The Lake Conference a high school

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with seven member

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in the western and southwestern suburbs of the

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. It is affiliated with the

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History

The Lake Conference was originally formed in 1932 with the charter members being

Hopkins High School Hopkins High School is a public high school located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States. Minnetonka is a southwestern suburb of Minneapolis. It offers classes for grades 10, 11, and 12, making it one of the only schools in the state still wi ...

, Deephaven High School, Excelsior High School, (Deephaven and Excelsior High Schools were consolidated in 1952 to

Minnetonka High School Minnetonka High School, or MHS (locally referred to as Tonka), is a four-year public high school located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The school enrolls about 3,444 students, and offers four i ...

), Mound High School, Saint Louis Park High School, University High School, and

Wayzata High School Wayzata High School is a comprehensive public high school in Plymouth, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis. The high school, operated by Wayzata Public Schools, had about 3669 students in grades 9 to 12 as of 2021-22, making it Mi ...

. The name originates from the fact that most of these schools were located in cities where lakes were abundant and that Minnesota is the ''Land of 10,000 Lakes''. All of these schools have since departed, with a majority of them going to the

Classic Lake Conference The Classic Lake Conference was a conference for high schools in the west metro area of the Twin Cities, Minnesota. The Classic Lake Conference was one of many in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro area that divide schools in proximity into differe ...

Until 1993, Lake was split into two divisions, Lake Red and Lake Blue, most of the departed schools had been in Lake Blue. These included Robbinsdale Armstrong, Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Wayzata, and Robbinsdale Cooper. Richfield also departed to the Classic Lake, but was soon to leave due to a fast declining enrollment and changing demographics. The departure of the Classic Lake Schools changed the face of the conference forever. All departed schools have sought to rejoin their old conference. The classic line up of the 1970s was: Wayzata High School, Robbinsdale Armstrong High School, Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Robbinsdale High School (closed 1982), Minnetonka High School, Hopkins Lindbergh High School (now

), Hopkins Eisenhower High School (now Eisenhower Community Center), St. Louis Park High School, Edina East High School (now Edina Community Center), Edina West High School (now Edina High School), Richfield High School, Bloomington Lincoln High School (closed in 1982),

Bloomington Jefferson High School Thomas Jefferson High School is one of the two high schools in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States Independent School District No. 271. It is located at 102nd Street and France Avenue on the suburb's southwest side. About 1,600 students atte ...

, and

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. In 1957, Bloomington High School entered. This district later divided into Bloomington Lincoln and

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in 1965 and

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High School who joined in 1970. Burnsville entered in 1976. Apple Valley, Rosemount and

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joined in 1986.

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came in 1990; Lakeville in 1993; Chaska in 1994;

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in 1997 and Lakeville South in 2005. The school previously known as Lakeville now has the name Lakeville North.

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opened and became a member in the fall of 2009. In the 2010-2011 academic year, Apple Valley, Bloomington Jefferson, Bloomington Kennedy, Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, and Rosemount formed a new conference called the South Suburban Conference.

Prior Lake High School Prior Lake High School (PLHS) is located in Savage, Minnesota, United States and enrolls students in grades 912. The school is part of the South Suburban Conference. It has approximately 2,900 students currently enrolled, along with a teaching an ...

left the Missota Conference to form the South Suburban with the several former Lake teams. Also, Chaska and Chanhassen will join the Missota conference in 2010. Eden Prairie stayed in the Lake Conference while Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Wayzata joined the Lake, disbanding the

. In 2018, it was announced

St. Michael-Albertville High School St. Michael-Albertville High School (also referred to as "STMA High School") is a public high school located in St. Michael, Minnesota, United States. Known as "STMA" for short, the high school located to a new building which opened for the 20092 ...

and Buffalo High School will be joining the Lake Conference, bringing it to a total of seven schools. The mission of the Lake Conference is to promote and recognize excellence by providing quality experiences for students in programs of academics, arts, athletics and activities. The Lake Conference conducts its activities under the auspices and in concert of the

. Currently member schools compete in 27 interscholastic sports and 14

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activities: Fall * Cross Country - Boys * Cross Country - Girls * Football * Soccer - Boys * Soccer - Girls * Swimming & Diving - Girls * Tennis - Girls Winter * Volleyball - Girls * Alpine Ski * Basketball - Boys * Basketball - Girls * Dance Team * Gymnastics * Hockey - Boys * Hockey - Girls * Nordic Ski * Swimming & Diving - Boys * Wrestling Spring * Baseball * Golf - Boys * Golf - Girls * Lacrosse - Boys * Lacrosse - Girls * Softball - Girls * Synchronized Swim * Tennis - Boys * Track & Field - Boys * Track & Field - Girls

References

External links

Official Website
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100613070615/http://district196.org/District/Departments/Communications/SpotlightNewsletter/2009-10/spotlightWinter2009.pdf {{Lake Conference Teams Minnesota high school sports conferences