Mid-Valley Conference

{{Short description|Former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin}}

The Mid-Valley Conference is a former high school athletic conference in northeastern Wisconsin. Founded in 1946 and disbanded in 1950, the conference and its members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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The Mid-Valley Conference was formed in 1946 by seven small- to medium-sized high schools in the Fox River Valley in northeastern Wisconsin: Bonduel, Chilton, Kimberly, Kiel, Pulaski, Seymour, and West De Pere.{{Cite news |date=27 April 1946 |title=Seven High Schools Plan Mid-Valley Athletic Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/188852824/?match=1&terms=%22mid-valley%20conference%22 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=9}} Three of the seven members previously competed as independents (Bonduel, Pulaski and West De Pere) and the other four maintained dual memberships in other conferences: two in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference (Chilton and Kiel) and two in the Little Nine Conference (Kimberly and Seymour). Chilton and Kiel, the two southernmost schools, remained football-only members for the 1947 season, but left afterwards for sole membership in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference.{{Cite news |date=20 December 1947 |title=Sheboygan Falls Upsets Kohler; Plymouth Wins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/240007037/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Sheboygan Press |pages=14}} Kimberly maintained a dual membership in all sports with the exception of basketball.

The Mid-Valley Conference lasted for four years before it was disbanded in 1950. Kimberly and Seymour joined the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference after leaving both the Mid-Valley and Little Nine Conferences.{{Cite news |date=23 March 1950 |title=Kimberly, Seymour Voted Into NEW Eastern Division |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396115960/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20seymour%20kimberly |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=17}} Bonduel, Pulaski and West De Pere returned to independent status for one season before entering the Central Wisconsin Conference (Bonduel){{Cite news |date=1 December 1951 |title=Rangy Comets Down Marion in CW Loop |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396062965/?match=1&terms=%22central%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20bonduel |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=14}} and the Northeastern Wisconsin Conference (Pulaski and West De Pere) in 1951.{{Cite news |date=5 December 1951 |title='Phants Home, DP to Seymour Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186393653/?match=1&terms=%22northeastern%20wisconsin%20conference%22%20standings |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |pages=39}}{{clear}}