Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference

The Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, active from 1956 to 2000. Consisting entirely of Catholic high schools within the La Crosse diocese, the conference was affiliated with both the Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic Association and its successor, the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association.

History

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Location of Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference Members (1964–1975)

The Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference was formed by six parochial high schools in central Wisconsin in 1956. Original members were Assumption in Wisconsin Rapids, Campion Jesuit in Prairie du Chien, Columbus Catholic in Marshfield, McDonell Central Catholic in Chippewa Falls, Newman Catholic in Wausau and Pacelli in Stevens Point.^[1] Two other high schools were also part of the initial group (Aquinas in La Crosse and Regis in Eau Claire), but originally were not slated to join until 1957 because of previous athletic commitments.^[2] Madonna in Mauston and Maryheart in Pittsville were also invited to join the conference but declined due to smaller enrollment compared to the other eight schools.^[3]

In 1957, McDonell Central Catholic left the conference to compete as an independent,^[4][5] then returned as a full member four years later.^[6] Regis wouldn't officially join in CWCC competition until 1963,^[7] and Aquinas followed suit in 1964, bringing the conference to eight member schools.^[8] Campion would close in 1975,^[9] leaving the Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference with seven members. It would stay this way for nearly a quarter century until Aquinas was invited to join the Mississippi Valley Conference in 1996 with conference play starting the next year.^[10] In 1997, WISAA agreed to a merger with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association to group public and private high schools under one organizational umbrella for interscholastic competition, finalizing in 2000.^[11] The Central Wisconsin Catholic Conference was folded along with WISAA that year, with its members going to the Central Wisconsin Conference (Pacelli),^[12] Cloverbelt Conference (McDonell Central Catholic and Regis)^[13] and Marawood Conference (Assumption, Columbus Catholic and Newman Catholic).^[14]

Conference membership history

Final members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Assumption	Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Private (Catholic)	139	Royals		1956[1]	2000[14]	Marawood
Columbus Catholic	Marshfield, WI	Private (Catholic)	146	Dons		1956[1]	2000[14]	Marawood	Cloverbelt
McDonell Central Catholic	Chippewa Falls, WI	Private (Catholic)	206	Macks		1956,[1] 1961[6]	1957,[4][5] 2000[13]	Cloverbelt
Newman Catholic	Wausau, WI	Private (Catholic)	128	Cardinals		1956[1]	2000[14]	Marawood
Pacelli	Stevens Point, WI	Private (Catholic)	169	Cardinals		1956[1]	2000[12]	Central Wisconsin
Regis	Eau Claire, WI	Private (Catholic)	210	Ramblers		1963[7]	2000[13]	Cloverbelt

Previous members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Aquinas	La Crosse, WI	Private (Catholic)	307	Blugolds		1964[8]	1997[10]	Mississippi Valley
Campion Jesuit	Prairie du Chien, WI	Private (Catholic, Jesuit)	N/A	Red Knights		1956[1]	1975[9]	Closed

Membership timeline

Full members

Football members

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country

School	Year	Organization	Division
Assumption	1974[15]	WISAA	Class B
Columbus Catholic	1974[15]	WISAA	Class C
Aquinas	1977[16]	WISAA	Class A
Newman Catholic	1978[17]	WISAA	Class B
Aquinas	1979[18]	WISAA	Class A
Newman Catholic	1979[18]	WISAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1980[19]	WISAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1981[20]	WISAA	Class B
Regis	1981[20]	WISAA	Class C
Pacelli	1982[21]	WISAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1983[22]	WISAA	Class B
McDonell Central Catholic	1984[23]	WISAA	Class C
Newman Catholic	1984[23]	WISAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1985[24]	WISAA	Class C
Pacelli	1985[24]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1986[25]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1987[26]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1988[27]	WISAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1989[28]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1990[29]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1991[30]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1994[31]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1995[32]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1996[33]	WISAA	Division 2
McDonell Central Catholic	1997[34]	WISAA	Division 2
McDonell Central Catholic	1998[35]	WISAA	Division 2

Girls Cross Country

School	Year	Organization	Division
Pacelli	1981[20]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1982[21]	WISAA	Class B
Columbus Catholic	1983[22]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1984[23]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1985[24]	WISAA	Class B
Aquinas	1986[25]	WISAA	Class A
Pacelli	1986[25]	WISAA	Class B
Aquinas	1987[26]	WISAA	Class A
Pacelli	1987[26]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1988[27]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1989[28]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1990[29]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1991[30]	WISAA	Class B
McDonell Central Catholic	1994[31]	WISAA	Division 2
Aquinas	1996[33]	WISAA	Division 1
McDonell Central Catholic	1999[36]	WISAA	Division 2

Football

School	Year	Organization	Division
Assumption	1973[37]	WISAA
Columbus Catholic	1980[38]	WISAA	Class A
Pacelli	1986[39]	WISAA	Class A
McDonell Central Catholic	1989[40]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	1992[41]	WISAA	Division 2
Regis	1992[41]	WISAA	Division 3
Aquinas	1993[42]	WISAA	Division 2
Regis	1993[42]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	1994[43]	WISAA	Division 3
Aquinas	1995[44]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1995[44]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	1996[45]	WISAA	Division 3
Regis	1999[46]	WISAA	Division 3

Golf

School	Year	Organization
Aquinas	1975[47]	WISAA
Aquinas	1977[48]	WISAA
Aquinas	1995[49]	WISAA

