Parkway Christian Oak Creek, WI Private (Baptist) N/A Flames     1982[1] 2005[10] Indian Trails Closed in 2009

Membership timeline

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List of state champions

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Fall sports

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Girls Tennis
School Year Organization
Brookfield Academy 1987[22] WISAA

Winter sports

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None

Spring sports

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None

References

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