Indian Trails Conference

The Indian Trails Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in southeastern Wisconsin. Originally founded as a conference for small public high schools in 1963, it has seen a high level of turnover among membership over the course of its history and now has mostly private school members.

History

1963-1969

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Location of Original Indian Trails Conference Members

The Indian Trails Conference was formed in 1963 by four local public high schools, one state-run public high school and one private high school.[1] The four local public schools (Clinton, Norris Foundation, Palmyra and Williams Bay) were former members of the Southeastern Wisconsin Conference, and the two others (Northwestern Military & Naval Academy, Wisconsin School for the Deaf) competed as independents after their former conference, the Southern Wisconsin Association of Private Schools (SWAPS) Conference, disbanded in 1961.[2] The Indian Trails Conference would compete in this configuration for six years, which to date has been the longest period of stability for conference membership.

1969-1980

The late 1960s and early 1970s marked a transition for the Indian Trails Conference from a conference with mostly public high schools to one with mostly small private high schools. In 1969, Clinton and Palmyra left the Indian Trails Conference to join the Central Suburban and Eastern Suburban Conferences, respectively.[3] They were replaced by three private schools: Brookfield Academy, Rockford Lutheran and The Prairie School in Wind Point.[4] Williams Bay left to follow Palmyra into the Eastern Suburban Conference in 1970,[5] and were replaced by Divine Word Seminary in East Troy.[6] St. Joseph Seminary in Edgerton joined in 1971, and Rockford Lutheran left the following year to join the Northwest Seven Conference in Illinois.[7] They were replaced by Ethan Allen School for Boys, a reform school in Wales, in 1973.[8] Brookfield Academy left to join the Classic Conference in 1976[9] and were replaced by Maranatha Baptist Academy in Watertown,[10] who has to date been the conference's longest tenured member. The Prairie School followed Brookfield Academy to Classic Conference membership in 1977,[11] and in 1979, St. John's School for the Deaf in St. Francis joined the Indian Trails Conference.[12]

1980-2004

The 1980s brought continued instability for Indian Trails Conference membership. St. Joseph Seminary left the Indian Trails when they closed their doors in 1980,[13] followed by Norris Foundation in 1982 after they dropped interscholastic athletics. St. John's School for the Deaf was closed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 1983 after running at a deficit for several years made operation of the school unsustainable.[14] In 1986, Messmer High School in Milwaukee, which had returned from nearly closing two years prior,[15] joined the Indian Trails Conference,[16] and there would be a short period of membership stability that lasted until the 1990s. Changes occurred on a somewhat regular basis during this decade, the first of these was the addition of Alden-Hebron High School in Illinois[17] and Calvary Baptist Christian School in Sun Prairie[18] to the conference in 1990. They replaced Wisconsin School for the Deaf, who left to join the Southern Wisconsin and Illinois Small Schools (SWISS) Conference as full members.[19] The Indian Trails Conference lost Divine Word Seminary when it was announced that they would cease operations in 1991.[20] Calvary Baptist School in Menomonee Falls and Waukesha Christian Academy joined the Indian Trails in 1993, replacing Messmer after their exit to join the Midwest Classic Conference.[21] In 1994, Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam joined as full members after years of splitting boys and girls athletics between the Indian Trails and Midwest Classic Conferences.[22] The next year, Northwestern Military & Naval Academy would merge with St. John's Military Academy in Delafield,[23] with their successor taking St. John's place in the Midwest Classic Conference. Wayland Academy left to return to the Midwest Classic Conference in 1996[24] and were replaced by two schools: Beloit Catholic[25][26] and Valley Christian in Oshkosh.[27] Union Grove Christian joined the next year[28][29] and were followed by Rock County Christian of Beloit in 1998.[30] The next year, Victory Christian School in Neosho would replace Valley Christian after their exit, and membership subdivided into North and South Divisions:[31]

North Division South Division
Calvary Baptist Alden-Hebron
Calvary Baptist Christian Beloit Catholic
Ethan Allen School for Boys Rock County Christian
Maranatha Baptist Academy Union Grove Christian
Victory Christian Academy Waukesha Christian Academy

