Grand River Conference

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Grand River Conference
Conference MSHSAA
Founded1929
No. of teams16 (18 in 2024-25)
RegionNorthwest Missouri

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

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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 and Grand River Conference West, based on the current divisional lines with Princeton joining the west and giving the main conference the Brookfield Bulldogs as well as the Marceline Tigers.

Members

As of 2021, the Grand River Conference consists of sixteen high schools, split into two divisions. [3] [4] [5]

East Division

School NameMascotColorsCityCountySchool Type
GallatinBulldogs   Gallatin Daviess Public
MaysvilleWolverines   Maysville DeKalb Public
MilanWildcats   Milan Sullivan Public
PoloPanthers   Polo Caldwell Public
PrincetonTigers   Princeton Mercer Public
Putnam CountyMidgets   Unionville Putnam Public
South HarrisonBulldogs   Bethany Harrison Public
TrentonBulldogs   Trenton Grundy Public

West Division

School NameMascotColorsCityCountySchool Type
AlbanyWarriors   Albany Gentry Public
King CityWildkats   King City Gentry Public
North AndrewCardinals   Rosendale Andrew Public
North HarrisonShamrocks   Eagleville Harrison Public
PattonsburgPanthers   Pattonsburg Daviess Public
St. Joseph ChristianLions   St. Joseph Buchanan Private
StanberryBulldogs   Stanberry Gentry Public
Worth CountyTigers   Grant City Worth Public

Future members

School NameMascotColorsCityCountySchool TypeJoiningPrevious conference
BrookfieldBulldogs   Brookfield Linn Public2024 Clarence Cannon Conference
MarcelineTigers   Marceline Lewis and Clark Conference

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