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 Other Affiliated Members 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 2016 Antigo, Medford & Merrill 2017 Antigo 2018 Ashland 2019 Medford Volleyball 2008 Merrill 2009 Merrill 2010 Mosinee & Tomahawk 2011 Tomahawk 2012 Rhinelander 2013 Tomahawk 2014 Tomahawk 2015 Medford 2016 Medford 2017 Mosinee 2018 Mosinee 2019 Mosinee 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 2016 Tomahawk 2017 Tomahawk 2018 Tomahawk 2019 Rhinelander Boys Soccer 2008 Northland Pines 2009 Northland Pines 2010 Rhinelander 2011 Northland Pines 2012 Rhinelander 2013 Northland Pines 2014 Lakeland & Rhinelander 2015 Rhinelander 2016 Rhinelander 2017 Rhinelander 2018 Northland Pines 2019 Northland Pines Boys Cross Country 2008 Tomahawk 2009 Lakeland 2010 Lakeland 2011 Lakeland 2012 Lakeland 2013 Lakeland 2014 Lakeland 2015 Lakeland 2016 Lakeland 2017 Lakeland 2018 Medford 2019 Tomahawk Girls Cross Country 2008 Tomahawk 2009 Tomahawk 2010 Tomahawk 2011 Tomahawk 2012 Tomahawk 2013 Lakeland 2014 Tomahawk 2015 Lakeland 2016 Lakeland 2017 Medford 2018 Medford 2019 Medford Girls Tennis 2009 Columbus Catholic & Lakeland 2010 Rhinelander 2011 Rhinelander & Columbus Catholic 2012 Rhinelander 2013 Rhinelander 2014 Rhinelander 2015 Rhinelander 2016 Rhinelander 2017 Antigo 2018 Rhinelander 2019 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 2016-2017 Lakeland 2017-2018 Lakeland 2018-2019 Rhinelander 2019-2020 Rhinelander 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 Mosinee & Rhinelander 2016-2017 Medford 2017-2018 Rhinelander 2019-2019 Mosinee 2019-2020 Medford