The Southeast Conference (SEC) is a high school athletic conference consisting of large schools in southeastern Wisconsin. The conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
1993-1997
The Southeast Conference was formed in 1993 as a fifteen-member superconference, taking all of its schools from three recently disbanded conferences. Five members came from the Big Nine (Kenosha Bradford, Kenosha Tremper, Racine Case, Racine Horlick and Racine Park), five from the Suburban Park (Kettle Moraine, Muskego, Nathan Hale, Oak Creek and West Allis Central) and four from the Braveland (Arrowhead, Mukwonago, Waukesha North and Waukesha South). The recently opened Waukesha West High School, which would have become Braveland Conference members but for its dissolution, rounded out the original membership roster of the Southeast Conference. Schools were subdivided by geography along previous conference alignments, and schedules were weighted to give more games to divisional opponents: Central DivisionSouth DivisionWest DivisionKettle MoraineKenosha BradfordArrowheadMuskegoKenosha TremperMukwonagoNathan HaleRacine CaseWaukesha NorthOak CreekRacine HorlickWaukesha SouthWest Allis CentralRacine ParkWaukesha West
1997-2009
After a few years of competition, most of the schools in the Central and West Divisions were unhappy with the long travel distances experienced with facing schools in Racine and Kenosha. In addition, the WIAA approved a merger with the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association (an organization for private school athletics) to begin in 1997. In the wake of these developments, another round of realignment was approved for the high school conferences in southeastern Wisconsin. Two new conferences were created (Classic 8 and Greater Metro), and the Southeast Conference lost members to both of them. Six schools (Arrowhead, Kettle Moraine, Mukwonago, Waukesha North, Waukesha South and Waukesha West) joined the Classic 8, and two joined the Greater Metro (Nathan Hale and West Allis Central). The remaining seven schools accepted three new members into the Southeast Conference: two from the Woodland Conference (Franklin and South Milwaukee) and one from the Southern Lakes Conference (Burlington). The ten schools of the Southeast Conference were aligned into Northern and Southern divisions: Northern DivisionSouthern DivisionBurlingtonKenosha BradfordFranklinKenosha TremperMuskegoRacine CaseOak CreekRacine HorlickSouth MilwaukeeRacine Park
2009-present Within a few years after the Southeast Conference was realigned in 1997, the two smallest schools (Burlington and South Milwaukee) began to voice their displeasure at the long travel distances and competitive imbalance they faced as members. Both schools rejoined their former conferences in 2009, with Burlington returning to the Southern Lakes Conference and South Milwaukee reuniting with the Woodland Conference. The Southeast Conference dropped divisional alignments to compete as a single entity with the reduction to eight members. In 2012, Muskego left to join the Classic 8 Conference after the Kenosha Unified School District added a third high school on the west side of the city (Indian Trail High School and Academy). In 2025, Oak Creek left to become members of the Classic 8 Conference, decreasing the Southeast Conference's roster to seven schools. In April 2026, the WIAA Board of Controls made their conference realignments for the 2027-28 school year final, moving Franklin to the Greater Metro Conference and shaving the Southeast Conference down to the six schools in Racine and Kenosha.
Football-only alignment In February 2019, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, the WIAA released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin to commence with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle. The Southeast Conference was one of the few conferences in the state that stayed entirely intact after the realignment, and will be adding an eighth football member for the 2026-2027 realignment cycle. Rufus King International High School in Milwaukee will be leaving the Richardson Division of the Milwaukee City Conference to play in the Southeast Conference for at least the next two seasons.
