Peninsula Conference

The Peninsula Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in northeastern Wisconsin. It was founded in 1933 and disbanded in 1970, and all public school members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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The Peninsula Conference was formed in 1933 by six small high schools in northeastern Wisconsin: Brussels, Casco, Gibraltar, Luxemburg, Mishicot and Sevastopol.[1] It was named the Peninsula Conference because its six members were located in or near the Door Peninsula, and the conference featured schools from Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. Because of its geography and lack of proximity to similarly-sized schools, conference membership remained relatively stable over the course of its history. In 1962, Brussels High School was replaced by Southern Door High School due to the consolidation of local school districts.[2][3] Consolidation claimed another member of the conference in 1967 when Luxemburg and Casco merged to form Luxemburg-Casco High School.[4] To keep membership at six schools, the Peninsula Conference added Manitowoc Lutheran, who were former members of the Kettle Moraine Conference.[5] The Peninsula Conference would be realigned out of existence in 1970, as part of a larger realignment of high school conferences in northeastern Wisconsin.[6] Three of the outgoing schools (Gibraltar, Manitowoc Lutheran and Sevastopol) formed the nucleus of the new Bay-Lakes Conference,[7] two schools (Luxemburg-Casco and Southern Door) joined the new Packerland Conference[8] and Mishicot became a charter member of the Olympian Conference.[9]

Conference membership history

Final members

School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Gibraltar Fish Creek, WI Public Vikings     1933[1] 1970[6] Bay-Lakes Packerland
Luxemburg-Casco Luxemburg, WI Public Spartans       1967[4] 1970[6] Packerland North Eastern
Manitowoc Lutheran Manitowoc, WI Private (Lutheran, WELS) Lancers     1967[5] 1970[6] Bay-Lakes Big East
Mishicot Mishicot, WI Public Indians     1933[1] 1970[6] Olympian Big East
Sevastopol Sevastopol, WI Public Pioneers     1933[1] 1970[6] Bay-Lakes Packerland
Southern Door Brussels, WI Public Eagles       1962[2][3] 1970[6] Packerland

Previous members

School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Brussels Brussels, WI Public Broncos     1933[1] 1962[2][3] Closed (replaced by Southern Door)
Casco Casco, WI Public Comets     1933[1] 1967[4] Closed (consolidated into Luxemburg-Casco)
Luxemburg Luxemburg, WI Public Bluebirds     1933[1] 1967[4] Closed (consolidated into Luxemburg-Casco)

Football-only members

School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Seasons Primary Conference
Sturgeon Bay "B" Sturgeon Bay, WI Public Clippers     1936-1942 Northeastern Wisconsin

Membership timeline

Full members

Football members

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School Quantity Years
Casco 11 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1964
Mishicot 9 1946, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968
Gibraltar 8 1939, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1969, 1970
Luxemburg 7 1940, 1947, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
Brussels 2 1960, 1962
Sevastopol 2 1937, 1938
Southern Door 2 1965, 1967
Luxemburg-Casco 0
Manitowoc Lutheran 0

Football

School Quantity Years
Luxemburg 13 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962
Sevastopol 7 1939, 1940, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1965
Casco 5 1947, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1965
Mishicot 5 1949, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969
Luxemburg-Casco 3 1967, 1968, 1969
Brussels 2 1954, 1958
Gibraltar 2 1965, 1969
Southern Door 2 1964, 1965
Manitowoc Lutheran 0
Sturgeon Bay "B" 0
Champions from 1936-1938 unknown

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Adopt Name for School Circuit". Two Rivers Reporter. October 18, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Lloyd J. Jilot New Principal for Brussels". Green Bay Press-Gazette. August 10, 1960. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Mishicot Given Peninsula Meet". Green Bay Press-Gazette. March 30, 1962. p. 20. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "No Petitions Oppose Kewaunee-Co. Plan". Green Bay Press-Gazette. November 17, 1966. p. 32. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Lancers Face Tough Slate as New Foes in 'Peninsula'". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. August 29, 1967. p. 12. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Peninsula Conference to Disband". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. September 16, 1969. p. 12. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Bay-Lakes Conference Very Unpredictable". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. September 4, 1970. p. 17. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "Pick 'Packerland' as New Loop Name". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. March 4, 1970. p. 25. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  9. ^ Zima, Jim (December 14, 1969). "Staff's Stuff". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 38. Retrieved December 19, 2024.

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