Mississippi 8 Conference Explained

Founded:2004
Conference:MSHSL
Teams:8
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The Mississippi 8 Conference (M8) is a high school athletic and activities conference in the Twin Cities area in Central Minnesota with 8 member high schools. The conference derives its name from 6 of the original 8 member schools being located within 10 miles from the Mississippi River.

History

The M8 was formed in 2004 with eight charter members: Becker, Big Lake, Buffalo, Cambridge-Isanti, Monticello, Princeton, Rogers and St. Michael-Albertville (STMA), and began play in the 2005-2006 school year. Zimmerman High School was added to the conference in 2008.

Elk River High School entered the M8 as a competitor in the sport of football in 2010 and Duluth East and Duluth Denfeld High Schools joined the conference for football in the fall of 2012. St. Francis, Chisago Lakes Area, and North Branch Area High School began competing in the Mississippi 8 Conference during 2013-14 school year.

Princeton School District and Zimmerman High School voted to withdraw their participation from the Mississippi 8 in favor of a new conference, Granite Ridge Conference, for the 2011 school year. Becker School District, and Elk River High School left the conference in 2012, Becker joined the Granite Ridge Conference, and Elk River High School football rejoined the Northwest Suburban Conference. In the 2013-14 school year, Princeton rejoined the M8. In 2018 STMA and Buffalo decided to leave the conference and were placed in the Lake Conference by the MSHSL and Rogers decided to leave for the Northwest Suburban Conference beginning in the Fall of 2019. Becker High School rejoined the conference in 2019 bringing the total number of schools back to 8.

Members

The conference currently consists of 8 member schools.

School[1] Location Established Joined Enrollment[2] Nickname Colors
Becker High SchoolBecker, MN2004 and 2019844Bulldogs
Big Lake High SchoolBig Lake, MN19172004877Hornets
Cambridge-Isanti High SchoolCambridge, MN186920041,433Blue Jackets
Chisago Lakes High SchoolLindstrom, MN194320131,033Wildcats
Monticello High SchoolMonticello, MN20041,189Magic
North Branch High SchoolNorth Branch, MN19322013633Vikings
Princeton High SchoolPrinceton, MN2004 and 2013843Tigers
Saint Francis High SchoolSt. Francis, MN191420131,136Saints

Former Members

School[3] Location Established Nickname Joined Left New Conference
Buffalo High SchoolBuffalo, MNBison20042019Lake
Rogers High SchoolRogers, MN2003Royals20042019Northwest Suburban
St. Michael-Albertville High SchoolSt. Michael, MN1966Knights20042019Lake
Zimmerman High SchoolZimmerman, MN2003Thunder20082010Granite Ridge

Fall Sports

Cross Country

Boys Team Championships Years won
Buffalo* 6 2006, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
STMA* 4 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015
Monticello 2 2005, 2010
Cambridge-Isanti 2 2008, 2009
Princeton 1 2019
Girls Team Championships Years won
Monticello 6 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
STMA* 6 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Becker3 2005, 2007, 2019

The inaugural Cross Country Championship meet was held at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker. The 2006 meet was held at Liberty Elementary in Big Lake. The 2007 and 2014 meets were held at Buffalo Heights Golf Course. In 2008 the meet was held at Grandy 9 Golf Course in Cambridge. The 2009 and 2017 meets were hosted my Monticello at Vintage Golf Course and Lake Bertram Regional Park, respectively. 2010 meet was at the Princeton Golf Course. In 2011 Rogers hosted the meet at Fox Hollow Golf Course. The 2012 conference meet was held at St. Michael Rec Center. In 2013 and 2019 the meet was held at Ponds Golf Course and was hosted by St. Francis. In 2015 the meet was held at Isanti Middle School. Ki-Chi-Soga Park in Lindstrom was home to the 2016 meet.

Football

Team Championships Years won
Rogers3 2010, 2011
Becker3 2005, 2006, 2008
STMA 2 2007, 2013c, 2014c
Monticello 2 2012, 2014c
Chisago Lakes22013c, 2014c
Buffalo 12009
Princeton 12014c

After the 2014 football season schools in the state of Minnesota were placed into one of 18 districts. The purpose of the changes was to reduce scheduling headaches for several schools.[4] All of the schools in the Mississippi 8 Conference were placed into the North Central District for the 2015 season. Prior to the 2017 season STMA was reclassified to 6A, as a result the school plays in the Metro District[5] and North Branch was moved to the Northeast District. The other schools continue to play in the North Central District.

