Grand River Conference

Grand River Conference

Conference	MSHSAA
Founded	1929
No. of teams	18
Region	Northwest Missouri

The Grand River Conference, is a high school athletic conference comprising small-size high schools located in northwest and north central Missouri. The conference members are located in Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, and Worth counties.

History

Founded in December 1929, the conference was formed with six schools: King City, Stanberry, Maysville, Bethany, Albany and Grant City as the Grand River Six. By 1936, the conference had grown to eight teams. Various schools joined and dropped over the years, with several schools switching to 8-player football a contributing factor. By 2011, the conference had ten members, and by 2016, the conference was at 16 teams. ^{[1] [2]} On March 3, 2023, the superintendents of the conference voted to split into 2 separate conferences, Grand River Conference (GRC) and Grand River Conference West (GRC West), based on the previous divisional lines with Princeton joining the GRC West and giving the GRC the Brookfield Bulldogs (formerly of the Clarence Cannon Conference) and the Marceline Tigers (formerly of the Lewis & Clark Conference), who began GRC play in the 2024-2025 school year.

Members

As of 2024, the Grand River Conference consists of eighteen high schools split into two separate conferences. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Grand River Conference

School name	Mascot	Colors	City	County	School type
Brookfield	Bulldogs		Brookfield	Linn	Public
Gallatin	Bulldogs		Gallatin	Daviess	Public
Marceline	Tigers		Marceline	Linn	Public
Maysville	Wolverines		Maysville	DeKalb	Public
Milan	Wildcats		Milan	Sullivan	Public
Polo	Panthers		Polo	Caldwell	Public
Putnam County	Midgets		Unionville	Putnam	Public
South Harrison	Bulldogs		Bethany	Harrison	Public
Trenton	Bulldogs		Trenton	Grundy	Public

Grand River Conference West

School name	Mascot	Colors	City	County	School type
Albany	Warriors		Albany	Gentry	Public
King City	Wildkats		King City	Gentry	Public
North Andrew	Cardinals		Rosendale	Andrew	Public
North Harrison	Shamrocks		Eagleville	Harrison	Public
Pattonsburg	Panthers		Pattonsburg	Daviess	Public
Princeton	Tigers		Princeton	Mercer	Public
St. Joseph Christian	Lions		St. Joseph	Buchanan	Private
Stanberry	Bulldogs		Stanberry	Gentry	Public
Worth County	Tigers		Grant City	Worth	Public

References

1. Thorn, Cody (February 6, 2015). "Grand River Conference adds 4 to league's ledger". St. Joseph News-Press. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
2. "Grand River Conference begins new era". Bethany Republican-Clipper. August 4, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "GRC Boys Basketball Standings". Grand River Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
4. Conger, Phil (October 23, 2020). "North Harrison to join Grand River Conference". Bethany Republican-Clipper. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
5. "North Harrison joins GRC, as four Lady Shamrocks named to all-state softball teams". KTTN-KGOZ Sports. November 5, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2022.