SWISS Conference

The Southern Wisconsin and Illinois Small Schools Conference, more commonly referred to as the SWISS Conference, is a former high school athletic conference. It was in existence from 1982 to 2006, and consisted primarily of private schools in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

History

1982-1996

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Location of Original SWISS Conference Members

The SWISS Conference was formed in 1982 by five small private high schools in Wisconsin and Illinois: Heritage Christian School in New Berlin, Keith Country Day School in Rockford, Parkway Christian Academy in Oak Creek, University Lake School in Hartland and Waukegan Christian School.^[1] Faith Christian School in Williams Bay became the sixth member of the SWISS Conference in 1983,^[2] and the arrival of Brookfield Academy brought the membership total to seven schools the next year.^[3] In 1989, two years after attaining membership in the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association, Heritage Christian School left the SWISS Conference for membership in the Midwest Classic Conference.^[4] Christian Life School in Kenosha replaced them that same year.^[5] In 1990, the SWISS Conference added three new members: Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Berean Baptist Christian School in Rockford and Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan.^[6]

1996-2006

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Location of Final SWISS Conference Members

The SWISS Conference would remain at ten members until 1996, when Brookfield Academy was invited to join the Midwest Classic Conference.^[7] Two years later, Abundant Life Christian left the SWISS Conference to compete as an independent during the merger between WISAA and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.^[8] In 2005, Christian Life exited for membership in the Midwest Classic Conference^[9] and Parkway Christian Academy joined the Indian Trails Conference,^[10] bringing membership down to six schools. The SWISS Conference was disbanded in 2006,^[11] and its member schools were dispersed to other conference. Wisconsin School for the Deaf rejoined the Indian Trails Conference in 2006.^[12] The other two Wisconsin-based members of the SWISS Conference (Faith Christian School and University Lake School)^[13][14] and two of the three Illinois-based schools (Berean Baptist and Keith Country Day)^[15][16] became members of the Indian Trails Conference in 2007 after competing as independents. The final school, Westlake Christian Academy in Grayslake, also competed as an independent.^[17]

Conference membership history

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Heritage Christian	New Berlin, WI	Private (Protestant)	196[18]	Patriots		1982[1]	1989[4]	Midwest Classic
Keith Country Day	Rockford, IL	Private (Nonsectarian)	46.5[19]	Cougars		1982[1]	2006[11]	Independent	Northeastern Athletic (IHSA)
Parkway Christian	Oak Creek, WI	Private (Baptist)	N/A	Flames		1982[1]	2005[10]	Indian Trails	Closed in 2009
University Lake School	Hartland, WI	Private (Nonsectarian)	73[18]	Lakers		1982[1]	2006[11]	Independent	Lake City
Westlake Christian	Grayslake, IL	Private (Nondenominational Christian)	49[20]	Eagles		1982[1]	2006[11]	Independent	Northeastern Athletic (IHSA)
Faith Christian	Williams Bay, WI	Private (Nondenominational Christian)	62[18]	Eagles		1983[2]	2006[11]	Independent	Lake City
Brookfield Academy	Brookfield, WI	Private (Nonsectarian)	334[18]	Blue Knights		1984[3]	1996[7]	Midwest Classic
Christian Life	Kenosha, WI	Private (Nondenominational Christian)	202[18]	Eagles		1989[5]	2005[9]	Midwest Classic
Abundant Life Christian	Madison, WI	Private (Nondenominational Christian)	115[18]	Challengers		1990[6]	1998[8]	Independent	Trailways
Berean Baptist Christian	Rockford, IL	Private (Baptist)	30[21]	Kingsmen		1990[6]	2006[11]	Independent	Illinois Association of Christian Schools
Wisconsin School for the Deaf	Delavan, WI	Public (State, Special Needs)	26[18]	Firebirds		1990[6]	2006[12]	Indian Trails

Membership timeline

List of state champions

Fall sports

Girls Tennis

School	Year	Organization
Brookfield Academy	1987[22]	WISAA

Winter sports

None

Spring sports

None