Requests and Proposals

Approved Fast Track Applications 2024-25

Creation of the Bay Valley Lakes Association Conference (Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse) to consist of Appleton, Bay Port, DePere, Kimberly, Neenah, Notre Dame Academy, Oneida, Pulaski, and Wausau. 

Girls Golf: Grantsburg (Unaffiliated to HON), The Prairie School (Unaffiliated to Southeast), Kiel (Unaffiliated to Glacier Trails)

All Non-Football Sport: Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (HON to Dunn-St. Croix), Unity (Lakeland to HON)

Girls Hockey: SPASH (Eastern Shores to New Unnamed Conference)

Girls Soccer: Adams-Friendship (Mid-Western Wisconsin to South Central)

Girls Tennis: Lourdes Academy (Unaffiliated to Eastern WI)

Boys Volleyball: Martin Luther (Metro Classic to Woodland), St. Augustine Prep (Unaffiliated to Woodland)

Gymnastics: Port Washington and West Bend Co-op (Glacier Trails to Greater Metro)

Girls and Boys Swimming: Sheboygan Christian (Unaffiliated to Eastern Wisconsin)

Boys Hockey: Tomah (Mississippi Valley merger with Coulee Conference)

Girls Golf: St. Mary's Catholic (Unaffiliated to the Bay Conference)

Boys' Lacrosse: SPASH (Unaffiliated to the Bay Valley Lakes Conference)

Football: Milwaukee Bay View (Richardson to Blackbourne) and Milwaukee Pulaski (Blackbourn to Richardson)

8-Player Football: Wayland Academy (Unaffiliated to the 8-player Southeast Conference)

Approved Plans from the 2024-25 Conference Realignment Cycle

11-Player Football (updated 4/23/2025)
8-Player Football (updated 4/23/2025)
Girls Lacrosse (updated 4/23/2025)
Boys Lacrosse (updated 4/23/2025)

The following proposals were developed by Conference Realignment Task Force after the Board of Control remand the impacted plans listed below back to the Task Force for further consideration.  The Board has the option to approve the plans as presented or reject the plans.

11-Player Football (April 15 Draft)

Boys' Lacrosse (April 15 Draft)

Girls' Lacrosse (April 15 Draft)

The following proposals were created from the Conference Realignment Task Force meeting on Feb. 6, 2025.  Affected schools have the ability to appeal to the Board of Control at its meeting on March 11.  The Board has the options to approve the plans as presented, reject the plans or remand all or parts of the plans back to the Task Force for further consideration.

11-Player Football (Feb. 6 Draft)

Boys' Lacrosse (Feb. 6 Draft)

Girls' Lacrosse (Feb. 6 Draft)

The following proposals were created from the Conference Realignment Task Force meeting on Jan. 16, 2025.  Affected schools have the ability to appeal to the committee at the next meeting of the Task Force on Feb. 6.  

11-Player Football (Jan. 16 Draft)

8-player Football (Jan. 16 Draft)

Boys' Lacrosse (Jan. 16 Draft)

Girls' Lacrosse (Jan. 16 Draft)

The following proposals were created from the Conference Realignment Task Force meeting on Dec.10, 2024.  Affected schools have the ability to appeal to the committee on January 16th prior to the next meeting of the Task Force.  

11-Player Football (December Draft)

8-player Football (December Draft)

Boys' Lacrosse (December Draft)

Girls' Lacrosse (December Draft)

8-Player Proposals

• Abundant Life Christian
• Almond-Bancroft
• Assumption
• Clayton (with Prairie Farm)
• Clear Lake
• Lena
• Rosholt
• Turtle Lake
• Wayland Academy

11-Player Proposals

• Bay Port
• Brookfield East
• Fort Atkinson
• Franklin
• Horicon (with Randolph)
• Ithaca
• McDonell Central Catholic
• Milwaukee School of Languages
• Mishicot
• New Glarus
• Pewaukee
• Portage
• Osseo-Fairchild
• Sheboygan Falls
• Shorewood (with Messmer, Dominican)
• Two Rivers
• University School of Milwaukee
• Waukesha West
• Webster
• West Allis Nathan Hale
• Wisconsin Lutheran (with West Bend East, West Bend West, Port Washington, Plymouth, Kewaskum, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Grafton)

Lacrosse Proposals

• Janesville Craig
• Wayland Academy

Football Conference Alignments

In 2022-23 the Conference Realignment Task Force recommended an 8-player and 11-player football plan to begin this season (2024). The final, WIAA Board of Control approved plans are below.

Modified 11-player Alignment:
Visual (Final revised with Milw. Excellence removed from Capitol Conference on 12-6-2023)


Modified 8-player Alignment:
Visual (Final)
 

Conference Realignment Reference-Status Changes 2026-27
This document contains all program changes (11 to 8-player, 8 to 11-player, new co-ops, new programs) and lists all schools that are applying for conference realignment as of October 1st.  

Lacrosse Conference Alignments
Boys:  2024-25 Visual | 2023-24 Visual
Girls:  2024-25 Visual | 2023-24 Visual