Mid-Eastern Conference (Wisconsin)

The Mid-Eastern Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, in operation from 1952 to 1970. Its membership was concentrated in northeastern Wisconsin, and all of its member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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Location of Mid-Eastern Conference Members (1952-1968)

The Mid-Eastern Conference was formed in 1952 by a split of the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference, an athletic organization for medium-sized schools in the Fox River Valley region. All eight members of the established conference's Western Division (Clintonville, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Menasha, Neenah, New London, Shawano and Two Rivers) seceded to form the Mid-Eastern Conference, while the Eastern Division continued play as the NEW Conference.^[1] Membership was very stable over the course of the conference's history with all eight members competing together for sixteen years of the conference's eighteen-year life span. The only school to exit the conference was Neenah, who did so in 1968 to join with larger schools in the Fox River Valley Conference.^[2] The Mid-Eastern Conference was dissolved in 1970 as part of sweeping realignment in northeastern and east central Wisconsin. The three largest schools in the conference (Kaukauna, Kimberly and Menasha) joined with four schools from the Fox River Valley Conference (Appleton East, Appleton West, Neenah and Oshkosh) to form the Fox Valley Association. The other four schools, which were all smaller in enrollment, were dispersed to other area conferences based on geography and size. Clintonville became a charter member of the Bay Conference, New London joined the new East Central Conference, Shawano entered the Wisconsin Valley Conference and Two Rivers became part of a revamped Fox River Valley Conference.^[3]

Conference membership history

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment[4]	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Clintonville	Clintonville, WI	Public	412	Truckers		1952[1]	1970[3]	Bay	North Eastern
Kaukauna	Kaukauna, WI	Public	1,253	Galloping Ghosts		1952[1]	1970[3]	Fox Valley Association
Kimberly	Kimberly, WI	Public	1,595	Papermakers		1952[1]	1970[3]	Fox Valley Association
Menasha	Menasha, WI	Public	966	Blue Jays		1952[1]	1970[3]	Fox Valley Association	Bay
Neenah	Neenah, WI	Public	1,979	Rockets		1952[1]	1970[2]	Fox River Valley	Fox Valley Association
New London	New London, WI	Public	712	Bulldogs		1952[1]	1970[3]	East Central	Bay
Shawano	Shawano, WI	Public	797	Indians		1952[1]	1970[3]	Wisconsin Valley	Bay
Two Rivers	Two Rivers, WI	Public	480	Raiders		1952[1]	1970[3]	Fox River Valley	Eastern Wisconsin

Membership timeline

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country^[5]

School	Year	Division
Neenah	1963	Medium Schools

Boys Volleyball^[6]

School	Year	Division
Kaukauna	1967	Single Division
Kaukauna	1969	Single Division

Winter sports

Boys Basketball^[7]

School	Year	Division
Menasha	1953	Single Division
Shawano	1956	Single Division
Shawano	1957	Single Division

Spring sports

Baseball^[8]

School	Year	Division
Kaukauna	1953	Single Division

Boys Tennis^[9]

School	Year	Division
Neenah	1953	Single Division
Neenah	1957	Single Division
Menasha	1963	Single Division
Menasha	1964	Single Division
Neenah	1965	Single Division
Menasha	1966	Single Division

Boys Track & Field^[10]

School	Year	Division
Kimberly	1960	Class B