Login
Login

Fox Valley Conference

{{Short description|High school extracurricular conference in Illinois, U.S.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox sports league

| color = black

| font_color = white

| founded = 1978

| title = Fox Valley Conference

| league = IHSA

| conference =

| teams = 10

| region = Northern Illinois (McHenry and Kane counties)

}}

{{OSM Location map

| coord = {{coord|42.18|-88.36}}

| zoom = 10

| width = 350

| height = 400

| caption = Locations of Fox Valley Schools

| mark1 = Blue pog.svg

| label1 = Burlington Central

| mark-coord1 = {{coord|42.018500|-88.479600}}

| label-pos1 = bottom

| label-color1 = black

| mark2 = Purple pog.svg

| label2 = Hampshire

| mark-coord2 = {{coord|42.121600|-88.497800}}

| label-pos2 = left

| label-color2 = black

| mark3 = Brown pog.svg

| label3 = Jacobs

| mark-coord3 = {{Coord|42.167100|-88.340600}}

| label-pos3 = left

| label-color3 = black

| mark4 = Red pog.svg

| label4 = Dundee-Crown

| mark-coord4 = {{coord|42.133700|-88.269000}}

| label-pos4 = left

| label-color4 = black

| mark5 = Blue pog.svg

| label5 = Cary-Grove

| mark-coord5 = {{Coord|42.221000|-88.240889}}

| label-pos5 = right

| label-color5 = black

| mark6 = Orange pog.svg

| label6 = Crystal Lake Central

| mark-coord6 = {{coord|42.237500|-88.322400}}

| label-pos6 = top

| label-color6 = black

| mark7 = Red pog.svg

| label7 = Prairie Ridge

| mark-coord7 = {{Coord|42.269900|-88.314500}}

| label-pos7 = top

| label-color7 = black

| mark8 = Green pog.svg

| label8 = Crystal Lake South

| mark-coord8 = {{coord|42.210100|-88.340900}}

| label-pos8 = bottom

| label-color8 = black

| mark9 = Red pog.svg

| label9 = Huntley

| mark-coord9 = {{Coord|42.162400|-88.465100}}

| label-pos9 = top

| label-color9 = black

| mark10 = Orange pog.svg

| label10 =

| mark-coord10 = {{Coord|42.336400|-88.288700}}

| label-pos10 = bottom

| label-color10 = black

}}

The Fox Valley Conference is an IHSA recognized high school extracurricular conference including the following schools, generally located in the northern part of the Fox River basin in Illinois, United States. The conference regularly produces strong athletic teams, including 6A Football State Champions Prairie Ridge (2016–17) and Cary-Grove (2018, 2021, 2023); 2017 4A State Baseball Champion Crystal Lake South; and 2019 4A State Softball Champion Huntley.

Schools

The conference consists of 10 teams total.{{cite web |title=Conferences & Affiliated Schools |publisher=Illinois High School Association |date=December 26, 2011 |access-date=December 31, 2011 |url=http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/ConferencesAffiliatedSchools.aspx}} All enrollments{{cite web |title=School Enrollments (Alphabetical) – 2011–12 |publisher=Illinois High School Association |date=August 30, 2011 |access-date=December 31, 2011 |url=http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/EnrollmentsClassifications/AlphabeticalEnrollments.aspx}} and classifications{{cite web |title=School Classifications – 2011–12 |publisher=Illinois High School Association |date=June 30, 2011 |access-date=December 31, 2011 |url=http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/EnrollmentsClassifications/SchoolClassifications.aspx}} are from the [https://www.ihsa.org/Schools/Enrollments-Classifications/Two-Year-Cycle-Enrollments-and-Classifications?url=/data/school/2023-25%20cycle/enrolla.htm Illinois High School Association] website.

The schools who are part of the conference are Burlington Central, Hampshire High School, Huntley High School, Dundee Crown High School, Jacobs High School, Mchenry County High School, Crystal Lake South, Crystal Lake Central, Cary Grove, and Prairie Ridge High School

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
School

! class="unsortable" | Town

! class="unsortable" | Team Name

! class="unsortable" | Colors

!Year Joined

! EnrollmentStarting in the 2019–20 school year, the school enrollments listed by the IHSA are the average of the previous 2 school years and are updated every 2 years.

! class="unsortable" | IHSA Classes 2/3/4The state series class which a school competes in not only depends on the school's student population, but on the sport or activity. Some activities divide schools into two classes, some into three, and others into four. The listing here is in the order of two class, three class, and four class. The more "A"s in a class, the larger the schools competing. For more information on this, see Illinois High School Association#State Series Format.Schools are not assigned a classification for football until they have qualified for the playoffs each year. A school's classification not only depends on their student population, but on the populations of the other schools who have qualified. Thus, some schools routinely move between classes.

