The Rock Valley Conference is a high school
athletic conference
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in
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, originally formed as the Central Suburban Conference in 1969. All member schools belong to the
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) is the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Its history dates to 1895, making it the earliest continually existing high school athletic organization in the country. ...
and are concentrated in the
Rock River Valley in south central Wisconsin.
History
1969-1977
The Rock Valley Conference was formed in 1969 as the Central Suburban Conference. Its original membership consisted of four members from the Central Section of the disbanded
Madison Suburban Conference
The Madison Suburban Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, founded in 1926 and ending competition in 1969. Its members were located in south central Wisconsin, predominantly around the Madison, Wisconsin, Madison ar ...
(
Evansville
Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 census, it is Indiana's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the most populous city in S ...
,
Lake Mills,
Milton and
Oregon
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) along with newcomers
Clinton
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(from the
Indian Trails Conference) and
Turner
Turner may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Turner (surname), a common surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Turner (given name), a list of people with the given name
*One who uses a lathe for tur ...
(from the
IHSA's SHARK Conference).
Columbus
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* Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the Italian explorer
* Columbus, Ohio, the capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio
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and
Parkview joined the following season from the
Little Ten Conference
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and
State Line League, respectively.
The Central Suburban Conference maintained this membership roster for the rest of its eight-year history.
1977-2008
In 1977, Columbus and Lake Mills left to join the
Capitol Conference and Oregon left to join the
Badger Conference
The Badger Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in south central Wisconsin. Established in 1952, the Badger Conference is a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
1 ...
. They were replaced by two schools from the Badger Conference (
Edgerton and
Jefferson) and one from the State Line League (
Brodhead).
That same year, the Central Suburban Conference changed its name to the Rock Valley Conference, both a reference to the old
Rock River Valley League and the revised catchment area. In 1982, Jefferson and Milton both left the Rock Valley to join the
Southern Lakes Conference
The Southern Lakes Conference is a high school athletic conference with its membership based in southeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 1953, the conference and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association ...
and were replaced by
Beloit Catholic (from the
IHSA's Trailblazer Conference) and
Big Foot (formerly of the Southern Lakes).
joined the conference in 1990 to bring membership up to nine schools.
Beloit Catholic left to join the Indian Trails Conference in 1996 for its last few years before it closed in 2000.
2008-present
Membership remained unchanged until 2008 when the conference added four schools.
Jefferson made its return from the Southern Lakes Conference, and three newcomers joined: two from the Southern Lakes (
East Troy
East Troy is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,673 at the 2020 census. The village is located southwest of the Town of East Troy. A small portion extends into the adjacent Town of Troy. As of 2020, th ...
and
Whitewater
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) and one from the Badger Conference (
McFarland McFarland may refer to:
People
*McFarland (surname)
Places in the United States
*McFarland, California, a city
*McFarland, Kansas, a city
*McFarland, Missouri, a ghost town
*McFarland, Wisconsin, a village
Other uses
* USS ''McFarland'' (DD-237) ...
). The conference also split its membership into North and South Divisions:
This alignment lasted until 2017, when both Palmyra-Eagle and Parkview left the Rock Valley to join more similarly-sized schools in the
Trailways Conference.
McFarland and
Monroe
Monroe or Monroes may refer to:
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* Monroe (surname)
* Monroe (given name)
* James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
* Marilyn Monroe, actress and model
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swapped conference affiliations in 2023, with Monroe joining the Rock Valley and McFarland taking their place in the Badger Conference.
was also welcomed into the Rock Valley from the Southern Lakes Conference that year,
and the conference subdivided into "Rock" and "Valley" Divisions:
This alignment will remain in place until the end of the 2024-25 school year, when four schools leave the Rock Valley Conference. Clinton, Jefferson and Whitewater will be joining the Capitol Conference, while Brodhead is joining a
conference yet to be named with seven schools leaving the Capitol Conference (
Belleville,
Cambridge
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,
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
,
New Glarus,
Poynette,
Waterloo
Waterloo most commonly refers to:
* Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces
* Waterloo, Belgium
Waterloo may also refer to:
Other places
Australia
* Waterloo, New South Wale ...
and
Wisconsin Heights).
Football-only alignment
In February 2019, in conjunction with the
Wisconsin Football Coaches Association
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, the WIAA released a sweeping football-only realignment for Wisconsin to commence with the 2020 football season and run on a two-year cycle. The Rock Valley Conference entered the 2020 football season with eight members: East Troy, Edgerton,
Edgewood, Evansville, Jefferson, McFarland, Monroe and Whitewater. Six members had full affiliation with the Rock Valley Conference with the exception of Edgewood and Monroe, who had primary affiliation with the Badger Conference. In 2022, Edgewood left to join the Capitol Conference as a football-only member with Delavan-Darien moving over from the Southern Lakes Conference as their replacement. Delavan-Darien played as a football-only member in the 2022 season before gaining full affiliation in the Rock Valley Conference the following year. The Rock Valley Conference will maintain its current football alignment until the 2026-2027 realignment cycle. Membership will decrease to seven schools with East Troy moving to the Capitol Conference and McFarland swapping affiliations with Portage of the Badger Conference. The Rock Valley and Capitol Conferences will be scheduling partners during this cycle with one mandatory crossover game among each of its members that will count towards their home conference standings.
List of member schools
Current members
Current football-only members
Former members
Former football-only members
Future football-only members
Membership timeline
Full members
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Membership map
List of state champions
Fall sports
Winter sports
Spring sports
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Football
References
{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences
Wisconsin high school sports conferences
Sports organizations established in 1969
1969 establishments in Wisconsin