Central Lakeshore Conference

The Central Lakeshore Conference is a former high school athletic conference in east central Wisconsin. It was operational from 1969 to 2015 and all member schools (with the exception of one) were members of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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Location of Original Central Lakeshore Conference Members

The Central Lakeshore Conference was formed in 1969 by seven small high schools in Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties in east central Wisconsin.^[1] Four members were previously in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference (Cedar Grove, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Kohler and Oostburg), two entered from the disbanded Kettle Moraine Conference (Howards Grove and Ozaukee) and Random Lake joined after leaving the Scenic Moraine Conference. The recently opened John F. Kennedy Prep in St. Nazianz joined a year later,^[2] but their stay in the conference was short-lived. The Catholic high school was removed from the Central Lakeshore Conference in 1973 because of alleged violations against rules on student transfers.^[3] The Central Lakeshore Conference's membership roster would remain relatively stable for a quarter century with the only change being a short stint in the conference for Stockbridge from 1979^[4] to 1981.^[5] Oakfield joined as a football-only member from 1987^[6][7] through the 1998 season^[8] after competing in the Flyway Conference, which remained their primary affiliation for all other sports.^[9] In 1999, two private high schools in Sheboygan (Sheboygan Christian and Sheboygan Lutheran) would join as part of the WIAA/WISAA merger.^[10] Stockbridge rejoined the Central Lakeshore in 2007 for the final eight years of the conference's run.^[11] In 2015, all members of the Central Lakeshore Conference with the exception of Stockbridge joined with five members of the Olympian Conference (Hilbert, Manitowoc Lutheran, Mishicot, Reedsville and St. Mary Catholic in Neenah) to form the fourteen-member Big East Conference.^[12]

Conference membership history

Full members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Cedar Grove-Belgium	Cedar Grove, WI	Public	291	Rockets		1969[1]	2015[12]	Big East
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	Elkhart Lake, WI	Public	148	Resorters		1969[1]	2015[12]	Big East
Howards Grove	Howards Grove, WI	Public	283	Tigers		1969[1]	2015[12]	Big East
Kohler	Kohler, WI	Public	223	Blue Bombers		1969[1]	2015[12]	Big East
Oostburg	Oostburg, WI	Public	331	Dutchmen		1969[1]	2015[12]	Big East
Ozaukee	Fredonia, WI	Public	188	Warriors		1969[1]	2015[12]	Big East
Random Lake	Random Lake, WI	Public	244	Rams		1969[1]	2015[12]	Big East
John F. Kennedy Prep	St. Nazianz, WI	Private (Catholic)	N/A	Moors		1970[2]	1973[3]	Independent	Closed in 1982
Stockbridge	Stockbridge, WI	Public	54	Indians		1979,[4] 2007[11]	1981[5] 2015[12]	Independent
Sheboygan Christian	Sheboygan, WI	Private (Christian)	131	Eagles		1999[10]	2015[12]	Big East
Sheboygan Lutheran	Sheboygan, WI	Private (Lutheran, LCMS)	206	Crusaders		1999[10]	2015[12]	Big East

Football-only members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Seasons	Primary Conference
Oakfield	Oakfield, WI	Public	158	Oaks		1987-1998[7][8]	Flyway

Membership timeline

Full members

Football members

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country

School	Year	Division
Sheboygan Lutheran	2004	Division 3
Sheboygan Lutheran	2005	Division 3
Sheboygan Lutheran	2006	Division 3
Cedar Grove-Belgium	2009	Division 3

Boys Soccer

School	Year	Division
Oostburg	1994	Division 2
Sheboygan Christian	2002	Division 3
Sheboygan Christian	2003	Division 3

Girls Volleyball

School	Year	Division
Random Lake	1975	Class B
Howards Grove	1976	Class C
Random Lake	1978	Class B
Ozaukee	1987	Class C
Oostburg	1994	Division 3
Oostburg	2011	Division 3
Oostburg	2012	Division 3

Winter sports

Boys Basketball

School	Year	Division
Kohler	1980	Class C
Kohler	1982	Class C
Kohler	1983	Class C
Oostburg	1986	Class C
Oostburg	1987	Class C
Oostburg	1995	Division 3
Kohler	1999	Division 4
Sheboygan Lutheran	2012	Division 5

Girls Basketball

School	Year	Division
Kohler	1982	Class C
Oostburg	1990	Class C
Oostburg	1994	Division 3
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	2002	Division 4
Ozaukee	2004	Division 3
Oostburg	2008	Division 3

Spring sports

Boys Golf

School	Year	Division
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	1990	Class C
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	1991	Division 3
Howards Grove	1992	Division 3
Howards Grove	1993	Division 3
Oostburg	1998	Division 3
Kohler	2011	Division 3

Girls Soccer

School	Year	Division
Ozaukee	2003	Division 3
Ozaukee	2005	Division 3
Ozaukee	2006	Division 3
Ozaukee	2013	Division 3

Boys Track & Field

School	Year	Division
Kohler	1970	Class C
Kohler	1971	Class C
Kohler	1972	Class C
Kohler	1973	Class C
Kohler	1974	Class C
Ozaukee	1975	Class C
Kohler	1979	Class C
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	1988	Class C
Howards Grove	2002	Division 3

Girls Track & Field

School	Year	Division
Kohler	1976	Class C
Kohler	1977	Class C

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Oostburg	23	1975, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013
Kohler	10	1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1994
Howards Grove	8	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1992, 2015
Cedar Grove-Belgium	5	1970, 1979, 1985, 1989, 2005
Sheboygan Christian	3	2003, 2009, 2010
Sheboygan Lutheran	3	2005, 2012, 2014
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	2	1990, 1993
John F. Kennedy Prep	2	1972, 1973
Ozaukee	2	1999, 2015
Random Lake	1	1988
Stockbridge	0

Girls Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Oostburg	24	1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Ozaukee	9	1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010
Howards Grove	6	1976, 1984, 1991, 1992, 2009, 2012
Kohler	3	1978, 1982, 1987
Cedar Grove-Belgium	2	1981, 1984
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	2	1996, 1997
Random Lake	2	1977, 1994
Sheboygan Christian	1	2015
Sheboygan Lutheran	0
Stockbridge	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Howards Grove	16	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2006
Random Lake	10	1973, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
Cedar Grove-Belgium	9	1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
Kohler	9	1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988
Oostburg	7	1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2000, 2007, 2010
Ozaukee	5	1976, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2015
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	2	1981, 1993
Oakfield	1	1988
John F. Kennedy Prep	0
KLC	0
Sheboygan Lutheran/ Kohler	0
Stockbridge	0
Sheboygan Lutheran	0