Big Eight Conference (Wisconsin)
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's Big Eight Conference is a high school athletic conference in south-central Wisconsin. The management of the conference is vested in the principals of the member schools, who determine the rules governing eligibility of athletes and schedules.
Member schools
- Beloit Memorial High School (leaving in 2023 for Southern Lakes Conference)
- Janesville Craig High School (all sports but football)
- Janesville Parker High School (all sports but football)
- Madison East High School
- Madison La Follette High School
- Madison Vel Phillips Memorial High School
- Madison West High School
- Middleton High School
- Sun Prairie East High School (all sports but football)
- Sun Prairie West High School (all sports but football)
- Verona Area High School
Associated schools
- Fort Atkinson High School / Cambridge High School (boys' volleyball only)
- Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart (boys' volleyball only)
History
In summer 2018, a plan to move Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker out of the Big Eight to the Badger South Conference for football only emerged.[1] In the spring of 2020, the conference voted to accept Sun Prairie West High School as a member once the school opens in 2022.[2] In 2022, Beloit Memorial High School announced they would be joining the Southern Lakes Conference in 2023 with the exception of Football, which will move to the SLC in Fall 2022.
References
- Masson, Jon. "WFCA football-only realignment proposal alters Big Eight, Badger South and Capitol in 2020". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- Kabelowsky, Art. "Big 8 Conference votes unanimously to admit new Sun Prairie West in 2022". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 23 May 2020.