The Southeast 8-Player Football Conference is a high school football conference with members located in southeastern Wisconsin. It was formed in 2024 and is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History The Southeast 8-Player Football Conference was created in 2022, when the WIAA and Wisconsin Football Coaches Association unveiled their realignment plan for Wisconsin's high school football conferences in the 2024-2025 competition cycle. Six of the conference's original nine members (Green Lake/Princeton, Montello, Oakfield, Valley Christian in Oshkosh, Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam and Williams Bay) belonged to the Trailways Conference as full members, along with one member from the Big East Conference (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah), one from the Midwest Classic Conference (St. John's Northwestern) and one independent (Lincoln Academy in Beloit). For the 2026-2027 realignment cycle, the Southeast-8 lost two members to the Across the Bay Conference (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah and Valley Christian) and one who dropped football entirely (Lincoln Academy). The conference will be welcoming two former eleven-player programs to eight-player football as their replacements: the Abundant Life Christian School/St. Ambrose Academy cooperative (formerly of the Ridge & Valley Conference) and Palmyra-Eagle from the Trailways Conference.
List of conference members
Current members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedPrimary ConferenceAbundant Life Christian/St. AmbroseMadison, WIPrivate (Christian, Catholic)318Challengers 2026TrailwaysGreen Lake/PrincetonGreen Lake, WI & Princeton, WIPublic174Tigersharks 2024TrailwaysMontelloMontello, WIPublic206Hilltoppers 2024TrailwaysOakfieldOakfield, WIPublic164Oaks 2024TrailwaysPalmyra-EaglePalmyra, WIPublic144Panthers 2026TrailwaysSt. John's NorthwesternDelafield, WIPrivate (Nonsectarian), Military187Lancers 2024Midwest ClassicWayland AcademyBeaver Dam, WIPrivate (Nonsectarian, historically Baptist)195Big Red 2024TrailwaysWilliams BayWilliams Bay, WIPublic178Bulldogs 2024Trailways
Former members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsSeasonsPrimary ConferenceElkhart Lake-GlenbeulahElkhart Lake, WIPublicResorters 2024-2025Big EastThe Lincoln AcademyBeloit, WICharterLions 2024-2025IndependentValley ChristianOshkosh, WIPrivate (Christian)Warriors 2024-2025Trailways
Membership timeline
List of conference champions SchoolQuantityYearsElkhart Lake-Glenbeulah12024Oakfield12025Abundant Life Christian/St. Ambrose Academy0 Montello0Palmyra-Eagle0 Princeton/Green Lake0St. John's Northwestern0The Lincoln Academy0Valley Christian0 Wayland Academy0 Williams Bay0 References