Mississippi Valley Conference (Illinois)

The Mississippi Valley Conference is a high school athletic league in the Metro-East region of southwestern Illinois. It has schools from the counties of Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair. All of its members are class "AA" in Illinois' two-class and three-class systems and "AAA" in the four-class system.

Member schools

School Location Mascot Colors County Enrollment Year Joined Previous Conference
Civic Memorial Bethalto Eagles           Madison 766 1971 Midwestern
Highland Highland Bulldogs           Madison 967 1971 Midwestern
Jersey Jerseyville Panthers           Jersey 898 1971 Independent
Mascoutah Mascoutah Indians           St. Clair 966 1971 Cahokia
Triad Troy Knights           Madison 1,150 19711
1993
Midwestern
South Central
Waterloo Waterloo Bulldogs           Monroe 838 1997 Cahokia
  1. Triad left to become an Independent in 1978. They joined the SCC in 1985 prior to returning to the MVC.

Former members

School Location Mascot Colors County Enrollment Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
East Alton-Wood River Wood River Oilers           Madison 527 1971 Southwestern 1997 South Central
O'Fallon O'Fallon Panthers           St. Clair 2,473 1971 Cahokia 1993 South Seven
Roxana Roxana Shells                Madison 538 1971 Midwestern 1997 South Central

Sports

A listing of the sports and the seasons they are played in:

Fall

  • Boys' Cross-Country
  • Girls' Cross-Country
  • Football
  • Boys' Golf
  • Girls' Golf
  • Boys' Soccer
  • Girls' Tennis
  • Volleyball

Winter

  • Boys' Basketball
  • Girls' Basketball
  • Wrestling

Spring

  • Boys' Baseball
  • Girls' Soccer
  • Girls' Softball
  • Boys' Tennis
  • Boys' Track and Field
  • Girls' Track and Field

In addition, schools compete in activities such as bass fishing, competitive cheerleading, competitive dance, and scholastic bowl - though none of those are organized at the conference level.

State Trophies

Bethalto (Civic Memorial)

Highland

Mascoutah

Troy (Triad)

Waterloo (H.S.)

References

    External links

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