Twenty high schools form spring football conference

GREEN BAY – In a statement from the Fox Valley Association, a group of 20 high schools from four different central and eastern Wisconsin conferences have joined to form the Fox Valley Classic Football Conference next spring.

This is for schools not playing their football this fall.

Practice begins March 8, with the first games being played March 26.

The Fox Valley Association, Wisconsin Valley Conference and both divisions of the Fox River Classic Conference will be split into four groups and play a five-game regular season followed by a two-game playoff format.

The four groups were created based on a combination of enrollment and past success to provide competitive matchups, while still maintaining some traditional rivalries.

Each school will play the other four teams in its group and one crossover game with a team from another group during the five-game regular season.

Playoffs will be held during the final two weeks on April 30 and May 7, with every school guaranteed two games.

The top two teams each from groups A and B will compete in a four-team playoff, while the top two teams each from groups C and D will do the same, with semifinals followed by consolation and championship games.

The third and fourth place teams from groups A and B will comprise another four-team bracket, and the third and fourth place teams from groups C and D will also play against one another.

The fifth-place teams from all four divisions will play two games against each other in the final two weeks.

Junior varsity and freshman (or JV-2) games will be held the following Monday between the same opponents as the Friday night varsity contests.

Junior varsity games will be held at the opposite sites from the varsity games and freshman games will be played at the same locations.

Divisions

Group A: Bay Port, Fond du Lac, Green Bay Preble, Neenah and Stevens Point.

Group B: Appleton East, Appleton North, Ashwaubenon, Kimberly and Pulaski.

Group C: Appleton West, De Pere, Green Bay Southwest, Manitowoc and Oshkosh West.

Group D: Green Bay East, Green Bay West, Oshkosh North, Sheboygan North and Sheboygan South.

Local schedule

Friday, March 26

Green Bay Preble at Bay Port

Ashwaubenon at Pulaski

Green Bay Southwest at De Pere

Sheboygan North at Green Bay East

Oshkosh North at Green Bay West

Thursday, April 1

Green Bay Southwest at Green Bay Preble

Bay Port at Stevens Point

Pulaski at Kimberly

Appleton North at Ashwaubenon

De Pere at Oshkosh West

Green Bay West at Sheboygan South

Green Bay East at Oshkosh North

Friday, April 9

Bay Port at De Pere

Appleton North at Green Bay East

Neenah at Green Bay Preble

Kimberly at Ashwaubenon

Pulaski at Appleton East

Appleton West at Green Bay Southwest

Green Bay West at Sheboygan North

Friday, April 16

Oshkosh North at Ashwaubenon

Green Bay Preble at Fond du Lac

Bay Port at Neenah

Appleton North at Pulaski

Green Bay Southwest at Manitowoc

De Pere at Appleton West

Green Bay East at Green Bay West

Friday, April 23

Green Bay West at Pulaski

Fond du Lac at Bay Port

Stevens Point at Green Bay Preble

Ashwaubenon at Appleton East

Manitowoc at De Pere

Oshkosh West at Green Bay Southwest

Sheboygan South at Green Bay East

Friday, April 30

Playoffs – semifinal round

Friday, May 7

Playoffs – championship and consolation rounds