The Cloverbelt Conference is a high school athletic conference in the U.S. state of

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. It consists of 17 schools from west central Wisconsin, located between the Eau Claire – Chippewa Falls metropolitan area and the Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was formed in 1927-1928 with five members: Boyd High School, Cadott High School, Owen High School, Stanley High School, and Thorp High School. The conference is a member of the

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(WIAA).

Members

Altoona High School Altoona High School is a public high school located in Altoona, Wisconsin. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Altoona School District. History Although elementary education had been provided for Altoona r ...

* Cadott High School * Colby High School * Columbus Catholic High School * Gilman High School * Granton High School * Greenwood High School * Fall Creek High School * Loyal High School *

McDonell Central Catholic High School McDonell Central Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in the Diocese of La Crosse. It is the only Catholic high school in Chippewa County. History The first McDonell Catholic High School was built in ...

* Neillsville High School * Osseo-Fairchild High School * Owen-Withee High School * Regis High School * Spencer High School * Stanley-Boyd High School * Thorp High School

Former members

* Abbotsford High School *

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* Augusta High School * Cornell High School *

Elk Mound High School Elk Mound High School is a public high school located in Elk Mound, Wisconsin Elk Mound is a village in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 878 at the 2010 census. The village is surrounded by the Town of Elk Mound. Ca ...

* Lake Holcombe High School * Mosinee High School *

Nekoosa High School Nekoosa is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. Its name derives from the Ho-Chunk word, "Nįįkuusra", "Nakrusa", or "Nįkusara" which translates to "running water". The population was 2,580 at the 2010 census. History An article d ...

* Dor-Abby High School (school split "Dor" -

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consolidated with Colby High School) * Stanley High School (school consolidated with Boyd High School) * Boyd High School (school consolidated with Stanley High School) * Owen High School (school consolidated with Withee High School) * Withee High School (school consolidated with Owen High School)

Historical timeline

* 1927: Boyd, Cadott, Owen, Stanley, Thorp form conference * 1928: Cornell joins * 1933: Lake Holcombe, Gilman join * 1937: Withee joins * 1939: Cadott, Cornell, Thorp, Withee start 6 man football Cloverbelt Conference * 1944: conference switches to 8 man * 1945: Neillsville joins; Cadott, Cornell, Neillsville, Owen, Stanley, Thorp, Withee belong to the football version. * 1946: Lake Holcombe leaves; Altoona joins; Stanley leaves football conference replaced by Greenwood * 1947: conference starts playing 11 man football * 1948: Boyd leaves; Fall Creek joins; Greenwood drops out of football conference * 1950: Withee drops out of football conference * 1951: Conference starts playing baseball, Stanley rejoins football conference * 1953: Gilman joins football conference * 1955: Owen and Withee consolidate, form Owen Withee, join football as well * 1956: Elk Mound joins * 1962: Elk Mound leaves; Colby, Dor-Abby, Loyal, Greenwood join for all sports * 1964: Dor-Abby dissolves consolidation; Abbotsford joins, Conference splits into East and West for football as Altoona and Fall Creek are added * 1965: Stanley and Boyd consolidate to form Stanley-Boyd; Holcombe joins for all sports * 1966: Abbotsford leaves * 1970: Lake Holcombe leaves * 1975: Colby leaves * 1978: Auburndale, Colby, Mosinee, Nekoosa join * 1982: Nekoosa leaves * 1986: Osseo-Fairchild joins * 1990: Augusta joins * 1998: Cornell leaves * 2000: Auburndale leaves; Regis, McDonell join * 2008: Granton, Spencer, Columbus join * 2008-2009: Mosinee leaves * 2014: Augusta leaves * 2021: Altoona leaves, Bloomer Joins

