Classic 8 Conference

Classic 8 Conference
Association	WIAA
Founded	1997; 24 years ago
Commissioner	Dave Sternig
Sports fielded	15 men's: 15; women's: 14; ;
Division	Divisions 1-2
No. of teams	9 (see list)
Headquarters	Waukesha, Wisconsin
Region	Southeast Wisconsin Waukesha County; Walworth County; ;
Official website	Classic8Conference.org

The Classic 8 Conference, also known as the C8C, is a high school athletic conference made up of 9 teams in southeastern Wisconsin. The Classic 8 Conference is a member of the WIAA. The conference has schools that participate in such sports as lacrosse, field hockey, alpine skiing, boys ice hockey, girls ice hockey, and cross-country skiing.

Member schools

Current Members

The Classic 8 Conference consists of 9 full-member institutions from 6 locations, listed in alphabetical order, these 6 locations span within the Classic 8's geographic footprint, mostly suburban and rural schools. The geographic domain of the Conference is predominantly in Southeast Wisconsin in Waukesha County spanning from Oconomowoc and Hartland in the Northwest to Mukwonago and Wales in the Southwest, with Waukesha and Muskego in the Southeast. Mukwonago being in Walworth County.

Catholic Memorial is in the Classic 8 for all other boys/girls sponsored sports except football, as they are a member in the football-only Parkland Conference which formed in 2020, all other C8C schools are full-time in all sponsored sports.

Since 2020, the 9 members of the Classic 8 are as listed below:

School	Location	County	Founded	Joined	Type of School	Enrollment	Athletics	Nickname
Arrowhead High School	Hartland, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1956	1997	Public	2,076	All	Warhawks
Catholic Memorial High School	Waukesha, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1949	1997	Private, Catholic	576	All; except Football	Crusaders
Kettle Moraine High School	Wales, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1965	1997	Public	1,251	All	Lasers
Mukwonago High School	Mukwonago, Wisconsin	Waukesha Walworth	1971	1997	Public	1,619	All	Indians
Muskego High School	Muskego, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1956	2012	Public	1,683	All	Warriors
Oconomowoc High School	Oconomowoc, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1923	2017	Public	1,657	All	Racoons
Waukesha North High School	Waukesha, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1974	1997	Public	1,018	All	Northstars
Waukesha South High School	Waukesha, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1957	1997	Public	1,179	All	Blackshirts
Waukesha West High School	Waukesha, Wisconsin	Waukesha	1993	1997	Public	1,194	All	Wolverines

Waukesha North and South will be leaving the Classic 8 for the Woodland Conference after the 2023-2024 School Year

Pewaukee will be joining the Classic 8 for football only starting in the 2024-2025 School Year, they are primarily in the Woodland Conference

Membership Map

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Former Members

Pius XI left the Classic 8 in 2012, the school was one of the original 8 schools that formed the conference, as the conference became more competitive and Pius enrollment began to decline. Pius decided to leave to compete with other schools in the same size. In the WIAA realignment, Muskego would join the conference as the replacement. In return, Pius switched to the Woodland Conference but the school remains as majority Division 2 after they left the Classic 8.

School	Location	County	Founded	Joined	Left	Type of School	Enrollment	Athletics	Nickname	Colors	Current Conference
Pius XI High School	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1929	1997	2012	Private, Catholic	900	All; except Gymnastics	Popes		Woodland

History

Founding

In 1994, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association implemented a realignment of conferences in the southeastern portion of the state with review of the alignment beginning in 1995. In this proposal, 2 new conferences would be formed [Classic 8] [Greater Metro]. Hearings and meetings were held between May 1995 to April 1996. Most schools objected to the WIAA's realignment plan with appeals being in July 1996. On September 12th, 1996, the WIAA gave final approval to the realignment, set to be effective in the 1997-1998 academic year.

When the C8C first formed, Pius XI and Catholic Memorial at the time were both in the WISAA (Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletics Association) but continued to play WIAA conference games. In 2000, the WISAA and the tournament dissolved which forced both CMH and Pius to participate in all WIAA-sponsored events.

2012 Realignment

The Muskego Warriors from the Southeast Conference joined the Classic 8 Conference in the 2012-2013 Academic Year; replacing the Pius XI Popes who left for the Woodland Conference

2017 Realignment

In April 2016, the WIAA approved a conference realignment in Southeast Wisconsin, as a result, the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference was disbanded. The Oconomowoc Racoons from the WLT joined the Classic 8 Conference in the 2017-2018 Academic Year.

Membership timeline

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Classic 8 football

Current members of the Classic 8 Conference have accounted for a total of 26 state appearances, including 15 WIAA State Champions.

Of the fifteen state championships, Muskego has two (2018, 2019), Arrowhead has won six (1993, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2012, 2013), Kettle Moraine has won two (1988, 2022), Mukwonago has won one (2004), Catholic Memorial has won four (2012, 2016, 2018, 2019) and Waukesha West has won two (2004, 2010).

The conference put its football talents on display especially in 2004, when it had two WIAA state champions in Mukwonago (Division 1) and Waukesha West (Division 2), next in 2012 when it had Arrowhead (Division 1) and Catholic Memorial (Division 3), and most recently in 2018, Muskego (Division 1) and Catholic Memorial (Division 3). Since 2000, the conference has sent 18 teams to the state championships in Madison at Camp Randall (9 state runners-up, 9 championships).

**Classic 8 Teams in WIAA State Football Championship Games**
Year	Winning Team		Losing Team		Location (all in Wisconsin)	Division
1983	D.C. Everest	28	Waukesha North	14	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
1988	Kettle Moraine	20	New Berlin West	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	2
1989	D.C. Everest	20	Waukesha South	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
1993	Arrowhead	21	Appleton West	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
1994	Arrowhead	19	Muskego	16	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
1996	Arrowhead	24	D.C. Everest	21	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2000	Oshkosh North	28	Arrowhead	0	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2001	Ashwaubenon	27	Catholic Memorial	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	2
2002	Marshfield	21	Arrowhead	14	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2003	D.C. Everest	42	Arrowhead	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2004	Mukwonago	17	Marshfield	6	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2004	Waukesha West	24	Monona Grove	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	2
2006	Homestead	35	Arrowhead	0	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2007	Arrowhead	31	Homestead	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2008	Homestead	13	Arrowhead	11	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2010	West De Pere	35	Catholic Memorial	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	3
2010	Waukesha West	45	Stevens Point Area	26	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2012	Catholic Memorial	42	Waupaca	7	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	3
2015	Notre Dame Academy	19	Catholic Memorial	17	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	3
2016	Catholic Memorial	24	Notre Dame Academy	14	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	3
2018	Muskego	24	Kimberly	21	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2018	Catholic Memorial	37	West De Pere	24	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	3
2019	Muskego	21	Bay Port	10	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2019	Catholic Memorial	35	Kiel	0	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	4
2022	Kimberly	34	Mukwonago	30	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	1
2022	Kettle Moraine	27	West De Pere	10	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	2

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