Dual County Conference

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The Dual County Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, inaugurated in 1926 as the Columbia County Little Six Conference and ending competition in 2001. All conference members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

1926–1939

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8.1miles

Location of Original Columbia County Little Six Conference Members

The Dual County Conference opened competition in 1926 as the Columbia County Forensic League.^[1] It was started as a league for academic competition before branching out into athletics in 1928.^[2] Its membership consisted of six small high schools in south central Wisconsin: five in Columbia County (Cambria, Fall River, Pardeeville, Poynette and Rio) and one just across the county line in Dodge County (Randolph). The conference expanded to seven schools in 1934, adding Fox Lake High School to its membership roster.^[3] The name of the conference became the Columbia County Little Seven Conference, despite the fact that the conference now had two schools in Dodge County.^[4]

1939–1954

In 1939, the conference added Reeseville High School and changed its name to the Dual County Conference,^[5] as the conference now had three member schools in Dodge County instead of one. Reeseville left the conference in 1942^[6]^[7] when they suspended their athletic program during World War II and were replaced by Markesan High School three years later.^[8] This marked the Dual County Conference's first foray into Green Lake County, but the name remained unchanged. The Dual County Conference sponsored six-man football for the first time in the 1946 season^[9] with four members participating (Fall River, Pardeeville, Randolph and Rio).^[10] Cambria (formerly of the Suburban Six-Man Football League) and Fox Lake joined the conference for the 1947 season,^[11] and all conference members were participating by 1948.^[12] In 1952, the Dual County Conference made a transition to sponsoring eight-man football with all member schools participating.^[13]

1954–1970

Poynette, which had historically been the largest school in the conference, joined the Tri-County League in 1954 and were immediately replaced by Princeton (previously of the Little 7-C Conference).^[14] Two years later, the Dual County Conference gave its member schools the option of sponsoring eleven-man football, which the larger schools adopted in 1956^[15] before the entire conference transitioned in 1959.^[16] Fox Lake made its exit that same year to join the Fox Valley Tri-County League^[17] for its final three years before consolidating with Waupun in 1962.^[18] Montello, formerly a member of the Big 7-C Conference, joined the Dual County Conference in 1961.^[19] In 1970, Green Lake and Westfield joined the Dual County Conference from the Fox Valley Tri-County League and Vacationland Conference, respectively.^[20]

1970–2001

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Location of Final Dual County Conference Members

During the final three decades of the Dual County Conference, there were relatively few changes to membership. Markesan left in 1977 to join the Flyway Conference, and were replaced by Poynette, who were previously part of the Capitol Conference and making their return to the Dual County after a nearly quarter century absence.^[21] They rejoined the Capitol Conference in 1987,^[22] and membership in the Dual County Conference stayed consistent through the rest of the conference's history with the exception of football. Fall River and Rio, citing competitive imbalance and lack of players, joined forces for the 1990 season to create a cooperative football program.^[23] The next year, the conference's three schools with the highest enrollment (Montello, Pardeeville and Westfield) swapped places for football with the three lowest-enrollment schools in the Eastern Suburban Conference (Deerfield, Hustisford and Johnson Creek).^[24] The end of the Dual County Conference came in 2001, when they merged with another conference of small schools in south central Wisconsin (the Eastern Suburban Conference) to form the new Trailways Conference.^[25]

Conference membership history

Final members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined	Left	Conference Joined
Cambria-Friesland	Cambria, WI	Public	100	Hilltoppers	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Fall River	Fall River, WI	Public	157	Pirates	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Green Lake	Green Lake, WI	Public	101	Lakers	1970^[20]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Montello	Montello, WI	Public	251	Hilltoppers	1961^[19]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Pardeeville	Pardeeville, WI	Public	263	Bulldogs	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Princeton	Princeton, WI	Public	109	Tigers	1954^[14]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Randolph	Randolph, WI	Public	198	Rockets	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Rio	Rio, WI	Public	111	Vikings	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Westfield	Westfield, WI	Public	295	Pioneers	1970^[20]	2001^[25]	South Central

