Coulee Conference

Coulee Conference
Coulee Conference
Coulee
Association	WIAA
Division	Divisions 2-3 (Baseball, Cross Country, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling) Divisions 3-4 (Basketball) Divisions 4-6 (Football)
Members	7
Sports fielded	20 men's: 10; women's: 10; ;
Commissioner	Louie Ferguson
Website	Coulee Conference

The Coulee Conference is a seven-member high school athletic conference in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. It is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Conference schools have enrollments ranging from 236 to 540, with an average enrollment of 395.^[1]

Beginning in 2014, West Salem will compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference for football only.

With the announcement and passing of football-only conference realignments by the WIAA, the Coulee Conference will be temporarily split up for the 2019 football season.^[2] In the 2020 football season, the Coulee Conference will return, but Luther will join the Scenic Bluffs Conference. The Altoona Railroaders of the Cloverbelt Conference and Aquinas Blugolds (La Crosse) of the Mississippi Valley Conference will join the Coulee for football only.^[3]

Sports[]

The Coulee Conference sponsors 20 varsity sports. They are:

Fall - Football, boys' soccer, girls' tennis, volleyball, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and girls' golf
Winter - Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, gymnastics, wrestling boys' hockey and girls' hockey.
Spring - Boys' track, girls' track, boys' golf, boys' tennis, girls' soccer, baseball and softball.

Schools[]

Institution	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment^[1]	Mascot	Colors
Arcadia	Arcadia	Public	387	Raiders	Red and black
Black River Falls	Black River Falls	Public	490	Tigers	Black and orange
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau	Galesville	Public	438	Red Hawks	Red, white, and blue
Luther	Onalaska	Private	237	Knights	Black and white
Viroqua	Viroqua	Public	321	Blackhawks	Black and orange
West Salem	West Salem	Public	539	Panthers	Orange and black
Westby	Westby	Public	324	Norsemen	Red and white

Former schools[]

Holmen Vikings (Holmen) - Left after 1988 season to join Mississippi Valley Conference
Onalaska Hilltoppers (Onalaska) - Left after 1988 season to join Mississippi Valley Conference
La Crescent Lancers (La Crescent, Minnesota) - Left after 2006 season to join Minnesota's Hiawatha Valley League
Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs (Melrose)
Cochrane-Fountain City Pirates (Fountain City)

State championships[]

Football[]

1978 - Westby^[4]
1985 - Westby^[4]
1986 - Westby^[4]
2007 - West Salem^[4]

Boys' golf[]

1994 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau^[5]
2010 - Arcadia^[5]

Softball[]

2014 - Arcadia^[6]

Boys' Track & Field[]

1991 - Arcadia^[7]
1992 - Arcadia^[7]
1994 - Arcadia^[7]
1995 - Arcadia^[7]
1998 - Arcadia^[7]
1999 - Arcadia^[7]
2004 - Arcadia^[7]

Girls' Track & Field[]

1979 - West Salem^[8]
1998 - Arcadia^[8]
2003 - Arcadia^[8]
2004 - Arcadia^[8]
2007 - West Salem^[8]
2008 - Arcadia^[8]
2009 - Arcadia^[8]

Spring Baseball[]

2017 - West Salem

State championship runners-up[]

Football[]

1989 - Westby^[4]
1999 - Black River Falls^[4]
2002 - West Salem^[4]
2005 - West Salem^[4]
2009 - Arcadia^[4]

Boys' basketball[]

2006 - Westby^[9]
2012 - Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau^[10]

Girls' basketball[]

1999 - Viroqua^[11]

Spring baseball[]

1981 - Viroqua^[12]
1985 - Viroqua^[12]
1997 - Westby^[12]
2013 - Westby^[12]
2014- Viroqua

Summer baseball[]

1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau^[13]

Boys' cross country[]

1994 - West Salem^[14]

Girls' golf[]

2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain City^[15]

Boys' golf[]

1991 - Arcadia^[5]
1996 - Arcadia^[5]
1999 - Arcadia^[5]

Gymnastics[]

1979 - Viroqua^[16]
2004 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City^[16]
2005 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City^[16]

Girls' hockey[]

2002 - Viroqua//Westby/Youth Initiative^[17]

Boys' Track & Field[]

1973 - West Salem^[7]
2001 - Arcadia^[7]
2007 - Arcadia^[7]
2009 - West Salem^[7]

Girls' Track & Field[]

2008 - West Salem^[8]
2009 - West Salem^[8]

Softball[]

1991 - Westby^[6]
2007 - Arcadia^[6]

Wrestling[]

1995 - Arcadia^[18]

The Vernon County Mega Bowl[]

Beginning in 2019, the Westby Norsemen and the Viroqua Blackhawks have played for the Vernon County Mega Bowl in their yearly football contest. The Norsemen won the first Mega Bowl game 21-8 in 2019. There was no Mega Bowl Game in 2020.^[19]

Mega Bowl Game results[]

Westby victories	Viroqua victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	October 18, 2019	Viroqua	Westby	21	Viroqua	8
2	September 3, 2021	Westby	Westby	46	Viroqua	0
Series: Westby leads 2–0

References[]

^ ^a ^b "2017-2018 Enrollments" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-02-28.
^ "WIAA 2019 Football Realignment Plan".
^ https://www.wiaawi.org/News/NewsReleases/tabid/113/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/14854/Revised-Football-Only-Conference-Plan-Released.aspx^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b ^c http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf^{[dead link]}
^ "Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau vs Brillion (03/17/12 at Kohl Center - Madison, Wisconsin)".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2017-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Spring/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Summer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b ^c https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Gymnastics/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Hockey_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yVi8vAv2N/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

External links[]

Official website

[enrollment-1] "2017-2018 Enrollments" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-02-28.

[2] "WIAA 2019 Football Realignment Plan".

[3] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/News/NewsReleases/tabid/113/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/14854/Revised-Football-Only-Conference-Plan-Released.aspx^{[dead link]}

[fball-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[bgolf-5] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[soft-6] ttp://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[btrack-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[gtrack-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[bbball-9] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf^{[dead link]}

[10] "Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau vs Brillion (03/17/12 at Kohl Center - Madison, Wisconsin)".

[gbball-11] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2017-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[springbball-12] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Spring/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[summerbball-13] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Summer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[boyscc-14] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[ggolf-15] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[gym-16] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Gymnastics/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[ghky-17] ttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Hockey_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[wrest-18] ttp://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[19] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/B3yVi8vAv2N/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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