The Bay-Lakes Conference is a former high school athletic conference in northeast Wisconsin, operating from 1970 to 1979. Its public school members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association and its private school members were part of the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association.
History
The Bay-Lakes Conference, named so for its proximity to Green Bay and the many lakes in northeastern Wisconsin, was formed in 1970 by a mix of seven small public and private schools in the region. Six of the seven schools were members of conferences that had disbanded prior to the 1970-71 school year: three from the Peninsula Conference (Gibraltar, Manitowoc Lutheran and Sevastopol), two from the Fox Valley Tri-County League (St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran) and one from the Wisconsin Seminary League (Sacred Heart Seminary). Stockbridge, the seventh member, was an independent prior to joining the conference, as they had competed without affiliation since the demise of the Kettle Moraine Conference in 1969. The conference kept the same membership over the course of its nine-year history with the exception of Sacred Heart Seminary's exit in 1976 due to its closing. The Bay-Lakes Conference split up in 1979 with two public high schools moving to the Packerland Conference (Gibraltar and Sevastopol), two private schools joining the Classic Conference (St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran), Stockbridge joined the Central Lakeshore Conference and Manitowoc Lutheran became an independent.
Conference membership history
Final members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceGibraltarFish Creek, WIPublicVikings 19701979PackerlandManitowoc LutheranManitowoc, WIPrivate (Lutheran, WELS)Lancers 19701979IndependentBig EastSevastopolSevastopol, WIPublicPioneers 19701979PackerlandSt. Lawrence SeminaryMount Calvary, WIPrivate (Catholic, Capuchin)Hilltoppers 19701979ClassicWisconsin FlywayStockbridgeStockbridge, WIPublicIndians 19701979Central LakeshoreIndependentWinnebago LutheranFond du Lac, WIPrivate (Lutheran, WELS)Vikings 19701979ClassicWisconsin Flyway
Previous members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceSacred Heart SeminaryOneida, WIPrivate (Catholic)Scouts 19701976Closed in 1976
Membership timeline
List of state champions
Fall sports +Boys Cross CountrySchoolYearDivision St. Lawrence Seminary1975WISAA Class B St. Lawrence Seminary1977WISAA Class B
Winter sports None
Spring sports +BaseballSchoolYearDivisionGibraltar1979Class C +Girls Track & FieldSchoolYearDivision Winnebago Lutheran1978WISAA Class B Winnebago Lutheran1979WISAA Class B
List of conference champions Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsSevastopol41975, 1976, 1978, 1979 Winnebago Lutheran41971, 1972, 1973, 1977Gibraltar11974Manitowoc Lutheran11974 Sacred Heart Seminary0 St. Lawrence Seminary0 Stockbridge0
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYears Winnebago Lutheran21978, 1979Gibraltar0Manitowoc Lutheran0Sevastopol0 Stockbridge0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsManitowoc Lutheran41975, 1976, 1977, 1978Gibraltar21973, 1974Sevastopol21970, 1976 St. Lawrence Seminary21972, 1976 Winnebago Lutheran21970, 1971 Stockbridge0
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