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Revision as of 15:31, 12 March 2024

Mississippi Valley Conference
ConferenceIHSA
Founded1971
No. of teams6
RegionMetro-East region of southwestern Illinois (Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties)

The Mississippi Valley Conference is a high school athletic league in the Metro-East region of southwestern Illinois. It has schools from the counties of Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair. All of its members are class "AA" in Illinois' two-class and three-class systems and "AAA" in the four-class system.


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Locations of Mississippi Valley Schools


Member schools

School Location Mascot Colors County Enrollment Year Joined Previous Conference
Civic Memorial High School Bethalto, Illinois Eagles     Madison 766 1971 Midwestern
Highland High School Highland, Illinois Bulldogs     Madison 967 1971 Midwestern
Jersey Community High School Jerseyville, Illinois Panthers     Jersey 898 1971 Independent
Mascoutah Community High School Mascoutah, Illinois Indians     St. Clair 966 1971 Cahokia
Triad High School Troy, Illinois Knights     Madison 1,150 19711
1993 		Midwestern
South Central
Waterloo High School Waterloo, Illinois Bulldogs     Monroe 838 1997 Cahokia
  1. Triad left to become an Independent in 1978. They joined the SCC in 1985 prior to returning to the MVC.

Former members

School Location Mascot Colors County Enrollment Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
East Alton-Wood River High School Wood River, Illinois Oilers     Madison 527 1971 Southwestern 1997 South Central
O'Fallon Township High School O'Fallon, Illinois Panthers     St. Clair 2,473 1971 Cahokia 1993 South Seven
Roxana High School Roxana, Illinois Shells       Madison 538 1971 Midwestern 1997 South Central

History

The Mississippi Valley Conference was formed in 1971 and has been one of the most stable conferences in Illinois high school athletics. The MVC was initially formed by Civic Memorial, Highland, Jersey Community, Mascoutah, O’Fallon, Roxana, Triad, and East Alton-Wood River High Schools. Ironically, the name Mississippi Valley had been used 2 times previous with the first occurrence happening in 1922 with teams from Macomb, Carthage, Pittsfield and Quincy from Illinois and Fort Madison and Keokuk in Iowa. This incarnation of the conference only lasted one season.[1] In 1957, the name was resurrected with teams from East Moline, Moline and Rock Island from Illinois joining an Iowa conference by the same name that included teams from Cedar Rapids and Davenport Iowa. This league is still in operation today in Iowa, however, the three Illinois schools left at the end of the 1969 school year.[2]

While most conferences in Illinois have gone through many changes in membership, with some conferences expanding while others have disappeared over the years, the MVC has been a beacon of stability. O’Fallon withdrew in 1993 due to a significantly increasing student enrollment and joined the South Seven Conference and ultimately ended up as members of the Southwestern Conference. Triad left the MVC in 1979, but rejoined in 1993. Roxana and East Alton-Wood River withdrew from the Mississippi Valley in 1998 due to decreasing enrollment and joined the South Central Conference, where Roxana remains, while EAWR is now a member of the Prairie State Conference. Waterloo joined the MVC in 1998 to take the place of Roxana and East Alton-Wood River. The MVC currently has six schools, of which five are Charter members. During the 40+ year history of the league, there has only been three instances of schools entering or leaving the conference. This is remarkable stability and something of which the MVC and its member schools are extremely proud.

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Partial member (listed sports) Full members (8-man football) Full members (Football Coop) Other Conference


Sports

A listing of the sports and the seasons they are played in:

In addition, schools compete in activities such as bass fishing, competitive cheerleading, competitive dance, and scholastic bowl - though none of those are organized at the conference level.

State Trophies

Bethalto (Civic Memorial)

  • Competitive Dance: 2nd (1A-2013)
  • Softball: 4th (3A-2011)

Highland

  • Softball: 1st (3A-2021)
  • Baseball: 1st (3A-2008, 3A-2015)
  • Bass Fishing: 1st (2012)
  • Competitive Dance: 1st (1A-2014)

Mascoutah

  • Football: 1st (3A-1979)
  • Softball: 4th (AA-1991)
  • Speech, Individual Events: 2nd (1965)

Troy (Triad)

  • Baseball: 4th (3A-2012)
  • Boys Soccer: 3rd (2A-2009)
  • Competitive Cheerleading: 1st (M-2005), 3rd (M-2008)
  • Competitive Dance: 2nd (1A-2015)
  • Girls Soccer: 1st (2A-2011), 2nd (A-2003), 1st (2A-2017)
  • Wrestling: 4th (2A-2009)

Waterloo (H.S.)

  • Baseball: 3rd (3A-2011)
  • Boys Soccer: 3rd (2A-2010), 1st (2A-2017)
  • Football: 2nd (3A-1993)

All Conference Teams

  • 2023-2024
Boys Basketball All Conference Teams
Player School Year Team Position Misc.
Jaxon Brunaugh Jersey Junior 1st Team Guard
Jake Ottensmeier Highland Senior 1st Team Guard
Garrin Stone Highland Junior 1st Team
Jayden McCoo Mascoutah Junior 1st Team Guard MVP
Miles Ntekop Mascoutah Senior 1st Team Center
Drew Winslow Triad Junior 1st Team
Braxdon Decker Highland 2nd Team
Corey Harris Mascoutah Junior 2nd Team Guard
Ethan Stewart Triad Junior 2nd Team Guard
Adam Ogden Civic Memorial Junior 2nd Team Guard
August Frankford Civic Memorial Junior 2nd Team Forward
Francis Vogel Jersey Senior Honorable Mention Guard
Grant Fleming Highland Junior Honorable Mention Forward
Trey Koisher Highland Senior Honorable Mention Guard
Tyler Thompson Triad Sophomore Honorable Mention Guard
Landon Zawodniak Triad Senior Honorable Mention
Girls Basketball All Conference Teams
Player School Year Team Position Misc.
Tessa Crawford Jersey Senior 1st Team Guard Co-MVP
Larissa Taylor Highland Senior 1st Team Center Co-MVP
Abby Schultz Highland Senior 1st Team
Lauren Maas Highland Senior 2nd Team
Jordan Bircher Highland Sophomore 2nd Team
Meredith Gray Jersey Sophomore 2nd Team Center
Ella Smith Jersey Junior Honorable Mention Guard
Sophie Schroeder Highland Sophomore Honorable Mention

References

  1. ^ Illinois High School Glory Days-The Great Conferences
  2. ^ Iowa High School Sports-Mississippi Valley Conference
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