The Flyway Conference is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in east central Wisconsin . Founded in 1970 and disbanded in 2001, all of its members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .
History 1970–1999 Location of Original Flyway Conference Members The Flyway Conference was formed in 1970 by seven small- to medium-sized high schools in the lower Fox River Valley in east central Wisconsin. Three schools came from the disbanded Fox Valley Tri-County League (Laconia , Lomira and Oakfield), two joined from the Scenic Moraine Conference (Campbellsport and North Fond du Lac), and one school each came from the Eastern Suburban Conference (Dodgeland ) and the Little Ten Conference (Horicon) after the latter's dissolution. Membership remained relatively stable through the history of the conference with few changes in the conference's first decade. Markesan joined the Flyway in 1977 to create an eight-member circuit, and in 1980, Dodgeland left to rejoin the Eastern Suburban Conference with Mayville taking its place from the Scenic Moraine Conference. With the exception of Oakfield joining the Central Lakeshore Conference as a football-only member in 1987 and Wautoma's entry as a football-only member in 1995, the Flyway Conference continued as an eight-school loop for nineteen seasons before any further realignment for most sports.
1999–2001 Location of Final Flyway Conference Members In 1999, two schools left to join the East Central Conference (Laconia and Markesan) along with Campbellsport's departure to the Eastern Wisconsin Conference . To counter the losses, four private schools joined as a result of the pending WIAA/WISAA merger set to be finalized in 2000. Three schools joined from the Midwest Classic Conference (Central Wisconsin Christian in Waupun , St. Lawrence Seminary in Mount Calvary and Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac ) and St. Mary's Springs Academy in Fond du Lac joined from the former Fox Valley Christian Conference . Laconia and Markesan stayed on as football-only members for the last two seasons of the conference to counter the loss of Mayville and St. Mary's Springs to the East Central Conference for that sport. 2001 saw the end of the Flyway Conference as the merger agreement originally reached two years prior with the East Central Conference was finalized. The East Central Flyway Conference would begin play in the 2001-02 school year.
Conference membership history Final members School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference Central Wisconsin Christian Waupun, WI Private (Reformed ) Crusaders 1999 2001 East Central Flyway Trailways Horicon Horicon, WI Public Marshmen 1970 2001 East Central Flyway Trailways Lomira Lomira, WI Public Lions 1970 2001 East Central Flyway Wisconsin Flyway Mayville Mayville, WI Public Cardinals 1980 2001 East Central Flyway Wisconsin Flyway North Fond du Lac North Fond du Lac, WI Public Orioles 1970 2001 East Central Flyway Wisconsin Flyway Oakfield Oakfield, WI Public Oaks 1970 2001 East Central Flyway Trailways St. Lawrence Seminary Mount Calvary, WI Private (Catholic , Capuchin ) Hilltoppers 1999 2001 East Central Flyway Independent St. Mary's Springs Fond du Lac, WI Private (Catholic ) Ledgers 1999 2001 East Central Flyway Wisconsin Flyway Winnebago Lutheran Fond du Lac, WI Private (Lutheran , WELS ) Vikings 1999 2001 East Central Flyway Wisconsin Flyway
Previous members Football-only members School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Seasons Primary Conference Wautoma Wautoma, WI Public Hornets 1995-1998 East Central Laconia Rosendale, WI Public Spartans 1999-2000 East Central Markesan Markesan, WI Public Hornets 1999-2000 East Central
Membership timeline Full members Football members List of state champions Fall sports School Year Division Campbellsport 1972 Medium Schools
School Year Division Mayville 1992 Division 2 Mayville 1993 Division 2
School Year Division Mayville 1994 Division 4
School Year Division Laconia 1998 Division 3
Winter sports School Year Division Mayville 1983 Class B Markesan 1994 Division 3 Markesan 1996 Division 3
School Year Division Oakfield 1979 Class C Lomira 1991 Division 3 North Fond du Lac 1997 Division 3 North Fond du Lac 2000 Division 3
School Year Division Campbellsport 1980 Class B
Spring sports School Year Division Oakfield 1984 Class C Oakfield 1986 Class C Lomira 1991 Division 3
School Year Division Oakfield 1997 Division 3 Mayville 1999 Division 2
List of conference champions Boys Basketball School Quantity Years Mayville 10 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 Markesan 9 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998 Oakfield 7 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1995 Campbellsport 6 1977, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1999 Laconia 2 1980, 1997 Lomira 2 1985, 2000 North Fond du Lac 2 1973, 2001 Dodgeland 1 1973 Horicon 1 1975 Central Wisconsin Christian 0 St. Lawrence Seminary 0 St. Mary's Springs 0 Winnebago Lutheran 0
Girls Basketball School Quantity Years Markesan 9 1981, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 Mayville 9 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 North Fond du Lac 6 1977, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Oakfield 5 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988 Laconia 3 1980, 1981, 1983 Lomira 2 1980, 1993 St. Mary's Springs 1 2001 Campbellsport 0 Central Wisconsin Christian 0 Dodgeland 0 Horicon 0 Winnebago Lutheran 0
Football School Quantity Years Mayville 14 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 Horicon 6 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990 Lomira 4 1974, 1981, 1984, 1997 Markesan 4 1979, 1986, 1998, 1999 Laconia 3 1995, 1997, 2000 Dodgeland 2 1972, 1978 North Fond du Lac 2 1972, 1973 Campbellsport 1 1979 Oakfield 0 Wautoma 0 Winnebago Lutheran 0
