Woodland Conference

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The Woodland Conference is a high school athletic conference with its geographic footprint in southeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 1993, the Woodland Conference and its members are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

1993-2006

Template:OSM Location map The Woodland Conference was formed in 1993 by nine medium-sized high schools in the Milwaukee metropolitan area: Brookfield Central, Brookfield East, Cudahy, Franklin, Greendale, Greenfield, South Milwaukee, Wauwatosa East and Wauwatosa West.[1] Six of the original members came from two area conferences that disbanded the year prior: the Braveland Conference (Brookfield Central and Brookfield East) and the Suburban Park Conference (Cudahy, Greendale, Greenfield and South Milwaukee). Franklin was formerly in the Parkland Conference, and Wauwatosa East and Wauwatosa West were former members of the North Shore Conference. The original membership roster remained intact for the first four years of the conference's history before major realignment occurred in 1997.[2] Five schools left the Woodland conference that year: three became charter members of the new Greater Metro Conference (Brookfield Central, Brookfield East and Wauwatosa West)[2] and two went to the Southeast Conference (Franklin and South Milwaukee).[3] These four schools were replaced by three schools formerly in the Parkland Conference (New Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin West and Whitnall)[4] and Thomas More from the Metro Conference.[5] The entry of Thomas More into the Woodland Conference coincided with the merger between the public schools of the WIAA and the private schools in the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association.[6]

2006-2014

In 2006, the Woodland Conference welcomed four schools displaced by the cessation of the Parkland Conference: Brown Deer, Pewaukee, Shorewood and St. Francis.[7] To accommodate the expansion from eight to twelve members, the Woodland Conference subdivided along geographic lines:

North Division South Division
Brown Deer Cudahy
New Berlin Eisenhower Greendale
New Berlin West Greenfield
Pewaukee St. Francis
Shorewood Thomas More
Wauwatosa West Whitnall

In 2009, South Milwaukee returned to the Woodland Conference after being dissatisfied by the competitive imbalance they experienced as members of the Southeast Conference.[8] The conference realigned again, with larger schools in the conference comprising the Black Division and smaller ones in the Blue Division:

Black Division Blue Division
Greendale Brown Deer
Greenfield Cudahy
New Berlin Eisenhower New Berlin West
South Milwaukee Pewaukee
Wauwatosa West Shorewood
Whtnall St. Francis
Thomas More

After three years of this arrangement, the Woodland Conference realigned by geography into East and West Divisions in 2012. Pius XI also joined that year after leaving the Classic 8 Conference, replacing Thomas More after they joined the new Metro Classic Conference:[9]

East Division West Division
Brown Deer Greendale
Cudahy New Berlin Eisenhower
Greenfield New Berlin West
Shorewood Pewaukee
South Milwaukee Pius XI
St. Francis Wauwatosa West
Whitnall

2014-present

St. Francis left the Woodland Conference in 2014 to join with smaller schools in the Midwest Classic Conference.[10] In 2017, the Woodland Conference lost Wauwatosa West to the Greater Metro Conference while accepting two of its former members (Milwaukee Lutheran and West Allis Central).[11] Wisconsin Lutheran also joined the Woodland Conference after the dissolution of their longtime home, the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference.[12] Milwaukee Lutheran became members of the East Division, and West Allis Central and Wisconsin Lutheran joined the West Division:

East Division West Division
Brown Deer Greendale
Cudahy New Berlin Eisenhower
Greenfield New Berlin West
Milwaukee Lutheran Pewaukee
Shorewood Pius XI
South Milwaukee West Allis Central
Whitnall Wisconsin Lutheran

The Woodland Conference will be expanding its membership roster to sixteen schools in 2025, accepting Waukesha North and Waukesha South from the Classic 8 Conference.[13] As of April 2025, an updated divisional alignment has not been announced.