Previous members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Fox Lake	Fox Lake, WI	Public	N/A	Lakers	1934^[3]	1959^[17]	Fox Valley Tri-County	Closed in 1962^[18]
Markesan	Markesan, WI	Public	254	Hornets	1945^[8]	1977^[21]	Flyway	Trailways
Poynette	Poynette, WI	Public	310	Indians	1926,^[1] 1977^[21]	1954,^[14] 1987^[22]	Tri-County	Capitol
Reeseville	Reeseville, WI	Public	N/A	Eagles	1939^[5]	1942^[6]^[7]	Independent	Closed in 1969^[26]

Football-only members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Seasons	Primary Conference
Rio/ Fall River	Rio, WI	Public	268	Rebels	1990-2000^[23]	Dual County
Deerfield	Deerfield, WI	Public	216	Demons	1991-2000^[24]	Eastern Suburban
Hustisford	Hustisford, WI	Public	105	Falcons	1991-2000^[24]	Eastern Suburban
Johnson Creek	Johnson Creek, WI	Public	180	Bluejays	1991-2000^[24]	Eastern Suburban

Membership timeline

Football-only members Non-football members

List of state champions

Fall sports

None

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
School	Year	Division
Pardeeville	1936	Class C
Randolph	1996	Division 4
Randolph	1998	Division 4

Curling
School	Year	Division
Pardeeville	1964	Single Division

Gymnastics
School	Year	Division
Fall River	1981	Class B
Fall River	1982	Class B

Spring sports

Girls Track & Field
School	Year	Division
Pardeeville	1980	Class C
Poynette	1984	Class C

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Randolph	29	1933, 1939, 1940, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Pardeeville	14	1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1945, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991
Rio	14	1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1976, 1977
Poynette	7	1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1948, 1982
Cambria-Friesland	4	1941, 1972, 1973, 1984
Fall River	3	1967, 1999, 2000
Markesan	3	1946, 1966, 1974
Westfield	3	1982, 1983, 1986
Green Lake	1	2001
Montello	1	1985
Fox Lake	0
Princeton	0
Reeseville	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Randolph	17	1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 2000
Pardeeville	11	1946, 1947, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1990
Cambria-Friesland	8	1948, 1972, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Poynette	7	1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
Montello	5	1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975
Hustisford	4	1991, 1992, 1993, 1999
Westfield	4	1973, 1975, 1976, 1989
Fall River	3	1952, 1966, 1975
Markesan	3	1949, 1957, 1964
Princeton	2	1973, 1974
Rio	2	1953, 1969
Deerfield	0
Fox Lake	0
Green Lake	0
Johnson Creek	0
Reeseville	0
Rio/ Fall River	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Plan Oratory Circuit in Columbia County". Fox Lake Representative. March 4, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ "Poynette H.S. Commencement Activities Will Start Friday". Wisconsin State Journal. May 18, 1928. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Poynette Prep Five Trims Fox Lake, 16-13". Wisconsin State Journal. November 26, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ "Pardeeville Tops Little 7 League". Wisconsin State Journal. December 12, 2024. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Columbia-Little 7 Changes Name to Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. September 16, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Rio, Cambria, Pardeeville Share Lead in Dual County League". Wisconsin State Journal. January 14, 1942. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Suburban Cage Standings". The Capital Times. January 17, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Prep Notes". Wisconsin State Journal. November 22, 1945. p. 29. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ Cornelius, Lew (October 25, 1946). "Notes from the Scorebook Margin (see Pardeeville)". The Capital Times. p. 7. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Pardeeville Takes Dual County Loop Lead by Beating Rio, 28 to 12". The Capital Times. October 9, 1946. p. 18. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Pardeeville In Title Tie For Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. October 25, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Prep Standings (see Dual County)". The Capital Times. October 24, 1948. p. 36. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Duerst Hopes for Greatly Improved Season for Black Earth's Gridders". The Capital Times. September 8, 1952. p. 17. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dual County Loop Admits Princeton". Portage Daily Register. February 17, 1954. p. 6.
^ "Dual County Gridders Open League Play". Portage Daily Register. September 22, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Dual County Loop Names All-Stars". The Capital Times. November 5, 1959. p. 32. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "High School Cage Standings". Wisconsin State Journal. December 20, 1959. p. 38. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Victim of Progress". Fox Lake Representative. August 30, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Thrillers Played in Dual County". The Capital Times. September 16, 1961. p. 13. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Westfield, Green Lake join, Dual Conference slates program for changes". Portage Daily Register. February 25, 1970. p. 13. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Prep Conference Realignment: Madison area changes". The Capital Times. August 17, 1977. p. 69. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Kitkowski, Dan (August 26, 1987). "Poynette powerhouse moves to Capitol". Portage Daily Register. p. 18. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Pepper, Carol (October 27, 1990). "Rio-Fall River merger offers best of both worlds". Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. p. 12. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lynn, Adam (August 29, 1991). "ESC-Dual County trade affects 6". The Capital Times. pp. 5B. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Hernandez, Rob. "Realignment falls right into place". Wisconsin State Journal. pp. 4B. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ Marolla, Ed (March 6, 1969). "Hello Horicon". The Horicon Reporter. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

