The Glacier Trails Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated on the northern outskirts of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It began competition during the 2025-26 school year, and the conference is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History The Glacier Trails Conference was formed in preparation for the 2025-26 school year, and consists of seven high schools. Three members (Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kewaskum and Plymouth) left the defunct East Central Conference to help form the new conference. The other four schools to enter the league came from the North Shore Conference (Port Washington, West Bend East and West Bend West) and the Fox River Classic Conference (Sheboygan South). The Glacier Trails Conference was named after the glaciers that shaped the Kettle Moraine, a geological region that coincides with the geographic footprint of the conference. Grafton is set to become members of the Glacier Trails Conference per the WIAA Board of Control's ruling in March 2026, leaving their current affiliation in the North Shore Conference. A few weeks later, the West Bend School District announced the pending merger of West Bend East and West Bend West into a single high school. All changes are due to take effect for the 2027-28 school year.
Football competition began with the 2026-2027 WIAA realignment cycle, and all members with the exception of Sheboygan South will were inaugural participants. The addition of North Shore Conference members Grafton (currently affiliated with the Woodland Conference for football) and Nicolet brought the conference's football membership to eight schools.
List of conference members
Current full members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedKettle Moraine LutheranJackson, WIPrivate (WELS)631Chargers 2025KewaskumKewaskum, WIPublic608Indians 2025PlymouthPlymouth, WIPublic708Panthers 2025Port WashingtonPort Washington, WIPublic799Pirates 2025Sheboygan SouthSheboygan, WIPublic1,204Redwings 2025West Bend EastWest Bend, WIPublic815Suns 2025West Bend WestWest Bend, WIPublic1,003Spartans 2025
Notes
Current associate members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsPrimary ConferenceSport(s)GraftonGrafton, WIPublicBlack Hawks North ShoreFootballKielKiel, WIPublicRaiders Eastern WisconsinGirls GolfNicoletGlendale, WIPublicKnights North ShoreFootball
Future full members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoiningFormer ConferenceGraftonGrafton, WIPublic728Black Hawks 2027North ShoreWest BendWest Bend, WIPublicTBDTBDTBD2027New school created from merger of West Bend East and West Bend West
Membership timeline
Full members
Football members
Membership map
Sponsored sports +Kettle Moraine Lutheran●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Kewaskum●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Plymouth●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Port Washington●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Sheboygan South●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●West Bend East●●●●●●●●●●●●●●West Bend West●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
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List of conference champions
Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsPort Washington12026Kettle Moraine Lutheran0Kewaskum0Plymouth0Sheboygan South0West Bend East0West Bend West0
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsKettle Moraine Lutheran12026Kewaskum0Plymouth0Port Washington0Sheboygan South0West Bend East0West Bend West0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsGrafton0Nicolet0Port Washington0Kettle Moraine Lutheran0Kewaskum0Plymouth0West Bend East0West Bend West0
References
External links
Glacier Trails Conference (official website)