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Southern Ten Conference

Wisconsin high school athletic conference (1941-1952)

The Southern Ten Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, comprising schools in the south central part of the state. It was in operation from 1941 to 1952 and all member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

01History

The Southern Ten Conference was formed in 1941 by a group of medium-sized high schools in south central Wisconsin after the breakup of two established conferences: the South Central Conference and the Southern Six Conference. Logan High School in La Crosse had recently been voted out of the South Central by a 5-4 margin for reasons of geography and competitive balance. The three schools that voted with Logan to keep them in the conference (Sparta, Tomah and Viroqua) followed them out, and these four schools formed the new Gateway Conference. The five schools that voted for Logan's forced exit from the South Central (Baraboo, Portage, Reedsburg, Richland Center and Wisconsin Dells) joined with five schools from the Southern Six (Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Monroe, Stoughton and Wisconsin High) in forming the Southern Ten, and competition was set to begin with the 1941-42 basketball season. Watertown, who was removed from the Southern Six prior to the merger for similar reasons to Logan's removal from the South Central, competed as an independent for twelve years until the Braveland Conference was formed in 1953.

The Southern Ten Conference split in 1952 due to the reformation of the South Central Conference by the five schools that originally competed in that conference. The five remaining schools that were originally part of the Southern Six joined with members of the disbanded Rock River Valley League (Evansville, Jefferson, Lake Mills and Milton) and Middleton (formerly of the Madison Suburban Conference) to form the new Badger Conference.

02Conference membership history

School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Baraboo Baraboo, WI Public Thunderbirds     1941 1952 South Central Badger
Edgerton Edgerton, WI Public Crimson Tide     1941 1952 Badger Rock Valley
Fort Atkinson Fort Atkinson, WI Public Blackhawks       1941 1952 Badger
Monroe Monroe, WI Public Cheesemakers     1941 1952 Badger Rock Valley
Portage Portage, WI Public Warriors     1941 1952 South Central Badger
Reedsburg Reedsburg, WI Public Beavers     1941 1952 South Central Badger
Richland Center Richland Center, WI Public Hornets     1941 1952 South Central Southwest Wisconsin
Stoughton Stoughton, WI Public Vikings     1941 1952 Badger
Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin Dells, WI Public Chiefs     1941 1952 South Central
Wisconsin High Madison, WI Public (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Badger Preps     1941 1952 Badger Closed in 1964

03List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School Quantity Years
Edgerton 3 1943, 1944, 1952
Monroe 3 1943, 1946, 1947
Reedsburg 3 1943, 1948, 1949
Baraboo 2 1945, 1951
Wisconsin High 2 1944, 1945
Portage 1 1943
Stoughton 1 1950
Wisconsin Dells 1 1942
Fort Atkinson 0
Richland Center 0

Football

School Quantity Years
Monroe 3 1945, 1946, 1950
Portage 3 1942, 1944, 1945
Baraboo 2 1943, 1948
Edgerton 2 1947, 1948
Wisconsin Dells 1 1951
Wisconsin High 1 1949
Fort Atkinson 0
Reedsburg 0
Richland Center 0
Stoughton 0
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