The Dual County Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, inaugurated in 1926 as the Columbia County Little Six Conference and ending competition in 2001. All conference members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

1926–1939

13km
8.1miles

Location of Original Columbia County Little Six Conference Members

The Dual County Conference opened competition in 1926 as the Columbia County Forensic League.^[1] It was started as a league for academic competition before branching out into athletics in 1928.^[2] Its membership consisted of six small high schools in south central Wisconsin: five in Columbia County (Cambria, Fall River, Pardeeville, Poynette and Rio) and one just across the county line in Dodge County (Randolph). The conference expanded to seven schools in 1934, adding Fox Lake High School to its membership roster.^[3] The name of the conference became the Columbia County Little Seven Conference, despite the fact that the conference now had two schools in Dodge County.^[4]

1939–1954

In 1939, the conference added Reeseville High School and changed its name to the Dual County Conference,^[5] as the conference now had three member schools in Dodge County instead of one. Reeseville left the conference in 1942^[6]^[7] when they suspended their athletic program during World War II and were replaced by Markesan High School three years later.^[8] This marked the Dual County Conference's first foray into Green Lake County, but the name remained unchanged. The Dual County Conference sponsored six-man football for the first time in the 1946 season^[9] with four members participating (Fall River, Pardeeville, Randolph and Rio).^[10] Cambria (formerly of the Suburban Six-Man Football League) and Fox Lake joined the conference for the 1947 season,^[11] and all conference members were participating by 1948.^[12] In 1952, the Dual County Conference made a transition to sponsoring eight-man football with all member schools participating.^[13]

1954–1970

Poynette, which had historically been the largest school in the conference, joined the Tri-County League in 1954 and were immediately replaced by Princeton (previously of the Little 7-C Conference).^[14] Two years later, the Dual County Conference gave its member schools the option of sponsoring eleven-man football, which the larger schools adopted in 1956^[15] before the entire conference transitioned in 1959.^[16] Fox Lake made its exit that same year to join the Fox Valley Tri-County League^[17] for its final three years before consolidating with Waupun in 1962.^[18] Montello, formerly a member of the Big 7-C Conference, joined the Dual County Conference in 1961.^[19] In 1970, Green Lake and Westfield joined the Dual County Conference from the Fox Valley Tri-County League and Vacationland Conference, respectively.^[20]

1970–2001

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19miles

Location of Final Dual County Conference Members

During the final three decades of the Dual County Conference, there were relatively few changes to membership. Markesan left in 1977 to join the Flyway Conference, and were replaced by Poynette, who were previously part of the Capitol Conference and making their return to the Dual County after a nearly quarter century absence.^[21] They rejoined the Capitol Conference in 1987,^[22] and membership in the Dual County Conference stayed consistent through the rest of the conference's history with the exception of football. Fall River and Rio, citing competitive imbalance and lack of players, joined forces for the 1990 season to create a cooperative football program.^[23] The next year, the conference's three schools with the highest enrollment (Montello, Pardeeville and Westfield) swapped places for football with the three lowest-enrollment schools in the Eastern Suburban Conference (Deerfield, Hustisford and Johnson Creek).^[24] The end of the Dual County Conference came in 2001, when they merged with another conference of small schools in south central Wisconsin (the Eastern Suburban Conference) to form the new Trailways Conference.^[25]

