Southern Five Conference

The Southern Five Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Its membership was concentrated in southeastern Wisconsin and was in existence from 1928 to 1946. All members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

The Southern Five Conference, alternatively known as the Little Five Conference and the Southern State Conference during its history, was formed in 1928 by a group of five medium-sized high schools in Racine and Walworth Counties: Burlington, Delavan (now Delavan-Darien), Elkhorn, Lake Geneva and Whitewater. Competition lasted for eighteen years before the members of the Southern Five joined with three IHSA-affiliated high schools in neighboring McHenry County, Illinois (Harvard, Marengo and McHenry) to form the Southern Wisconsin-Northern Illinois Conference, more commonly known as the SWANI Conference, in 1946.

Conference Membership History

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Burlington	Burlington, WI	Public	1,001	Demons		1928	1946	SWANI	Southern Lakes
Delavan	Delavan, WI	Public	628	Comets		1928	1946	SWANI	Rock Valley
Elkhorn	Elkhorn, WI	Public	1,142	Elks		1928	1946	SWANI	Southern Lakes
Lake Geneva	Lake Geneva, WI	Public	N/A	Resorters		1928	1946	SWANI	Closed in 1958 (consolidated into Badger)
Whitewater	Whitewater, WI	Public	606	Quakers		1928	1946	SWANI	Rock Valley