The Coulee Conference is a seven-member

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in the

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area. It is affiliated with the

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. Conference schools have enrollments ranging from 236 to 540, with an average enrollment of 395. 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. In the 2020 football season, the Coulee Conference will return, but Luther will join the Scenic Bluffs Conference. The Altoona Railroaders of the

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and Aquinas Blugolds (La Crosse) of the Mississippi Valley Conference will join the Coulee for football only.

Sports

The Coulee Conference sponsors 20 varsity sports. They are: * Fall -

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, boys'

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, girls'

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, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and girls'

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* Winter - Boys'

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, girls' basketball,

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boys'

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and girls' hockey. * Spring - Boys'

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, girls' track, boys' golf, boys' tennis, girls' soccer,

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and

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Schools

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 (

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) - 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 - Westbyhttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf *1985 - Westby *1986 - Westby *2007 - West Salem

Boys' golf

*1994 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeauhttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf *2010 - Arcadia

Softball

*2014 - Arcadia

Boys' Track & Field

*1991 - Arcadiahttp://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf *1992 - Arcadia *1994 - Arcadia *1995 - Arcadia *1998 - Arcadia *1999 - Arcadia *2004 - Arcadia

Girls' Track & Field

*1979 - West Salemhttp://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf *1998 - Arcadia *2003 - Arcadia *2004 - Arcadia *2007 - West Salem *2008 - Arcadia *2009 - Arcadia

Spring Baseball

*2017 - West Salem

State championship runners-up

Football

*1989 - Westby *1999 - Black River Falls *2002 - West Salem *2005 - West Salem *2009 - Arcadia

Boys' basketball

*2006 - Westbyhttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf *2012 - Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau

Girls' basketball

*1999 - Viroqua

Spring baseball

*1981 - Viroquahttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Spring/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf *1985 - Viroqua *1997 - Westby *2013 - Westby *2014- Viroqua

Summer baseball

*1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeauhttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Summer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf

Boys' cross country

*1994 - West Salemhttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf

Girls' golf

*2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain Cityhttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf

Boys' golf

*1991 - Arcadia *1996 - Arcadia *1999 - Arcadia

Gymnastics

*1979 - Viroquahttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Gymnastics/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf *2004 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City *2005 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City

Girls' hockey

*2002 - Viroqua/

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/Westby/Youth Initiativehttps://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Hockey_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf

Boys' Track & Field

*1973 - West Salem *2001 - Arcadia *2007 - Arcadia *2009 - West Salem

Girls' Track & Field

*2008 - West Salem *2009 - West Salem

Softball

*1991 - Westbyhttp://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf *2007 - Arcadia

Wrestling

*1995 - Arcadiahttp://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf

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.

Mega Bowl Game results

References

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External links

Official website
Education in La Crosse County, Wisconsin Wisconsin high school sports conferences High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States