Great Northern Conference
The Great Northern Conference is a high school athletic conference in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. It comprises seven teams from Marathon, Taylor, Lincoln, Oneida, Langlade and Vilas counties in Northern Wisconsin. The Conference was formed in 2008 with former Lumberjack members Lakeland, Medford, Northland Pines and Tomahawk, Cloverbelt member Mosinee, and Wisconsin Valley's Antigo and Merrill. In 2010, Merrill returned to the Wisconsin Valley conference and Rhinelander took its place.
Charter Members
Team & Mascot | School | Former Conference | Enrollment |
---|---|---|---|
Antigo Red Robins | Antigo High School | Wisconsin Valley | 812 |
Lakeland Thunderbirds | Lakeland Union High School | Lumberjack | 691 |
Medford Raiders | Medford Area Senior High School | Lumberjack | 648 |
Mosinee Indians | Mosinee High School | Cloverbelt | 650 |
Northland Pines Eagles | Northland Pines High School | Lumberjack | 420 |
Rhinelander Hodags | Rhinelander High School | Wisconsin Valley | 834 |
Tomahawk Hatchets | Tomahawk High School | Lumberjack | 452 |
Other Affiliated Members
Team & Mascot | School | Sports | Conference | Enrollment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Waupaca Comets | Waupaca High School | Boys & Girls Hockey | Eastern Valley | 767 |
Newman Catholic Fighting Cardinals | Newman Catholic High School | Girls Soccer | Marawood | 156 |
Colby Hornets | Colby High School | Girls Swimming | Cloverbelt | 282 |
Ladysmith Lumberjacks | Ladysmith High School | Girls Swimming | Heart O' North | 332 |
Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers | Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School | Girls Swimming | Central Wisconsin | 411 |
Columbus Catholic Dons | Columbus Catholic High School | Boys/Girls Tennis | Marawood | 130 |
Phillips Loggers | Phillips High School | Boys/Girls Tennis | Marawood | 277 |
Merrill Bluejays | Merrill High School | Football | Wisconsin | 1056 |
Ashland Oredockers | Ashland High School | Football, Gymnastics | Lake Superior | 722 |
Marshfield Tigers | Marshfield High School | Girls Hockey, Gymnastics | Wisconsin Valley | 1239 |
Stevens Point Panthers | Stevens Point High School | Girls Hockey, Gymnastics | Wisconsin Valley | 2177 |
Wisconsin Rapids Red Raiders | Wisconsin Rapids High School | Girls Hockey, Gymnastics | Wisconsin Valley | 1742 |
Chequamegon Screaming Eagles | Cheqaumegon High School | Gymnastics | Marawood | 288 |
Shawano Hawks | Shawano High School | Boys Swimming | Bay | 814 |
- Colby coops with Abbotsford, and Ladysmith, Bruce and Flambeau co-op for Girls Swimming.
- Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids co-op for Girls Hockey.
- Mosinee, Wausau West, DC Everest, and Wausau East form the Central Wisconsin Storm in Girls Hockey.
- Rhinelander and Antigo co-op for Girls Hockey.
- Beginning in 2015 Wittenberg-Birnamwood will compete in the Bay Conference for Girls Swimming.