Conference membership history

Final members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined	Left	Conference Joined
Cambria-Friesland	Cambria, WI	Public	100	Hilltoppers	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Fall River	Fall River, WI	Public	157	Pirates	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Green Lake	Green Lake, WI	Public	101	Lakers	1970^[20]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Montello	Montello, WI	Public	251	Hilltoppers	1961^[19]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Pardeeville	Pardeeville, WI	Public	263	Bulldogs	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Princeton	Princeton, WI	Public	109	Tigers	1954^[14]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Randolph	Randolph, WI	Public	198	Rockets	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Rio	Rio, WI	Public	111	Vikings	1926^[1]	2001^[25]	Trailways
Westfield	Westfield, WI	Public	295	Pioneers	1970^[20]	2001^[25]	South Central

Previous members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Fox Lake	Fox Lake, WI	Public	N/A	Lakers	1934^[3]	1959^[17]	Fox Valley Tri-County	Closed in 1962^[18]
Markesan	Markesan, WI	Public	254	Hornets	1945^[8]	1977^[21]	Flyway	Trailways
Poynette	Poynette, WI	Public	310	Indians	1926,^[1] 1977^[21]	1954,^[14] 1987^[22]	Tri-County	Capitol
Reeseville	Reeseville, WI	Public	N/A	Eagles	1939^[5]	1942^[6]^[7]	Independent	Closed in 1969^[26]

Football-only members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Seasons	Primary Conference
Rio/ Fall River	Rio, WI	Public	268	Rebels	1990-2000^[23]	Dual County
Deerfield	Deerfield, WI	Public	216	Demons	1991-2000^[24]	Eastern Suburban
Hustisford	Hustisford, WI	Public	105	Falcons	1991-2000^[24]	Eastern Suburban
Johnson Creek	Johnson Creek, WI	Public	180	Bluejays	1991-2000^[24]	Eastern Suburban

Membership timeline

Football-only members Non-football members

List of state champions

Fall sports

None

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
School	Year	Division
Pardeeville	1936	Class C
Randolph	1996	Division 4
Randolph	1998	Division 4

Curling
School	Year	Division
Pardeeville	1964	Single Division

Gymnastics
School	Year	Division
Fall River	1981	Class B
Fall River	1982	Class B

Spring sports

Girls Track & Field
School	Year	Division
Pardeeville	1980	Class C
Poynette	1984	Class C

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Randolph	29	1933, 1939, 1940, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Pardeeville	14	1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1945, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991
Rio	14	1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1976, 1977
Poynette	7	1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1948, 1982
Cambria-Friesland	4	1941, 1972, 1973, 1984
Fall River	3	1967, 1999, 2000
Markesan	3	1946, 1966, 1974
Westfield	3	1982, 1983, 1986
Green Lake	1	2001
Montello	1	1985
Fox Lake	0
Princeton	0
Reeseville	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Randolph	17	1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 2000
Pardeeville	11	1946, 1947, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1990
Cambria-Friesland	8	1948, 1972, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Poynette	7	1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
Montello	5	1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975
Hustisford	4	1991, 1992, 1993, 1999
Westfield	4	1973, 1975, 1976, 1989
Fall River	3	1952, 1966, 1975
Markesan	3	1949, 1957, 1964
Princeton	2	1973, 1974
Rio	2	1953, 1969
Deerfield	0
Fox Lake	0
Green Lake	0
Johnson Creek	0
Reeseville	0
Rio/ Fall River	0