Fall sports

Football

In 1939, Cadott, Cornell, Thorp and Withee start playing 6 man football as the Cloverbelt Conference. In 1964, the Cloverbelt Conference was separated into two divisions, East and West. This was changed to Large and Small Divisions in 1978 when Auburndale, Colby, Mosinee, and Nekoosa joined the conference. At the end of the 2007-08 athletic season, the area underwent a major conference realignment. Some of the schools in the Cloverbelt Conference merged with some of the schools from the Marawood Conference to form the CloverWood Conference (football only). In 2016, McDonell Central opted to go to an 8 man football team that should start play in the 2018 season.Brandon Berg.
McDonell opts to move to 8-man football
. ''The Chippewa Herald'', November 18, 2016. Pre-realignment: * Large Cloverbelt: Altoona, Cadott, Colby, Fall Creek, Neillsville, Osseo-Fairchild, Stanley-Boyd, Mosinee * Small Cloverbelt: Augusta, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal, McDonell, Owen-Withee, Regis, Thorp Post-realignment: * Cloverbelt: Colby, Stanley-Boyd, Eau Claire Regis, Altoona, Osseo-Fairchild, Fall Creek, Spencer/Columbus Catholic, Neillsville/Granton, Cadott. * CloverWood: Abbotsford, Assumption, Athens, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal, Owen-Withee, Thorp State champions * Cadott 1999(D-4); Colby 1998(D-4), 2008(D-5), 2011(D-5); Fall Creek 1993(D-5), 1994(D-5); Greenwood 1990(D-6); ''Mosinee'' 1980(D-4), 1981(D-4); Osseo-Fairchild 1996(D-5), 2000(D-5); Owen-Withee 1992(D-6), 1999(D-6), Regis 2003(D-7), 2016 (D-6); Stanley-Boyd 1991(D-5), 1995(D-5), 2013(D-5); Thorp 1993(D-6)

Boys' cross country

*Altoona, Cadott, Colby/Abbotsford, Columbus Catholic, Fall Creek, Loyal/Greenwood, McDonell Central, Neillsville/Granton, Osseo-Fairchild, Owen-Withee, Regis, Spencer, Stanley-Boyd, Thorp State champion * McDonell Central 2001(D-3)

Girls' cross country

* Girls: Altoona, Cadott, Colby/Abbotsford, Columbus Catholic, Fall Creek, Loyal/Greenwood, McDonell Central, Neillsville/Granton, Osseo-Fairchild, Owen-Withee, Regis, Spencer, Stanley-Boyd, Thorp State champions * Fall Creek 1997(D-3)

Volleyball

* East Division: Colby, Columbus Catholic, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal, Neillsville/Granton, Owen-Withee, Spencer * West Division: Altoona, Cadott, Fall Creek, McDonell Central, Osseo-Fairchild, Regis, Stanley-Boyd, Thorp State champions * Loyal 1979(C), McDonell Central 2009(D-4), Regis 2013(D-3), Stanley-Boyd 2006(D-3)

Winter sports

Basketball

* East Division: Colby, Columbus Catholic, Gilman, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Spencer * West Division: Altoona, Cadott, Fall Creek, McDonell Central, Osseo-Fairchild, Regis, Stanley-Boyd, Thorp State champions-boys * Altoona 1939(C); ''Auburndale'' 1993(D-3), 2000(D-3); Fall Creek 1937(C), 1984(C), 1985(C); Greenwood 1988(C); McDonell Central 2015(D-5); Thorp 2014(D-5) State champions-girls * Altoona 2011(D-3); ''Augusta'' 1996(D-4); Fall Creek 1985(C), 1987(C), 1988(C), 1996(D-3); Loyal 2017(D-5); Neillsville 2012(D-4); Regis 2011(D-4)

Wrestling

For

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, although there are three divisions in the WIAA, some small schools have merged programs to have enough students to compete. The Conference consists of Abbotsford/Colby, Cadott, Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal, Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek, Altoona/Regis, Spencer/Columbus Catholic, Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee, Thorp State champions * Cadott 2001(D-3), 2007(D-3)

Spring sports

Baseball

Golf

* Altoona, Cadott, Colby, Fall Creek, McDonell Central/Regis, Neillsville/Loyal, Osseo-Fairchild, Spencer/Columbus Catholic, Stanley-Boyd, Thorp State champions * ''Mosinee'' 1995(D-2), Osseo-Fairchild 1994(D-3), 1995(D-3), 1996(D-3), 1999(D-3), 2000(D-3), 2003(D-3), 2004(D-3), 2006(D-3), 2013(D-3)

Softball

* East Division: Colby/Abbotsford, Columbus Catholic, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal, Neillsville/Granton, Owen-Withee, Spencer * West Division: Altoona, Cadott, Fall Creek, McDonell Central, Osseo-Fairchild, Regis, Stanley-Boyd, Thorp State champions * Altoona 2001 (D-2); Loyal 1978(B), 1979(B), 1980(B); McDonell Central 2008 (D-4), 2017 (D-5); Thorp 2016(D-5)

References

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External links

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