The Scenic Moraine Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, operating from 1958 to 1980 with its membership concentrated in the Kettle Moraine region. The conference and its member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
1958-1969 The Scenic Moraine Conference was formed in 1958 by six high schools located in Washington, Fond du Lac and Ozaukee Counties: Campbellsport, Germantown, Grafton, Kewaskum, North Fond du Lac and Slinger. At the time of the conference's formation, there was already a high school athletic conference based in Sheboygan County called the Kettle Moraine Conference, and the Scenic Moraine name was chosen to avoid confusion between the two leagues. Among the other names considered were the Inland Waters, Lake Shore, Milwaukee River Valley, Seaway and Skyline. Only four conference members (Campbellsport, Kewaskum, North Fond du Lac and Slinger) competed in the conference's first football season in 1958, with full members Germantown and Grafton joining the year after. The Scenic Moraine Conference added Pewaukee as a full member in 1959 (and for football the year after) and Random Lake in 1960, bringing conference membership to eight schools.
1969-1980
The Scenic Moraine Conference remained an eight-member loop for its entire existence. Arrowhead joined from the Southeastern Badger Conference in 1969, replacing Random Lake after they left to join the new Central Lakeshore Conference. The next year, Kettle Moraine and Mayville replaced Campbellsport and North Fond du Lac when they became charter members of the Flyway Conference. The Scenic Moraine's membership roster remained unchanged for the rest of the conference's history, but large gulfs were developing between member school districts in enrollment levels which led to discussions on realignment between conferences in southeastern Wisconsin in the mid-1970s. The Scenic Moraine Conference was one of two conferences dissolved in 1980, along with the South Shore Conference. Three schools each were dispersed to the Braveland Conference (Arrowhead, Germantown and Grafton) and Parkland Conference (Kettle Moraine, Pewaukee and Slinger). The other two schools, Kewaskum and Mayville, moved to the Eastern Wisconsin and Flyway conferences, respectively.
Conference membership history Final members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceArrowhead Hartland, WIPublicWarhawks 19691980BravelandClassic 8Germantown Germantown, WIPublicWarhawks 19581980BravelandGreater MetroGrafton Grafton, WIPublicBlack Hawks 19581980BravelandNorth ShoreKettle Moraine Wales, WIPublicLasers 19701980ParklandClassic 8KewaskumKewaskum, WIPublicIndians 19581980Eastern WisconsinGlacier TrailsMayville Mayville, WIPublicCardinals 19701980FlywayWisconsin FlywayPewaukeePewaukee, WIPublicPirates 19591980ParklandWoodlandSlinger Slinger, WIPublicOwls 19581980ParklandNorth Shore
Former members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference Campbellsport Campbellsport, WIPublicCougars 19581970FlywayWisconsin FlywayNorth Fond du Lac North Fond du Lac, WIPublicOrioles 19581970FlywayWisconsin FlywayRandom Lake Random Lake, WIPublicRams 19601969Central LakeshoreBig East
Membership timeline
List of state champions
Fall sports +Boys Cross CountrySchoolYearDivisionKewaskum1961Small SchoolsKettle Moraine1970Small Schools +Girls VolleyballSchoolYearDivisionPewaukee1974Class BPewaukee1974Class B
Winter sports None
Spring sports +Boys Track & FieldSchoolYearDivisionGermantown1972Class B
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsGrafton71963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1975Arrowhead51975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980Mayville31971, 1972, 1979Campbellsport21959, 1960Germantown21973, 1974Kewaskum21970, 1976Slinger21969, 1977Kettle Moraine11975North Fond du Lac11968Pewaukee11961Random Lake11962
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsArrowhead41977, 1978, 1979, 1980Mayville11976Germantown0Grafton0Kettle Moraine0Kewaskum0Pewaukee0Slinger0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsGrafton81964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1978Germantown41965, 1973, 1974, 1979Pewaukee41962, 1965, 1967, 1978North Fond du Lac31959, 1960, 1963Arrowhead21972, 1976Mayville21970, 1971Campbellsport11959Kewaskum11975Random Lake11961Slinger11958Kettle Moraine0
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