The Little Seven Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in southeastern Wisconsin. Competing from 1926 to 1934, its members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Little Seven Conference, known as the Little Five Conference during its first season, was formed by five small high schools on the periphery of metropolitan Milwaukee in 1926: Hartland, Menomonee Falls, North Milwaukee, Oconomowoc and Pewaukee. Cedarburg and Port Washington joined after the first season, which is when the conference assumed the Little Seven name. In 1928, Norris Foundation became the eighth school to join the conference, but the Little Seven name remained in place despite the conference's expansion. In 1929, the village of North Milwaukee was annexed into the city of Milwaukee along with the high school, which joined the Milwaukee Public Schools district. Out of a desire to avoid confusion between North Milwaukee High School and the nearby North Division High School, North Milwaukee was renamed Custer High School after the original street it resided on. In 1930, the Little Seven lost four schools: Custer to the Milwaukee City Conference, Hartland to the Little Six Conference, Oconomowoc to the Little Ten Conference and Port Washington to compete independent of conference affiliation. By the time Norris Foundation left to join the Southeastern Wisconsin Conference in 1932, the Little Seven had ended sponsorship of a basketball league and its last vestige was an annual triangular track meet between the remaining participants. The Little Seven officially ended competition in 1934, when Cedarburg, Menomonee Falls and Pewaukee joined with Juneau High School in Dodge County to form the 4-C Conference.
Conference membership history
Final members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceCedarburgCedarburg, WIPublicBulldogs 192719344-CNorth ShoreMenomonee FallsMenomonee Falls, WIPublicIndians 192619344-CGreater MetroPewaukeePewaukee, WIPublicPirates 192619344-CWoodland
Previous members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceHartlandHartland, WIPublicTrojans 19261930Little FiveClosed in 1956 (consolidated into Arrowhead)Norris FoundationMukwonago, WIPublic, AlternativeNors'men 19281932Southeastern WisconsinDropped athletics in 1982North MilwaukeeNorth Milwaukee, WIPublicIndians 19261930Milwaukee CityOconomowocOconomowoc, WIPublicRaccoons 19261930Little TenClassic 8Port WashingtonPort Washington, WIPublicPirates 19271930IndependentGlacier Trails
Membership timeline
List of conference champions Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYears Oconomowoc21927, 1928 Pewaukee21926, 1931 North Milwaukee11930 Port Washington11929 Cedarburg0 Hartland0 Menomonee Falls0 Norris Foundation0
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