Southwest Wisconsin Conference
The Southwest Wisconsin Conference, commonly referred as the SWC, is a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) conference in southwest Wisconsin comprising the largest high schools in the area, including the school districts of Dodgeville, Lancaster, Platteville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, and River Valley.
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History
The Southwest Wisconsin Conference was formed when the WIAA split the former Southwest Athletic League I and Southwest Athletic League II (SWAL I and SWAL II). In 2002, Cuba City had asked for a realignment of SWAL, and under the conference constitution, this was to be done by placing the seven largest schools in SWAL I and the seven smallest in SWAL II. Under this arrangement, Boscobel High School would be reassigned to the SWAL I Conference, and the school resisted the proposal. In 2004, representatives of each school met to discuss possible solutions, and it was decided that SWAL I and SWAL II would cease to exist. Instead, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, the six schools from Dodgeville, Lancaster, Platteville, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, and River Valley would be part of a new conference, later named the SWC. The remaining eight schools, Boscobel, Cuba City, Darlington, Fennimore, Iowa-Grant, Mineral Point, Riverdale, and Southwestern, would become the Southwest Athletic League (SWAL).[1]
Enrollment
Most of the SWC schools have experienced a drop in enrollment over the past decade. Enrollment in the 2009-2010 school year is:[2]
School | Enrollment | Rank by Size |
---|---|---|
Dodgeville | 424 | 4 |
Lancaster | 309 | 6 |
Platteville | 478 | 2 |
Prairie du Chien | 409 | 5 |
Richland Center | 463 | 3 |
River Valley | 500 | 1 |
ACT scores
ACT composite scores for the 2008-2009 school year were:[3]
School | ACT Composite |
---|---|
Platteville | 23.8 |
Dodgeville | 23.1 |
Lancaster | 22.5 |
Prairie du Chien | 22.2 |
Richland Center | 21.8 |
River Valley | 21.5 |
Conference championships
Conference championships won through the 2009 fall season:
School | Count |
---|---|
Platteville | 26 |
Lancaster | 16 |
Dodgeville | 12 |
Richland Center | 11 |
River Valley | 10 |
Prairie du Chien | 8 |
Conference champions by sport
Football[4]
- 2005: Lancaster (7-0); WIAA Division 5 state champion[5]
- 2006: Lancaster, Platteville (co-champions (6-1)), Lancaster was WIAA Division 5 state champion[6]
- 2007: Lancaster, Platteville, Richland Center (co-champions, (5-2))
- 2008: Lancaster (7-0)
- 2009: Lancaster (5-0)
Boys' cross country[7]
- 2005: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0)
- 2006: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0); WIAA 4th place, Division 2[8]
- 2007: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0)
- 2008: Platteville (5-0), WIAA 12th place, Division 2[9]
- 2009: Platteville (4-1)
Girls' cross country[10]
- 2005: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA Division 2 state champion; [11]
- 2006: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA Division 2 state champion[12]
- 2007: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA 3rd place, Division 2[13]
- 2008: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA 2nd place, Division 2[14]
- 2009: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (5-0), WIAA 7th place, Division 2
Boys' soccer[15]
- 2005: Richland Center (6-0)
- 2006: Platteville (8-1)
- 2007: Platteville (9-1-1)
- 2008: Platteville/Lancaster (12-0)
- 2009: Dodgeville/Mineral Point (11-1)
Volleyball[16]
- 2005: Richland Center, River Valley (co-champions) (9-1)
- 2006: Richland Center (10-0)
- 2007: Richland Center (10-0)
- 2008: Richland Center (9-1)
- 2009: River Valley (10-0)
Boys' basketball[17]
- 2005-06: Richland Center
- 2006-07: Dodgeville, Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions)
- 2007-08: River Valley
- 2008-09: River Valley
- 2009-10: Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions)
Girls' basketball[18]
- 2005-06: Lancaster
- 2006-07: Richland Center
- 2007-08: Richland Center
- 2008-09: Richland Center
- 2009-10: Richland Center
Wrestling[19]
- 2005-06: Lancaster
- 2006-07: Dodgeville
- 2007-08: River Valley
- 2008-09: River Valley
- 2009-10: Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions)
Baseball[20]
- 2006: Prairie du Chien
- 2007: Prairie du Chien, River Valley (co-champions); Platteville was WIAA Division 2 runner-up[21]
- 2008: Prairie du Chien; WIAA Division 2 runner-up[22]
- 2009: Prairie du Chien
- 2010: Prairie du Chien
Boys' track and field
- 2006: Platteville
- 2007: Platteville
- 2008: Platteville
- 2009: Platteville
- 2010: Platteville
Girls' track and field
- 2006: Platteville
- 2007: Platteville
- 2008: Platteville
- 2009: Platteville
- 2010: Platteville
Golf[23]
- 2006: Platteville
- 2007: Platteville
- 2008: Platteville
- 2009: Lancaster
- 2010: Platteville
Softball[24]
- 2006: Lancaster
- 2007: Lancaster
- 2008: Lancaster
- 2009: Lancaster
- 2010: Lancaster
Girls' soccer[25]
- 2006: Dodgeville/Mineral Point, Platteville (co-champions)
- 2007: Platteville
- 2008: Platteville
- 2009: Platteville/Lancaster
- 2010: Platteville/Lancaster
References
- ↑ From the Superintendent
- ↑ Wisconsin High School Enrollments
- ↑ ACT Results - Composite - All Students - Platteville Hi 2008-09 - Compared to all High Schools in Southwest Wisconsin Athletic Conference
- ↑ SWC Football Results
- ↑ WIAA 2005 State Football
- ↑ WIAA 2006 State Football
- ↑ SWC Boys Cross Country
- ↑ 2006 WIAA 2006 Boys State Cross Country Meet
- ↑ WIAA 2008 Boys State Cross Country Meet
- ↑ SWC Girls Cross Country
- ↑ WIAA 2005 Girls State Cross Country Meet
- ↑ WIAA 2006 Girls State Cross Country Meet
- ↑ WIAA 2007 Girls State Cross Country Meet
- ↑ WIAA 2008 Girls State Cross Country Meet
- ↑ SWC Boys Soccer
- ↑ SWC Volleyball
- ↑ SWC Boys Basketball
- ↑ SWC Girls Basketball
- ↑ SWC Wrestling
- ↑ SWC Baseball
- ↑ 2007 WIAA State Baseball
- ↑ 2008 WIAA State Baseball
- ↑ SWC Golf
- ↑ SWC Golf
- ↑ SWC Girls Soccer