Coulee Conference

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Coulee Conference
ConferenceWIAA
CommissionerLouie Ferguson
Sports fielded
  • 20
    • men's: 10
    • women's: 10
DivisionDivisions 2-3 (Baseball, Cross Country, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling)

Divisions 3-4 (Basketball)

Divisions 4-6 (Football)
No. of teams7
Headquarters[[{{{hq_city}}}, Wisconsin]]
Official websiteCoulee Conference
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Coulee Conference Member School Locations in Wisconsin

The Coulee Conference is a seven-member high school athletic conference in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. It was founded in 1926 and is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Conference schools have enrollments ranging from 236 to 540, with an average enrollment of 395.[1] Beginning in 2014, West Salem will compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference for football only. With the announcement and passing of football-only conference realignments by the WIAA, the Coulee Conference will be temporarily split up for the 2019 football season.[2] In the 2020 football season, the Coulee Conference will return, but Luther will join the Scenic Bluffs Conference. The Altoona Railroaders of the Cloverbelt Conference and Aquinas Blugolds (La Crosse) of the Mississippi Valley Conference will join the Coulee for football only.[3]

Sports

The Coulee Conference sponsors 20 varsity sports. They are:

Schools

School Location Affiliation Enrollment[1] Mascot Colors Joined
Arcadia Arcadia, WI Public 417 Raiders     1965
Black River Falls Black River Falls, WI Public 481 Tigers     1977
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Galesville, WI Public 400 Red Hawks       1971
Luther Onalaska, WI Private (WELS) 228 Knights     1997
Viroqua Viroqua, WI Public 339 Blackhawks     1987
West Salem West Salem, WI Public 607 Panthers     1926
Westby Westby, WI Public 305 Norsemen     1977

Former schools

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Bangor Bangor, WI Public 203 Cardinals     1926 1977 Scenic Central Scenic Bluffs
Gale-Ettrick Galesville, WI Public N/A Redmen     1926 1971 Merged with Trempeleau
Holmen Holmen, WI Public 1,215 Vikings     1926 1989 Mississippi Valley
Mindoro Mindoro, WI Public N/A Tigers     1926 1965 Merged with Melrose
Onalaska Onalaska, WI Public 923 Hilltoppers     1926 1989 Mississippi Valley
Trempeleau Trempeleau, WI Public N/A Bears     1936 1971 Merged with Gale-Ettrick
Melrose Melrose, WI Public N/A Eagles     1942 1965 Merged with Mindoro
Melrose-Mindoro Melrose, WI Public 223 Mustangs     1965 1977 Dairyland
Cochrane-Fountain City Fountain City, WI Public 175 Pirates     1972 1977 Dairyland
Royall Elroy, WI Public 154 Panthers     1977 1979 Scenic Bluffs
La Crescent La Crescent, MN Public 347 Lancers     1980 2007 Hiawatha Valley Three Rivers

State championships

Football

  • 1978 - Westby[4]
  • 1985 - Westby[4]
  • 1986 - Westby[4]
  • 2007 - West Salem[4]
  • 2021 - Aquinas

Boys' golf

  • 1994 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[4]
  • 2010 - Arcadia[4]

Softball

  • 2014 - Arcadia[4]

Boys' Track & Field

  • 1991 - Arcadia[4]
  • 1992 - Arcadia
  • 1994 - Arcadia
  • 1995 - Arcadia
  • 1998 - Arcadia
  • 1999 - Arcadia
  • 2004 - Arcadia

Girls' Track & Field

  • 1979 - West Salem[4]
  • 1998 - Arcadia
  • 2003 - Arcadia
  • 2004 - Arcadia
  • 2007 - West Salem
  • 2008 - Arcadia
  • 2009 - Arcadia

Spring Baseball

  • 2017 - West Salem

State championship runners-up

Football

  • 1989 - Westby[4]
  • 1999 - Black River Falls[4]
  • 2002 - West Salem[4]
  • 2005 - West Salem[4]
  • 2009 - Arcadia[4]

Boys' basketball

  • 2006 - Westby[5]
  • 2012 - Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau[6]

Girls' basketball

  • 1999 - Viroqua[7]

Spring baseball

  • 1981 - Viroqua[8]
  • 1985 - Viroqua[8]
  • 1997 - Westby[8]
  • 2013 - Westby[8]
  • 2014- Viroqua

Summer baseball

  • 1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[9]

Boys' cross country

  • 1994 - West Salem[10]

Girls' golf

  • 2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain City[11]

Boys' golf

Gymnastics

  • 1979 - Viroqua[13]
  • 2004 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[13]
  • 2005 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[13]

Girls' hockey

Boys' Track & Field

  • 1973 - West Salem[15]
  • 2001 - Arcadia[15]
  • 2007 - Arcadia[15]
  • 2009 - West Salem[15]

Girls' Track & Field

  • 2008 - West Salem[16]
  • 2009 - West Salem[16]

Softball

Wrestling

The Vernon County Mega Bowl

Beginning in 2019, the Westby Norsemen and the Viroqua Blackhawks have played for the Vernon County Mega Bowl in their yearly football contest. The Norsemen won the first Mega Bowl game 21-8 in 2019. There was no Mega Bowl Game in 2020.[19]

Mega Bowl Game results

Westby victoriesViroqua victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
1 October 18, 2019 Viroqua Westby 21 Viroqua 8
2 September 3, 2021 Westby Westby 46 Viroqua 0
3 September 9, 2022 Viroqua Westby 47 Viroqua 15
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
4 September 8, 2023 Westby Westby 35 Viroqua 7
5 September 20, 2024 Westby Westby 16 Viroqua 14
Series: Westby leads 5–0

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2017-2018 Enrollments" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  2. ↑ "WIAA 2019 Football Realignment Plan". WiscNews. 2 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07.
  3. ↑ https://www.wiaawi.org/News/NewsReleases/tabid/113/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/14854/Revised-Football-Only-Conference-Plan-Released.aspx [dead link‍]
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 "Football State_Records results" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-05-10.
  5. ↑ "State Boys Basketball Champions (1916-2019)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-28.
  6. ↑ "Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau vs Brillion (03/17/12 at Kohl Center - Madison, Wisconsin)". www.wiaawi.org. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2017-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Baseball Champions 1948-2024" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-07.
  9. ↑ "Summer Baseball Championship Game History (1965-2018)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Boys Cross Country Team Champions 1913-2023" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-04.
  11. ↑ "State Girls Golf Champions" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-04.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "WIAA State Boys Golf Champions (1923-2024)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-07.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Gymnastics Team Champions (1971-2024)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-07.
  14. ↑ "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Hockey State Champions (2002-24)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-08-19.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Boys Track & Field Team Champions (1895-2024)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-07.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Track Champions 1971-2024" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-07.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "WIAA State Softball Champions (1976-2023)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-08-02.
  18. ↑ "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Wrestling Team Champions 1940-" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-06-20.
  19. ↑ "Noah Benish on Instagram: ""When they look back in the anals of history, people are gonna be talking about three things: The discovery of fire, invention of the submarine, and the Flint, Michigan Mega Bowl."-Jackie Moon #megabowl"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07.

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