The Mid-Valley Conference is a former high school athletic conference in northeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 1946 and disbanded in 1950, the conference and its members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Mid-Valley Conference was formed in 1946 by seven small- to medium-sized high schools in the Fox River Valley in northeastern Wisconsin: Bonduel, Chilton, Kimberly, Kiel, Pulaski, Seymour, and West De Pere. Three of the seven members previously competed as independents (Bonduel, Pulaski and West De Pere) and the other four maintained dual memberships in other conferences: two in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference (Chilton and Kiel) and two in the Little Nine Conference (Kimberly and Seymour). Chilton and Kiel, the two southernmost schools, remained football-only members for the 1947 season, but left afterwards for sole membership in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference. Kimberly maintained a dual membership in all sports with the exception of basketball.
The Mid-Valley Conference lasted for four years before it was disbanded in 1950. Kimberly and Seymour joined the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference after leaving both the Mid-Valley and Little Nine Conferences. Bonduel, Pulaski and West De Pere returned to independent status for one season before entering the Central Wisconsin Conference (Bonduel) and the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference (Pulaski and West De Pere) in 1951.
Conference membership history
Final members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceBonduelBonduel, WIPublicBears 19461950IndependentCentral WisconsinKimberlyKimberly, WIPublicPapermakers 19461950Northeastern WisconsinFox Valley AssociationPulaskiPulaski, WIPublicRed Raiders 19461950IndependentFox River ClassicSeymourSeymour, WIPublicIndians 19461950Northeastern WisconsinBayWest De PereDe Pere, WIPublicPhantoms 19461950IndependentFox River Classic
Previous members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceChiltonChilton, WIPublicTigers 19461947Eastern WisconsinKielKiel, WIPublicRaiders 19461947Eastern Wisconsin
Membership timeline
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsWest De Pere21947, 1948Bonduel11949Seymour11950Chilton0Kiel0Kimberly0Pulaski0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsWest De Pere31946, 1947, 1948Kimberly21946, 1949Bonduel0Chilton0Kiel0Pulaski0Seymour0
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