The Metro Classic Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in southeastern Wisconsin. Formed in 2012 and consisting entirely of private schools, all members belong to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History The Metro Classic Conference was founded in 2012, the result of a split between member schools in the larger Midwest Classic Conference. Eight schools left the conference that year: Catholic Central in Burlington, Dominican in Whitefish Bay, Martin Luther in Greendale, Racine Lutheran, Shoreland Lutheran in Somers, St. Catherine's in Racine, St. Joseph in Kenosha and The Prairie School in Wind Point. St. Thomas More High School in Milwaukee, who had just left the Woodland Conference, rounded out the loop's original membership roster at nine schools. The conference was named after the old Metro Conference, a WISAA-sponsored conference that existed from 1974 to 1997 and counted four former members (Dominican, St. Catherine's, St. Joseph and St. Thomas More) in the new conference. Aside from Burlington Catholic Central's exit from the conference to return to the Midwest Classic, the Metro Classic Conference has held the same membership throughout its existence.
Football The Metro Classic Conference has sponsored football since its founding, with all members participating except for The Prairie School, which has never offered football as an interscholastic sport. Major changes came to the conference's football alignment after the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and the WIAA unveiled a realignment plan for Wisconsin high school football to begin with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle. Half of the conference's eight-member football lineup was retained, (Martin Luther, Shoreland Lutheran, St. Catherine's and St. Thomas More) with the other half (Catholic Central, Dominican, Racine Lutheran and St. Joseph) moving over to the Midwest Classic Conference. The four exiting schools were replaced by three schools from the Midwest Classic (Lake Country Lutheran, St. Francis and University School) and Brown Deer of the Woodland Conference. St. Francis left the Metro Classic's football roster to return to the Midwest Classic Conference for the 2022-2023 competition cycle and were replaced with former Capitol Conference members Luther Prep of Watertown. This alignment remained intact for the 2024-2025 cycle, and University School will be swapping affiliations with the Shorewood/Messmer/Dominican football cooperative in 2026, with the former joining the Midwest Classic Conference.
List of member schools
Current members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedDominicanWhitefish Bay, WIPrivate (Catholic, Sinsinawa Dominicans)317Knights 2012Martin LutherGreendale, WIPrivate (LCMS)673Spartans 2012Racine LutheranRacine, WIPrivate (LCMS)370Crusaders 2012Shoreland LutheranSomers, WIPrivate (WELS)467Pacers 2012St. Catherine'sRacine, WIPrivate (Catholic, Racine Dominicans)437Angels 2012St. JosephKenosha, WIPrivate (Catholic)206Lancers 2012St. Thomas MoreMilwaukee, WIPrivate (Catholic)599Cavaliers 2012The Prairie SchoolWind Point, WIPrivate (Nonsectarian)222Hawks 2012
Current associate members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsPrimary ConferenceSport(s)Brown DeerBrown Deer, WIPublicFalcons WoodlandFootballLake Country LutheranHartland, WIPrivate (LCMS)Lightning Midwest ClassicFootballLuther PrepWatertown, WIPrivate (WELS)Phoenix Midwest ClassicFootballShorewoodShorewood, WIPublicGreyhounds WoodlandFootball
Notes
Former members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceCatholic CentralBurlington, WIPrivate (Catholic)Hilltoppers 20122023Midwest Classic
Former football-only members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsSeasonsPrimary ConferenceSt. FrancisSt. Francis, WIPublicMariners 2020-2021Midwest ClassicUniversity SchoolRiver Hills, WIPrivate (Nonsectarian)Wildcats 2020-2025Midwest Classic
Membership timeline
Full members
Football members
Membership map
Sanctioned sports +Dominican●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Martin Luther●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Racine Lutheran●●●●●●●●●●●Shoreland Lutheran●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●St. Catherine's●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●St. Joseph●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●St. Thomas More●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●The Prairie School●●●●●●●●●●●●
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List of state champions
Fall sports +FootballSchoolYearDivisionSt. Catherine's2018Division 4St. Catherine's2024Division 4 +Girls GolfSchoolYearDivisionThe Prairie School2015Division 2The Prairie School2016Division 2 +Boys SoccerSchoolYearDivisionThe Prairie School2014Division 4St. Catherine's2016Division 4The Prairie School2017Division 4The Prairie School2020Division 3Shoreland Lutheran2023Division 4 +Girls VolleyballSchoolYearDivisionCatholic Central2012Division 4Catholic Central2018Division 4Catholic Central2020Division 4
Winter sports +Boys BasketballSchoolYearDivisionDominican2013Division 4Dominican2014Division 4Dominican2015Division 4Dominican2016Division 4Martin Luther2019Division 3St. Catherine's2021Division 3St. Thomas More2024Division 3St. Catherine's2026Division 3
Spring sports +BaseballSchoolYearDivisionSt. Joseph2021Division 3 +Girls SoccerSchoolYearDivisionThe Prairie School2016Division 4St. Joseph2018Division 4The Prairie School2019Division 4The Prairie School2026Division 4 +Boys TennisSchoolYearDivisionThe Prairie School2017Division 2
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsSt. Catherine's62015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025Dominican42013, 2014, 2015, 2016Martin Luther22017, 2019Racine Lutheran22025, 2026St. Thomas More22022, 2024The Prairie School22017, 2018Catholic Central0Shoreland Lutheran0St. Joseph0
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsThe Prairie School62013, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025Martin Luther32017, 2018, 2021Racine Lutheran32019, 2020, 2021Dominican22023, 2026St. Joseph22015, 2016Shoreland Lutheran12019St. Catherine's12013Catholic Central0St. Thomas More0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsSt. Catherine's92012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025Lake Country Lutheran32021, 2023, 2025Martin Luther22020, 2022Catholic Central12015Luther Prep12023Racine Lutheran12019Brown Deer0Dominican0Shoreland Lutheran0Shorewood/Messmer/Dominican0St. Francis0St. Joseph0St. Thomas More0University School0
References
External links
Metro Classic Conference (official website)