Soccer

Boys Team Championships Years won
Monticello 9 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008c, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019c, 2020
Rogers*3 2010, 2013c, 2015
Buffalo* 2 2008c, 2014
STMA* 2 2011, 2012
Chisago Lakes3 2013c, 2017, 2019c
St Francis 1 2019c
Princeton1 2021
Girls Team Championships Years won
STMA* 8 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014c, 2016, 2017c, 2018
Rogers*6 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014c, 2015, 2017c
Cambridge-Isanti 2 2005, 2006
St Francis 1 2020, 2021
Princeton1 2014c
Chisago Lakes1 2019

Girls Swimming and Diving

Team Championships Years won
Monticello 6 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011c, 2019
STMA* 5 2011c, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Buffalo* 3 2005, 2011c, 2018

Girls Tennis

Team Championships Years won
Buffalo* 5 2007c, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012c
STMA* 3 2005, 2006, 2012c
Princeton 3 2014, 2015, 2016
Rogers* 1 2011
Monticello 1 2013
Becker 1 2007c
Chisago Lakes 1 2019

Volleyball

Team Championships Years won
STMA* 10 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011c, 2012c, 2017, 2018
Buffalo* 3 2011c, 2012c, 2013
Cambridge-Isanti 2 2014, 2016
North Branch 2 2015, 2019
Monticello 1 2020, 2021c
Big Lake 1 2021c

Winter Sports

Basketball

Boys Team Championships Years won
Buffalo* 8 2006-07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012-13c, 2013–14, 2018-19c
Princeton 5 2018-19c, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
Rogers* 4 2011-12c, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18
STMA* 3 2011-12c, 2012-13c, 2014–15
Monticello 1 2005-06
Girls Team Championships Years won
STMA* 10 2005-06, 2008-09c, 2009-10c, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Becker 4 2006-07, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021-22
Buffalo* 3 2009-10c, 2010–11, 2011–12
Rogers* 1 2007-08
Princeton 1 2008-09c

Dance

Team Championships Years won
Rogers* 9 2005-06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Big Lake 1 2006-07,
St. Cloud Cathedral 1 2011-12
Chisago Lakes 1 2016-17
St. Francis 1 2017-18
STMA* 1 2018-19
Becker 1 2019-20

Gymnastics

Team Championships Years won
Cambridge-Isanti 9 2005-06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018-19c
Big Lake 5 2009-10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2018-19c
North Branch 1 2013-14
Monticello 1 2018-19c

Hockey

Boys Team Championships Years won
Rogers* 5 2006-07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Buffalo* 5 2005-06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2018–19
STMA* 4 2014-15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18
Monticello 2 2019-20, 2020-21c
Chisago Lakes 2 2020-21c, 2021-22 c
Cambridge-Isanti 1 2021-22c

Becker and Big Lake are part of the Becker-Big Lake Eagles boys hockey co-op. Monticello is the host school for a boys hockey co-op with Maple Lake High School and goes by the nickname of Moose for hockey instead of the primary school nickname Magic.

Monticello advanced to the Class A state tournament in hockey in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022 and made it to the Class A state title game in 2017. No other Mississippi 8 conference member has advanced further in boys hockey. Princeton has made the boys state tournament, competing three times in 2002, 2003, 2016. Chisago Lakes has also made the boys state tournament twice while North Branch and Cambridge-Isanti have both made it once.

Girls Team Championships Years won
Buffalo* 5 2010-11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
North Wright County* 5 2008-09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19
Cambridge-Isanti 3 2005-06, 2006–07, 2007–08
Chisago Lakes 32019-20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Rogers* 12016-17

The North Wright County co-op that includes Monticello has reached the girls state tournament twice in 2011 and 2013. The Wright County co-op consisting of all the school in the current Buffalo and North Wright County co-ops made the state tournament in 2005. Chisago Lakes has also made the girls state tournament three times, once in 2004 as part of a co-op with Pine City and in 2010 and 2012.

Boys Swimming and Diving

Team Championships Years won
STMA* 7 2011-12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
Monticello* 3 2008-09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Cambridge-Isanti 3 2006-07, 2007–08, 2017–18
Orono1 2005-06

Wrestling

Team Championships Years won
STMA* 14 2005-06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18c, 2018–19
St. Francis 1 2017-18c

Spring Sports

Baseball

Team Championships Years won
STMA* 7 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
St. Francis 2 2014, 2015
Big Lake 2 2010, 2013
Monticello 1 2006
Cambridge-Isanti 1 2008
Buffalo* 1 2011
Chisago Lakes1 2021

Golf

Boys Team Championships Years won
Rogers* 6 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
STMA* 4 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Buffalo* 2 2014, 2015
Princeton 1 2007
Cambridge-Isanti 1 2006
Girls Team Championships Years won
Buffalo* 13 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
STMA* 1 2019

Softball

Team Championships Years won
Becker 6 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Buffalo* 4 2011, 2013, 2015c, 2017
Rogers* 4 2014, 2015c, 2016, 2019
North Branch 1 2018
Chisago Lakes 1 2021

Boys Tennis

Team Championships Years won
STMA* 4 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018
Buffalo* 4 2006, 2007, 2013, 2019
Becker 3 2010, 2011, 2012
Chisago Lakes 2 2014, 2016
Monticello 1 2008

Track and Field

Boys Team Championships Years won
Buffalo* 8 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
STMA* 4 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
North Branch 1 2015
Cambridge-Isanti 1 2019
Girls Team Championships Years won
STMA* 7 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Monticello 5 2006, 2009, 2070, 2011, 2012
Cambridge-Isanti 2 2007, 2008

References

  1. Web site: Mississippi 8 Conference.
  2. Web site: MSHSL 2020-2021 Enrollment.
  3. Web site: Mississippi 8 Conference.
  4. Web site: Chart: A look at each of the high school football districts.
  5. Web site: Minnesota high school league approves football schedule changes starting in 2017=.

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