Southwest Wisconsin Conference

The Southwest Wisconsin Conference, commonly referred as the SWC, is a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) conference in southwest Wisconsin comprising the largest high schools in the area, including the school districts of Dodgeville, Lancaster, Platteville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, and River Valley.

History

The Southwest Wisconsin Conference was formed when the WIAA split the former Southwest Athletic League I and Southwest Athletic League II (SWAL I and SWAL II). In 2002, Cuba City had asked for a realignment of SWAL, and under the conference constitution, this was to be done by placing the seven largest schools in SWAL I and the seven smallest in SWAL II. Under this arrangement, Boscobel High School would be reassigned to the SWAL I Conference, and the school resisted the proposal. In 2004, representatives of each school met to discuss possible solutions, and it was decided that SWAL I and SWAL II would cease to exist. Instead, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, the six schools from Dodgeville, Lancaster, Platteville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, and River Valley would be part of a new conference, later named the SWC. The remaining eight schools, Boscobel, Cuba City, Darlington, Fennimore, Iowa-Grant, Mineral Point, Riverdale, and Southwestern, would become the Southwest Athletic League (SWAL).

Enrollment

Most of the SWC schools have experienced a drop in enrollment over the past decade. Enrollment in the 2009-2010 school year is:

ACT scores

ACT composite scores for the 2008-2009 school year were:

Conference championships

Conference championships won through the 2009 fall season:

Conference champions by sport

Football
*2005: Lancaster (7-0); WIAA Division 5 state champion
*2006: Lancaster, Platteville (co-champions (6-1)), Lancaster was WIAA Division 5 state champion
*2007: Lancaster, Platteville, Richland Center (co-champions, (5-2))
*2008: Lancaster (7-0)
*2009: Lancaster (5-0)

Boys' cross country
*2005: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0)
*2006: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0); WIAA 4th place, Division 2
*2007: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0)
*2008: Platteville (5-0), WIAA 12th place, Division 2
*2009: Platteville (4-1)

Girls' cross country
*2005: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA Division 2 state champion;
*2006: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA Division 2 state champion
*2007: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA 3rd place, Division 2
*2008: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA 2nd place, Division 2
*2009: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA 7th place, Division 2

Boys' soccer
*2005: Richland Center (6-0)
*2006: Platteville (8-1)
*2007: Platteville (9-1-1)
*2008: Platteville/Lancaster (12-0)
*2009: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (11-1)

Volleyball
*2005: Richland Center, River Valley (co-champions) (9-1)
*2006: Richland Center (10-0)
*2007: Richland Center (10-0)
*2008: Richland Center (9-1)
*2009: River Valley (10-0)

Boys' basketball
*2005-06: Richland Center
*2006-07: Dodgeville, Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions)
*2007-08: River Valley
*2008-09: River Valley
*2009-10: Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions)

Girls' basketball
*2005-06: Lancaster
*2006-07: Richland Center
*2007-08: Richland Center
*2008-09: Richland Center
*2009-10: Richland Center

Wrestling
*2005-06: Lancaster
*2006-07: Dodgeville
*2007-08: River Valley
*2008-09: River Valley
*2009-10: Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions)

Baseball
*2006: Prairie du Chien
*2007: Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions); Platteville was WIAA Division 2 runner-up
*2008: Prairie du Chien; WIAA Division 2 runner-up
*2009: Prairie du Chien
*2010: Prairie du Chien

Boys' track and field
*2006: Platteville
*2007: Platteville
*2008: Platteville
*2009: Platteville
*2010: Platteville

Girls' track and field
*2006: Platteville
*2007: Platteville
*2008: Platteville
*2009: Platteville
*2010: Platteville

Golf
*2006: Platteville
*2007: Platteville
*2008: Platteville
*2009: Lancaster
*2010: Platteville

Softball
*2006: Lancaster
*2007: Lancaster
*2008: Lancaster
*2009: Lancaster
*2010: Lancaster

Girls' soccer
*2006: Dodgeville/Mineral Point, Platteville (co-champions)
*2007: Platteville
*2008: Platteville
*2009: Platteville/Lancaster
*2010: Platteville/Lancaster

References

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External links

*http://www.southwestwisconsinconference.org

Wisconsin high school sports conferences
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States