Minnesota River Conference

The Minnesota River Conference is a Minnesota high school sports conference that serves mainly the Southwestern Suburbs of the Twin Cities. Watertown-Mayer is furthest north while Tri-City United is furthest south.

Member schools

History

The conference was formed in the late 1950s. In the 1960s and for most of the 70s, teams in the conference were Arlington-Green Isle, Belle Plaine, Jordan, Le Center, Le Sueur, Montgomery, New Prague and Norwood-Young America. New Prague left the conference beginning with the 1979-80 school year as it had grown much quicker than the other schools. Mankato Loyola replaced New Prague. For the years 1986 through 1989 Henderson High School was paired with Arlington-Green Isle, forming the Sibley East Bengals. In 1990, Henderson paired with Le Sueur, forming what was to become officially in 1992 as the Le Sueur-Henderson School District. Later, Arlington-Green Isle merged with Gaylord and became Sibley East in 1995.[1] As the other schools got larger, Mankato Loyola and Le Center had stagnate enrollment. In 2002, Mankato Loyola left and was replaced by Mayer Lutheran. The following year saw Le Center leave and was replaced by Holy Family Catholic. In 2011, Holy Family Catholic left and was replaced with Watertown-Mayer. Finally, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, Montgomery-Lonsdale consolidated with former conference member Le Center and became Tri-City United. Starting with the 2015-2016 school year, the Minnesota River Conference will have one less team when the Watertown-Mayer Royals return to the Wright County Conference.

Membership timeline

Norwood Young America New Prague Le Center Jordan Belle Plaine

State Champions

The Minnesota River Conference has had success on the big stage when competing in State Tournaments. Member Schools have won 24 State Championships throughout the years. The following is a list of Schools along with their respected State Championships:[2][3][4]

State Championships won by member schools when they were not apart of the Minnesota River Conference are excluded from the above list.

All-time school records by Minnesota River Conference football wins

This list goes from 1959 through the 2013 season and includes former members, previous cooperatives and present members and lists all-time conference records, overall conference winning percentages, total football conference championships and either if they were solo or co championships and state championships.

# Minnesota River Conference Records Pct. MRC Championships Solo Co-Champions State Champions
1 Tri-City United Titans (2012–Present) 11-3-0 .786 1 0 1 0
2 Le Sueur Giants (1959-1989) 152-58-6 .718 10 5 5 0
3 Holy Family Catholic School Fire (2003-2010) 40-16-0 .714 11 0 0
4 Le Sueur-Henderson Giants (1990–Present) 115-53-0 .685 8 6 2 0
5 Watertown-Mayer Royals (2011–Present) 14-7-0 .667 1 0 1 0
6 Le Center Wildcats (1959-2002) 201-102-4 .661 9 6 3 1
7 New Prague Trojans (1959-1978) 88-45-6 .655 6 4 2 2
8 Mankato Loyola Catholic School Crusaders (1979-2001) 89-72-0 .553 5 3 2 0
9 Mayer Lutheran Crusaders (2002–Present) 43-41-0 .5121 0 1 0
10 Sibley East Wolverines (1990–Present) 86-82-0 .512 31 2 0
11 Belle Plaine Tigers (1959–Present) 192-189-3 .504 10 64 0
12 Sibley East Bengals (1986-1989) 13-15-0 .464 00 0 0
13 Jordan Hubmen (1959–Present) 154-227-2 .404 5 2 3 1
14 Montgomery-Lonsdale Redbirds (1959-2011) 142-226-1 .386 6 4 2 0
15 Arlington-Green Isle (1959-1985) 61-122-4 .337 1 1 0 0
16 Norwood Young America Central Raiders (1960–Present) 112-264-8 .299 3 3 0 0

The following table lists the years when the different school members won the conference in terms of football.

Minnesota River Conference Football Titles- Since 1959 through 2013
School Years
Belle Plaine 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2013
Le Sueur 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1987
Le Center 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1982, 1986, 1994, 1999, 2000
Le Sueur-Henderson 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Montgomery-Lonsdale 1965, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1983
New Prague 1959, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1974, 1975
Jordan 1980, 1983, 1984, 1991, 2006
Mankato Loyola Catholic School 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000
Norwood Young America Central 2001, 2003, 2011
Sibley East 1991, 1997, 2012
Arlington-Green Isle 1971
Holy Family Catholic 2010
Mayer Lutheran 2012
Tri-City United 2013
Watertown-Mayer 2013

Former Members

References

  1. School District Consolidations, October 28, 2012http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/issinfo/schdistcon.htm
  2. List of Minnesota State High School League State Championships (Fall)
  3. List of Minnesota State High School League State Championships (Winter)
  4. List of Minnesota State High School League State Championships (Spring)

See also

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