The Park Ridge Conference is a high school athletic conference comprising schools in southeastern Wisconsin. Originally founded as the football-only Parkland Football Conference in 2020, it began all-sport sponsorship with the 2026-27 school year and is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
2020-2026
The Parkland Football Conference was founded in February 2019, when the WIAA and the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association released a full realignment package for Wisconsin's high school football conferences. An eight-member conference featuring Catholic Memorial in Waukesha, Milwaukee Lutheran, New Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin West, Pewaukee, Pius XI in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa East and Wauwatosa West was unveiled as part of this realignment. This conference was originally referred to as the Woodland West in preseason realignment materials, as five of the original members were part of the Woodland Conference for all other sports. Instead, it was named the Parkland Football Conference after the original Wisconsin high school athletic conference that competed from 1963 to 2006. Membership remained intact for the first four seasons of play before three schools left the conference: Milwaukee Lutheran fully aligned with the Woodland Conference, Pewaukee became football-only members of the Classic 8 Conference and Pius XI joined the Midwest Classic Conference in the large-schools division. Two former Classic 8 members (Waukesha North and Waukesha South) along with West Allis Central (formerly of the Greater Metro Conference) replaced the three outgoing members. In July 2026, the conference changed its name to the Park Ridge Conference in preparation for its debut season.
2026-present In October 2025, the WIAA fast-tracked a plan for the sixteen-member Woodland Conference to split into two separate organizations. All eight schools in the conference's Western Division (Greendale, New Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin West, Pewaukee, Pius XI, Waukesha North, Waukesha South and Wisconsin Lutheran) will be leaving the Woodland to form a new conference, temporarily reviving the Parkland Conference name for all sports before officially becoming the Park Ridge Conference in July 2026. The eight schools in the Woodland's Eastern Division will retain the name and add two new members (Augustine Prep in Milwaukee and Nathan Hale in West Allis). The Park Ridge Conference will have seven football members for the 2026-2027 cycle and will be entering into a scheduling partnership with the Woodland Conference with one interlocking game per member school that counts in their respective conference standings.
List of conference members
Current full members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedGreendaleGreendale, WIPublic871Panthers 2026New Berlin EisenhowerNew Berlin, WIPublic731Lions 2026New Berlin WestNew Berlin, WIPublic719Vikings 2026PewaukeePewaukee, WIPublic851Pirates 2026Pius XIMilwaukee, WIPrivate (Catholic)693Popes 2026Waukesha NorthWaukesha, WIPublic868Northstars 2026Waukesha SouthWaukesha, WIPublic1,073Blackshirts 2026Wisconsin LutheranMilwaukee, WIPrivate (WELS)938Vikings 2026
Current associate members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsPrimary ConferenceSport(s)Lake Country LutheranHartland, WIPrivate (LCMS)Lightning Midwest ClassicGirls GolfMartin LutherGreendale, WIPrivate (LCMS)Spartans Metro ClassicBoys VolleyballSt. Thomas MoreMilwaukee, WIPrivate (Catholic)Cavaliers Metro ClassicGirls GolfUniversity SchoolRiver Hills, WIPrivate (Nonsectarian)Wildcats Midwest ClassicGirls GolfWauwatosa EastWauwatosa, WIPublicRed Raiders Greater MetroFootballWauwatosa WestWauwatosa, WIPublicTrojans Greater MetroFootball
Current co-operative members TeamColorsHost SchoolCo-operative MembersSport(s)New Berlin United Varies by sportNew Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin WestGirls Golf, Boys Volleyball, Boys Wrestling, Girls WrestlingWaukesha Fusion Waukesha NorthWaukesha SouthBoys VolleyballWestern Lakes Swim Team PewaukeeOconomowocGirls Swim & Dive
Former Parkland Football Conference members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedConference JoinedPrimary ConferenceCatholic MemorialWaukesha, WIPrivate (Catholic)Crusaders 2020-2025Greater MetroClassic 8Milwaukee LutheranMilwaukee, WIPrivate (LCMS)Red Knights 2020-2023WoodlandPewaukeePewaukee, WIPublicPirates 2020-2023Classic 8WoodlandPius XIMilwaukee, WIPrivate (Catholic)Popes 2020-2023Midwest ClassicWoodlandWest Allis CentralWest Allis, WIPublicBulldogs 2024-2025Woodland
Membership timeline
Full members
Football members
Membership map
Sponsored sports +Greendale●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●New Berlin Eisenhower●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●New Berlin West●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Pewaukee●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Pius XI●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Waukesha North●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Waukesha South●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Wisconsin Lutheran●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Notes
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsGreendale0New Berlin Eisenhower0New Berlin West0Pewaukee0Pius XI0Waukesha North0Waukesha South0Wisconsin Lutheran0
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsGreendale0New Berlin Eisenhower0New Berlin West0Pewaukee0Pius XI0Waukesha North0Waukesha South0Wisconsin Lutheran0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsCatholic Memorial62020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025Milwaukee Lutheran0New Berlin Eisenhower0New Berlin West0Pewaukee0Pius XI0Waukesha North0Waukesha South0 Wauwatosa East0 Wauwatosa West0West Allis Central0 References