4-C Conference

The Four County Conference, more commonly known as the 4-C Conference, is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Formed in 1934 and disbanded in 1953, its membership was concentrated in southeastern Wisconsin, northwest of the Milwaukee area. All members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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Location of 4-C Conference Members (1935-1953)

The 4-C Conference was organized in 1934 by four small high schools on the outskirts of the Milwaukee suburbs: Cedarburg, Juneau, Menomonee Falls and Pewaukee.^[1] The conference was named after the four counties in southeastern Wisconsin (Dodge, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha) where member schools were located.^[2] Hartland joined from the Little Five Conference and Slinger joined from the Fox Valley Tri-County League in 1935, bringing conference membership to six schools.^[3] Grafton was also invited to join the 4-C Conference that year, but ultimately decided to remain in the Kettle Moraine Conference.^[4] The 4-C Conference operated as a six-member circuit for eighteen years before disbanding in 1953. Cedarburg and Menomonee Falls, the two largest schools in the conference, submitted multiple bids to join the Little Ten Conference dating back to 1947, all of which were rejected.^[5][6][7] Both schools joined with longtime independents (and failed Little Ten applicants) Port Washington and Watertown to form the Braveland Conference and dropped any further pursuit of Little Ten membership.^[8] Three of the remaining schools (Hartland, Pewaukee and Slinger) joined the Southeastern Wisconsin Conference,^[9] and Juneau became members of the Madison Suburban Conference.^[10]

Conference membership history

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Cedarburg	Cedarburg, WI	Public	1,087	Bulldogs		1934[2]	1953[8]	Braveland	North Shore
Juneau	Juneau, WI	Public	N/A	Chiefs		1934[2]	1953[10]	Madison Suburban	Closed in 1969 (merged into Dodgeland)
Menomonee Falls	Menomonee Falls, WI	Public	1,292	Indians		1934[2]	1953[8]	Braveland	Greater Metro
Pewaukee	Pewaukee, WI	Public	874	Pirates		1934[2]	1953[9]	Southeastern Wisconsin	Woodland
Hartland	Hartland, WI	Public	N/A	Trojans		1935[3]	1953[9]	Southeastern Wisconsin	Closed in 1956 (replaced by Arrowhead)
Slinger	Slinger, WI	Public	1,052	Redmen		1935[3]	1953[9]	Southeastern Wisconsin	North Shore

Membership timeline

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Menomonee Falls	7	1937, 1938, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951
Cedarburg	6	1943, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1953
Hartland	5	1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1948
Juneau	3	1935, 1936, 1939
Pewaukee	0
Slinger	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Cedarburg	10	1935, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952
Juneau	5	1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940
Menomonee Falls	4	1935, 1937, 1945, 1950
Hartland	0
Pewaukee	0
Slinger	0
Champions from 1943 and 1944 unknown