Valley 8 Conference

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The Valley 8 Conference was formed in 1999 by eight medium-sized high schools in the Fox River Valley region in Wisconsin: Clintonville, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Hortonville, Little Chute, Oconto Falls, Waupaca and Xavier.{{Cite news |date=15 October 1998 |title=Conference gets name |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290986362/?match=1&terms=%22valley%208%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=E-8}} Three of the six public school members (Hortonville, Little Chute and Waupaca) were formerly in the East Central Conference, and one each came from the Bay (Clintonville), Olympian (Freedom) and Packerland (Oconto Falls) Conferences. The two private schools (Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier of Appleton) were both previously in the Fox Valley Christian Conference, and were in the process of joining the WIAA as part of its merger with the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association.{{Cite news |last=VanderPas |first=Dan |date=5 March 1999 |title=Final WISAA tourney will coincide with WIAA girls |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290866695/?match=1&terms=%22valley%208%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=D-4}} Membership remained stable for the entirety of the conference's history, which ended in 2007 when the Valley 8 was disbanded. Six schools (Clintonville, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Little Chute, Waupaca and Xavier) became charter members of the Eastern Valley Conference,{{Cite news |last=Arguello |first=Ricardo |date=25 July 2007 |title=Prep football conferences to see new looks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/360216471/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20valley%20conference%22%20realignment |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=7}} and the two other members (Hortonville and Oconto Falls) joined the Bay Conference.{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Andy |date=29 July 2005 |title=Switch to Bay Conference appeals to Hortonville |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290725825/?match=1&terms=%22bay%20conference%22%20realignment%20hortonville%20xavier |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=10}}{{clear}}

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