With Gillett’s move into the eight-man football game and the competitive imbalance around parts of northeastern Wisconsin, large conference realignment is set to take place for football only for teams in the Marinette & Oconto, Northern Lakes and Packerland conferences.
Gillett, which is transitioning this fall to the smaller game, will become part of the MONLPC-8, along with Wausaukee, which is also moving into the eight-man game this fall.
The two will join what used to be the Great-8 North Conference, with the likes of Lena/STAA, Menominee Indian, Gresham/Bowler, Sevastopol, NEW Lutheran, Gibraltar and Oneida Nation.
The bigger changes come for the schools still playing the 11-man game, where competition has been divided into small- and large-school conferences.
Suring will compete in the MONLPC-Small along with Crandon, Crivitz, Elcho/White Lake, Florence, Northern Elite (Niagara, Goodman, Pembine), Three Lakes/Phelps and Wabeno/Laona.