East Central Flyway Conference

The East Central Flyway Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, competing from 2001 to 2007. All members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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Location of Original East Central Flyway Conference Members

The East Central Flyway Conference was created in 2001 from a merger of two previously established conferences for small schools in east central Wisconsin. Eight members (Berlin, Laconia, Lourdes Academy in Oshkosh, Markesan, Omro, Ripon, Wautoma and Winneconne) were formerly in the East Central Conference and nine schools came from the Flyway Conference (Central Wisconsin Christian in Waupun, Horicon, Lomira, Mayville, North Fond du Lac, Oakfield, St. Lawrence Seminary in Mount Calvary, and St. Mary’s Springs and Winnebago Lutheran, both out of Fond du Lac).^[1] The conference was separated into two divisions with the ECC schools forming the Lakes Division and the Flyway members comprising the Rivers Division:^[2]

Lakes Division	Rivers Division
Berlin	Central Wisconsin Christian
Laconia	Horicon
Lourdes Academy	Lomira
Markesan	Mayville
Omro	North Fond du Lac
Ripon	Oakfield
Wautoma	St. Lawrence Seminary
Winneconne	St. Mary’s Springs
	Winnebago Lutheran

The first membership changes occurred in 2004, when Central Wisconsin Christian and St. Lawrence Seminary left the East Central Flyway. Central Wisconsin Christian joined the Trailways Conference while St. Lawrence became an independent.^[3] Waupun, formerly of the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference, joined the Lakes Division with Laconia moving over to the Rivers Division:^[4]

Lakes Division	Rivers Division
Berlin	Horicon
Lourdes Academy	Laconia
Markesan	Lomira
Omro	Mayville
Ripon	North Fond du Lac
Waupun	Oakfield
Wautoma	St. Mary’s Springs
Winneconne	Winnebago Lutheran

The most significant change came two years later when ten schools left the conference. Six schools from the Rivers Division (Horicon, Laconia, Lomira, Mayville, North Fond du Lac and St. Mary’s Springs) joined with Kettle Moraine Lutheran in Jackson in forming the Wisconsin Flyway Conference, three schools (Lourdes Academy, Markesan and Oakfield) became members of the Trailways Conference, and Wautoma joined the South Central Conference.^[5] The remaining six schools continued competition for one more season before disbanding in 2007. Four schools (Berlin, Omro, Ripon and Winneconne) became charter members of the Eastern Valley Conference, Waupun was accepted into the Eastern Wisconsin Conference and Winnebago Lutheran joined the Wisconsin Flyway Conference.^[6]

Football

For football, the East Central Flyway Conference was partitioned into the Lakes and Rivers divisions just like it was for other sports, with a few differences in alignment. Mayville and St. Mary's Springs swapped divisions with Laconia, Lourdes Academy and Markesan, and Waupun was a football-only member of the conference until 2004, when they left the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference to become an all-sport member of the ECFC. Central Wisconsin Christian and St. Lawrence Seminary did not sponsor football and, therefore, did not participate:^[7]

Lakes Division	Rivers Division
Berlin	Horicon
Mayville	Laconia
Omro	Lomira
Ripon	Lourdes Academy
St. Mary's Springs	Markesan
Waupun	North Fond du Lac
Wautoma	Oakfield
Winneconne	Winnebago Lutheran

For the 2003 football season, the conference lost Lourdes Academy to the Midwest Classic Conference and Oakfield to the large-school division of the Trailways Conference.^[8] St. Mary's Springs moved over to the Rivers Division to keep an even seven members per division until the formation of the Wisconsin Flyway Conference broke up ECFC membership in 2006.

