# Fox Valley Tri-County League

The Fox Valley Tri-County League is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, founded in 1924 and dissolved in 1970. Its membership was concentrated in the Fox River Valley and all public school members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

## History
### Origins and Early Years (1924-1955)

The Fox Valley Tri-County League, also known by its original name of the Tri-County Interscholastic Association, was founded in 1924 by eight small high schools in east central Wisconsin (Brandon, Campbellsport, Glenbeulah, Kewaskum, Lomira, Oakfield, Rosendale and Slinger). Original league members were located in Fond du Lac, Sheboygan and Washington Counties, which is where the Tri-County name originated. North Fond du Lac joined the Fox Valley Tri-County League in 1928, bringing the loop to nine member schools. The number of members went back down to eight in 1929 when Glenbeulah left to join the Kettle Moraine Conference. Slinger left the conference in 1935 to join the 4-C Conference, and conference membership would remain stable for the next twenty years before further changes occurred.

### Membership Shuffle (1955-1962)

In 1955, Hustisford High School joined the Fox Valley Tri-County League after nearly two decades of competing as an independent. The league experienced a three-member loss in 1958 when the new Scenic Moraine Conference was formed, with three of the largest high schools in the conference (Campbellsport, Kewaskum and North Fond du Lac) leaving to join. They were replaced in 1959 by Fox Lake (formerly of the Dual County Conference), Green Lake (who previously competed in the Little 7-C Conference) and Lowell-Reeseville (a former independent with their first conference affiliation since 1942).

### Rural Consolidation and Demise (1962-1970)

Like many conferences in rural areas during the 1950s and 1960s, consolidation of school districts had a great effect on conference affiliation. Fox Lake was the first conference member affected, as they left after consolidating with Waupun in 1962. Winnebago Lutheran Academy would become the first private school to join the Fox Valley Tri-County League in 1964 after the dissolution of the short-lived Badger Lutheran Conference. Two consolidations further whittled away conference membership in 1969. Brandon and Rosendale agreed to a merger of their two districts, and they combined to form a single athletic program until Laconia High School was completed in 1972. In addition, Lowell-Reeseville consolidated with Juneau High School to form the new Dodgeland High School. Rosendale-Brandon remained in the Fox Valley Tri-County League for its first season, while Dodgeland took Juneau's spot in the Eastern Suburban Conference. St. Lawrence Seminary in Mount Calvary was added to the conference that year to put membership back up to seven schools. They would only play one season in the Fox Valley Tri-County League, as the conference disbanded in 1970. Three members (Lomira, Oakfield and Rosendale-Brandon) became charter members of the Flyway Conference, two schools (St. Lawrence Seminary and Winnebago Lutheran) joined the new Bay-Lakes Conference, Green Lake joined the Dual County Conference and Hustisford joined the Eastern Suburban Conference.

## Conference Membership History

| School | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment | Mascot | Joined | Left | Conference Joined | Current Conference |
| Brandon | Brandon, WI | Public | N/A | Tanagers | 1924 | 1969 | Closed (consolidated into Laconia) | Closed (consolidated into Laconia) |
| Campbellsport | Campbellsport, WI | Public | 470 | Cougars | 1924 | 1958 | Scenic Moraine | Wisconsin Flyway |
| Glenbeulah | Glenbeulah, WI | Public | N/A | Boosters | 1924 | 1929 | Kettle Moraine | Closed in 1957 (consolidated into Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah) |
| Kewaskum | Kewaskum, WI | Public | 572 | Indians | 1924 | 1958 | Scenic Moraine | Eastern Wisconsin |
| Lomira | Lomira, WI | Public | 323 | Lions | 1924 | 1970 | Flyway | Wisconsin Flyway |
| Oakfield | Oakfield, WI | Public | 158 | Oaks | 1924 | 1970 | Flyway | Trailways |
| Rosendale | Rosendale, WI | Public | N/A | Dalers | 1924 | 1969 | Closed (consolidated into Laconia) | Closed (consolidated into Laconia) |
| Slinger | Slinger, WI | Public | 1,052 | Owls | 1924 | 1935 | 4-C | North Shore |
| North Fond du Lac | North Fond du Lac, WI | Public | 466 | Orioles | 1928 | 1958 | Scenic Moraine | Wisconsin Flyway |
| Hustisford | Hustisford, WI | Public | 105 | Falcons | 1955 | 1970 | Eastern Suburban | Trailways |
| Fox Lake | Fox Lake, WI | Public | N/A | Lakers | 1959 | 1962 | Closed (consolidated into Waupun) | Closed (consolidated into Waupun) |
| Green Lake | Green Lake, WI | Public | 101 | Lakers | 1959 | 1970 | Dual County | Trailways (co-op with Princeton) |
| Lowell-Reeseville | Reeseville, WI | Public | N/A | Cardinals | 1959 | 1969 | Closed (consolidated into Dodgeland) | Closed (consolidated into Dodgeland) |
| Winnebago Lutheran | Fond du Lac, WI | Private (Lutheran, WELS) | 319 | Vikings | 1964 | 1970 | Bay-Lakes | Wisconsin Flyway |
| Rosendale-Brandon | Rosendale, WI | Public | 317 | Spartans | 1969 | 1970 | Flyway | Wisconsin Flyway |
| St. Lawrence Seminary | Mount Calvary, WI | Private (Catholic, Capuchin) | 256 | Hilltoppers | 1969 | 1970 | Bay-Lakes | Independent |

## List of State Champions
### Fall Sports

None

### Winter Sports

None

### Spring Sports

Boys Track & Field :
| School | Year | Division |
| North Fond du Lac | 1942 | Class C |
| North Fond du Lac | 1943 | Class C |
| North Fond du Lac | 1944 | Class C |
| North Fond du Lac | 1945 | Class C |