# Southeast Conference (Wisconsin)

The Southeast Conference is a high school athletic conference consisting of large schools in southeastern Wisconsin. The conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

## History
### 1993-1997

The Southeast Conference was formed in 1993 as a fifteen-member superconference, taking all of its schools from three recently disbanded conferences. Five members came from the Big Nine (Kenosha Bradford, Kenosha Tremper, Racine Case, Racine Horlick and Racine Park), five from the Suburban Park (Kettle Moraine, Muskego, Nathan Hale, Oak Creek and West Allis Central) and four from the Braveland (Arrowhead, Mukwonago, Waukesha North and Waukesha South). The recently opened Waukesha West High School, which would have become Braveland Conference members but for its dissolution, rounded out the original membership roster of the Southeast Conference. Schools were subdivided by geography along previous conference alignments, and schedules were weighted to give more games to divisional opponents:
| Central Division | South Division | West Division |
| Kettle Moraine | Kenosha Bradford | Arrowhead |
| Muskego | Kenosha Tremper | Mukwonago |
| Nathan Hale | Racine Case | Waukesha North |
| Oak Creek | Racine Horlick | Waukesha South |
| West Allis Central | Racine Park | Waukesha West |

### 1997-2009

After a few years of competition, most of the schools in the Central and West Divisions were unhappy with the long travel distances experienced with facing schools in Racine and Kenosha. In addition, the WIAA approved a merger with the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association (an organization for private school athletics) to begin in 1997. In the wake of these developments, another round of realignment was approved for the high school conferences in southeastern Wisconsin. Two new conferences were created (Classic Eight and Greater Metro), and the Southeast Conference lost members to both of them. Six schools (Arrowhead, Kettle Moraine, Mukwonago, Waukesha North, Waukesha South and Waukesha West) joined the Classic Eight, and two joined the Greater Metro (Nathan Hale and West Allis Central). The remaining seven schools accepted three new members into the Southeast Conference: two from the Woodland Conference (Franklin and South Milwaukee) and one from the Southern Lakes Conference (Burlington). The ten schools of the Southeast Conference were aligned into Northern and Southern divisions:
| Northern Division | Southern Division |
| Burlington | Kenosha Bradford |
| Franklin | Kenosha Tremper |
| Muskego | Racine Case |
| Oak Creek | Racine Horlick |
| South Milwaukee | Racine Park |

### 2009-present

Within a few years after the Southeast Conference was realigned in 1997, the two smallest schools (Burlington and South Milwaukee) began to voice their displeasure at the long travel distances and competitive imbalance they faced as members. Both schools rejoined their former conferences in 2009, with Burlington returning to the Southern Lakes Conference and South Milwaukee reuniting with the Woodland Conference. The Southeast Conference dropped divisional alignments to compete as a single entity with the reduction to eight members. In 2012, Muskego left to join the Classic Eight Conference after the Kenosha Unified School District added a third high school on the west side of the city (Indian Trail High School and Academy). Membership has since remained stable at eight schools, but this will change for the 2025-26 school year. Oak Creek will be leaving for membership in the Classic Eight Conference, and the Southeast Conference will continue with seven members for the forseeable future.

## List of member schools
### Current members

| School | Location | Affiliation | Enrollment | Mascot | Joined |
| Franklin | Franklin, WI | Public | 1,570 | Sabers | 1997 |
| Kenosha Bradford | Kenosha, WI | Public | 1,765 | Red Devils | 1993 |
| Kenosha Indian Trail | Kenosha, WI | Public | 2,245 | Hawks | 2012 |
| Kenosha Tremper | Kenosha, WI | Public | 1,835 | Trojans | 1993 |
| Oak Creek | Oak Creek, WI | Public | 2,170 | Knights | 1993 |
| Racine Case | Racine, WI | Public | 1,892 | Eagles | 1993 |
| Racine Horlick | Racine, WI | Public | 1,360 | Rebels | 1993 |
| Racine Park | Racine, WI | Public | 1,059 | Panthers | 1993 |