Cary-Grove High School

|Cary

|Trojans

|{{color box|navy|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|1978

|1514

|AA / 3A / 4A

Central High School

|Burlington

|Rockets

|{{Color box|Blue

border=silver}} {{Color box|Whiteborder=silver}}

|2019

|1283

|AA / 2A / 3A

Crystal Lake Central High School

|Crystal Lake

|Tigers

|{{color box|orange|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}

|1978

|1480

|AA / 2A / 3A

Crystal Lake South High School

|Crystal Lake

|Gators

|{{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|#FFDF00|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|1978

|1330

|AA / 2A / 3A

Dundee-Crown High School

|Carpentersville

|Chargers

|{{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|red|border=silver}}

|1983

|2472

|AA / 3A / 4A

Hampshire High School

|Hampshire

|Whip-Purs

|{{color box|purple|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|2011

|1850

|AA / 2A / 3A

Huntley High School

|Huntley

|Raid (military) |Red Raiders

|{{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}

|2003

| 2996

| AA / 3A / 4A

Jacobs High School

|Algonquin

|Golden Eagles

|{{color box|#654321|border=silver}} {{color box|#FFDF00|border=silver}}

|1978

|2032

|AA / 3A / 4A

McHenry High School

|McHenry

|Warriors

|{{color box|orange|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}

|1978

|2156

|AA / 3A / 4A

Prairie Ridge High School

|Crystal Lake

|Wolves

|{{color box|#800000|border=silver}} {{color box|#C0C0C0|border=silver}}

|1997

|1213

|AA / 2A / 3A

= Previous Members =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!School

! class="unsortable" |Town

! class="unsortable" |Team Name

! class="unsortable" |Colors

!Year Joined

!Year Left

!Total Years

!Current Conference

Dundee Community High School

|Carpentersville

|CardunalsThe nickname "Cardunals" was derived from the names of the four towns whose students went to Dundee: Carpentersville, East and West Dundee, and Algonquin. The school's mascot was a cardinal.

|{{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}

|1978

|1983

|5

| rowspan="2" |Consolidated to become Dundee-Crown High School

Irving Crown High School

|Carpentersville

|Vikings

|{{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|1978

|1983

|5

Woodstock High School

|Woodstock

|Blue Streaks

|{{color box|Blue|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|1978

|2016

|38

|Kishwaukee River Conference

Lake Zurich High School

|Lake Zurich

|Bears

|{{color box|Blue|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|1991

|2005

|14

|North Suburban Conference

Grayslake Central High School

|Grayslake

|Rams

|{{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

|1997

|2016

|19

|Northern Lake County Conference

Grayslake North High School

|Grayslake

|Knights

|{{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|#C5B358|border=silver}}

|2006

|2016

|10

|Northern Lake County Conference

Johnsburg High School

|Johnsburg

|Skyhawks

|{{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}

|2006

|2014

|8

|Kishwaukee River Conference

Woodstock North High School

|Woodstock

|Thunder

|{{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|#008080|border=silver}} {{color box|#C0C0C0|border=silver}}

|2009

|2016

|7

|Kishwaukee River Conference

=Membership Timeline=

DateFormat = yyyy

ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20

Period = from:1978 till:2025

TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal

PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<#

Colors = id:barcolor

id:line value:pink

id:bg value:white

id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports

id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football

id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only

id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.78,0.391,0.654) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote)

id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference

id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two

PlotData=

width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

bar:1 color:Full from:1978 till:end text:Cary-Grove (1978–present)

bar:2 color:Full from:1978 till:1983 text:Crown (1978–1983)

bar:3 color:Full from:1978 till:end text:Crystal Lake Central (1978–present)

bar:4 color:Full from:1978 till:end text:Crystal Lake South (1978–present)

bar:5 color:Full from:1978 till:1983 text:Dundee (1978–1983)

bar:6 color:Full from:1978 till:end text:Jacobs (1978–present)

bar:7 color:Full from:1978 till:end text:McHenry (1978–present)

bar:8 color:Full from:1978 till:2016 text:Woodstock (1978–2016)

bar:9 color:Full from:1983 till:end text:Dundee-Crown (1983–present)

bar:10 color:Full from:1991 till:2005 text:Lake Zurich (1991–2005)

bar:11 color:Full from:1997 till:2004 text:Grayslake (1997–2016)

bar:11 color:Full from:2004 till:2016 text:Grayslake Central (renamed in 2004)

bar:12 color:Full from:1997 till:end text:Prairie Ridge (1997–present)

bar:13 color:Full from:2003 till:end text:Huntley (2003–present)

bar:14 color:Full from:2006 till:2016 text:Grayslake North (2006–2016)

bar:15 color:Full from:2006 till:2014 text:Johnsburg (2006–2014)

bar:16 color:Full from:2009 till:2016 text:Woodstock North (2009–2016)

bar:17 color:Full from:2011 till:end text:Hampshire (2011–present)

bar:18 color:Full from:2019 till:end text:Central (2019–present)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1980