References

^ a b c d e f g "Plan Oratory Circuit in Columbia County". Fox Lake Representative. March 4, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ "Poynette H.S. Commencement Activities Will Start Friday". Wisconsin State Journal. May 18, 1928. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b "Poynette Prep Five Trims Fox Lake, 16-13". Wisconsin State Journal. November 26, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ "Pardeeville Tops Little 7 League". Wisconsin State Journal. December 12, 2024. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b "Columbia-Little 7 Changes Name to Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. September 16, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b "Rio, Cambria, Pardeeville Share Lead in Dual County League". Wisconsin State Journal. January 14, 1942. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b "Suburban Cage Standings". The Capital Times. January 17, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b "Prep Notes". Wisconsin State Journal. November 22, 1945. p. 29. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ Cornelius, Lew (October 25, 1946). "Notes from the Scorebook Margin (see Pardeeville)". The Capital Times. p. 7. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Pardeeville Takes Dual County Loop Lead by Beating Rio, 28 to 12". The Capital Times. October 9, 1946. p. 18. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Pardeeville In Title Tie For Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. October 25, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Prep Standings (see Dual County)". The Capital Times. October 24, 1948. p. 36. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Duerst Hopes for Greatly Improved Season for Black Earth's Gridders". The Capital Times. September 8, 1952. p. 17. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ a b c "Dual County Loop Admits Princeton". Portage Daily Register. February 17, 1954. p. 6.
^ "Dual County Gridders Open League Play". Portage Daily Register. September 22, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Dual County Loop Names All-Stars". The Capital Times. November 5, 1959. p. 32. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ a b "High School Cage Standings". Wisconsin State Journal. December 20, 1959. p. 38. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b "Victim of Progress". Fox Lake Representative. August 30, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b "Thrillers Played in Dual County". The Capital Times. September 16, 1961. p. 13. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b c "Westfield, Green Lake join, Dual Conference slates program for changes". Portage Daily Register. February 25, 1970. p. 13. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b c "Prep Conference Realignment: Madison area changes". The Capital Times. August 17, 1977. p. 69. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b Kitkowski, Dan (August 26, 1987). "Poynette powerhouse moves to Capitol". Portage Daily Register. p. 18. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ a b Pepper, Carol (October 27, 1990). "Rio-Fall River merger offers best of both worlds". Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. p. 12. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ a b c d Lynn, Adam (August 29, 1991). "ESC-Dual County trade affects 6". The Capital Times. pp. 5B. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Hernandez, Rob. "Realignment falls right into place". Wisconsin State Journal. pp. 4B. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ Marolla, Ed (March 6, 1969). "Hello Horicon". The Horicon Reporter. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Founding-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Plan Oratory Circuit in Columbia County". Fox Lake Representative. March 4, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[2] "Poynette H.S. Commencement Activities Will Start Friday". Wisconsin State Journal. May 18, 1928. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Fox_Lake_Joins-3] "Poynette Prep Five Trims Fox Lake, 16-13". Wisconsin State Journal. November 26, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[4] "Pardeeville Tops Little 7 League". Wisconsin State Journal. December 12, 2024. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Reeseville_Joins-5] "Columbia-Little 7 Changes Name to Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. September 16, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Reeseville_Leaves_01-6] "Rio, Cambria, Pardeeville Share Lead in Dual County League". Wisconsin State Journal. January 14, 1942. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Reeseville_Leaves_02-7] "Suburban Cage Standings". The Capital Times. January 17, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Markesan_Joins-8] "Prep Notes". Wisconsin State Journal. November 22, 1945. p. 29. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[9] Cornelius, Lew (October 25, 1946). "Notes from the Scorebook Margin (see Pardeeville)". The Capital Times. p. 7. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[10] "Pardeeville Takes Dual County Loop Lead by Beating Rio, 28 to 12". The Capital Times. October 9, 1946. p. 18. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[11] "Pardeeville In Title Tie For Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. October 25, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[12] "Prep Standings (see Dual County)". The Capital Times. October 24, 1948. p. 36. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[13] "Duerst Hopes for Greatly Improved Season for Black Earth's Gridders". The Capital Times. September 8, 1952. p. 17. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[Poynette_Princeton-14] "Dual County Loop Admits Princeton". Portage Daily Register. February 17, 1954. p. 6.

