RIb Lake Ending Long-Time Football Co-op With Prentice

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 -- 6:34 AM

The Rib Lake school district is ending it's long football co-op with Prentice, and will field it's own eight-man football team starting in the fall of 2024.  Rib Lake and Prentice have co-opped for football since the late 1980's, but Rib Lake is dissolving the partnership so that more Rib Lake student-athletes will be able to compete, and to reduce travel. 

It is believed that there will be more eight-man programs within close proximity to Rib Lake than there are now eleven-man programs.  Paperwork will be filed with the WIAA to allow Rib Lake to be part of an eight-man conference in 2024, and be eligible for playoffs that season. 

Prentice was in favor of continuing the co-op, as their football numbers are not as strong as Rib Lake's.  Prentice may attempt to co-op with another school in 2024, and Prentice officials have apparently approached Winter about a co-op arrangement. 

Former Stratford Athletic Director Travis Grubbs is now serving as the District Administrator at Rib Lake.

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