The East Central Conference was a high school athletic conference of teams in the East Central Wisconsin area. The ECC was founded in 1970 and disbanded in 2007. In 2007, four of its teams were folded into the new Eastern Valley Conference with six other schools from the old Valley 8 Conference. The members in 2007 were Berlin, Ripon, Winneconne, Omro, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, and Waupun. The Conference will be revived for the 2015-2016 School Year with the WIAA Realignment. Members will be Berlin, Campbellsport, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kewaskum, Plymouth, Ripon, Winneconne and Waupun.
Founded in 1970 with Berlin, Hortonville, New London, Omro, Ripon, Waupaca, Weyauwega and Winneconne as the original members. In 1973 Weyauwega went to the Central Wisconsin Conference. in 1974 Little Chute was brought in from the CWC. In 1979 New London Left to the Bay Conference in Exchange for Central Wisconsin Conference Wautoma. In 1995 Wautoma moved to the Flyway for football only. while Waupun took their place. In 1999 Hortonville, Little Chute & Waupaca went to the Newly Formed Valley 8 Conference, while Waupun became a full-time member & welcomed in Laconia & Markesan. Things would change when the ECC would merge with the Flyway Conference to form 2 Divisions the Rivers & Lakes in 2001. This would go for a few years then the flyway would go back on its own & the East Central had one year left. The Conference was fully Disbanded one year later & 4 of the ECC Teams Joined old Valley 8 teams to form the Eastern Valley Conference.
With a several conference realignments in North Eastern Wisconsin, 8 Schools were set to join a newly formed Conference, Those schools Berlin, Campellsport, Kewaskum, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Plymouth, Ripon, Waupun & Winneconne decided to be known as the East Central Conference as several members were once part of the ECC.
In 1999 when the Conference was realigned the Conference joined up with the Flyway to form the East Central-Flyway. The Conference was split into the Lakes and Rivers Division. This conference was in place until 2006 when several teams were moved around to different conferences and The Conference then split The Rivers Division was renamed to the Flyway Conference & the Lakes took the East Central name.
Lakes
BerlinOmroOshkosh LourdesLaconiaMarkesanRiponWaupunWautomaWinneconneRivers
HoriconLomiraNorth Fond du LacSt. Mary's SpringsWinnebago Lutheran AcademyMayvilleOakfieldMayville played in the Lakes for Football along with Springs for a few years. Markesan & Laconia also played in the Rivers only for Football only but in the lakes for all other Sports.
Baseball
1971 Ripon1972 Ripon1973 Berlin1974 Ripon1975 Ripon1976 Winneconne1977 New London1978 Winneconne1979 Winneconne1980 Waupaca1981 Waupaca1982 Hortonville & Omro1983 Ripon1984 Hortonville1985 Hortonville1986 Hortonville, Little Chute & Ripon1987 Ripon1988 Hortonville1989 Ripon1990 Ripon1991 Hortonville1992 Hortonville1993 Hortonville1994 Hortonville & Omro1995 Hortonville & Ripon1996 Hortonville1997 Hortonville1998 Hortonville1999 Hortonville2000 RiponLakes
2001 Ripon2002 Winneconne2003 Ripon2004 Ripon2005 Ripon2006 RiponRivers
200120022003200420052006East Central
2007 WaupunBoys Basketball