[15] "Dual County Gridders Open League Play". Portage Daily Register. September 22, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[16] "Dual County Loop Names All-Stars". The Capital Times. November 5, 1959. p. 32. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[Fox_Lake_Leaves-17] "High School Cage Standings". Wisconsin State Journal. December 20, 1959. p. 38. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Fox_Lake_Waupun-18] "Victim of Progress". Fox Lake Representative. August 30, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Montello_Joins-19] "Thrillers Played in Dual County". The Capital Times. September 16, 1961. p. 13. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Green_Lake_Westfield-20] "Westfield, Green Lake join, Dual Conference slates program for changes". Portage Daily Register. February 25, 1970. p. 13. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Markesan_Poynette-21] "Prep Conference Realignment: Madison area changes". The Capital Times. August 17, 1977. p. 69. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Poynette_Leaves-22] Kitkowski, Dan (August 26, 1987). "Poynette powerhouse moves to Capitol". Portage Daily Register. p. 18. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[:1-23] Pepper, Carol (October 27, 1990). "Rio-Fall River merger offers best of both worlds". Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. p. 12. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[:0-24] Lynn, Adam (August 29, 1991). "ESC-Dual County trade affects 6". The Capital Times. pp. 5B. Retrieved May 21, 2025.

[Trailways-25] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Hernandez, Rob. "Realignment falls right into place". Wisconsin State Journal. pp. 4B. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[26] Marolla, Ed (March 6, 1969). "Hello Horicon". The Horicon Reporter. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Founding-1] "Plan Oratory Circuit in Columbia County". Fox Lake Representative. March 4, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[2] "Poynette H.S. Commencement Activities Will Start Friday". Wisconsin State Journal. May 18, 1928. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Fox_Lake_Joins-3] "Poynette Prep Five Trims Fox Lake, 16-13". Wisconsin State Journal. November 26, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[4] "Pardeeville Tops Little 7 League". Wisconsin State Journal. December 12, 2024. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Reeseville_Joins-5] "Columbia-Little 7 Changes Name to Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. September 16, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Reeseville_Leaves_01-6] "Rio, Cambria, Pardeeville Share Lead in Dual County League". Wisconsin State Journal. January 14, 1942. p. 16. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Reeseville_Leaves_02-7] "Suburban Cage Standings". The Capital Times. January 17, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[Markesan_Joins-8] "Prep Notes". Wisconsin State Journal. November 22, 1945. p. 29. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[9] Cornelius, Lew (October 25, 1946). "Notes from the Scorebook Margin (see Pardeeville)". The Capital Times. p. 7. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[10] "Pardeeville Takes Dual County Loop Lead by Beating Rio, 28 to 12". The Capital Times. October 9, 1946. p. 18. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[11] "Pardeeville In Title Tie For Dual County Loop". The Capital Times. October 25, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

