The Mid-Valley Conference is a former high school
athletic conference
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in northeastern
Wisconsin
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. Founded in 1946 and disbanded in 1950, the conference and its members were affiliated with the
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
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.
History
The Mid-Valley Conference was formed in 1946 by seven small- to medium-sized high schools in the
Fox River Valley in northeastern Wisconsin:
Bonduel,
Chilton,
Kimberly,
Kiel
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,
Pulaski,
Seymour
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* Se ...
, and
West De Pere.
Three of the seven members previously competed as independents (Bonduel, Pulaski and West De Pere) and the other four maintained dual memberships in other conferences: two in the
Eastern Wisconsin Conference
The Eastern Wisconsin Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership based in east central Wisconsin. It existed in two incarnations: the original conference from 1923 to 1970 and the current one since 1979. The conference an ...
(Chilton and Kiel) and two in the
Little Nine Conference
The Little Nine Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. Operational from 1928 to 1970, its membership was concentrated in east central Wisconsin and all member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athleti ...
(Kimberly and Seymour). Chilton and Kiel, the two southernmost schools, remained football-only members for the 1947 season, but left afterwards for sole membership in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference.
Kimberly maintained a dual membership in all sports with the exception of basketball.
The Mid-Valley Conference lasted for four years before it was disbanded in 1950. Kimberly and Seymour joined the
Northeastern Wisconsin Conference
The Northeastern Wisconsin Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, opening competition in 1927 and disbanding in 1970. Its members were concentrated in the northeastern part of the state, and all members were affiliat ...
after leaving both the Mid-Valley and Little Nine Conferences.
Bonduel, Pulaski and West De Pere returned to independent status for one season before entering the
Central Wisconsin Conference
The Central Wisconsin Conference is a high school athletic conference comprising twenty-one high schools in three divisions in central Wisconsin. Founded in 1926, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interschola ...
(Bonduel)
and the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference (Pulaski and West De Pere) in 1951.
Conference membership history
Membership timeline
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References
{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States