Across the Bay Conference

The Across the Bay Conference is a high school football conference consisting of small high schools in northeastern Wisconsin. It was founded in 2022 and is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History The Across the Bay Conference was formed in 2022 as part of the biannual realignment of Wisconsin's high school football conferences by the WIAA in conjunction with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association. All eight original members (Algoma, Gibraltar, Gillett, Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas, NEW Lutheran/Oneida Nation/Providence Academy, Sevastopol, Suring and Wausaukee) were previously part of the Marinette & Oconto-Northern Lakes-Packerland Conference (MONLPC) eight-player football conference, with six of the eight members playing in the conference's East Division. It was originally called the Peninsula Conference because of its proximity to the Door Peninsula, a name that was previously used by an athletic conference that existed from 1933 to 1970 in northeastern Wisconsin. In 2024, the Peninsula name was dropped and the conference was rechristened the Across the Bay Conference. Wausaukee was shifted to the Northeast 8-Player Football Conference as part of the realignment.

For the 2026-27 competition cycle, the Across the Bay Conference is losing three schools (Gillett, Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas and Suring) to the Northeast 8-Player Football Conference, and the NEW Lutheran cooperative will be losing Oneida Nation to its own stand-alone football program. Two schools will be moving over from the Southeast 8-Player Football Conference (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah and Valley Christian in Oshkosh) to replace them, and the Across the Bay will be entering into a crossover scheduling alliance with the Northeast 8-Player Football Conference.

List of conference members

Current members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedPrimary ConferenceAlgomaAlgoma, WIPublic228Wolves 2022PackerlandElkhart Lake-GlenbeulahElkhart Lake, WIPublic146Resorters 2026Big EastGibraltarFish Creek, WIPublic154Vikings 2022PackerlandN.E.W. Lutheran/Providence AcademyGreen Bay, WIPrivate (Lutheran), Private (Christian)181Blazers 2026PackerlandOneida NationOneida, WIFederal (Tribal)156Thunderhawks 2026Marinette & OcontoSevastopolSturgeon Bay, WIPublic180Pioneers 2022PackerlandValley ChristianOshkosh, WIPrivate (Christian)198Warriors 2026Trailways

Former members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsSeasonsPrimary ConferenceGillettGillett, WIPublicTigers 2022-2025Marinette & OcontoLena/St. Thomas AquinasLena, WIPublic, Private (Catholic)Titans 2022-2025Marinette & OcontoN.E.W. Lutheran/Oneida Nation/Providence AcademyGreen Bay, WIPrivate (Lutheran), Federal (Tribal), Private (Christian)Blazers 2022-2025Packerland, Marinette & OcontoSuringSuring, WIPublicEagles 2022-2025Marinette & OcontoWausaukeeWausaukee, WIPublicRangers 2022-2023Marinette & Oconto

Membership timeline

List of conference champions SchoolQuantityYearsLena/St. Thomas Aquinas22023, 2025Algoma12024Gibraltar12022Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah0Gillett0N.E.W. Lutheran/Providence Academy0N.E.W. Lutheran/Oneida Nation/Providence Academy0Oneida Nation0Sevastopol0Suring0 Valley Christian0Wausaukee0

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