Rock River Valley League

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The Rock River Valley League is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in south central Wisconsin. Competing from 1922 to 1952, all conference members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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The Rock River Valley League was formed in 1922 by eight medium-sized high schools near the Rock River in south central Wisconsin: Cambridge, Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Lake Mills, Milton, Stoughton and Whitewater. [1] Member schools were located in Dane, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth Counties. The league would grow to nine schools in 1925 with the addition of Evansville to the loop. [2] Cambridge would leave the conference in 1927 after one season of dual membership with the Madison Suburban Conference. [3] In 1928, the Rock River Valley Conference lost three schools (Edgerton, Fort Atkinson and Stoughton) to the newly formed Southern Six Conference. [4] The league continued with five schools until Brodhead, who had recently left the smaller State Line League, joined in 1932. [5] Whitewater left the Rock River Valley League in 1937 for sole membership in the Southern Five Conference. [6] They were replaced by their crosstown rivals, College High School. [7] In 1944, Brodhead left the conference to rejoin the State Line League. [8] They were replaced by the "B" team from Janesville High School, whose varsity program belonged to the larger Big Eight Conference. [9] College High left the conference in 1945 to join the Southern Regional Conference, [10] leaving membership at five schools for the remainder of the conference's history. The Rock River Valley League was folded in 1952 when the four varsity members (Evansville, Jefferson, Lake Mills and Milton) would join with five former Southern Ten Conference schools (Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Monroe, Stoughton and Wisconsin High) and Middleton (formerly of the Madison Suburban Conference) to form the new Badger Conference. [11]

Conference Membership History

SchoolLocationAffiliation Enrollment MascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent Conference
Cambridge Cambridge, WI Public266Bluejays  1922 [1] 1927 [3] Madison Suburban Capitol
Edgerton Edgerton, WI Public537Crimson Tide  1922 [1] 1928 [4] Southern Six Rock Valley
Fort Atkinson Fort Atkinson, WI Public964Blackhawks  1922 [1] 1928 [4] Southern Six Badger
Jefferson Jefferson, WI Public604Eagles  1922 [1] 1952 [11] Badger Rock Valley
Lake Mills Lake Mills, WI Public491L-Cats  1922 [1] 1952 [11] Badger Capitol
Milton Milton, WI Public1,059Redmen  1922 [1] 1952 [11] Badger
Stoughton Stoughton, WI Public868Vikings  1922 [1] 1928 [4] Southern Six Badger
Whitewater Whitewater, WI Public606Quakers  1922 [1] 1937 [6] Southern Five Rock Valley
Evansville Evansville, WI Public507Blue Devils  1925 [2] 1952 [11] Badger Rock Valley
Brodhead Brodhead, WI Public315Cardinals  1932 [5] 1944 [8] State Line Rock Valley
College High Whitewater, WI PublicN/APreps  1937 [7] 1945 [10] Southern Regional Closed in 1959
Janesville "B" Janesville, WI PublicN/ABluebirds  1944 [9] 1952 [11] Big Eight Split into Craig and Parker

List of State Champions

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Spring Sports

Boys Track & Field
SchoolYearDivision
Fort Atkinson1927Class B
Fort Atkinson1928Class B

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