Mississinewa Valley Conference

The Mississinewa Valley Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference based in East Central Indiana that lasted between 1952[1] and 1977. The conference started out as a conference for larger rural schools as a way to provide a higher level of competition than their respective County Conferences typically provided. The conference was stable for its first decade, but consolidation and more regionally based conferences with schools of similar sizes had schools defecting the MVC. The conference ended in 1977, with three schools forming the Classic Athletic Conference, and one team each joining the Mid-Eastern and Mid-Indiana conferences.

The Mississinewa Valley Conference in Indiana. Counties in red contained schools at the time of disbanding, counties in pink contained former member schools who left before conference folded.

Former members
School Location Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Eastern
(Greentown)1		 Greentown Comets           34
Howard		 1952 Tri-County 1965 Mid-Indiana
Fairmount2 Fairmount Quakers                27
Grant		 1952 Grant County 1965 Mid-Indiana
Mississinewa2 Gas City Indians           27
Grant		 1952 Grant County 1977 Classic
Portland3 Portland Panthers                38
Jay		 1952 Jay County 1975 none (consolidated
into Jay County)
Royerton Royerton Redbirds                18
Delaware		 1952 Delaware 1967 none (consolidated
into Delta)
Winchester4 Winchester Golden Falcons5                68
Randolph		 1952 Randolph County 1972 Tri-Eastern
Hagerstown Hagerstown Tigers                89
Wayne		 1962 Eastern Indiana 1966 Tri-Eastern
Anderson Highland Anderson Scots           48
Madison		 1963 White River 1969 White River
Eastbrook Marion Panthers                27
Grant		 1965 none (new school) 1977 Mid-Indiana
Wes-Del6 Gaston Warriors           18
Delaware		 1966 none (new school) 1977 Mid-Eastern
Delta Muncie Eagles                18
Delaware		 1967 none (new school) 1977 Classic
Jay County Portland Patriots                38
Jay		 1975 none (new school) 1977 Classic
  1. Eastern played in both the MVC and TCC from 1953 until 1965.
  2. Played concurrently in MVC and GCC 1952–65.
  3. Portland played concurrently in the Jay County Conference and MVC 1952–54.
  4. Known as Driver 1959–66.[2]
  5. Team name was Yellow Jackets before 1959.
  6. Wes-Del played concurrently in the MVC and the White River Conference from 1969 to 1977.

Membership Timeline
Jay County High SchoolDelta High School (Muncie, Indiana)Eastbrook High SchoolHighland High School (Anderson, Indiana)Winchester Community High SchoolDelta High School (Muncie, Indiana)Jay County High SchoolMississinewa High SchoolMadison-Grant High SchoolEastern Junior-Senior High School
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References
  1. "Six High School Leagues Sure To Get New Champs". Kokomo Tribune. 1953-02-10. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  2. "Information". Randolph Central School Corporation (Winchester, IN). Retrieved 2017-02-21.


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