### Former members

| School | Location | Enrollment | Mascot | Joined | Left | Conference Joined | Current Conference |
| Arrowhead | Hartland, WI | 2,076 | Warhawks | 1993 | 1997 | Classic Eight | Classic Eight |
| Kettle Moraine | Wales, WI | 1,251 | Lasers | 1993 | 1997 | Classic Eight | Classic Eight |
| Mukwonago | Mukwonago, WI | 1,619 | Indians | 1993 | 1997 | Classic Eight | Classic Eight |
| Muskego | Muskego, WI | 1,683 | Warriors | 1993 | 2012 | Classic Eight | Classic Eight |
| Nathan Hale | West Allis, WI | 1,373 | Huskies | 1993 | 1997 | Greater Metro | Greater Metro |
| Waukesha North | Waukesha, WI | 1,018 | Northstars | 1993 | 1997 | Classic Eight | Classic Eight |
| Waukesha South | Waukesha, WI | 1,179 | Blackshirts | 1993 | 1997 | Classic Eight | Classic Eight |
| Waukesha West | Waukesha, WI | 1,194 | Wolverines | 1993 | 1997 | Classic Eight | Classic Eight |
| West Allis Central | West Allis, WI | 1,126 | Bulldogs | 1993 | 1997 | Greater Metro | Woodland |
| Burlington | Burlington, WI | 1,001 | Demons | 1997 | 2009 | Southern Lakes | Southern Lakes |
| South Milwaukee | South Milwaukee, WI | 1,002 | Rockets | 1997 | 2009 | Woodland | Woodland |

## List of state champions
### Fall sports

Boys Cross Country :
| School | Year | Division |
| Arrowhead | 1995 | Division 1 |
| Arrowhead | 1996 | Division 1 |
Girls Cross Country :
| School | Year | Division |
| Waukesha West | 1993 | Division 1 |
| Mukwonago | 1994 | Division 1 |
Football :
| School | Year | Division |
| Arrowhead | 1993 | Division 1 |
| Arrowhead | 1994 | Division 1 |
| Arrowhead | 1996 | Division 1 |
| Racine Park | 2005 | Division 1 |
| Kenosha Bradford | 2011 | Division 1 |
Girls Golf :
| School | Year | Division |
| Racine Horlick | 1994 | Single Division |
| Racine Case | 1997 | Single Division |
| Kenosha Bradford | 2005 | Division 1 |
Boys Volleyball :
| School | Year | Division |
| Racine Horlick | 2003 | Single Division |
Girls Volleyball :
| School | Year | Division |
| Nathan Hale | 1996 | Division 1 |
| Kenosha Tremper | 2008 | Division 1 |

### Winter sports

Boys Basketball :
| School | Year | Division |
| Racine Case | 1999 | Division 1 |
Girls Basketball :
| School | Year | Division |
| Racine Park | 1997 | Division 1 |
| Oak Creek | 2014 | Division 1 |
Boys Swimming & Diving :
| School | Year | Division |
| Arrowhead | 1995 | Division 1 |
| Arrowhead | 1997 | Division 1 |
Boys Wrestling :
| School | Year | Division |
| Muskego | 1994 | Division 1 |

### Spring sports

Baseball :
| School | Year | Division |
| Kenosha Bradford | 2008 | Division 1 |
Softball :
| School | Year | Division |
| Kenosha Bradford | 2024 | Division 1 |
Boys Track & Field :
| School | Year | Division |
| Racine Park | 1997 | Division 1 |
| Racine Park | 1998 | Division 1 |
| Racine Park | 2000 | Division 1 |
Girls Track & Field :
| School | Year | Division |
| Kenosha Tremper | 2013 | Division 1 |
| Kenosha Tremper | 2014 | Division 1 |

### Summer sports

Baseball :
| School | Year | Division |
| Oak Creek | 2003 | Single Division |
| Oak Creek | 2004 | Single Division |
| Oak Creek | 2005 | Single Division |
| Oak Creek | 2012 | Single Division |