Football-only alignment

In February 2019, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, the WIAA released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin to commence with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle.[14] The eight-member conference originally referred to as the Woodland East featured Cudahy, Grafton, Greendale, Greenfield, Shorewood/Messmer, South Milwaukee, Whitnall and Wisconsin Lutheran as its original members.[15] All members with the exception of Grafton (whose primary affiliation is with the North Shore Conference) were full members of the Woodland Conference. Another conference that was first called the Woodland West changed its name to the Parkland Conference before competition began, reviving a name previously used for an all-sport conference from 1963 to 2006.[15] Membership remained intact for the first four seasons of play before changes were made for the 2024-2025 cycle. Cudahy was moved to the large-schools division of the Midwest Classic Conference, with full Woodland members Milwaukee Lutheran moving over from the Parkland Conference as their replacement.[16] For the 2026-2027 realignment cycle, the Woodland Conference will be losing three members: Grafton (Glacier Trails), Shorewood/Messmer (Midwest Classic) and Wisconsin Lutheran (North Shore). They will be replaced by the two high schools in West Allis, with Nathan Hale joining from the Greater Metro Conference and West Allis Central moving over from the Parkland Conference. Along with the Parkland Conference, the Woodland Conference will have seven schools each and play one mandatory crossover game per school.[17]

List of conference members

Current members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Division
Brown Deer Brown Deer, WI Public 579 Falcons <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2006[7] East
Cudahy Cudahy, WI Public 677 Packers <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] East
Greendale Greendale, WI Public 931 Panthers <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] West
Greenfield Greenfield, WI Public 1,163 Hustlin' Hawks <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] East
Milwaukee Lutheran Milwaukee, WI Private (LCMS) 908 Red Knights <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2017[11] East
New Berlin Eisenhower New Berlin, WI Public 711 Lions <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1997[2] West
New Berlin West New Berlin, WI Public 699 Vikings <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1997[2] West
Pewaukee Pewaukee, WI Public 874 Pirates <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2006[7] West
Pius XI Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic) 699 Popes <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2012[9] West
Shorewood Shorewood, WI Public 662 Greyhounds <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2006[7] East
South Milwaukee South Milwaukee, WI Public 1,002 Rockets <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993,[1] 2009[8] East
West Allis Central West Allis, WI Public 1,126 Bulldogs <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2017[11] West
Whitnall Greenfield, WI Public 826 Falcons <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1997[2] East
Wisconsin Lutheran Milwaukee, WI Private (WELS) 938 Vikings <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2017[12] West

Current football-only members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Primary Conference
Grafton Grafton, WI Public 713 Black Hawks <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2020 North Shore

Future members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joining Former Conference
Waukesha North Waukesha, WI Public 1,018 Northstars <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2025[13] Classic 8
Waukesha South Waukesha, WI Public 1,179 Blackshirts <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2025[13] Classic 8

Future football-only members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joining Former Conference Primary Conference
Nathan Hale West Allis, WI Public 1,373 Huskies <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2026 Greater Metro Greater Metro

Former members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Brookfield Central Brookfield, WI Public 1,270 Lancers <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] 1997[2] Greater Metro
Brookfield East Brookfield, WI Public 1,362 Spartans <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] 1997[2] Greater Metro
Franklin Franklin, WI Public 1,570 Sabers <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] 1997[2] Southeast
Wauwatosa East Wauwatosa, WI Public 1,047 Red Raiders <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] 1997[2] Greater Metro
Wauwatosa West Wauwatosa, WI Public 1,028 Trojans <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1993[1] 2017[11] Greater Metro
Saint Thomas More Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic) 547 Cavaliers <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  1997[2] 2012[9] Metro Classic
St. Francis St. Francis, WI Public 522 Mariners <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  2006[7] 2014[10] Midwest Classic

Membership timeline

Full members

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Football members (since 2020)

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Membership map

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List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country
School Year Division
Shorewood 2006 Division 2
Shorewood 2009 Division 2
Shorewood 2010 Division 2
Shorewood 2012 Division 2
Pewaukee 2015 Division 2
Shorewood 2021 Division 2
Girls Cross Country
School Year Division
Pewaukee 2009 Division 2
Pewaukee 2015 Division 2
Shorewood 2019 Division 2
Football
School Year Division
Cudahy 1994 Division 2
Boys Soccer
School Year Division
Saint Thomas More 2006 Division 3
Pius XI 2018 Division 3
Shorewood 2019 Division 3
Shorewood 2021 Division 3
New Berlin Eisenhower 2022 Division 3
Girls Swimming & Diving
School Year Division
Whitnall 1999 Division 2
Whitnall 2000 Division 2
Shorewood 2012 Division 2
Girls Tennis
School Year Division
Greendale 1994 Division 2
Greendale 1997 Division 2
Greendale 1999 Division 2
Girls Volleyball
School Year Division
Wauwatosa East 1994 Division 1
Thomas More 1999 Division 1 (WISAA)
Thomas More 2000 Division 2

