The Fox Valley Association is a high school athletic conference comprising ten high schools located within the Fox Valley region of northeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 1970, the organization and its member schools are affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History The Fox Valley Association was formed in 1970, resulting from a split within the Fox River Valley Conference. Four schools along the western shore of Lake Winnebago (Appleton East, Appleton West, Neenah and Oshkosh) joined with three schools formerly of the disbanded Mid-Eastern Conference (Kaukauna, Kimberly and Menasha) to form the initial membership roster. Oshkosh North became the eighth member of the conference when it opened its doors in 1972, with the original Oshkosh High School being renamed to Oshkosh West. The FVA briefly grew to nine schools with the addition of Two Rivers in 1977, before they made their exit to join a reconstituted Eastern Wisconsin Conference in 1979. Membership increased back to nine schools in 1989 when Fond du Lac (formerly of the FRVC) became part of the FVA, joining for most sports that year. Their football program joined the conference for the 1993 season. In 1995, Appleton opened a third high school on the city's north side, and Appleton North became the FVA's tenth member that year. The roster has stayed at ten schools ever since, with the only change since Appleton North's addition was the affiliation swap between Menasha and Bay Conference members Hortonville in 2014. In November 2025, Appleton West filed a formal request with the WIAA to move to the Bay Conference in time for the 2027-28 school year, where it is hoped that they would be more competitive. The move is supported by the remaining FVA schools but is opposed by the nine current Bay Conference members. The process will go through the WIAA Conference Realignment Task Force Committee starting in December 2025, with their request formally approved by the Board of Controls in March 2026.
Football The Fox Valley Conference initially sponsored football from their inaugural season in 1970 to the 2010 season. In 2011, the WIAA merged the FVA with the Wisconsin Valley Conference, who was seeking assistance with scheduling conference games, into the football-only Valley Football Association. This arrangement lasted until the 2020-2021 season, when the WIAA joined forces with the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association to organize a sweeping realignment of Wisconsin high school football. These plans were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when several conferences in the Fox Valley decided not to play football during the fall season. The 20-team Fox Valley Classic Conference was formed as a football league for the alternate spring 2021 season and included all FVA members, along with schools from the Fox River Classic and Wisconsin Valley Conferences. The 2021 season saw the return of football sponsorship for the FVA, and all conference members participated with the exception of Appleton West and Hortonville, who were moved to the VFA. Hortonville and Oshkosh North swapped affiliations for the 2024-2025 competition cycle, and that alignment will remain in place at least through the 2027 football season.
List of member schools
Current full members SchoolLocationAffiliationEnrollmentMascotColorsJoinedAppleton EastAppleton, WIPublic1,501Patriots 1970Appleton NorthAppleton, WIPublic1,854Lightning 1995Appleton WestAppleton, WIPublic1,405Terrors 1970Fond du LacFond du Lac, WIPublic1,880Cardinals 1989HortonvilleHortonville, WIPublic1,385Polar Bears 2014KaukaunaKaukauna, WIPublic1,206Galloping Ghosts 1970KimberlyKimberly, WIPublic1,571Papermakers 1970NeenahNeenah, WIPublic2,022Rockets 1970Oshkosh NorthOshkosh, WIPublic1,235Spartans 1972Oshkosh WestOshkosh, WIPublic1,582Wildcats 1970
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Current associate members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsPrimary ConferenceSport(s)Notre Dame AcademyGreen Bay, WIPrivate (Catholic)Tritons Fox River ClassicBoys Volleyball
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Former members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceMenashaMenasha, WIPublicBluejays 19702014BayTwo RiversTwo Rivers, WIPublicPurple Raiders 19771979Eastern Wisconsin
Membership timeline
Full members
Football members
Membership map
Sponsored sports +Appleton East●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Appleton North●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Appleton West●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Fond du Lac●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Hortonville●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Kaukauna●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Kimberly●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Neenah●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Oshkosh North●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Oshkosh West●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
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List of state champions
