The Valley 8 Conference is a former high school

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comprising eight members in east central

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. The conference was in existence from 1999 to 2007, and all members belonged to the

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History

The Valley 8 Conference was formed in 1999 by eight medium-sized high schools in the Fox River Valley region in Wisconsin: Clintonville, Fox Valley Lutheran,

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, Hortonville,

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, Oconto Falls, Waupaca and Xavier. Three of the six public school members (Hortonville, Little Chute and Waupaca) were formerly in the

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, and one each came from the

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(Clintonville), Olympian (Freedom) and Packerland (Oconto Falls) Conferences. The two

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(Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier of

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) were both previously in the Fox Valley Christian Conference, and were in the process of joining the WIAA as part of its merger with the

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. Membership remained stable for the entirety of the conference's history, which ended in 2007 when the Valley 8 was disbanded. Six schools (Clintonville, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Little Chute, Waupaca and Xavier) became charter members of the Eastern Valley Conference, and the two other members (Hortonville and Oconto Falls) joined the Bay Conference.

Conference membership history

Membership timeline

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List of state champions

Fall sports

Winter sports

None

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 1997 1999 establishments in Wisconsin 2007 disestablishments in Wisconsin