Central Lakeshore Conference

The Central Lakeshore Conference is a former high school athletic conference in east central Wisconsin. It was operational from 1969 to 2015 and all member schools (with the exception of one) were members of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

The Central Lakeshore Conference was formed in 1969 by seven small high schools in Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties in east central Wisconsin.^[1] Five members were previously in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference (Cedar Grove, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Howards Grove, Kohler and Oostburg), Random Lake joined after leaving the Scenic Moraine Conference and Ozaukee High School in Fredonia acquired their first conference affiliation since opening two years prior. The recently opened John F. Kennedy Prep in St. Nazianz joined a year later,^[2] but their stay in the conference was short-lived. The Catholic high school was removed from the Central Lakeshore Conference in 1973 because of violations against rules on student transfers.^[3] The Central Lakeshore Conference's membership roster would remain stable for a quarter century before two private high schools in Sheboygan (Sheboygan Christian and Sheboygan Lutheran) would join as part of the WIAA/WISAA merger in 1999.^[4] Stockbridge joined in 2007 for the final eight years of the conference's run.^[5] In 2015, all members of the Central Lakeshore Conference with the exception of Stockbridge joined with five members of the Olympian Conference (Hilbert, Manitowoc Lutheran, Mishicot, Reedsville and St. Mary Catholic in Neenah) to form the fourteen-member Big East Conference.^[6]

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Cedar Grove-Belgium	Cedar Grove, WI	Public	291	Rockets	1969^[1]	2015^[6]	Big East
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah	Elkhart Lake, WI	Public	148	Resorters	1969^[1]	2015^[6]	Big East
Howards Grove	Howards Grove, WI	Public	283	Tigers	1969^[1]	2015^[6]	Big East
Kohler	Kohler, WI	Public	223	Blue Bombers	1969^[1]	2015^[6]	Big East
Oostburg	Oostburg, WI	Public	331	Dutchmen	1969^[1]	2015^[6]	Big East
Ozaukee	Fredonia, WI	Public	188	Warriors	1969^[1]	2015^[6]	Big East
Random Lake	Random Lake, WI	Public	244	Rams	1969^[1]	2015^[6]	Big East
John F. Kennedy Prep	St. Nazianz, WI	Private (Catholic)	N/A	Moors	1970^[2]	1973^[3]	Independent	Closed in 1982
Sheboygan Christian	Sheboygan, WI	Private (Christian)	131	Eagles	1999^[4]	2015^[6]	Big East
Sheboygan Lutheran	Sheboygan, WI	Private (Lutheran, LCMS)	206	Crusaders	1999^[4]	2015^[6]	Big East
Stockbridge	Stockbridge, WI	Public	54	Indians	2007^[5]	2015^[6]	Independent

Girls Track & Field
School	Year	Division
Kohler	1976	Class C
Kohler	1977	Class C

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^ ^a ^b "JFK Enters Lakeshore Loop". Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. 21 January 1970. p. 24. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b Hernet, Dennis (29 December 1972). "From the Sidelines..." Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter. p. 12. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Barth, Pete (21 April 1998). "Christian, Lutheran accepted by WIAA". The Sheboygan Press. pp. B1. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b VanderPas, Dan (14 November 2006). "Kimberly's Lamers heading to Minn.-Duluth". Appleton Post-Crescent. p. 26. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Hansen, Scott (20 February 2015). "Christian girls play for CLC title tonight". The Sheboygan Press. pp. B1. Retrieved 18 December 2024.