The Olympian-Packerland Conference is a former high school football conference with its membership base in northeastern Wisconsin. It was in existence from 2007 through the 2014 football season, and the conference was affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
In 2007, two previously established high school athletic conferences in northeastern Wisconsin, the Olympian and Packerland Conferences, joined forces to create a new football-only conference. All members with the exception of Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Green Bay (who did not sponsor football at that time) participated, and the conference was partitioned into divisions for large and small schools: Olympian-Packerland LargeOlympian-Packerland SmallChiltonAlgomaKewauneeBrillionMishicotGibraltarOcontoHilbertSouthern DoorManitowoc LutheranSturgeon BayReedsvilleValdersRoncalliWrightstownSevastopolSt. Mary Catholic Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran joined the conference in 2010 when it started a football program and was immediately placed in the small schools division. For the 2011 football season, Brillion and Roncalli were moved to the large schools division, and N.E.W. Lutheran played its last season of eleven-man football before leaving the conference to transition to eight-man football. Gibraltar and Sevastopol would do the same after the 2012 football season, and the conference was left with fifteen schools. Mishicot and Oconto were placed with the small schools, which is how it stayed until the Olympian Conference ceased operations after the 2014–2015 school year. The football partnership between the two conferences was also dissolved, with the Packerland Conference reinstating football and the former Olympian Conference schools joining other conferences.
Conference membership history SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsSeasonsConference JoinedPrimary ConferenceAlgomaAlgoma, WIPublicWolves 2007–2014PackerlandPackerlandBrillionBrillion, WIPublicLions 2007–2014Eastern WisconsinOlympianChiltonChilton, WIPublicTigers 2007–2014Eastern WisconsinOlympianGibraltarFish Creek, WIPublicVikings 2007–2012Great 8PackerlandHilbertHilbert, WIPublicWolves 2007–2014Big EastOlympianKewauneeKewaunee, WIPublicStorm 2007–2014PackerlandPackerlandManitowoc LutheranManitowoc, WIPrivate (Lutheran, WELS)Lancers 2007–2014Big EastOlympianMishicotMishicot, WIPublicIndians 2007–2014Big EastOlympianOcontoOconto, WIPublicBlue Devils 2007–2014PackerlandPackerlandReedsvilleReedsville, WIPublicPanthers 2007–2014Big EastOlympianRoncalliManitowoc, WIPrivate (Catholic)Jets 2007–2014Eastern WisconsinOlympianSevastopolSturgeon Bay, WIPublicPioneers 2007–2012Great 8PackerlandSouthern DoorBrussels, WIPublicEagles 2007–2014PackerlandPackerlandSt. Mary CatholicNeenah, WIPrivate (Catholic)Zephyrs 2007–2014Big EastOlympianSturgeon BaySturgeon Bay, WIPublicClippers 2007–2014PackerlandPackerlandValdersValders, WIPublicVikings 2007–2014Eastern WisconsinOlympianWrightstownWrightstown, WIPublicTigers 2007–2014North EasternOlympianN.E.W. LutheranGreen Bay, WIPrivate (Lutheran, LCMS)Blazers 2010–2011Great 8Packerland
Membership timeline
List of state champions +FootballSchoolYearDivisionBrillion2010Division 5Kewaunee2010Division 4Wrightstown2011Division 4
List of conference champions SchoolQuantityYearsBrillion42007, 2009, 2010, 2012Kewaunee42007, 2008, 2009, 2010Wrightstown42008, 2011, 2012, 2014 Algoma32011, 2013, 2014Hilbert32008, 2011, 2012Chilton12012Manitowoc Lutheran12011Roncalli12013Gibraltar0Mishicot0 N.E.W. Lutheran0 Oconto0Reedsville0 Sevastopol0Southern Door0St. Mary Catholic0Sturgeon Bay0Valders0
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