Fall sports +Boys Cross CountrySchoolYearDivisionAppleton East1972Large SchoolsNeenah2001Division 1Kimberly2015Division 1Neenah2018Division 1 +Girls Cross CountrySchoolYearDivisionNeenah1981Class ANeenah1982Class ANeenah1983Class AKaukauna2020Division 1Neenah2024Division 1 +FootballSchoolYearDivisionAppleton West1992Division 1Oshkosh North2000Division 1Kimberly2007Division 2Kimberly2008Division 2 +Boys GolfSchoolYearNeenah1977Oshkosh West1980Appleton West1981Neenah1982Appleton West1983Appleton West1984Appleton East1985 +Girls GolfSchoolYearAppleton West1981Appleton West1982Appleton East1983Appleton West1985Appleton West1986 +Boys SoccerSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1985Single DivisionNeenah1986Single DivisionNeenah2007Division 1Appleton North2020-21Alternate Season +Girls TennisSchoolYearDivisionNeenah2015Division 1Neenah2021Division 1 +Boys VolleyballSchoolYearDivisionKaukauna1970Single DivisionAppleton East1971Single DivisionKaukauna1972Single DivisionKaukauna1977Single DivisionKaukauna1978Single DivisionKaukauna1980Single DivisionKaukauna1982Single DivisionAppleton North2014Single DivisionKaukauna2015Single DivisionKimberly2019Single DivisionKimberly2020-21Alternate Season +Girls VolleyballSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1978Class AAppleton East1986Class AKimberly1990Division 2Kaukauna2010Division 1Neenah2016Division 1Appleton North2020-21Alternate Season
Winter sports +Boys BasketballSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1975Class ANeenah1978Class AKimberly1994Division 2Kimberly1995Division 2Oshkosh West2006Division 1Oshkosh West2007Division 1Kaukauna2016Division 2Oshkosh North2018Division 1Kaukauna2018Division 2 +Girls BasketballSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1978Class AKimberly1987Class AKimberly1989Class BKimberly1996Division 2Kimberly1998Division 2Oshkosh West2003Division 1Oshkosh West2004Division 1Appleton North2017Division 1Appleton North2018Division 2Kimberly2025Division 1 +Boys WrestlingSchoolYearDivisionFond du Lac1991Division 1Kaukauna2014Division 1Kaukauna2015Division 1Kaukauna2016Division 1Kaukauna2017Division 1Kaukauna2021Division 1Kaukauna2022Division 1Kaukauna2023Division 1Kaukauna2024Division 1Kaukauna2025Division 1Kaukauna2026Division 1
Spring sports +BaseballSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1972Single DivisionAppleton West1975Single DivisionAppleton West1976Single DivisionAppleton West1982Class AAppleton West1988Class AKimberly1989Class BAppleton West1991Division 1Appleton West1995Division 1Appleton East1996Division 1Fond du Lac2000Division 1Kimberly2001Division 1Appleton West2004Division 1Kimberly2017Division 1Kaukauna2026Division 1 +Boys GolfSchoolYearDivisionAppleton North2000Division 1 +Girls SoccerSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1990Single DivisionAppleton North2011Division 1 +SoftballSchoolYearDivision Kimberly1980Class AKimberly1981Class AKimberly1988Class BKimberly1989Class BNeenah1990Division 1Kimberly1993Division 2Neenah1995Division 1Appleton East2000Division 1Appleton North2005Division 1Kimberly2007Division 1Kaukauna2010Division 1Kimberly2014Division 1Kaukauna2017Division 1Oshkosh North2019Division 1Kaukauna2021Division 1Kaukauna2022Division 1Kaukauna2023Division 1 +Boys TennisSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1991Single DivisionNeenah1992Single DivisionNeenah1993Single DivisionNeenah1994Single DivisionNeenah1995Division 1 +Boys Track & FieldSchoolYearDivisionNeenah1971Class AKimberly2014Division 1Kimberly2017Division 1Kimberly 2018Division 1Kimberly2019Division 1 +Girls Track & FieldSchoolYearDivisionAppleton East1990Class AKaukauna2001Division 1
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball Source: SchoolQuantityYearsNeenah151971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2014, 2021, 2022Fond du Lac101991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2023Kimberly91972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1995, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021Oshkosh North81986, 1991, 1992, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2024(Oshkosh) West81977, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Kaukauna71997, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2025, 2026Appleton East41983, 1984, 1990, 2011Appleton West31989, 2002, 2003Appleton North12026Menasha11980Hortonville0Two Rivers0
Girls Basketball Source: SchoolQuantityYearsKimberly231982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2025, 2026Neenah81975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 2010, 2023Appleton West71976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2009Fond du Lac61993, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007Appleton East51974, 1976, 1977, 1999, 2012Hortonville52015, 2016, 2020,, 2022, 2024Appleton North42001, 2011, 2017, 2018Oshkosh West32002, 2003, 2010Kaukauna11988Menasha11991Oshkosh North0Two Rivers0
Football Source: SchoolQuantityYearsAppleton West131973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997Neenah121970, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1999, 2022, 2024, 2025Kimberly92006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025Appleton East71978, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1998Oshkosh North61972, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003Appleton North41996, 2004, 2009, 2010Kaukauna41975, 1995, 2023, 2024Menasha31975, 2005, 2010Fond du Lac22001, 2002(Oshkosh) West21971, 1972Hortonville0Two Rivers0
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External links Fox Valley Association (official website)