The Indian Trails reformed as a single division after one year of this alignment and welcomed Grace Christian Academy of West Allis into the conference that same year.[32] They replaced Beloit Catholic, who was closed by the Madison diocese in 2000.[33] In 2001, Reuther Central High School, a public alternative high school in Kenosha, joined the Indian Trails Conference.[34] Two years later, Calvary Baptist Christian in Sun Prairie would leave the conference with Rockford Christian School in Illinois taking their place.[35][36]

2004-2021

In 2004, the Indian Trails Conference split its eleven members into Blue and Gold Divisions:[37]

Blue Division Gold Division
Alden-Hebron Calvary Baptist
Ethan Allen School for Boys Grace Christian Academy
Kenosha Reuther Central Rock County Christian
Maranatha Baptist Academy Union Grove Christian
Rockford Christian Victory Christian Academy
Waukesha Christian Academy

The near-annual turnover of conference membership continued in 2005 with Victory Christian Academy leaving the conference and Parkway Christian Academy in Milwaukee joining from the SWISS Conference as a replacement.[38] Waukesha Christian Academy would leave the conference the next year and were replaced by the return of Wisconsin School for the Deaf, who were displaced by the ending of the SWISS Conference.[39] In 2007, four former SWISS Conference members would enter the Indian Trails Conference: Berean Christian School[40] and Keith Country Day School[41] of Rockford, Faith Christian School[42] out of Williams Bay and University Lake School[43] in Delafield. Trinity Academy in Pewaukee also joined the conference, and this was the divisional alignment for its sixteen members after the merger:[44]

Blue Division Gold Division
Alden-Hebron Calvary Baptist
Berean Christian Grace Christian Academy
Ethan Allen School for Boys Parkway Christian Academy
Faith Christian Rock County Christian
Keith Country Day Trinity Academy
Kenosha Reuther Central Union Grove Christian
Maranatha Baptist Academy University Lake School
Rockford Christian Wisconsin School for the Deaf

Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights and Mooseheart Academy joined the Blue Division in 2008 as full members[45] (Mooseheart had previously been a football-only member), but their stay in the conference was short lived. In 2009, the six Illinois-based schools in the conference would all leave, and five of those schools (Alden-Hebron, Christian Liberty, Keith Country Day, Mooseheart Academy and Rockford Christian) would join the newly created Northeastern Athletic Conference, a conference sponsored by the Illinois High School Association.[46] Additionally, Parkway Christian Academy in Oak Creek closed its doors, bringing membership in the Indian Trails to eleven schools. Because most of the exiting schools were all members of the Blue Division, further conference realignment was made necessary with Calvary Baptist and University Lake School moving over to the Blue Division:

Blue Division Gold Division
Calvary Baptist Grace Christian Academy
Ethan Allen School for Boys Rock County Christian
Faith Christian Trinity Academy
Kenosha Reuther Central Union Grove Christian
Maranatha Baptist Academy Wisconsin School for the Deaf
University Lake School

2010 saw the addition of Eastbrook Academy in Milwaukee and Mountain Top Christian Academy in Horicon join the Blue Division of the Indian Trails Conference.[47] The next year, Ethan Allen School for Boys was closed by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and juvenile facilities were moved to Lincoln Hills School, just outside of Merrill in the northern part of the state.[48] Mountain Top Christian Academy would move to the Gold Division in 2012[49] to accommodate the entry of Salam, an Islamic school in Milwaukee, into the conference.[50] St. Anthony High School in Milwaukee joined the Blue Division in 2013,[51] and Early View Academy joined the Gold Division in 2014.[52] They replaced Trinity Academy, who ended their stand-alone athletic program and entered into a cooperative agreement with nearby University Lake School.[53] In 2016, Calvary Baptist and Salam would exit the Indian Trails Conference,[50][54] and were replaced by Tenor/Veritas, a cooperative athletic program between two charter schools in Milwaukee.[55] Eastbrook Academy also moved to the Gold Division that year,[56] and in 2017, Mountain Top Christian moved to the Blue Division.[49] Two schools joined the conference in 2018: Academy of Excellence and Chesterton Academy, both out of Milwaukee.[57][58] They replaced Union Grove Christian, who left the Indian Trails Conference in 2018. From 2018 to 2021, the alignment of schools in the Indian Trails Conference featured an imbalanced format with the Blue Division having more schools than the Gold Division:

