The Cloverwood Conference is a former high school football conference comprising schools in both the Cloverbelt and Marawood Conferences in west central Wisconsin. It was founded in 2008 and ran through the 2019 football season, and its members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History The Cloverwood Conference was formed in 2008 as a partnership between four schools in the Marawood Conference (Abbotsford, Assumption, Athens and Newman Catholic) and six in the Cloverbelt Conference (Augusta, Gilman, Greenwood, Loyal, Owen-Withee and Thorp), and was created to bring together schools of similar size in the region for football competition. Conference membership remained stable through most of its history with only a few changes to the roster. In 2010 Greenwood joined with Granton on a football cooperative that lasted six seasons. In 2011, Augusta shifted to the Dairyland Conference as a football-only member (they would join as full members three years later) with McDonell Central Catholic in Chippewa Falls taking their place. They would leave the conference along with Newman Catholic after the 2016 season, leaving the loop with eight members to end its run.
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. This meant the end for the Cloverwood Conference, as members were dispersed to the Marawood Conference (Abbotsford, Athens, Owen-Withee and Thorp) and Central Wisconsin Conference's small-school (Assumption and Loyal) and eight-player (Gilman and Greenwood) divisions.
Conference membership history SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsSeasonsPrimary ConferenceAbbotsfordAbbotsford, WIPublicFalcons 2008–2019MarawoodAssumptionWisconsin Rapids, WIPrivate (Catholic)Royals 2008–2019MarawoodAthensAthens, WIPublicBluejays 2008–2019MarawoodAugustaAugusta, WIPublicBeavers 2008–2010CloverbeltGilmanGilman, WIPublicPirates 2008–2019CloverbeltGreenwoodGreenwood, WIPublicIndians 2008–2009, 2016–2019CloverbeltLoyalLoyal, WIPublicGreyhounds 2008–2019CloverbeltNewman CatholicWausau, WIPrivate (Catholic)Cardinals 2008–2016MarawoodOwen-WitheeOwen, WIPublicBlackhawks 2008–2019CloverbeltThorpThorp, WIPublicCardinals 2008–2019CloverbeltGreenwood/GrantonGreenwood, WIPublicIndians 2010–2015CloverbeltMcDonell Central CatholicChippewa Falls, WIPrivate (Catholic)Macks 2011–2016Cloverbelt
Membership timeline
List of state champions +FootballSchoolYearDivisionGilman2010Division 7Greenwood/Granton2011Division 7Owen-Withee2014Division 7
List of conference champions Source: SchoolQuantityYearsAbbotsford42015, 2016, 2018, 2019Athens42011, 2012, 2013, 2014Gilman32008, 2009, 2010Loyal22012, 2017Owen-Withee22012, 2013Assumption0Augusta0Greenwood/0Greenwood/Granton0McDonell Central Catholic0Newman Catholic0Thorp0
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