Fox River Classic Conference

The Fox River Classic Conference (often shortened to FRCC) is a high school athletic conference made up of ten full members, one affiliate member and three football-only members in Northeastern Wisconsin, centering primarily around schools in Brown County, Manitowoc Lincoln High School, and the high schools of the Sheboygan Area School District, which maintained deep rivalries with the schools of the Green Bay Area School District in the forerunner Fox River Valley Conference. Conference schools are members of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Fox River Classic Conference
ConferenceWIAA
Founded2007
CommissionerGarry Sievert
No. of teams10
HeadquartersSuamico, Wisconsin
Official websitewww.frccwi.com

Current members

Source:[1]

Team & Mascot School Former Conference Enrollment
Ashwaubenon Jaguars Ashwaubenon HS Bay 1,022
Bay Port Pirates Bay Port HS Bay 1,910
De Pere Redbirds De Pere HS Bay 1,386
Green Bay Preble Hornets Green Bay Preble HS FRVC 2,105
Green Bay Southwest Trojans Green Bay Southwest HS FRVC 1,155
Manitowoc Lincoln Ships Manitowoc Lincoln HS FRVC 1,071
Notre Dame Academy Tritons Notre Dame HS FRVC 767
Pulaski Red Raiders Pulaski HS Bay 1,112
Sheboygan North Golden Raiders Sheboygan North HS FRVC 1,512
Sheboygan South Redwings Sheboygan South HS FRVC 1,064

Affiliated members
Team & mascot School Sports Primary Conference Enrollment
Green Bay East Red Devils Green Bay East HS Football Bay 1,262
Green Bay West Wildcats Green Bay West HS Football Bay 837
Menasha Bluejays Menasha HS Football Bay 915
West De Pere Phantoms West De Pere HS Football, Girls' Swimming (co-op with De Pere) Bay 979

History

The FRCC was formed in 2007 when Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere and Pulaski left the Bay Conference and joined up with a stronger eight team Fox River Valley Conference. This was mainly done to level the playing field as the four Bay Schools were larger than most of the other Bay Schools. In 2011, Green Bay West requested to leave the FRCC and Green Bay East asked to leave the conference also. Both Green Bay East and West have stated they have not been able to compete in the FRCC. In January 2014, the WIAA approved a Realignment plan that would put Green Bay West and Green Bay East out of the FRCC and into the Bay Conference. This took effect for the 2015–16 school year.[2] Another football-only realignment plan surfaced in 2018; West De Pere, Menasha, Green Bay East and Green Bay West would join the conference, which would be split into two divisions. The original plan called for Preble, Bay Port, Green Bay East, Green Bay Southwest, Pulaski, Ashwaubenon and Green Bay West in one and Sheboygan North, Sheboygan South, Manitowoc, De Pere, Menasha, West De Pere and Notre Dame in the other. A revised proposal came out in February 2019, this one including Preble, De Pere, Bay Port, Green Bay Southwest, Pulaski, West De Pere and Ashwaubenon in one and Sheboygan North, Sheboygan South, Manitowoc, Menasha, Notre Dame, Green Bay East and Green Bay West in the other.[3] The plan was approved in April 2019 to take effect for the 2020–2021 school year.[4]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all full members of the FRCC besides Notre Dame joined with some teams from the Fox Valley Association and Wisconsin Valley Conference to form the 20-team Fox Valley Classic Conference football conference, which will play in spring 2021.[5]

Divisions (2007-2015)

From 2007 to 2015, the Conference was divided into East and West divisions based on which side of the Fox River the school was on. For football, the divisions changed based on standings from the previous season. With Green Bay East and Green Bay West leaving at the end of 2015, the FRCC eliminated the divisions and teams played all the others in a season.

West Division

Ashwaubenon Jaguars

Bay Port Pirates

Green Bay Southwest Trojans

*Green Bay West Wildcats

Pulaski Red Raiders

Notre Dame Academy Tritons

East Division

De Pere Redbirds

*Green Bay East Red Devils

Green Bay Preble Hornets

Manitowoc Lincoln Ships

Sheboygan North Golden Raiders

Sheboygan South Redwings

left conference

References
  1. "Member Schools of the FRCC - Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC)".
  2. "FRCC conference - Green Bay, WI". frccwi.com. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  3. Venci, Scott. "High school football: WIAA, WFCA update realignment plan". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. "Football-only conference vote approved for 2020". WLUK. 16 April 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  5. "Twenty high schools form spring football conference". The Press Times. Multi Media Channels. October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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