The Mississinewa Valley Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference based in East Central Indiana that lasted between 1952 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.
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
Eastern played in both the MVC and TCC from 1953 until 1965. Played concurrently in MVC and GCC 1952–65. Portland played concurrently in the Jay County Conference and MVC 1952–54. Known as Driver 1959–66. Team name was Yellow Jackets before 1959. Wes-Del played concurrently in the MVC and the White River Conference from 1969 to 1977.
Membership timeline
References