Western Valley Activities Conference

The Western Valley Activities Conference [1]is an athletic conference for small high schools in Western Iowa. Formed in 2008 from the merger of the longstanding Maple Valley Conference and Boyer Valley Conference, the league now consists of 9 schools from the old Maple Valley Conference and Siouxland Christian.

Western Valley Activities Conference School Locations
Western Valley Activities Conference
Established2008
AssociationIHSAA / IGHSAU
Members10
Sports fielded
  • 13
RegionWestern Iowa
Websitehttp://www.westernvalleyconference.org/


Current members
SchoolLocationMascotColors9-11 Enrollment (2018-2019)[2]
Kingsley-PiersonKingsleyPanthers         103
Lawton-BronsonLawtonEagles         141
MVAOCOUMapletonRams         179
OABCIGIda GroveFalcons         230
Ridge ViewHolsteinRaptors              137
River ValleyCorrectionvilleWolverines         103
Siouxland ChristianSioux CityEagles         67
West MononaOnawaSpartans         142
WestwoodSloanRebels         122
Woodbury CentralMovilleWildcats         152

History

The Western Valley Activities Conference was formed in 2008 with the merger of the Maple Valley Conference and the Boyer Valley Conference. The Maple Valley Conference traces its history to 1931 when the conference was founded with Onawa, Mapleton, Moville, Correctionville, Holstein, and Odebolt high schools. Kingsley joined the conference in 1944 and over time, the conference grew to 12 members so that by the time of the merger the conference included Odebolt-Arthur, Battle Creek-Ida Grove, Galva-Holstein, Woodbury Central, Kingsley-Pierson, Remsen-Union, Lawton-Bronson, Westwood, River Valley, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto, West Monona, and Whiting.

The Boyer Valley Conference had been formed around 1960 and had many schools to consolidation over the years. After peaking at 12 schools, the conference was left with only eight in its final year of 2007: Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, Charter Oak-Ute, IKM, Logan-Magnolia, Manning, West Harrison, and Woodbine. With IKM and Manning entering a sport-sharing agreement, it looked like the right time for many of its members to find a new home.

In 2008, the Maple Valley Conference agreed to merge with the Boyer Valley Activities Conference by a 10–1 vote, with only Woodbury Central opposing and Lawton-Bronson abstaining. The new 19-team league would work together not only in athletics, but in music and speech as well, as the former BVAC had. In addition most of the old rivalries were kept intact by splitting the conference into two divisions with the old Maple Valley basically making up the north and the former Boyer Valley plus Whiting and West Monona forming the south.

State Champions

2009 1A Wrestling- Logan-Magnolia[3]

2009 2A Girls Basketball- IKM-Manning[4]

2011 2A Girls Basketball- OABCIG[5]

2017 2A Boys Track and Field- Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central[6]

2019 2A Football- OABCIG[7]

Membership changes

After the 2008 season, Odebolt-Arthur and Battle Creek-Ida Grove entered into a full-grade sharing agreement. Following the 2009 season, Remsen-Union left the conference, and starting in 2010, Galva-Holstein began sharing all high school functions and classes with nearby Schaller-Crestland High School, forming the new Ridge View High School, which remained in the conference.

The conference, which had spanned more than 160 miles, lost many members for the 2013-14 school year. Logan-Magnolia and IKM-Manning, the two largest schools in the southern half of the conference, moved to the Western Iowa Conference.[8] Meanwhile, the other former Boyer Valley Conference members are joining with Coon Rapids-Bayard and five members of the Rolling Hills Conference to form the Rolling Valley Conference. Whiting moved to the Frontier Conference of Nebraska.

In 2017, Charter Oak-Ute students returned to the conference by entering into a whole grade sharing agreement with Maple Valley Anthon-Oto.[9]

Former Members[10]

SchoolLocationMascotColorsYearsCurrent
Ar-We-VaWestsideRockets              2008-2013Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer ValleyDunlapBulldogs         2008-2013Rolling Valley Conference
Charter Oak-UteCharter OakBobcats         2008-2013Sharing with MVAO
IKM-ManningManningWolves         2008-2013Western Iowa Conference
Logan-MagnoliaLoganPanthers         2008-2013Western Iowa Conference
Remsen-UnionRemsenRockets         2008-2009Consolidated with MMC, War Eagle Conference
West HarrisonMondaminHawkeyes         2008-2013Rolling Valley Conference
WhitingWhitingWarriors         2008-2014Frontier Conference of Nebraska
WoodbineWoodbineTigers         2008-2013Rolling Valley Conference

References
  2. "IAHSAA" (PDF).
  3. IAHSSA
  8. Logan Magnolia School Board Minutes
  9. Sioux City Journal
  • Official Website
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