The Big Nine Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, operating from 1985 to 1993 and consisting of nine large high schools in southeastern Wisconsin.
History
The Big Nine Conference was formed in the aftermath of extensive athletic conference realignment in southeastern Wisconsin following the 1984-85 school year. It was one of three new conferences created that year, along with the North Shore and Suburban Park conferences. This alignment placed the Racine and Kenosha high schools back together in a similar alignment to the old South Shore Conference, but with the addition of four high schools on the south side of Milwaukee. The Milwaukee schools were not in favor of this alignment, going to the length of filing a lawsuit against the WIAA to rejoin the Milwaukee City Conference. This finally happened in 1993, and the Big Nine Conference was disbanded along with the Braveland and Suburban Park Conferences. The five high schools in Racine and Kenosha went on to form the South Division of the new fifteen-member Southeast Conference. Conference membership history +SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceKenosha BradfordKenosha, WIPublicRed Devils 19851993SoutheastKenosha TremperKenosha, WIPublicTrojans 19851993SoutheastMilwaukee Bay ViewMilwaukee, WIPublicRedcats 19851993Milwaukee CityMilwaukee HamiltonMilwaukee, WIPublicWildcats 19851993Milwaukee CityMilwaukee PulaskiMilwaukee, WIPublicRams 19851993Milwaukee CityMilwaukee South DivisionMilwaukee, WIPublicCardinals 19851993Milwaukee CityRacine CaseRacine, WIPublicEagles 19851993SoutheastRacine HorlickRacine, WIPublicRebels 19851993SoutheastRacine ParkRacine, WIPublicPanthers 19851993Southeast
Membership timeline
List of state champions
Fall sports +Boys Cross CountrySchoolYearDivision Racine Case1989Class A +FootballSchoolYearDivision Racine Park1988Division 1 Kenosha Tremper1991Division 1 +Girls GolfSchoolYearDivision Racine Case1988Single Division +Girls VolleyballSchoolYearDivision Racine Horlick1990Division 1
Winter sports None
Spring sports +BaseballSchoolYearDivision Racine Park1993Division 1 +Boys Track & FieldSchoolYearDivision Milwaukee South Division1986Class A Milwaukee South Division1987Class A Milwaukee South Division1988Class A Milwaukee South Division1989Class A +Girls Track & FieldSchoolYearDivision Racine Horlick1987Class A Racine Horlick1988Class A
List of conference champions Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYears Racine Horlick51986. 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993 Kenosha Tremper21992, 1993 Milwaukee Bay View21990, 1993 Racine Case11987 Racine Park11991 Kenosha Bradford0 Milwaukee Hamilton0 Milwaukee Pulaski0 Milwaukee South Division0
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYears Racine Horlick61986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Racine Case41988, 1991, 1992, 1993 Racine Park31989, 1990, 1991 Kenosha Bradford0 Kenosha Tremper0 Milwaukee Bay View0 Milwaukee Hamilton0 Milwaukee Pulaski0 Milwaukee South Division0
Football SchoolQuantityYears Racine Park51985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992 Kenosha Tremper21990, 1991 Racine Case21986, 1987 Kenosha Bradford11987 Milwaukee Bay View0 Milwaukee Hamilton0 Milwaukee Pulaski0 Milwaukee South Division0 Racine Horlick0
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