Mississippi Valley Conference (Illinois)

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Mississippi Valley Conference
Conference IHSA
Founded1971
No. of teams6
Region Metro-East region of southwestern Illinois (Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties)

The Mississippi Valley Conference is a high school athletic league in the Metro-East region of southwestern Illinois. It has schools from the counties of Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair. All of its members are class "AA" in Illinois' two-class and three-class systems and "AAA" in the four-class system.

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Waterloo
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Triad
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Mascoutah Community
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Jersey Community
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Highland
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Civic Memorial
Mississippi Valley Conference (Illinois)
Locations of Mississippi Valley Schools

Member schools

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyEnrollmentYear JoinedPrevious Conference
Civic Memorial High School Bethalto, Illinois Eagles   Madison 7661971 Midwestern
Highland High School Highland, Illinois Bulldogs   Madison 9671971 Midwestern
Jersey Community High School Jerseyville, Illinois Panthers   Jersey 8981971Independent
Mascoutah Community High School Mascoutah, Illinois Indians   St. Clair 9661971 Cahokia
Triad High School Troy, Illinois Knights   Madison 1,15019711
1993
Midwestern
South Central
Waterloo High School Waterloo, Illinois Bulldogs   Monroe 8381997 Cahokia
  1. Triad left to become an Independent in 1978. They joined the SCC in 1985 prior to returning to the MVC.

Former members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyEnrollmentYear JoinedPrevious ConferenceYear LeftConference Joined
East Alton-Wood River High School Wood River, Illinois Oilers   Madison 5271971 Southwestern 1997 South Central
O'Fallon Township High School O'Fallon, Illinois Panthers   St. Clair 2,4731971 Cahokia 1993 South Seven
Roxana High School Roxana, Illinois Shells    Madison 5381971 Midwestern 1997 South Central

History

The Mississippi Valley Conference was formed in 1971 and has been one of the most stable conferences in Illinois high school athletics. The MVC was initially formed by Civic Memorial, Highland, Jersey Community, Mascoutah, O’Fallon, Roxana, Triad, and East Alton-Wood River High Schools. Ironically, the name Mississippi Valley had been used 2 times previous with the first occurrence happening in 1922 with teams from Macomb, Carthage, Pittsfield and Quincy from Illinois and Fort Madison and Keokuk in Iowa. This incarnation of the conference only lasted one season. [1] In 1957, the name was resurrected with teams from East Moline, Moline and Rock Island from Illinois joining an Iowa conference by the same name that included teams from Cedar Rapids and Davenport Iowa. This league is still in operation today in Iowa, however, the three Illinois schools left at the end of the 1969 school year. [2]

While most conferences in Illinois have gone through many changes in membership, with some conferences expanding while others have disappeared over the years, the MVC has been a beacon of stability. O’Fallon withdrew in 1993 due to a significantly increasing student enrollment and joined the South Seven Conference and ultimately ended up as members of the Southwestern Conference. Triad left the MVC in 1979, but rejoined in 1993. Roxana and East Alton-Wood River withdrew from the Mississippi Valley in 1998 due to decreasing enrollment and joined the South Central Conference, where Roxana remains, while EAWR is now a member of the Prairie State Conference. Waterloo joined the MVC in 1998 to take the place of Roxana and East Alton-Wood River. The MVC currently has six schools, of which five are Charter members. During the 40+ year history of the league, there has only been three instances of schools entering or leaving the conference. This is remarkable stability and something of which the MVC and its member schools are extremely proud.

Membership timeline

Mississippi Valley Conference (Illinois)

Full membersFull members (non-football)Partial member (listed sports)Full members (8-man football)Full members (Football Coop)Other Conference


Sports

A listing of the sports and the seasons they are played in:

In addition, schools compete in activities such as bass fishing, competitive cheerleading, competitive dance, and scholastic bowl - though none of those are organized at the conference level.

State Trophies

Bethalto (Civic Memorial)

Highland

Mascoutah

Troy (Triad)

Waterloo (H.S.)

All Conference Teams

Boys Basketball All Conference Teams
PlayerSchoolYearTeamPositionMisc.
Jaxon BrunaughJerseyJunior1st TeamGuard
Jake OttensmeierHighlandSenior1st TeamGuard
Garrin StoneHighlandJunior1st Team
Jayden McCooMascoutahJunior1st TeamGuardMVP
Miles NtekopMascoutahSenior1st TeamCenter
Drew WinslowTriadJunior1st Team
Braxdon DeckerHighland2nd Team
Corey HarrisMascoutahJunior2nd TeamGuard
Ethan StewartTriadJunior2nd TeamGuard
Adam OgdenCivic MemorialJunior2nd TeamGuard
August FrankfordCivic MemorialJunior2nd TeamForward
Francis VogelJerseySeniorHonorable MentionGuard
Grant FlemingHighlandJuniorHonorable MentionForward
Trey KoisherHighlandSeniorHonorable MentionGuard
Tyler ThompsonTriadSophomoreHonorable MentionGuard
Landon ZawodniakTriadSeniorHonorable Mention
Jacob JungMascoutahSeniorHonorable MentionForward
Girls Basketball All Conference Teams
PlayerSchoolYearTeamPositionMisc.
Tessa CrawfordJerseySenior1st TeamGuardCo-MVP
Larissa TaylorHighlandSenior1st TeamCenterCo-MVP
Abby SchultzHighlandSenior1st Team
Lauren MaasHighlandSenior2nd Team
Jordan BircherHighlandSophomore2nd Team
Meredith GrayJerseySophomore2nd TeamCenter
Ella SmithJerseyJuniorHonorable MentionGuard
Sophie SchroederHighlandSophomoreHonorable Mention

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