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v t e Wisconsin high school athletic conferences
Organizations	WIAA (1895-present) WISAA (1968-2000) WCIAA (1957-1968)
Current	Badger Bay Big East Big Eight Big Rivers Capitol Central Wisconsin Classic 8 Cloverbelt Coulee Dairyland Dunn-St. Croix Eastern Wisconsin Fox River Classic Fox Valley Association Glacier Trails Great Northern Greater Metro Heart O'North Indian Trails Lake City Lakeland Marawood Marinette & Oconto Metro Classic Middle Border Midwest Classic Milwaukee City Mississippi Valley North Eastern North Shore Northern Lakes Northern Lights Packerland Ridge & Valley Rock Valley Scenic Bluffs Six Rivers South Central Southeast Southern Lakes Southwest Wisconsin SWAL Trailways Wisconsin Flyway Wisconsin Valley Woodland
Former	3-C (1928-1962) 4-C (1934-1953) 7-C (1926-1962) 10-12 (1946-1948) Badger Lutheran (1961-1964) Baraboo Valley (1928-1929) Bay-Lakes (1970-1979) Bi-County (1928-1959) Big Nine (1985-1993) Black Hawk League (1930-1997) Braveland (1953-1993) Central Lakes (1951-1962) Central Lakeshore (1969-2015) Central State (1962-1984) Central Wisconsin Catholic (1956-2000) Classic (1973-1983) Dual County (1926-2001) East Central (1970-2001) East Central (2015-2025) East Central Flyway (2001-2007) Eastern Suburban (1969-2001) Eastern Valley (2007-2015) Eastern Wisconsin (1923-1970) Flambeau (1940-1970) Flambeauland (1946-1955) Flyway (1970-2001) Fox River Valley (1923-2007) Fox Valley Catholic (1929-1971) Fox Valley Christian (1971-1999) Fox Valley Tri-County (1924-1970) Gateway (1941-1952) Granite Valley (1945-1951) Granite Valley (1954-1960) Head of the Lakes (1918-1954) I-W League (1960-1964) Iowa County (1927-1960) Juneau County (1926-1958) Kettle Moraine (1928-1969) Kickapoo Valley (1907-1971) Lakeshore (1997-2008) Little Eight (1926-1937) Little Five (1929-1935) Little Nine (1928-1970) Little Seven (1926-1934) Little Ten (1925-1970) Lumberjack (1953-2008) Madison Suburban (1926-1969) Marathon County (1928-1949) Menominee Valley (1945-1947) Metro (1974-1997) Michigan-Wisconsin (1937-1973) Mid-Eastern (1952-1970) Mid-Valley (1946-1950) Midwest Prep (1940-1983) Milwaukee Catholic (1930-1974) Mississippi Valley (1933-1965) Mississippi Valley Triangular (1936-1940) Monroe-Vernon (1928-1958) Nicolet (1938-1942) Northeastern Wisconsin (1927-1970) Northern Wisconsin (1955-1956) Northwest Border (1940-1955) Olympian (1970-2015) Parkland (1963-2006) Peninsula (1933-1970) Rock River Valley (1922-1952) Scenic Central (1958-1979) Scenic Moraine (1958-1980) South Central (1926-1941) South Shore (1970-1980) Southeastern Badger (1963-1970) Southeastern Wisconsin (1928-1963) Southern Eight (1971-1987) Southern Five (1928-1946) Southern Regional (1937-1958) Southern Six (1928-1941) Southern Ten (1941-1952) State Line (1927-1997) Suburban (1925-1985) Suburban Park (1985-1993) SWANI (1946-1952) SWAPS (1957-1961) SWISS (1982-2006) Trempealeau Valley (1927-1959) Tri-County (1923-1963) Upper St. Croix Valley (1934-1994) Upper Wisconsin (1926-1937) Vacationland (1966-1970) Valley 8 (1999-2007) Valley-Ridge (1934-1935) West Central (1941-1952) West Central (1959-1977) West Grant (1930-1960) Western Wisconsin (1931-1937) Wisconsin Little Ten (1970-2017) Wisconsin River (1928-1960) Wisconsin Seminary (1963-1969) Wolf River Valley (1932-1970) Wood County (1925-1942)
Football-only	856 (1953-1956) Across the Bay (2022-present) Chippewa-Black River Valley (1929-1944) Cloverwood (2008-2019) CWC-8 (2020-2023) Eastern Suburban (2020-present) Fox Valley Classic (Spring 2021) Lower Fox (1933-1936) MONLPC (2017-2021) North Central (2024-present) Northeast-8 (2024-present) Northern Border (2022-2023) Northwest Football League (1994-1995) Northwoods (2020-present) Olympian-Packerland (2007-2014) Parkland (2020-present) Southeast-8 (2024-present) Southern Dairyland (1959-1962) Suburban Six-Man (1939-1957) Tri-County Football (1934-1944) Tri-Valley (1953-1958) Valley Football Association (2011-2023) WCFC (1997) WIFA (1995-1998)