List of member schools
Current full members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedFranklinFranklin, WIPublic1,547Sabers 1997Kenosha BradfordKenosha, WIPublic1,710Red Devils 1993Kenosha Indian TrailKenosha, WIPublic2,035Hawks 2012Kenosha TremperKenosha, WIPublic1,598Trojans 1993Racine CaseRacine, WIPublic1,760Eagles 1993Racine HorlickRacine, WIPublic1,171Rebels 1993Racine ParkRacine, WIPublic1,174Panthers 1993
Notes
Current associate members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsPrimary ConferenceSport(s)Oak CreekOak Creek, WIPublicKnights Classic 8FootballRufus KingMilwaukee, WIPublicGenerals Milwaukee CityFootballThe Prairie SchoolWind Point, WIPrivate (Nonsectarian)Hawks Metro ClassicGirls Golf
Current co-operative members TeamColorsHost SchoolCo-operative MembersSport(s)Kenosha Gymnastics Kenosha TremperKenosha Bradford, Kenosha Indian Trail, Westosha CentralGymnasticsRacine Unified Titans Racine CaseRacine Horlick, Racine ParkBoys Swim & Dive, Girls Swim & Dive
Former full members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceArrowheadHartland, WIPublicWarhawks 19931997Classic 8BurlingtonBurlington, WIPublicDemons 19972009Southern LakesKettle MoraineWales, WIPublicLasers 19931997Classic 8MukwonagoMukwonago, WIPublicIndians 19931997Classic 8MuskegoMuskego, WIPublicWarriors 19932012Classic 8Nathan HaleWest Allis, WIPublicHuskies 19931997Greater MetroOak CreekOak Creek, WIPublicKnights 19932025Classic 8South MilwaukeeSouth Milwaukee, WIPublicRockets 19972009 WoodlandWaukesha NorthWaukesha, WIPublicNorthstars 19931997Classic 8WoodlandWaukesha SouthWaukesha, WIPublicBlackshirts 19931997Classic 8WoodlandWaukesha WestWaukesha, WIPublicWolverines 19931997Classic 8West Allis CentralWest Allis, WIPublicBulldogs 19931997Greater MetroWoodland
Membership timeline
Full members
Football members
Membership map
Sponsored sports +Franklin●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Kenosha Bradford●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Kenosha Indian Trail●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Kenosha Tremper●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Racine Case●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Racine Horlick●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Racine Park●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Notes
List of state champions
Fall sports +Boys Cross CountrySchoolYearDivision Arrowhead1995Division 1 Arrowhead1996Division 1 +Girls Cross CountrySchoolYearDivision Waukesha West1993Division 1 Mukwonago1994Division 1 +FootballSchoolYearDivision Arrowhead1993Division 1 Arrowhead1994Division 1 Arrowhead1996Division 1Racine Park2005Division 1Kenosha Bradford2011Division 1 +Girls GolfSchoolYearDivisionRacine Horlick1994Single DivisionRacine Case1997Single DivisionKenosha Bradford2005Division 1 +Boys VolleyballSchoolYearDivisionRacine Horlick2003Single Division +Girls VolleyballSchoolYearDivision Nathan Hale1996Division 1Kenosha Tremper2008Division 1
Winter sports +Boys BasketballSchoolYearDivisionRacine Case1999Division 1 +Girls BasketballSchoolYearDivisionRacine Park1997Division 1 Oak Creek2014Division 1 +Boys Swimming & DivingSchoolYearDivision Arrowhead1995Division 1 Arrowhead1997Division 1 +Boys WrestlingSchoolYearDivision Muskego1994Division 1
Spring sports +BaseballSchoolYearDivisionKenosha Bradford2008Division 1 +SoftballSchoolYearDivisionKenosha Bradford2024Division 1 +Boys Track & FieldSchoolYearDivisionRacine Park1997Division 1Racine Park1998Division 1Racine Park2000Division 1 +Girls Track & FieldSchoolYearDivisionKenosha Tremper2013Division 1Kenosha Tremper2014Division 1
Summer sports +BaseballSchoolYearDivision Oak Creek2003Single Division Oak Creek2004Single Division Oak Creek2005Single Division Oak Creek2012Single Division
List of conference champions Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsRacine Case121994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2026 Oak Creek81994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2017Franklin71999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2022, 2023Racine Horlick71996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009Racine Park71998, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2025 Muskego41998, 2003, 2005, 2007Kenosha Tremper31995, 2004, 2008 Waukesha West31995, 1996, 1997 Nathan Hale21995, 1997 Waukesha South21994, 1997 Burlington12009Kenosha Indian Trail12015 Mukwonago11996 South Milwaukee12001 Arrowhead0Kenosha Bradford0 Kettle Moraine0 Waukesha North0 West Allis Central0
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYears Oak Creek142004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025Franklin101998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2023, 2024, 2026Racine Park71994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001Racine Case52007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012Kenosha Tremper42002, 2005, 2006, 2008 Muskego42001, 2004, 2009, 2010Kenosha Bradford32000, 2005, 2025 Nathan Hale31995, 1996, 1997 Mukwonago21994, 1997Racine Horlick22003, 2004 Arrowhead11996 Waukesha South11995 West Allis Central11994 Burlington0Kenosha Indian Trail0 Kettle Moraine0 South Milwaukee0 Waukesha North0 Waukesha West0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsFranklin161999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Oak Creek101997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2022Kenosha Tremper71993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007Racine Park51996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008 Arrowhead31993, 1994, 1996Racine Horlick31999, 2008, 2017Kenosha Bradford22009, 2011 Kettle Moraine21993, 1996 Mukwonago21993, 1995 Muskego21994, 1995 Burlington0Kenosha Indian Trail0 Nathan Hale0Racine Case0 Rufus King0 South Milwaukee0 Waukesha North0 Waukesha South0 Waukesha West0 West Allis Central0
References
External links Southeast Conference (official site)