April 27, 2023 at 8:17 a.m.
WIAA board approves football realignment, winter co-ops
WIAA board approves football realignment, winter co-ops
The board approved the revised plan after further evaluation and consideration by the task force. The conferences and their respective schools that were re-evaluated by the task force included the Capitol, Dunn-St. Croix, Eastern Suburban, Heart O' North, Lakeland, Southwest, Southwest Athletic League and Trailways.
The only changes to the plan that was remanded involves the Milwaukee School of Excellence being placed in the Capitol Conference; Brodhead/Juda placed in the Southwest Wisconsin Conference; Southwestern/St. Ambrose placed in the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League; and Parkview/Albany placed in the Trailways Conference.
The approval officially moves Hayward/Lac Courte Oreilles and Ashland from the Great Northern Conference to the Heart O' North Conference for 2024, when Tomahawk and Wausau East will join the GNC for football.
In other conference realignment actions, the Board approved two fast-track requests, effective in 2023-24. The first moves St. Mary Catholic from the Wisconsin Combined Tennis Conference to the Eastern Wisconsin Conference for boys' and girls' tennis only. The second moves Chesterton Academy from an independent status to the Lake City Conference.
In addition, the board approved the winter sports cooperative teams for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. That included a merger of the Northern Edge and Northland Pines co-ops in girls' hockey, a WIAA spokesperson confirmed to the River News (see related story at the link below).
The board received staff reports previewing the agenda for Wednesday's Annual Meeting, a recap of the NFHS Legal Meeting and an update on the ongoing efforts to recruit and retain licensed officials. The Board also received liaison reports from Paul Manriquez of the Department of Public Instruction, John Ashley of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards and Eric Plitzuweit of the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association.
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