v t e Wisconsin high school athletic conferences
Organizations	WIAA (1895-present) WISAA (1968-2000) WCIAA (1957-1968)
Current	Badger Bay Big East Big Eight Big Rivers Capitol Central Wisconsin Classic 8 Cloverbelt Coulee Dairyland Dunn-St. Croix Eastern Wisconsin Fox River Classic Fox Valley Association Glacier Trails Great Northern Greater Metro Heart O'North Indian Trails Lake City Lakeland Marawood Marinette & Oconto Metro Classic Middle Border Midwest Classic Milwaukee City Mississippi Valley North Eastern North Shore Northern Lakes Northern Lights Packerland Ridge & Valley Rock Valley Scenic Bluffs Six Rivers South Central Southeast Southern Lakes Southwest Wisconsin SWAL Trailways Wisconsin Flyway Wisconsin Valley Woodland
Former	3-C (1928-1962) 4-C (1934-1953) 7-C (1926-1962) 10-12 (1946-1948) Badger Lutheran (1961-1964) Baraboo Valley (1928-1929) Bay-Lakes (1970-1979) Bi-County (1928-1959) Big Nine (1985-1993) Black Hawk League (1930-1997) Braveland (1953-1993) Central Lakes (1951-1962) Central Lakeshore (1969-2015) Central State (1962-1984) Central Wisconsin Catholic (1956-2000) Classic (1973-1983) Dual County (1926-2001) East Central (1970-2001) East Central (2015-2025) East Central Flyway (2001-2007) Eastern Suburban (1969-2001) Eastern Valley (2007-2015) Eastern Wisconsin (1923-1970) Flambeau (1940-1970) Flambeauland (1946-1955) Flyway (1970-2001) Fox River Valley (1923-2007) Fox Valley Catholic (1929-1971) Fox Valley Christian (1971-1999) Fox Valley Tri-County (1924-1970) Gateway (1941-1952) Granite Valley (1945-1951) Granite Valley (1954-1960) Head of the Lakes (1918-1954) I-W League (1960-1964) Iowa County (1927-1960) Juneau County (1926-1958) Kettle Moraine (1928-1969) Kickapoo Valley (1907-1971) Lakeshore (1997-2008) Little Eight (1926-1937) Little Five (1929-1935) Little Nine (1928-1970) Little Seven (1926-1934) Little Ten (1925-1970) Lumberjack (1953-2008) Madison Suburban (1926-1969) Marathon County (1928-1949) Menominee Valley (1945-1947) Metro (1974-1997) Michigan-Wisconsin (1937-1973) Mid-Eastern (1952-1970) Mid-Valley (1946-1950) Midwest Prep (1940-1983) Milwaukee Catholic (1930-1974) Mississippi Valley (1933-1965) Mississippi Valley Triangular (1936-1940) Monroe-Vernon (1928-1958) Nicolet (1938-1942) Northeastern Wisconsin (1927-1970) Northern Wisconsin (1955-1956) Northwest Border (1940-1955) Olympian (1970-2015) Parkland (1963-2006) Peninsula (1933-1970) Rock River Valley (1922-1952) Scenic Central (1958-1979) Scenic Moraine (1958-1980) South Central (1926-1941) South Shore (1970-1980) Southeastern Badger (1963-1970) Southeastern Wisconsin (1928-1963) Southern Eight (1971-1987) Southern Five (1928-1946) Southern Regional (1937-1958) Southern Six (1928-1941) Southern Ten (1941-1952) State Line (1927-1997) Suburban (1925-1985) Suburban Park (1985-1993) SWANI (1946-1952) SWAPS (1957-1961) SWISS (1982-2006) Trempealeau Valley (1927-1959) Tri-County (1923-1963) Upper St. Croix Valley (1934-1994) Upper Wisconsin (1926-1937) Vacationland (1966-1970) Valley 8 (1999-2007) Valley-Ridge (1934-1935) West Central (1941-1952) West Central (1959-1977) West Grant (1930-1960) Western Wisconsin (1931-1937) Wisconsin Little Ten (1970-2017) Wisconsin River (1928-1960) Wisconsin Seminary (1963-1969) Wolf River Valley (1932-1970) Wood County (1925-1942)
Football-only	856 (1953-1956) Across the Bay (2022-present) Chippewa-Black River Valley (1929-1944) Cloverwood (2008-2019) CWC-8 (2020-2023) Eastern Suburban (2020-present) Fox Valley Classic (Spring 2021) Lower Fox (1933-1936) MONLPC (2017-2021) North Central (2024-present) Northeast-8 (2024-present) Northern Border (2022-2023) Northwest Football League (1994-1995) Northwoods (2020-present) Olympian-Packerland (2007-2014) Parkland (2020-present) Southeast-8 (2024-present) Southern Dairyland (1959-1962) Suburban Six-Man (1939-1957) Tri-County Football (1934-1944) Tri-Valley (1953-1958) Valley Football Association (2011-2023) WCFC (1997) WIFA (1995-1998)