Bay Conference - Conference History (2007-Present)

Conference History (2007-Present)

The 2007 WIAA Realignment brought major changes to the Bay Conference. The desire for a top-level, highly competitive Green Bay Metro high school sports conference prompted the transfer of Bay Conference powerhouses Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, & Pulaski to the Fox River Classic Conference where they joined the larger Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan Area High Schools.

These changes also included the transfer of Hortonville and Oconto Falls from the now defunct Valley 8 Conference as well as the transfer of Denmark & Luxemburg-Casco from the Packerland Conference. Each of these schools have increasing enrollments and had out-grown their previous conferences.

In late 2008, Hortonville High School officially petitioned the WIAA for consideration in moving the growing school into the Fox Valley Association in exchange for Menasha High School whose declining enrollment prompted them to look at other alternatives. Hortonville cited travel times and costs as well as well as the imbalance that currently exists within the Bay Conference as reasons to leave. Hortonville's enrollment is nearly twice as large as the Bay Conference's smallest school and 200 students more than the second largest school. The issue came to a vote at a Menasha School Board meeting, which resulted in Menasha's decision to remain in the FVA. In September 2011 at an WIAA Area meeting held in Appleton Green Bay West requested to leave the FRCC to join the Bay Conference while Green Bay East asked to go if needed,. West & East both cited they have not been able to compete in the FRCC. In a September 2012 WIAA Area meeting New London had asked to leave the Bay to the Eastern Valley while Denmark has requested to leave. while Green Bay East & West are still seeking to move.