The Metro Classic Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in southeastern Wisconsin . Formed in 2012 and consisting entirely of private schools , all members belong to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association .
History The Metro Classic Conference was founded in 2012, the result of a split between member schools in the larger Midwest Classic Conference . Eight schools left the conference that year: Catholic Central in Burlington , Dominican in Whitefish Bay , Martin Luther in Greendale , Racine Lutheran , Shoreland Lutheran in Somers , St. Catherine's in Racine , St. Joseph in Kenosha and The Prairie School in Wind Point . St. Thomas More High School in Milwaukee , who had just left the Woodland Conference , rounded out the loop's original membership roster at nine schools. The conference was named after the old Metro Conference , a WISAA -sponsored conference that existed from 1974 to 1997 and counted four former members (Dominican, St. Catherine's, St. Joseph and St. Thomas More) in the new conference. Aside from Burlington Catholic Central's exit from the conference to return to the Midwest Classic, the Metro Classic Conference has held the same membership throughout its existence.
Football The Metro Classic Conference has sponsored football since its founding, with all members participating except for The Prairie School, which has never offered football as an interscholastic sport. Major changes came to the conference's football alignment after the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and the WIAA unveiled a realignment plan for Wisconsin high school football to begin with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle. Half of the conference's eight-member football lineup was retained, (Martin Luther, Shoreland Lutheran, St. Catherine's and St. Thomas More) with the other half (Catholic Central, Dominican, Racine Lutheran and St. Joseph) moving over to the Midwest Classic Conference. The four exiting schools were replaced by three schools from the Midwest Classic (Lake Country Lutheran, St. Francis and University School ) and Brown Deer of the Woodland Conference . St. Francis left the Metro Classic's football roster to return to the Midwest Classic Conference for the 2022-2023 competition cycle and were replaced with former Capitol Conference members Luther Prep of Watertown . This alignment remained intact for the 2024-2025 cycle, and University School will be swapping affiliations with the Shorewood/Messmer/Dominican football cooperative in 2026, with the former joining the Midwest Classic Conference.
List of member schools Current members School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Dominican Whitefish Bay, WI Private (Catholic , Sinsinawa Dominicans ) 306 Knights 2012 Martin Luther Greendale, WI Private (LCMS ) 667 Spartans 2012 Racine Lutheran Racine, WI Private (LCMS ) 345 Crusaders 2012 Shoreland Lutheran Somers, WI Private (WELS ) 443 Pacers 2012 St. Catherine's Racine, WI Private (Catholic , Racine Dominicans ) 449 Angels 2012 St. Joseph Kenosha, WI Private (Catholic ) 210 Lancers 2012 St. Thomas More Milwaukee, WI Private (Catholic ) 581 Cavaliers 2012 The Prairie School Wind Point, WI Private (Nonsectarian ) 217 Hawks 2012
Current associate members School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Primary Conference Sport(s) Brown Deer Brown Deer, WI Public Falcons Woodland Football Lake Country Lutheran Hartland, WI Private (LCMS ) Lightning Midwest Classic Football Luther Prep Watertown, WI Private (WELS ) Phoenix Midwest Classic Football University School River Hills, WI Private (Nonsectarian ) Wildcats Midwest Classic Football
Notes Future associate members School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Primary Conference Sport(s) Joining Shorewood Shorewood, WI Public Greyhounds Woodland Football 2026
Notes Former members School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference Catholic Central Burlington, WI Private (Catholic ) Hilltoppers 2012 2023 Midwest Classic
Former football-only members School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors Seasons Primary Conference St. Francis St. Francis, WI Public Mariners 2020-2021 Midwest Classic
Membership timeline Full members Football members Membership map Location of Metro Classic Conference full members:1 Dominican 2 Martin Luther 3 Racine Lutheran 4 Shoreland Lutheran 5 St. Catherine's 6 St. Joseph 7 St. Thomas More 8 The Prairie School Sanctioned sports Baseball Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Boys Cross Country Girls Cross Country Football Boys Golf Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Softball Boys Tennis Girls Tennis Boys Track & Field Girls Track & Field Girls Volleyball Boys Wrestling Girls Wrestling Dominican X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Martin Luther X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Racine Lutheran X X X X X X X X X X X Shoreland Lutheran X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X St. Catherine's X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X St. Joseph X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X St. Thomas More X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X The Prairie School X X X X X X X X X X X
Notes List of state champions Fall sports School Year Division St. Catherine's 2018 Division 4 St. Catherine's 2024 Division 4
School Year Division The Prairie School 2015 Division 2 The Prairie School 2016 Division 2
School Year Division The Prairie School 2014 Division 4 St. Catherine's 2016 Division 4 The Prairie School 2017 Division 4 The Prairie School 2020 Division 3 Shoreland Lutheran 2023 Division 4
School Year Division Catholic Central 2012 Division 4 Catholic Central 2018 Division 4 Catholic Central 2020 Division 4
Winter sports School Year Division Dominican 2013 Division 4 Dominican 2014 Division 4 Dominican 2015 Division 4 Dominican 2016 Division 4 Martin Luther 2019 Division 3 St. Catherine's 2021 Division 3 St. Thomas More 2024 Division 3
Spring sports School Year Division St. Joseph 2021 Division 3
School Year Division The Prairie School 2016 Division 4 St. Joseph 2018 Division 4 The Prairie School 2019 Division 4
School Year Division The Prairie School 2017 Division 2
List of conference champions Boys Basketball School Quantity Years St. Catherine's 6 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025 Dominican 4 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Martin Luther 2 2017, 2019 Racine Lutheran 2 2025, 2026 St. Thomas More 2 2022, 2024 The Prairie School 2 2017, 2018 Catholic Central 0 Shoreland Lutheran 0 St. Joseph 0
Girls Basketball School Quantity Years The Prairie School 6 2013, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Martin Luther 3 2017, 2018, 2021 Racine Lutheran 3 2019, 2020, 2021 Dominican 2 2023, 2026 St. Joseph 2 2015, 2016 Shoreland Lutheran 1 2019 St. Catherine's 1 2013 Catholic Central 0 St. Thomas More 0
Football School Quantity Years St. Catherine's 9 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025 Lake Country Lutheran 3 2021, 2023, 2025 Martin Luther 2 2020, 2022 Catholic Central 1 2015 Luther Prep 1 2023 Racine Lutheran 1 2019 Brown Deer 0 Dominican 0 Shoreland Lutheran 0 St. Francis 0 St. Joseph 0 St. Thomas More 0 University School 0
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