Coulee Conference

The Coulee Conference is a seven-member high school athletic conference in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. It is affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Conference schools have enrollments ranging from 236 to 540, with an average enrollment of 395.[1]

Coulee Conference
Coulee
AssociationWIAA
DivisionDivisions 2-3 (Baseball, Cross Country, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling)

Divisions 3-4 (Basketball)

Divisions 4-6 (Football)
Members7
Sports fielded
  • 20
    • men's: 10
    • women's: 10
CommissionerLouie Ferguson
WebsiteCoulee Conference

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.[2] 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.[3]

Sports

The Coulee Conference sponsors 20 varsity sports. They are:

Schools
Institution Location Affiliation Enrollment[1] Mascot Colors
Arcadia Arcadia Public 347 Raiders Red and black
Black River Falls Black River Falls Public 516 Tigers Black and orange
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Galesville Public 423 Red Hawks Red, white, and blue
Luther Onalaska Private 236 Knights Black and white
Viroqua Viroqua Public 355 Blackhawks Black and orange
West Salem West Salem Public 540 Panthers Orange and black
Westby Westby Public 349 Norsemen Red and white

Former schools

State championships

Football
  • 1978 - Westby[4]
  • 1985 - Westby[4]
  • 1986 - Westby[4]
  • 2007 - West Salem[4]

Boys' golf
  • 1994 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[5]
  • 2010 - Arcadia[5]

Softball
  • 2014 - Arcadia[6]

Boys' Track & Field
  • 1991 - Arcadia[7]
  • 1992 - Arcadia[7]
  • 1994 - Arcadia[7]
  • 1995 - Arcadia[7]
  • 1998 - Arcadia[7]
  • 1999 - Arcadia[7]
  • 2004 - Arcadia[7]

Girls' Track & Field
  • 1979 - West Salem[8]
  • 1998 - Arcadia[8]
  • 2003 - Arcadia[8]
  • 2004 - Arcadia[8]
  • 2007 - West Salem[8]
  • 2008 - Arcadia[8]
  • 2009 - Arcadia[8]

State championship runners-up

Football
  • 1989 - Westby[4]
  • 1999 - Black River Falls[4]
  • 2002 - West Salem[4]
  • 2005 - West Salem[4]
  • 2009 - Arcadia[4]

Boys' basketball
  • 2006 - Westby[9]
  • 2012 - Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau[10]

Girls' basketball

Spring baseball
  • 1981 - Viroqua[12]
  • 1985 - Viroqua[12]
  • 1997 - Westby[12]
  • 2013 - Westby[12]
  • 2014- Viroqua

Summer baseball
  • 1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[13]

Boys' cross country
  • 1994 - West Salem[14]

Girls' golf
  • 2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain City[15]

Boys' golf
  • 1991 - Arcadia[5]
  • 1996 - Arcadia[5]
  • 1999 - Arcadia[5]

Gymnastics
  • 1979 - Viroqua[16]
  • 2004 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[16]
  • 2005 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[16]

Girls' hockey
  • 2002 - Viroqua/Cornerstone/Westby/Youth Initiative[17]

Boys' Track & Field
  • 1973 - West Salem[7]
  • 2001 - Arcadia[7]
  • 2007 - Arcadia[7]
  • 2009 - West Salem[7]

Girls' Track & Field
  • 2008 - West Salem[8]
  • 2009 - West Salem[8]

Softball
  • 1991 - Westby[6]
  • 2007 - Arcadia[6]

Wrestling

The Vernon County Mega Bowl

Since 2019, the Westby Norsemen and the Viroqua Blackhawks play for the Vernon County Mega Bowl in their yearly football contest. The Norsemen won the first Mega Bowl game 21-8 in 2019 [19]

  • 2019 - Westby 21-8 Viroqua
  • 2020 - No Game Was Played

References
  1. "2017-2018 Enrollments" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  4. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
  5. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf
  6. http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
  7. http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf
  8. http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf
  9. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/teamchamps.pdf
  11. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Girls/teamchamps.pdf
  12. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Spring/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
  13. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Baseball_Summer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
  14. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/bteamchamps.pdf
  15. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
  16. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Gymnastics/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
  17. https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Hockey_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf
  18. http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Wrestling/State%20Records/teamchamps.pdf
  19. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yVi8vAv2N/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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