Blue Division Gold Division
Academy of Excellence Chesterton Academy
Faith Christian Early View Academy
Kenosha Reuther Central Eastbrook Academy
Maranatha Baptist Academy Grace Christian Academy
Mountain Top Christian Rock County Christian
St. Anthony Wisconsin School for the Deaf
Tenor/Veritas
University Lake School/Trinity Academy

2021-present

In 2021, five athletic programs (Early View Academy, Eastbrook/Chesterton, St. Anthony, Tenor/Veritas and University Lake/Trinity) would leave the Indian Trails Conference to form the new nine-member Lake City Conference (along with Cristo Rey Jesuit, Salam, St. Augustine Prep and St. Joan Antida).[59][60][61] The remaining eight programs were joined by the return of Waukesha Christian Academy to the Indian Trails under a single division alignment. In 2023, Faith Christian would exit to join the Lake City Conference,[62] and in 2024, Early View Academy rejoined the Indian Trails after a three-year stint in the Lake City Conference.[63]

List of conference members

Current members

School Location Affililation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined
Academy of Excellence Milwaukee, WI Private (Christian) N/A Warriors     2018[57]
Early View Academy Milwaukee, WI Private (Christian) 101[64] Mustangs     2014,[52] 2024[63]
Grace Christian Academy West Allis, WI Private (Christian) 37[65] Crusaders     2000[32]
Kenosha Reuther Central Kenosha, WI Public, Alternative 354[66] Bulldogs     2001[34]
Maranatha Baptist Academy Watertown, WI Private (Baptist) 65[67] Crusaders     1976[10]
Mountain Top Christian Academy Horicon, WI Private (Christian) 11[68] Cougars     2010[47]
Rock County Christian Beloit, WI Private (Christian) 77[69] Eagles     1998[30]
Waukesha Christian Academy Waukesha, WI Private (Baptist) 8[70] Warriors     1993,[21] 2021
Wisconsin School for the Deaf Delavan, WI State, Special Needs 26[71] Firebirds     1963,[1] 2006[39]