Conference membership history

Full members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Berlin	Berlin, WI	Public	474	Indians		2001[1]	2007[6]	Eastern Valley	South Central (2025)
Central Wisconsin Christian	Waupun, WI	Private (Reformed)	119	Crusaders		2001[1]	2004[3]	Trailways
Horicon	Horicon, WI	Public	275	Marshmen		2001[1]	2006[5]	Wisconsin Flyway	Trailways
Laconia	Rosendale, WI	Public	317	Spartans		2001[1]	2006[5]	East Central
Lomira	Lomira, WI	Public	323	Lions		2001[1]	2006[5]	Wisconsin Flyway
Lourdes Academy	Oshkosh, WI	Private (Catholic)	178	Knights		2001[1]	2006[5]	Trailways
Markesan	Markesan, WI	Public	254	Hornets		2001[1]	2006[5]	Trailways
Mayville	Mayville, WI	Public	375	Cardinals		2001[1]	2006[5]	Wisconsin Flyway
North Fond du Lac	North Fond du Lac, WI	Public	466	Orioles		2001[1]	2006[5]	Wisconsin Flyway
Oakfield	Oakfield, WI	Public	158	Oaks		2001[1]	2006[5]	Trailways
Omro	Omro, WI	Public	333	Foxes		2001[1]	2007[6]	Eastern Valley	Wisconsin Flyway
Ripon	Ripon, WI	Public	484	Tigers		2001[1]	2007[6]	Eastern Valley	South Central (2025)
St. Lawrence Seminary	Mount Calvary, WI	Private (Catholic, Capuchin)	256	Hilltoppers		2001[1]	2004[3]	Independent
St. Mary's Springs	Fond du Lac, WI	Private (Catholic)	263	Ledgers		2001[1]	2006[5]	Wisconsin Flyway
Wautoma	Wautoma, WI	Public	381	Hornets		2001[1]	2006[5]	South Central
Winnebago Lutheran	Fond du Lac, WI	Private (Lutheran, WELS)	319	Vikings		2001[1]	2007[6]	Wisconsin Flyway
Winneconne	Winneconne, WI	Public	551	Wolves		2001[1]	2007[6]	Eastern Valley	Bay (2025)
Waupun	Waupun, WI	Public	571	Warriors		2004[3]	2007[6]	Eastern Wisconsin	Capitol (2025)

Football-only members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Seasons	Primary Conference
Waupun	Waupun, WI	Public	571	Warriors		2001-2003	Wisconsin Little Ten

Membership timeline

Full members

 Lakes Division  Rivers Division

Football members

 Lakes Division  Rivers Division

List of state champions

Fall sports

Football

School	Year	Division
St. Mary’s Springs	2002	Division 6

Girls Volleyball

School	Year	Division
Waupun	2004	Division 2
Waupun	2005	Division 2

Winter sports

None

Spring sports

Baseball

School	Year	Division
Waupun	2007	Division 2

Softball

School	Year	Division
Horicon	2002	Division 3
Horicon	2003	Division 3

Boys Track & Field

School	Year	Division
Ripon	2006	Division 2

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Omro	3	2002, 2004, 2005
Ripon	3	2001, 2003, 2006
Mayville	2	2002, 2005
Winneconne	2	2003, 2005
Berlin	1	2004
Horicon	1	2006
North Fond du Lac	1	2004
St. Mary's Springs	1	2003
Waupun	1	2007
Central Wisconsin Christian	0
Laconia	0
Lomira	0
Lourdes Academy	0
Markesan	0
Oakfield	0
St. Lawrence Seminary	0
Wautoma	0
Winnebago Lutheran	0

Girls Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Laconia	3	2002, 2003, 2004
Lomira	2	2004, 2005
Markesan	2	2003, 2005
Ripon	2	2006, 2007
North Fond du Lac	1	2006
St. Mary's Springs	1	2002
Winnebago Lutheran	1	2003
Berlin	0
Central Wisconsin Christian	0
Horicon	0
Lourdes Academy	0
Mayville	0
Oakfield	0
Omro	0
Waupun	0
Wautoma	0
Winneconne	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Ripon	3	2003, 2004, 2005
Winnebago Lutheran	3	2003, 2004, 2005
Lomira	2	2002, 2004
Mayville	2	2001, 2004
St. Mary's Springs	2	2002, 2004
Horicon	1	2005
Laconia	1	2001
Markesan	1	2005
North Fond du Lac	1	2002
Waupun	1	2006
Berlin	0
Lourdes Academy	0
Oakfield	0
Omro	0
Wautoma	0
Winneconne	0