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
School Year Division
New Berlin West 2000 Division 2
New Berlin Eisenhower 2008 Division 2
Brown Deer 2014 Division 3
Brown Deer 2015 Division 3
Pewaukee 2021 Division 2
Pewaukee 2022 Division 2
Pewaukee 2023 Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 2024 Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 2025 Division 2
Girls Basketball
School Year Division
New Berlin Eisenhower 2010 Division 2
Pius XI 2015 Division 2
New Berlin Eisenhower 2016 Division 2
Pewaukee 2024 Division 2
Boys Swimming & Diving
School Year Division
Brookfield Central 1994 Division 2
Brookfield Central 1995 Division 2
Brookfield East 1996 Division 2

Spring sports

Girls Soccer
School Year Division
Wauwatosa East 1996
Wauwatosa East 1997 Division 1
New Berlin Eisenhower 2022 Division 3
Softball
School Year Division
South Milwaukee 1998 Division 1
Greendale 2006 Division 2
New Berlin Eisenhower 2008 Division 2
New Berlin West 2016 Division 2
Whitnall 2018 Division 2
Boys Tennis
School Year Division
Greendale 1995 Division 2
Brookfield Central 1996 Division 1
Greendale 2005 Division 2
Boys Track & Field
School Year Division
Brown Deer 2008 Division 2
Shorewood 2013 Division 2
Shorewood 2022 Division 2
Girls Track & Field
School Year Division
Brown Deer 2007 Division 2
Wisconsin Lutheran 2019 Division 2
Shorewood 2022 Division 2

Summer sports

Baseball
School Year
Greendale 1995
South Milwaukee 1996
Wauwatosa East 1997
New Berlin West 2013

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School Quantity Years
New Berlin Eisenhower 10 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2020
Pewaukee 10 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Whitnall 10 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Brown Deer 7 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Greenfield 5 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019, 2025
New Berlin West 4 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011
Saint Thomas More 4 1998, 2001, 2002, 2012
Wauwatosa East 4 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Wisconsin Lutheran 4 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025
Greendale 2 1996, 2007
Pius XI 2 2014, 2015
Wauwatosa West 2 2003, 2011
Milwaukee Lutheran 1 2020
South Milwaukee 1 2011
West Allis Central 1 2019
Brookfield Central 0
Brookfield East 0
Cudahy 0
Franklin 0
Shorewood 0
St. Francis 0

Girls Basketball

School Quantity Years
New Berlin Eisenhower 11 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Pewaukee 9 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Greendale 7 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
Pius XI 6 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022
South Milwaukee 6 1995, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Whitnall 5 1994, 2008, 2009, 2024, 2025
Cudahy 4 2003, 2004, 2007, 2017
Shorewood 4 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Greenfield 2 2021, 2023
Saint Thomas More 2 1998, 2000
New Berlin West 1 2017
Wauwatosa East 1 1995
Brookfield Central 0
Brookfield East 0
Brown Deer 0
Franklin 0
Milwaukee Lutheran 0
St. Francis 0
Wauwatosa West 0
West Allis Central 0
Wisconsin Lutheran 0

Football

School Quantity Years
Greendale 10 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021
New Berlin Eisenhower 10 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Cudahy 7 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
Pewaukee 5 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016
Whitnall 5 1998, 2000, 2012, 2017, 2019
Brown Deer 4 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014
Grafton 3 2022, 2023, 2024
South Milwaukee 3 2012, 2013, 2014
Greenfield 2 2015, 2016
New Berlin West 1 2019
Saint Thomas More 1 2004
Shorewood/Messmer 1 2018
Wauwatosa East 1 1995
Wisconsin Lutheran 1 2023
Brookfield Central 0
Brookfield East 0
Franklin 0
Milwaukee Lutheran 0
Pius XI 0
St. Francis 0
Wauwatosa West 0
West Allis Central 0

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