# Coulee Conference

The Coulee Conference is a seven-member high school athletic conference in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. It was founded in 1926 and is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. 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 Cloverbelt Conference 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 - Football, boys' soccer, girls' tennis, volleyball, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and girls' golf
* Winter - Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, gymnastics, wrestling boys' hockey and girls' hockey.
* Spring - Boys' track, girls' track, boys' golf, boys' tennis, girls' soccer, baseball and softball.

## Schools

| School | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment | Mascot | Joined |
| Arcadia | Arcadia, WI | Public | 417 | Raiders | 1965 |
| Black River Falls | Black River Falls, WI | Public | 481 | Tigers | 1977 |
| Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau | Galesville, WI | Public | 400 | Red Hawks | 1971 |
| Luther | Onalaska, WI | Private (WELS) | 228 | Knights | 1997 |
| Viroqua | Viroqua, WI | Public | 339 | Blackhawks | 1987 |
| West Salem | West Salem, WI | Public | 607 | Panthers | 1926 |
| Westby | Westby, WI | Public | 305 | Norsemen | 1977 |

### Former schools

| School | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment | Mascot | Joined | Left | Conference Joined | Current Conference |
| Bangor | Bangor, WI | Public | 203 | Cardinals | 1926 | 1977 | Scenic Central | Scenic Bluffs |
| Gale-Ettrick | Galesville, WI | Public | N/A | Redmen | 1926 | 1971 | Merged with Trempeleau | Merged with Trempeleau |
| Holmen | Holmen, WI | Public | 1,215 | Vikings | 1926 | 1989 | Mississippi Valley | Mississippi Valley |
| Mindoro | Mindoro, WI | Public | N/A | Tigers | 1926 | 1965 | Merged with Melrose | Merged with Melrose |
| Onalaska | Onalaska, WI | Public | 923 | Hilltoppers | 1926 | 1989 | Mississippi Valley | Mississippi Valley |
| Trempeleau | Trempeleau, WI | Public | N/A | Bears | 1936 | 1971 | Merged with Gale-Ettrick | Merged with Gale-Ettrick |
| Melrose | Melrose, WI | Public | N/A | Eagles | 1942 | 1965 | Merged with Mindoro | Merged with Mindoro |
| Melrose-Mindoro | Melrose, WI | Public | 223 | Mustangs | 1965 | 1977 | Dairyland | Dairyland |
| Cochrane-Fountain City | Fountain City, WI | Public | 175 | Pirates | 1972 | 1977 | Dairyland | Dairyland |
| Royall | Elroy, WI | Public | 154 | Panthers | 1977 | 1979 | Scenic Bluffs | Scenic Bluffs |
| La Crescent | La Crescent, MN | Public | 347 | Lancers | 1980 | 2007 | Hiawatha Valley | Three Rivers |

## State championships
### Football

* 1978 - Westby
* 1985 - Westby
* 1986 - Westby
* 2007 - West Salem
* 2021 - Aquinas

### Boys' golf

* 1994 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau
* 2010 - Arcadia

### Softball

* 2014 - Arcadia

### Boys' Track & Field

* 1991 - Arcadia
* 1992 - Arcadia
* 1994 - Arcadia
* 1995 - Arcadia
* 1998 - Arcadia
* 1999 - Arcadia
* 2004 - Arcadia

### Girls' Track & Field

* 1979 - West Salem
* 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 - Westby
* 2012 - Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau

### Girls' basketball

* 1999 - Viroqua

### Spring baseball

* 1981 - Viroqua
* 1985 - Viroqua
* 1997 - Westby
* 2013 - Westby
* 2014- Viroqua

### Summer baseball

* 1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau

### Boys' cross country

* 1994 - West Salem

### Girls' golf

* 2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain City

### Boys' golf

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

### Gymnastics

* 1979 - Viroqua
* 2004 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City
* 2005 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City

### Girls' hockey

* 2002 - Viroqua/Cornerstone/Westby/Youth Initiative

### Boys' Track & Field

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

### Girls' Track & Field

* 2008 - West Salem
* 2009 - West Salem

### Softball

* 1991 - Westby
* 2007 - Arcadia

### Wrestling

* 1995 - Arcadia

### 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

| Westby victories | Viroqua victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Winning team | Losing team | Losing team |
| 1 | October 18, 2019 | Viroqua | Westby | 21 | Viroqua | 8 |
| 2 | September 3, 2021 | Westby | Westby | 46 | Viroqua | 0 |
| 3 | September 9, 2022 | Viroqua | Westby | 47 | Viroqua | 15 |
| No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Winning team | Losing team | Losing team |
| 4 | September 8, 2023 | Westby | Westby | 35 | Viroqua | 7 |
| 5 | September 20, 2024 | Westby | Westby | 16 | Viroqua | 14 |
| Series: Westby leads 5–0 |||||||