High school athletic conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coulee ConferenceConference | WIAA |
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Commissioner | Louie Ferguson |
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Division | Divisions 2-3 (Baseball, Cross Country, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling)
Divisions 3-4 (Basketball)
Divisions 4-6 (Football) |
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No. of teams | 7 |
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Headquarters | [[{{{hq_city}}}, Wisconsin]] |
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Official website | Coulee Conference |
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Coulee Conference Member School Locations in
Wisconsin
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]
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:
- Fall - Football, boys' soccer, girls' tennis, volleyball, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and girls' golf
- Winter - Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, gymnastics, wrestling boys' hockey and girls' hockey.
- Spring - Boys' track, girls' track, boys' golf, boys' tennis, girls' soccer, baseball and softball.
Schools
Former schools
State championships
- 1978 - Westby[4]
- 1985 - Westby[4]
- 1986 - Westby[4]
- 2007 - West Salem[4]
Boys' golf
- 1994 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[4]
- 2010 - Arcadia[4]
Softball
Boys' Track & Field
- 1991 - Arcadia[4]
- 1992 - Arcadia
- 1994 - Arcadia
- 1995 - Arcadia
- 1998 - Arcadia
- 1999 - Arcadia
- 2004 - Arcadia
Girls' Track & Field
- 1979 - West Salem[4]
- 1998 - Arcadia
- 2003 - Arcadia
- 2004 - Arcadia
- 2007 - West Salem
- 2008 - Arcadia
- 2009 - Arcadia
Spring Baseball
State championship runners-up
- 1989 - Westby[5]
- 1999 - Black River Falls[5]
- 2002 - West Salem[5]
- 2005 - West Salem[5]
- 2009 - Arcadia[5]
Boys' basketball
- 2006 - Westby[6]
- 2012 - Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau[7]
Girls' basketball
Spring baseball
- 1981 - Viroqua[9]
- 1985 - Viroqua[9]
- 1997 - Westby[9]
- 2013 - Westby[9]
- 2014- Viroqua
Summer baseball
- 1984 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau[10]
Boys' cross country
Girls' golf
- 2008 - Arcadia/Cochrane-Fountain City[12]
Boys' golf
Gymnastics
- 1979 - Viroqua[14]
- 2004 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[14]
- 2005 - Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City[14]
Girls' hockey
Boys' Track & Field
- 1973 - West Salem[16]
- 2001 - Arcadia[16]
- 2007 - Arcadia[16]
- 2009 - West Salem[16]
Girls' Track & Field
- 2008 - West Salem[17]
- 2009 - West Salem[17]
Softball
Wrestling
The Vernon County Mega Bowl
Beginning in 2019, the Westby Norsemen and the Viroqua Blackhawks have played for the Vernon County Mega Bowl in their yearly football contest. The Norsemen won the first Mega Bowl game 21-8 in 2019. There was no Mega Bowl Game in 2020.[20]
Mega Bowl Game results
Westby victories | Viroqua victories | Tie games |
No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Losing team |
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1 | October 18, 2019 | Viroqua | Westby | 21 | Viroqua | 8 | 2 | September 3, 2021 | Westby | Westby | 46 | Viroqua | 0 | 3 | September 9, 2022 | Viroqua | Westby | 47 | Viroqua | 15 |
No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Losing team |
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4 | September 8, 2023 | Westby | Westby | 35 | Viroqua | 7 | Series: Westby leads 4–0 |
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