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Classic 8 Conference
(C8C)
Established 1997 Association WIAA Division Divisions 1-3 Members 8 (see list) Sports fielded 15 (men's: 15; women's: 14) Region Southeastern Wisconsin Headquarters Waukesha, Wisconsin Commissioner David Sternig Website ClassicEight.com The Classic 8 Conference, also known as the C8C, is a high school athletic conference made up of 8 teams in southeastern Wisconsin. The Classic 8 Conference is a member of the WIAA. The conference is one of the newer conferences in the WIAA, having been formed in 1997. The conference has schools that participate in such sports as lacrosse, field hockey, alpine skiing, boys ice hockey, girls ice hockey, and cross-country skiing. As of the 2012-2013 school year, Milwaukee Pius XI will be replaced in the conference by Muskego.
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Current Member schools
Current members of the Classic 8 Conference include:
- Arrowhead Warhawks
- Catholic Memorial Crusaders
- Kettle Moraine Lasers
- Milwaukee Pius Popes
- Mukwonago Indians
- Waukesha North Northstars
- Waukesha South Blackshirts
- Waukesha West Wolverines
Future Member schools
Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year the Classic 8 Conference will include:
Classic 8 football
Current members of the Classic 8 Conference have accounted for a total of 17 state appearances, including 8 WIAA State Champions. Of those seven state championships, Arrowhead has won four (1993, 1994, 1996, 2007), Kettle Moraine has won one (1988), Mukwonago has won one (2004), and Waukesha West has won two (2004, 2010). The conference put its football talents on display especially in 2004, when it had two WIAA state champions in Mukwonago (Division 1) and Waukesha West (Division 2). Since 2000, the conference has sent 11 teams to the state championships in Madison at Camp Randall (7 state runner-ups, 4 championships).
Classic 8 Teams in WIAA State Football Championship Games Year Winning Team Losing Team Location (all in Wisconsin) Division 1983 D.C. Everest 28 Waukesha North 14 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 1988 Kettle Moraine 20 New Berlin West 7 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 2 1989 D.C. Everest 20 Waukesha South 7 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 1993 Arrowhead 21 Appleton West 7 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 1994 Arrowhead 19 Muskego 16 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 1996 Arrowhead 24 D.C. Everest 21 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2000 Oshkosh North 28 Arrowhead 0 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2001 Ashwaubenon 27 Catholic Memorial 7 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 2 2002 Marshfield 20 Arrowhead 14 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2003 D.C. Everest 42 Arrowhead 7 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2004 Mukwonago 17 Marshfield 6 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2004 Waukesha West 24 Monona Grove 7 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 2 2006 Homestead 35 Arrowhead 0 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2007 Arrowhead 31 Homestead 7 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2008 Homestead 13 Arrowhead 11 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 2010 West De Pere 35 Catholic Memorial 0 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 3 2010 Waukesha West 45 Stevens Point Area 26 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison 1 Classic 8 cross country
The Classic 8 Conference is often represented by multiple schools in both the boys' and girls' state rankings, as well as at the WIAA State Division I Meet currently held at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. In only the past ten years, Classic 8 teams have run to 7 WIAA Division I championships, as well as 5 runnerup finishes. Titles have gone to Waukesha West girls (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005), Arrowhead girls (2007), Waukesha West boys (1999) and Waukesha Catholic Memorial boys (2002). Second-place state finishes in the past ten years were earned by Arrowhead girls (1999), Arrowhead boys (2002 and 2004), and Waukesha West girls (2002 and 2006).
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Categories:- Sports clubs established in 1997
- Wisconsin high school sports conferences
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