TextData =

fontsize:L

textcolor:black

pos:(0,30) tabs:(400-center)

text:^"FVC Membership History"

  1. > If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Full members}} {{Font color||{{RGB|141|211|199}}|Full members (non-football)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|251|128|114}}|Assoc. members (football only)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|128|177|211}}|Assoc. member (list sports)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other Conference}} {{Font color||{{RGB|253|180|98}}|Other Conference}} <#

Changes

  • Dundee Community High School and Irving Crown High School, both charter members of the FVC, consolidated to become Dundee-Crown at the start of the 1983–84 school year.
  • Lake Zurich joined the conference in 1991–92.
  • Grayslake (now known as Grayslake Central) joined in 1997–98. Prairie Ridge opened this year and joined the conference as well.
  • Huntley joined in 2003–04. (This led to a scheduling issue for the football season. With 11 schools in the conference, it was impossible to have each school play all 10 other conference opponents because the football regular season is only 9 games.)
  • Lake Zurich left to join the North Suburban Conference after the 2004–05 school year.
  • Johnsburg and Grayslake North joined in 2006–07. The 12 schools were split into two divisions: the smaller schools (Crystal Lake Central, Grayslake Central, Grayslake North, Huntley, Johnsburg, Prairie Ridge) in the Fox Division, and the larger schools (Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake South, Dundee-Crown, Jacobs, McHenry, Woodstock) in the Valley Division.
  • Woodstock North joined in 2009–10, being placed in the Fox Division. With Woodstock's enrollment split in half due to Woodstock North opening, it moved down to the Fox Division, and Huntley moved up to the Valley Division.
  • Hampshire joined in 2011–12. They joined the Fox Division, and Prairie Ridge moved into the Valley Division.{{Citation| last = Naqvi| first = Jameel| title = Hampshire to join Fox Valley Conference| newspaper = Daily Herald| date = 11 November 2009| url = http://valley-conference-news.newslib.com/story/3929-3237576/| access-date =9 January 2010| quote = The Community Unit District 300 school board voted unanimously Monday to move Hampshire High from the Big Northern to the Fox Valley Conference, where it will face stiffer competition from larger schools.}}
  • Johnsburg left to join the Big Northern Conference in 2014–15. Prairie Ridge moved back into the Fox Division.
  • Woodstock and Woodstock North left in 2016–17 to become charter members of the Kishwaukee River Conference. Grayslake North and Grayslake Central also left this same year to become charter members of the Northern Lake County Conference. With only 9 remaining schools, the FVC eliminated its division format.
  • Central joined in 2019–20.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20180116/burlington-central-will-join-fox-valley-conference-in-2019-20|title=Burlington Central will join Fox Valley Conference in 2019-20|last=Radtke|first=John|work=Daily Herald|access-date=2018-02-01|language=en-US}}

State championships

There have been 27 total IHSA State Championships earned by members of the FVC.

= Football =

  • Woodstock
  • 1983–84 4A
  • 1997–98 5A
  • Cary-Grove
  • 2009–10 6A
  • 2018–19 6A
  • 2021–22 6A
  • 2023–24 6A
  • Prairie Ridge
  • 2011–12 6A
  • 2016–17 6A
  • 2017–18 6A

= Volleyball (girls) =

  • Crystal Lake Central
  • 2007–08 3A
  • Cary-Grove
  • 2009–10 4A

= Cross country (boys) =

  • Crystal Lake Central
  • 1995–96 AA
  • Grayslake Central
  • 2015–16 2A

= Golf (boys) =

  • Crystal Lake South
  • 1980–81 AA

= Soccer (boys) =

  • Prairie Ridge
  • 1999–00 A
  • Crystal Lake South
  • 2018–19 2A
  • 2023 2A

= Competitive cheerleading =

  • Hampshire
  • 2014–15 M
  • Crystal Lake Central
  • 2021–22 M

= Competitive dance =

  • Crystal Lake Central
  • 2012–13 2A

= Gymnastics (girls) =

  • Prairie Ridge
  • 2014–15
  • 2015–16
  • 2016–17
  • 2019–20
  • 2021–22

= Baseball =

  • Prairie Ridge
  • 2007–08 4A
  • Crystal Lake South
  • 2016–17 4A

= Softball =

  • Huntley
  • 2018–19 4A

= Journalism =

  • Huntley
  • 2021–22

Notes

References

{{Reflist|2}}

External links

  • [http://www.ihsa.org/ Illinois High School Association]

{{Fox Valley Conference}}

{{Illinois High School Association}}

Category:High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States

Category:Illinois high school sports conferences

Category:High school sports in Illinois