The Wood County League is a former high school athletic conference in central Wisconsin. It existed from 1925 to 1942, and its members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Wood County League was founded in 1925 by five small high schools in Wood County: Auburndale, Pittsville, Port Edwards, Rudolph, and the Wood County School of Agriculture. Milladore would become a member of the conference in 1927 but would only stay for a year before reentering in 1929. Biron would join the Wood County League that same year, bringing membership to its high of seven schools. They would only last a single season before leaving, and the conference continued as a six-member loop until 1934. Two schools left the Wood County League that year: Auburndale joined the neighboring Marathon County League, and Port Edwards became a member of the Big 7-C Conference. With Biron's reentry, the Wood County League had five member schools going into the 1934-35 school year. A sixth would join in 1936 (Junction City), bringing the roster back up to six schools. They would only last for one season, and with Milladore's exit from the league and Auburndale's return, five schools were in the conference in 1937. The number would decrease to four when Biron withdrew from the conference in 1939, only to rejoin 1940 and leave again in 1941 after not completing their league schedule the year prior. After several years of instability and the closing of the Wood County School of Agriculture, the Wood County League folded in 1942. Seven years after the dissolution of the Wood County League, three former members (Auburndale, Pittsville and Rudolph) would join four schools formerly in the Marathon County League (Athens, Edgar, Marathon and Stratford) to form the Marawood Conference.
Conference membership history
Final members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceAuburndaleAuburndale, WIPublicApaches 1925, 19371934, 1942Marathon County, IndependentMarawoodPittsvillePittsville, WIPublicPanthers 19251942IndependentCentral WisconsinRudolphRudolph, WIPublicReindeer 19251942IndependentClosed in 1962 (consolidated into Wisconsin Rapids)Wood County School of AgricultureGrand Rapids, WIPublicAggies 19251942Closed
Previous members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceBironBiron, WIPublicBoy ScoutsUnknown1929, 1934, 19401930, 1939, 1941IndependentClosed, date unknown (consolidated into Wisconsin Rapids)ConsolidationJunction CityJunction City, WIPublicUnknownUnknown19361937IndependentClosed in 1949 (consolidated into Stevens Point)MilladoreMilladore, WIPublicMilliesUnknown1927, 19291928, 1937IndependentClosed in 1947 (district split between Stevens Point and Auburndale)ConsolidationPort EdwardsPort Edwards, WIPublicBlackhawks 19251934Big 7-CCentral Wisconsin
Membership timeline
List of conference champions Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYears Auburndale61927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1939 Port Edwards31928, 1929, 1934 Rudolph31940, 1941, 1942 Pittsville21926, 1936 Wood County Aggies21933, 1935 Biron11937 Milladore11930 Junction City0
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