# Tri-County League

The Tri-County League is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, operational from 1926 to 1963 with its membership concentrated in south central Wisconsin. All members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

## History

The Tri-County League began in 1923 as an oratorical and forensics conference between five small high schools in south central Wisconsin: Arena, Black Earth, Mazomanie, Prairie du Sac and Sauk City. These five schools were concentrated in the lower Wisconsin River Valley across three counties: Dane, Iowa and Sauk. The loop began sponsorship of athletic competition in 1926, and in 1928 added two new members: Spring Green and Waunakee. Lodi joined the Tri-County League in 1932 from the Madison Suburban Conference, and the conference maintained a steady eight-school roster for the next two decades. Poynette and Verona joined from the Dual County and Madison Suburban Conferences in 1954, bringing conference membership to ten schools.
Over the next decade, consolidation of rural school districts in south central Wisconsin hit Tri-County League membership hard, leading to its eventual demise. In 1962, River Valley High School was created from the consolidation of high schools in Spring Green, Arena and Lone Rock. They took the place of Arena and Spring Green in the conference. The next year, two new school districts affecting Tri-County League membership were created: Sauk Prairie (from Prairie du Sac and Sauk City) and Wisconsin Heights (from Black Earth and Mazomanie). The new Sauk Prairie High School joined the South Central Conference in the same year it was created, leaving only six schools in the conference for the 1963-64 school year. Because of the decline in member schools, the Tri-County League merged with the Madison Suburban Conference, with all six schools (Lodi, Poynette, River Valley, Verona, Waunakee, and Wisconsin Heights) comprising the Western Section of the conference.

## Conference Membership History

| School | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment | Mascot | Joined | Left | Conference Joined | Current Conference |
| Arena | Arena, WI | Public | N/A | Purple Knights | 1923 | 1962 | Closed (consolidated into River Valley) | Closed (consolidated into River Valley) |
| Black Earth | Black Earth, WI | Public | N/A | Earthmen | 1923 | 1963 | Closed (consolidated into Wisconsin Heights) | Closed (consolidated into Wisconsin Heights) |
| Mazomanie | Mazomanie, WI | Public | N/A | Midgets | 1923 | 1963 | Closed (consolidated into Wisconsin Heights) | Closed (consolidated into Wisconsin Heights) |
| Prairie du Sac | Prairie du Sac, WI | Public | N/A | Indians | 1923 | 1963 | Closed (consolidated into Sauk Prairie) | Closed (consolidated into Sauk Prairie) |
| Sauk City | Sauk City, WI | Public | N/A | Cardinals | 1923 | 1963 | Closed (consolidated into Sauk Prairie) | Closed (consolidated into Sauk Prairie) |
| Spring Green | Spring Green, WI | Public | N/A | Shamrocks | 1928 | 1962 | Closed (consolidated into River Valley) | Closed (consolidated into River Valley) |
| Waunakee | Waunakee, WI | Public | 1,309 | Warriors | 1928 | 1963 | Madison Suburban | Badger |
| Lodi | Lodi, WI | Public | 451 | Blue Devils | 1932 | 1963 | Madison Suburban | Capitol |
| Poynette | Poynette, WI | Public | 310 | Indians | 1954 | 1963 | Madison Suburban | Capitol |
| Verona | Verona, WI | Public | 1,801 | Indians | 1954 | 1963 | Madison Suburban | Big Eight |
| River Valley | Spring Green, WI | Public | 389 | Blackhawks | 1962 | 1963 | Madison Suburban | Southwest Wisconsin |

## List of State Champions
### Fall Sports

None

### Winter Sports

Curling :
| School | Year | Division |
| Lodi | 1962 | Single Division |
| Poynette | 1963 | Single Division |

### Spring Sports

Boys Track & Field :
| School | Year | Division |
| Prairie du Sac | 1929 | Class C |
| Prairie du Sac | 1930 | Class C |
| Prairie du Sac | 1931 | Class C |