1970-1971 Ripon1971-1972 Ripon1972-1973 Waupaca1973-1974 Waupaca1974-1975 Winneconne1975-1976 New London & Winneconne1976-1977 Berlin & Little Chute1977-1978 Winneconne1978-1979 New London1979-1980 Wautoma1980-1981 Wautoma1981-1982 Winneconne1982-1983 Hortonville & Wautoma1983-1984 Hortonville & Ripon1984-1985 Hortonville1985-1986 Little Chute1986-1987 Winneconne1987-1988 Waupaca1988-1989 Waupaca1989-1990 Berlin1990-1991 Berlin1991-1992 Hortonville1992-1993 Omro & Ripon1993-1994 Little Chute1994-1995 Omro1995-1996 Little Chute & Omro1996-1997 Little Chute & Winneconne1997-1998 Omro1998-1999 Omro, Ripon & Waupaca1999-2000 Laconia2000-2001 OmroECFC-Lakes
2001-2002 Omro & Ripon2002-2003 Ripon & Winneconne2003-2004 Berlin & Omro2004-2005 Omro & Winneconne2005-2006 RiponECFC-Rivers
2001-2002 Mayville2002-2003 Fond du Lac Springs2003-2004 North Fond du Lac2004-2005 Mayville2005-2006 HoriconEast Central
2006-2007 WaupunGirls Basketball
1973-1974 Winneconne1974-1975 New London1975-1976 Omro1976-1977 Omro & Winneconne1977-1978 Omro1978-1979 Ripon1979-1980 Little Chute1980-1981 Wautoma1981-1982 Little Chute1982-1983 Winneconne1983-1984 Winneconne1984-1985 Hortonville1985-1986 Hortonville1986-1987 Hortonville1987-1988 Berlin & Hortonville1988-1989 Little Chute1989-1990 Little Chute1990-1991 Little Chute1991-1992 Berlin & Hortonville1992-19931993-1994 Little Chute1994-19951995-19961996-1997 Hortonville1997-1998 Waupaca1998-1999 Waupaca1999-2000 Markesan2000-2001 WinneconneLakes
2001-2002 Laconia2002-2003 Laconia & Markesan2003-2004 Laconia2004-2005 Markesan2005-2006 RiponRivers
2001-20022002-20032003-2004 Lomira2004-2005 Lomira2005-2006 North Fond du LacEast Central
2006-2007 RiponFootball
East Central Conference 1970-1998
1970 Berlin1971 Omro1972 Ripon1973 Ripon1974 Little Chute1975 Ripon1976 Ripon1977 Little Chute1978 Little Chute & New London1979 Little Chute1980 Little Chute1981 Little Chute1982 Wautoma1983 Little Chute1984 Ripon & Hortonville1985 Berlin, Little Chute and Winneconne1986 Little Chute1987 Waupaca1988 Berlin & Waupaca1989 Berlin1990 Berlin1991 Waupaca1992 Berlin & Waupaca1993 Waupaca1994 Waupaca1995 Waupaca & Winneconne1996 Waupaca1997 Waupaca1998 Waupaca1999 FDL Springs & Markesan2000 Mayville, Winneconne & FDL SpringsLakes
2001 Mayville2002 Springs2003 Ripon2004 Mayville & Ripon2005 RiponRivers
2001 Laconia2002 Lomira & North Fond du Lac2003 Winnebago Lutheran Academy2004 Fond du Lac Springs, Lomira & Winnebago Lutheran Academy2005 Horicon, Markesan & Winnebago Lutheran AcademyEast Central Conference
2006 WaupunBoys Cross Country
1970 Hortonville1971 Hortonville1972 Hortonville1973 Hortonville1974 Little Chute1975 Hortonville1976 Little Chute1977 Little Chute1978 Berlin & Little Chute1979 Little Chute1980 Little Chute1981 Little Chute1982 Little Chute1983 Little Chute1984 Little Chute1985 Ripon1986 Berlin1987 Berlin1988 Berlin1989 Wautoma1990 Wautoma1991 Berlin1995 Little Chute1996 Little Chute1997 Ripon1998 Ripon1999 Berlin2000 BerlinLakes
2001 Berlin2002 Ripon2003 Ripon2004 Ripon2005 BerlinRivers
2001 Lomira2002 Lomira20032004 Lomira2005 LomiraEast Central Conference
2006 RiponGirls Cross Country
1980 Little Chute1981 Winneconne1982 Wautoma1983 Little Chute1984 Wautoma1985 Ripon1986 Ripon1987 Ripon1988 Ripon1989 Little Chute & Ripon1990 Little Chute1991 Omro1992 Little Chute199319941995 Little Chute1996 Little Chute1997 Little Chute1998 Berlin19992000 BerlinLakes
2001 Berlin & Winneconne2002 Berlin & Winneconne2003 Berlin & Winneconne2004 Winneconne2005 RiponRivers