Conference Champions
Football
- 2008 Lakeland & Antigo
- 2009 Merrill
- 2010 Antigo
- 2011 Mosinee
- 2012 Medford & Mosinee
- 2013 Medford
- 2014 Merrill
- 2015 Antigo & Medford
Volleyball
- 2008 Merrill
- 2009 Merrill
- 2010 Mosinee & Tomahawk
- 2011 Tomahawk
- 2012 Rhinelander
- 2013 Tomahawk
- 2014 Tomahawk
- 2015 Medford
Girls Swimming
- 2008 Colby/Abbotsford
- 2009 Ladysmith/Bruce/Flambeau
- 2010 Ladysmith/Bruce/Flambeau
- 2011 Medford
- 2012 Lakeland
- 2013 Ladysmith/Bruce/Flambeau
- 2014 Tomahawk
- 2015 Tomahawk
Boys Soccer
- 2008 Northland Pines
- 2009 Northland Pines
- 2010 Rhinelander
- 2011 Northland Pines
- 2012 Rhinelander
- 2013 Northland Pines
- 2014 Lakeland & Rhinelander
- 2015 Rhinelander
Boys Cross Country
- 2008 Tomahawk
- 2009 Lakeland
- 2010 Lakeland
- 2011 Lakeland
- 2012 Lakeland
- 2013 Lakeland
- 2014 Lakeland
- 2015 Lakeland
Girls Cross Country
- 2008 Tomahawk
- 2009 Tomahawk
- 2010 Tomahawk
- 2011 Tomahawk
- 2012 Tomahawk
- 2013 Lakeland
- 2014 Tomahawk
- 2015 Lakeland
Girls Tennis
- 2009 Columbus Catholic & Lakeland
- 2010 Rhinelander
- 2011 Rhinelander & Columbus Catholic
- 2012 Rhinelander
- 2013 Rhinelander
- 2014 Rhinelander
- 2015 Rhinelander
Girls Basketball
- 2008-2009 Antigo & Merrill
- 2009-2010 Medford
- 2010-2011 Lakeland
- 2011-2012 Medford
- 2012-2013 Northland Pines & Medford
- 2013-2014 Mosinee
- 2014-2015 Lakeland
- 2015-2016 Mosinee
Boys Basketball
- 2008-2009 Antigo
- 2009-2010 Antigo
- 2010-2011 Antigo
- 2011-2012 Antigo
- 2012-2013 Rhinelander
- 2013-2014 Rhinelander
- 2014-2015 Rhinelander
- 2015-2016
Wrestling
- 2008-2009 Mosinee
- 2009-2010 Merrill
- 2010-2011 Medford
- 2011-2012 Tomahawk
- 2012-2013 Tomahawk
- 2013-2014 Rhinelander
- 2014-2015 Rhinelander
- 2015-2016 Rhinelander & Tomahawk
Girls Hockey
- 2008-2009
- 2010-2009 Central Wisconsin Co-Op
- 2010-2011 Central Wisconsin Co-Op
- 2011-2012 Stevens Point/Rapids Co-Op
- 2012-2013 Marshfield & Northland Pines
- 2013-2014 Northland Pines
- 2014-2015 Waupaca
- 2015-2016 Northland Pines
Boys Hockey
- 2008-2009 Lakeland
- 2009-2010 Waupaca
- 2010-2011 Waupaca
- 2011-2012 Northland Pines
- 2012-2013 Northland Pines
- 2013-2014 Antigo
- 2014-2015 Antigo
- 2015-2016 Antigo
Gymnastics
- 2008-2009
- 2009-2010
- 2010-2011 Antigo
- 2011-2012 Stevens Point & Rhinelander
- 2012-2013 Stevens Point & Rhinelander
- 2013-2014 Stevens Point
- 2014-2015 Stevens Point & Chequamegon
- 2015-2016 Rhinelander & Stevens Point
Boys Swimming
- 2011-2012 Rhinelander
- 2012-2013 Lakeland
- 2013-2014 Lakeland
- 2014-2015 Shawano
- 2015-2016 Rhinelander
Baseball
- 2009 Merrill
- 2010 Merrill
- 2011 Rhinelander
- 2012 Rhinelander
- 2013 Antigo
- 2014 Antigo
- 2015 Antigo & Mosinee
Softball
- 2009 Mosinee & Merrill
- 2010 Mosinee & Medford
- 2011 Mosinee
- 2012 Mosinee & Rhinelander
- 2013 Mosinee
- 2014 Mosinee
- 2015 Mosinee
Girls Track
- 2009 Tomahawk
- 2010 Mosinee
- 2011 Lakeland
- 2012 Lakeland
- 2013 Lakeland
- 2014 Tomahawk
- 2015 Lakeland
Boys Track
- 2009 Merrill
- 2010 Lakeland
- 2011 Lakeland
- 2012 Lakeland
- 2013 Lakeland
- 2014 Lakeland
- 2015 Lakeland
Girls Soccer
- 2009 Northland Pines
- 2010 Northland Pines
- 2011 Lakeland
- 2012 Rhinelander
- 2013 Rhinelander
- 2014 Rhinelander
- 2015 Rhinelander
Boys Golf
- 2009 Mosinee
- 2010 Antigo
- 2011 Rhinelander
- 2012 Antigo
- 2013 Antigo
- 2014 Lakeland
- 2015
Boys Tennis
- 2010 Antigo
- 2011 Rhinelander
- 2012 Rhinelander
- 2013 Antigo
- 2014 Rhinelander
- 2015 Rhinelander