Volleyball

School	Year	Organization	Division
Aquinas	1984[50]	WISAA	Class A
Columbus Catholic	1991[51]	WISAA	Class B
Regis	1992[52]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1994[53]	WISAA	Division 2
Regis	1995[54]	WISAA	Division 2
Regis	1997[55]	WISAA	Division 2
Regis	1998[56]	WISAA	Division 2
McDonell Central Catholic	1999[57]	WISAA	Division 2

Winter sports

Boys Basketball

School	Year	Organization	Division
McDonell Central Catholic	1994[58]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	1996[59]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	1997[60]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	1999[61]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	2000[62]	WISAA	Division 3

Girls Basketball

School	Year	Organization	Division
Columbus Catholic	1980[63]	WISAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1981[63]	WISAA	Class A
Regis	1986[64]	WISAA	Class B
Regis	1992[65]	WISAA	Division 2
Regis	1993[66]	WISAA	Division 2
Aquinas	1996[67]	WISAA	Division 2
Aquinas	1997[68]	WISAA	Division 2
Assumption	1998[69]	WISAA	Division 3
Assumption	1999[70]	WISAA	Division 2
Columbus Catholic	1999[70]	WISAA	Division 3
Columbus Catholic	2000[71]	WISAA	Division 3

Wrestling

School	Year	Organization
Aquinas	1967[72]	WCIAA
Aquinas	1968[73]	WCIAA
Pacelli	1973[74]	WISAA
Pacelli	1976[75]	WISAA
Pacelli	1977[76]	WISAA
Aquinas	1983[77]	WISAA
Pacelli	1984[78]	WISAA
Aquinas	1985[79]	WISAA
Aquinas	1986[80]	WISAA
Aquinas	1987[81]	WISAA
Aquinas	1988[82]	WISAA
Aquinas	1989[83]	WISAA
Aquinas	1990[84]	WISAA
Aquinas	1997[85]	WISAA

Spring sports

Baseball

School	Year	Organization	Division
Pacelli	1974[86]	WISAA
Newman Catholic	1980[87]	WISAA
Aquinas	1984[88]	WISAA
Aquinas	1985[89]	WISAA
Aquinas	1986[90]	WISAA	Class A
Aquinas	1987[91]	WISAA	Class A
McDonell Central Catholic	1988[92]	WISAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1991[93]	WISAA	Class B
Regis	1995[94]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1998[95]	WISAA

Golf

School	Year	Organization
Aquinas	1970[96]	WISAA
Campion Jesuit	1971[97]	WISAA
Aquinas	1974[98]	WISAA

Softball

School	Year	Organization	Division
Pacelli	1992[99]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1993[100]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1994[101]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1995[102]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1996[103]	WISAA	Division 2
Pacelli	1997[104]	WISAA	Division 2

Boys Tennis

School	Year	Organization
Campion Jesuit	1970[105]	WISAA

Boys Track & Field

School	Year	Organization	Division
Assumption	1965[106]	WCIAA	Class B
Columbus Catholic	1966[107]	WCIAA	Class B
Assumption	1967[108]	WCIAA	Class B
Assumption	1968[109]	WCIAA	Class B
Newman Catholic	1971[110]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1978[111]	WISAA	Class B
Aquinas	1980[112]	WISAA	Class B
Aquinas	1981[113]	WISAA	Class B
Aquinas	1982[114]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1983[115]	WISAA	Class B
McDonell Central Catholic	1986[116]	WISAA	Class C
Regis	1988[117]	WISAA	Class B
Regis	1989[118]	WISAA	Class B
Columbus Catholic	1992[119]	WISAA	Division 2

Girls Track & Field

School	Year	Organization	Division
Newman Catholic	1971[120]	WISAA
Aquinas	1976[121]	WISAA
Aquinas	1977[122]	WISAA	Class A
Aquinas	1978[111]	WISAA	Class A
Aquinas	1981[113]	WISAA	Class B
Assumption	1982[114]	WISAA	Class B
McDonell Central Catholic	1984[123]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1985[124]	WISAA	Class B
Pacelli	1986[116]	WISAA	Class B
Regis	1987[125]	WISAA	Class B
Regis	1993[126]	WISAA	Division 2
Newman Catholic	1996[127]	WISAA	Division 2
Aquinas	1997[128]	WISAA	Division 1
McDonell Central Catholic	1998[129]	WISAA	Division 2
McDonell Central Catholic	1999[130]	WISAA	Division 2
McDonell Central Catholic	2000[131]	WISAA	Division 2

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Aquinas	12	1968, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997
Regis	12	1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1994
Pacelli	10	1959, 1961, 1963, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988
Assumption	7	1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1994
Newman Catholic	4	1957, 1978, 1989, 1998
Campion Jesuit	3	1957, 1958, 1970
Columbus Catholic	3	1996, 1999, 2000
McDonell Central Catholic	1	1991

Girls Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Aquinas	11	1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Regis	6	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998
Columbus Catholic	3	1998, 1999, 2000
Assumption	2	1977, 1998
Pacelli	2	1982, 1983
McDonell Central Catholic	1	1989
Newman Catholic	1	1981

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Columbus Catholic	15	1957, 1958, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
Pacelli	12	1962, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1998
Aquinas	9	1966, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994
Assumption	8	1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1974
McDonell Central Catholic	4	1969, 1977, 1981, 1997
Regis	4	1968, 1974, 1985, 1999
Campion Jesuit	2	1963, 1964
Newman Catholic	1	1956