East Central Conference

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East Central Conference Member School Locations in Wisconsin

The East Central Conference is a high school athletic conference of teams in the East Central Wisconsin area. The ECC was founded in 1970 and originally disbanded in 2007. The conference was revived for the 2015-2016 school year, the result of a realignment within the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Members

Current members

School	Mascot & Colors	Year joined	Former conference	Enrollment
Berlin HS	Indians	1970, 2015	Eastern Valley	474
Kettle Moraine Lutheran HS	Chargers	2015	Wisconsin Flyway	553
Kewaskum HS	Indians	2015	Eastern Wisconsin	572
Plymouth HS	Panthers	2015	Eastern Wisconsin	746
Ripon HS	Tigers	1970, 2015	Eastern Valley	484
Waupun HS	Warriors	2004, 2015	Eastern Wisconsin	573
Winneconne HS	Wolves	1970, 2015	Eastern Valley	551

Former Members

Team & Mascot	School	Year Joined/Left	Current Conference
Campbellsport Cougars	Campbellsport HS	2015-2021	Flyway
Hortonville Polar Bears	Hortonville HS	Charter Member, Left in 1999	Fox Valley Association
Horicon Marshmen	Horicon HS	1999–2006	Trailways
Laconia Spartans	Laconia HS	1999–2006	Flyway
Little Chute Mustangs	Little Chute HS	1974–1999	Northeastern
Lomira Lions	Lomira HS	1999–2006	Flyway
Markesan Hornets	Markesan HS	1999–2006	Trailways
Mayville Cardinals	Mayville HS	1999–2006	Flyway
North Fond du Lac Orioles	North Fond du Lac HS	1999–2006	Flyway
New London Bulldogs	New London HS	Charter Member, Left in 1979	Bay
Omro Foxes	Omro HS	Charter Member	Flyway
Oakfield Oaks	Oakfield HS	1999-2006	Trailways
Oshkosh Lourdes Knights	Lourdes HS	1999–2006	Trailways
St. Mary's Springs Ledgers	St. Mary's Springs Academy	1999–2006	Flyway
Waupaca Comets	Waupaca HS	Charter Member, left in 1999	Northeastern
Wautoma Hornets	Wautoma HS	1979–2006, (football: 1979-1994, 2000-2006)	South Central
Weyauwega-Fremont Indians	Weyauwega-Fremont HS	Charter Member, left in 1973	Central Wisconsin 8
Winnebago Lutheran Vikings	Winnebago Lutheran Academy	1999-2007	Flyway

History

1970–2007

The ECC was founded in 1970 with Berlin, Hortonville, New London, Omro, Ripon, Waupaca, Weyauwega and Winneconne as the original members. In 1973, Weyauwega left for the Central Wisconsin Conference (CWC) and was replaced by former CWC member Little Chute the following year. In 1979, New London left to join the Bay Conference in exchange for former CWC member Wautoma. In 1995, Waupun joined for football only as Wautoma transferred to the Flyway Conference for football. In 1999, Hortonville, Little Chute and Waupaca joined the newly formed Valley 8 Conference, while Waupun became a full-time member. That year, Laconia and Markesan also joined the conference. In 2001, the ECC merged with the Flyway Conference. The conference was briefing named the East Central-Flyway Conference and consisted of two divisions: the Rivers and the Lakes. The conference was restructured again in 2006 as the Flyway Conference split with the ECC. The conference was fully disbanded in 2007 with four of the remaining ECC teams joining former Valley 8 Conference teams to form the Eastern Valley Conference.

Revival 2015–present

During the realignment of several conferences within northeastern Wisconsin, eight schools were joined to form a new conference. Members included: Berlin, Campbellsport, Kewaskum, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Plymouth, Ripon, Waupun and Winneconne. The members choose to name the new conference the East Central Conference as several members were once part of the original ECC. In 2021 It was presented by Berlin and Ripon to request moving the two schools to the nearby South Central Conference due to declining enrollment and finishing near the bottom in most sports. It was also requested by Winneconne to move the growing school to the Bay Conference as long as West De Pere left as it requested to leave. Both request were denied by the WIAA Task force due to no solution to move Plymouth, Kewaskum, Kettle Moraine Lutheran and Waupun. In December 2023 a similar request was filed on the likes of Berlin, Ripon and Winneconne, however Kettle Moraine Lutheran requested to move the growing school to the Metro Classic and Kewaskum and Plymouth to the North Shore and sending Waupun to the Capitol Conference. After some deliberation the final decision was moving Berlin and Ripon to the South Central, Waupun to the Capitol and Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kewaskum and Plymouth would form a new conference with Sheboygan South, Port Washington, West Bend East and West Bend West.

East Central-Flyway Lakes/Rivers Division

In 2001, the conference merged with the Wisconsin Flyway Conference to form the East Central-Flyway. At that time, the conference was split into two divisions: the Lakes and the Rivers. The divisions were in place until 2006 when several teams moved to different conferences.

Lakes

• Berlin
• Omro
• Oshkosh Lourdes
• Laconia
• Markesan
• Ripon
• Waupun
• Wautoma
• Winneconne

Rivers

• Horicon
• Lomira
• North Fond du Lac
• St. Mary's Springs
• Winnebago Lutheran Academy
• Mayville
• Oakfield
• Central Wisconsin Christian
• St. Lawrence Seminary

Mayville played in the Lakes for Football along with Springs for a few years. Markesan & Laconia also played in the Rivers only for Football only but in the lakes for all other Sports.