20012002 Lomira200320042005 Winnebago LutheranEast Central Conference
2006 RiponGolf
1972 Ripon1973 Ripon & Waupaca1974 Hortonville1975 New London19761977 Ripon1978 Ripon1979 Hortonville & Ripon1980 Hortonville1981 Little Chute1982 Hortonville & Little Chute1983 Little Chute & Ripon19841985 Little Chute19861987 Ripon & Waupaca1988 Waupaca19891990 Little Chute1991 Little Chute1992 Little Chute1993 Berlin & Waupaca1994 Wautoma199519961997 Waupaca1998 Waupaca1999 Hortonville2000 WautomaLakes
2001 Ripon2002 Ripon20032004 Berlin2005 Berlin2006 Berlin2007Boys Track
1970 Ripon1971 Ripon1972 Ripon19731974 Hortonville1975 Hortonville19761977 Ripon1978 Ripon1979 Little Chute19801981 Waupaca1982 Berlin1983 Little Chute1984 Waupaca1985 Berlin1986 Berlin198719881989 Berlin1990 Berlin1991 Berlin1992 Berlin & Little Chute1993 Waupaca1994199519961997 Little Chute1998 Wautoma1999 Berlin2000 BerlinLakes
2001 Berlin2002 Berlin2003 Ripon2004 Ripon2005 Wautoma2006 RiponRivers
200120022003200420052006 MayvilleEast Central Conference
2007 RiponGirls Track
1973 Ripon1974 Ripon1975197619771978 Ripon1979 Ripon1980 Ripon1981 Ripon1982 Berlin1983 Berlin1984 Wautoma1985 Ripon1986 Ripon & Waupaca1987 Waupaca1988 Waupaca1989 Omro19901991 Waupaca1992 Omro1993 Little Chute & Omro199419951996 Berlin1997 Little Chute1998 Little Chute1999 Little Chute2000 BerlinLakes
2001 Omro2002 Omro2003 Wautoma2004 Berlin2005 Winneconne2006 RiponRivers
200120022003200420052006 MayvilleEast Central Conference
2007 RiponGirls Soccer
2005 Omro2006 OmroSoftball
1979 Hortonville1980 Hortonville19811982 Winneconne1983 Winneconne1984 Waupaca1985 Berlin1986 Winneconne1987 Berlin, Little Chute & Ripon1988 Wautoma1989 Hortonville1990 Little Chute, Ripon & Wautoma1991 Hortonville1992 Hortonville1993 Hortonville, Little Chute & Ripon1994 Hortonville1995 Hortonville1996 Hortonville1997 Hortonville1998 Hortonville1999 Hortonville2000 BerlinLakes
2001 Winneconne2002 Winneconne2003 Markesan & Winneconne2004 Ripon20052006Rivers
20012002 Horicon2003 Horicon2004 Horicon2005 Horicon2006East Central
2007 WinneconneWrestling
1970-1971 Hortonville & New London1971-1972 Berlin & Hortonville1972-1973 Berlin1973-1974 New London1974-19751975-1976 Hortonville & New London1976-1977 New London1977-1978 Hortonville1978-1979 Hortonville1981-1982 Hortonville1982-1983 Hortonville1983-1984 Berlin & Waupaca1984-1985 Omro & Ripon1985-19861986-1987 Berlin1987-1988 Berlin1988-1989 Berlin1989-19901990-19911991-19921992-1993 Berlin1993-1994 Berlin1994-19951995-1996 Berlin1996-1997 Ripon1997-1998 Hortonville1998-1999 Berlin,Hortonville, & Ripon1999-2000 Berlin & RiponLakes
2000-2001 Berlin & Winneconne2001-2002 Winneconne2002-20032003-2004 Ripon2004-2005 Ripon2005-2006 Ripon2006-2007 RiponRivers
2000-2001 Lomira2001-2002 Lomira2002-2003 Lomira2003-2004 Lomira2004-2005 Lomira2005-2006 Laconia & LomiraVolleyball
1973 Omro1974 Omro1975 Omro1976 Omro19771978 Little Chute19791980 Little Chute & Waupaca1981 Little Chute1982 Wautoma19831984 Berlin & Wautoma1985 Little Chute1986 Winneconne1987 Little Chute1988 Berlin19891990 Berlin1991 Ripon1992 Ripon & Waupaca1993 Berlin & Little Chute19941995 Ripon1996 Ripon1997 Ripon1998 Ripon1999 LaconiaLakes
2000 Ripon2001 Laconia2002 Laconia2003 Laconia2004 Laconia2005 WaupunRivers
2001 Horicon20022003 Horicon2004 Horicon2005 LaconiaEast Central
2006 WaupunSource http://www.ripontigerfootball.com/history.html
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