Whitewater Valley Conference

The Whitewater Valley Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference based in Fayette, Franklin, Union, and later Henry and Wayne counties in East Central Indiana. The conference was founded in 1940 as a merger of the Franklin County Conference and Union County Conference, though because two of the FCC schools were not able to play a full conference schedule in the 1940-41 school year, two Fayette County Conference schools were added.[1] The conference's last season was in 1967-68,[2] as the consolidation wave of the 1950s and 1960s would leave the conference with three schools and no suitable replacements in the area, as Lewisville and Straughn became part of Tri in 1968. College Corner, whose location on the border of Indiana and Ohio allowed them to play in both the WVC and the Preble County League in Ohio, would continue to play in the PCL until joining with Short in Liberty to form Union County High School in 1974. Whitewater Township would merge into Brookville that same year. Laurel struggled on as an independent for two decades, as they were too far from the two conferences in the general region that featured schools of a similar size and sports offering, the Mid-Hoosier and Ohio River Valley conferences. The school eventually consolidated with Brookville to form Franklin County High School in 1989.

Membership
School Location Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Alquina1 Alquina Blue Arrows           21
Fayette		 1940 Fayette County 1966 none (consolidated
into Connersville)
Brookville2 Brookville Greyhounds                24
Franklin		 1940 Franklin County/
Southeastern Indiana		 1947 East Central
Brownsville Brownsville Lions                81
Union		 1940 Union County 1961 none (consolidated
into Liberty)
College Corner3 College Corner Trojans                81
Union		 1940 Preble County (OH)/
Union County		 1968 Preble County (OH)
Harrisburg1 Harrisburg Hornets           21
Fayette		 1940 Fayette County 1958 none (consolidated
into Fayette Central)
Kitchel Kitchel Cowboys                81
Union		 1940 Union County 1961 none (consolidated
into Liberty)
Liberty4 Liberty Lancers           81
Union		 1940 Union County 1962 Tri-Eastern
Springfield Township2 Mount Carmel Cardinals           24
Franklin		 1940 Union County 1961 none (consolidated into
Whitewater Township)
Laurel Laurel Panthers           24
Franklin		 1941 Franklin County 1968 Independents
(closed 1989)
Whitewater Township Rockdale Elkhorns                24
Franklin		 1941 Franklin County 1968 Independents
(closed 1974)
Fayette Central Harrisburg Chiefs                21
Fayette		 1958 none (new school) 1966 none (consolidated
into Connersville)
Milton Milton Sharpshooters                89
Wayne		 1962 Wayne County 1965 none (consolidated
into Lincoln)
Webster-Williamsburg Williamsburg Yellow Jackets           89
Wayne		 1964 none (new school) 1967 none (consolidated
into Northeastern)
Whitewater-Fountain City Fountain
City		 Bearcats           89
Wayne		 1964 none (new school) 1967 none (consolidated
into Northeastern)
Straughn Straughn Indians           33
Henry		 1966 Henry County 1968 none (consolidated
into Tri)
Lewisville Lewisville Bears           33
Henry		 1967 Henry County 1968 none (consolidated
into Tri)
  1. Alquina and Harrisburg played concurrently in the WVC and FCC 1940-58.
  2. Brookville and Springfield Township played concurrently in the WVC and FCC 1940-41.
  3. College Corner played in both the WVC and Ohio's Preble County League throughout the WVC's existence. When the WVC folded, they remained in the PCL until consolidating into Union County in 1974.
  4. Liberty played concurrently in the WVC and the ECC from 1947 to 1962.

Membership timeline
Tri Junior-Senior High SchoolTri Junior-Senior High SchoolNortheastern High School (Indiana)Northeastern High School (Indiana)Lincoln Senior High School (Cambridge City, Indiana)Franklin County High School (Indiana)Franklin County High School (Indiana)Franklin County High School (Indiana)Union County High School (Indiana)Union County High School (Indiana)Union County High School (Indiana)Union County High School (Indiana)Franklin County High School (Indiana)
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References
  1. "Harrisburg Downs Milton Five 25-19". National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, IN). 1943-12-16. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
  2. "Straughn Track Card Announced". National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, IN). 1967-04-06. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
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