Boyer Valley Conference

The Boyer Valley Conference was a high school athletic conference in west central Iowa. It merged with the Maple Valley Conference for the 2008 season to form the Western Valley Activities Conference.

Former members

• Ar-We-Va, Vail
• Boyer Valley, Dunlap
• Charter Oak-Ute
• East Monona
• IKM, Manilla
• Logan-Magnolia
• Manning
• West Harrison, Mondamin
• Woodbine

History

The Boyer Valley Conference had been formed around 1960 and had many schools consolidate over the years. After peaking at 12 schools, the conference was left with nine in the early 1990s. However, the East Monona school district closed its high school and was dissolved by the state in 1996. The league continued to operate as an eight member conference until its final year of 2007. With IKM and Manning set to enter a sport-sharing agreement for the 2008-09 school year, it looked like the right time for many of its members to find a new home. The league consolidated with the Maple Valley Conference to form the Western Valley Activities Conference.

Legacy

The Western Valley Activities Conference proved to be a poor fit for many member schools. In 2013, just five years after it began competition, all of the former Boyer Valley Conference members left the league for other conference and the Maple Valley schools dissolved the conference and returned to operating as the Maple Valley Conference. The former Boyer Valley members now live on in one of two conferences. IKM-Manning and Logan-Magnolia now compete in the 10-team Western Iowa Conference. Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, Charter Oak-Ute, West Harrison, and Woodbine are founding members of the Rolling Valley Conference, which begins play in 2013-14.