Former members

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Clinton Clinton, WI Public 359[71] Cougars     1963[1] 1969[3] Central Suburban Capitol (2025)
Norris Foundation Mukwonago, WI Public, Alternative 10[72] Nors'men     1963[1] 1982 Discontinued interscholastic athletics
Northwestern Military & Naval Academy Lake Geneva, WI Private (Nonsectarian), Military N/A Falcons     1963[1] 1995[23] Merged with St. John's Military Academy
Palmyra Palmyra, WI Public 195[71] Panthers     1963[1] 1969[3] Eastern Suburban Trailways
Williams Bay Williams Bay, WI Public 212[71] Bulldogs     1963[1] 1970[5] Eastern Suburban Trailways
Brookfield Academy Brookfield, WI Private (Nonsectarian) 334[71] Blue Knights     1969[4] 1976[9] Classic Midwest Classic
Rockford Lutheran Rockford, IL Private (Lutheran, LCMS & ELCA) 282[73] Crusaders     1969[4] 1972[7] Northwest Seven (IHSA) Big Northern (IHSA)
The Prairie School Wind Point, WI Private (Nonsectarian) 226[71] Hawks     1969[4] 1977[11] Classic Metro Classic
Divine Word Seminary East Troy, WI Private (Catholic) N/A Titans     1970[6] 1991 Closed in 1991
St. Joseph Seminary Edgerton, WI Private (Catholic) N/A Johawks     1971[7] 1980[13] Closed in 1980
Ethan Allen School for Boys Wales, WI State, Reform N/A Green Mountain Boys     1973[8] 2011[48] Closed in 2011
St. John's School for the Deaf St. Francis, WI Private (Catholic), Special Needs N/A Eagles     1979[12] 1983[14] Closed in 1983
Messmer Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic) 499[71] Bishops     1986[16] 1993[21] Midwest Classic
Alden-Hebron Hebron, IL Public 99[73] Giants     1990[17] 2009[46] Northeastern Athletic (IHSA)
Calvary Baptist Christian Sun Prairie, WI Private (Baptist) N/A Eagles     1990[18] 2003[35][36] Independent Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools
Calvary Baptist Menomonee Falls, WI Private (Baptist) N/A Eagles     1993[21] 2016[54] Independent Closed in 2024
Wayland Academy Beaver Dam, WI Private (Nonsectarian) 159[71] Big Red     1994[22] 1996[24] Midwest Classic Trailways
Beloit Catholic Beloit, WI Private (Catholic) N/A Crusaders     1996[25][26] 2000[33] Closed in 2000
Valley Christian Oshkosh, WI Private (Christian) 144[71] Warriors     1996[27] 1999[31] Independent Trailways
Union Grove Christian Union Grove, WI Private (Christian) N/A Cougars     1997[28][29] 2018 Closed in 2018
Victory Christian Neosho, WI Private (Christian) N/A Eagles     1999[31] 2005[38] Independent Closed in 2008
Rockford Christian Rockford, IL Private (Christian) 305[73] Lions     2003[35][36] 2009[46] Northeastern Athletic (IHSA) Big Northern (IHSA)
Parkway Christian Academy Oak Creek, WI Private (Christian) N/A Flames     2005[38] 2009 Closed in 2009
Berean Christian Rockford, IL Private (Baptist) N/A Kingsmen     2007[40] 2009[40] Illinois Association of Christian Schools
Faith Christian Williams Bay, WI Private (Christian) 62[71] Eagles     2007[42] 2023[62] Lake City
Keith Country Day Rockford, IL Private (Nonsectarian) 47[73] Cougars     2007[41] 2009[46] Northeastern Athletic (IHSA)
Trinity Academy Pewaukee, WI Private (Catholic) 6[71] Sentinels     2007[44] 2021[59][60][61] Lake City
University Lake School Delafield, WI Private (Nonsectarian) 73[71] Lakers     2007[43] 2021[59][60][61] Lake City
Christian Liberty Academy Arlington Heights, IL Private (Christian) N/A Chargers     2008[45] 2009[46] Northeastern Athletic (IHSA) Illinois Association of Christian Schools
Mooseheart Academy Mooseheart, IL Private (Nonsectarian) 60[73] Red Ramblers     2008[45] 2009[46] Northeastern Athletic (IHSA)
Eastbrook Academy Milwaukee, WI Private (Christian) 81[71] Warriors     2010[47] 2021[59][60][61] Lake City
Salam Milwaukee, WI Private (Islamic) 195[71] Stars     2012[50] 2016[50] Independent Lake City
St. Anthony Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic) 555[71] Roman Legion     2013[51] 2021[59][60][61] Lake City
Tenor/Veritas Milwaukee, WI Public, Charter 514 (Tenor)[71]

253 (Veritas)[71]

Titans     2016[55] 2021[59][60][61] Lake City
Chesterton Academy Menomonee Falls, WI Private (Catholic) 101[71] Knights     2018[58] 2021[59][60][61] Lake City

Membership timeline

 North Division  South Division  Blue Division  Gold Division

Membership map

Indian Trails Conference
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Location of Indian Trails Conference full members:
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Academy of Excellence
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Early View Academy
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Grace Christian Academy
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Kenosha Reuther Central
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Maranatha Baptist Academy
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Mountain Top Christian Academy
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Rock County Christian
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Waukesha Christian Academy
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf

List of state champions

Fall sports

None

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
School Year Organization Division
Messmer 1987[74] WISAA Class B
Messmer 1988[75] WISAA Class B
Messmer 1989[76] WISAA Class B

Spring sports

Boys Tennis
School Year Organization
The Prairie School 1977[77] WISAA

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