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	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

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	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)

Competitive Dance: 2nd (1A-2013)
Softball: 4th (3A-2011)

Highland

Baseball: 1st (3A-2008, 3A-2015)
Bass Fishing: 1st (2012)
Competitive Dance: 1st (1A-2014)

Mascoutah

Football: 1st (3A-1979)
Softball: 4th (AA-1991)
Speech, Individual Events: 2nd (1965)

Troy (Triad)

Baseball: 4th (3A-2012)
Boys Soccer: 3rd (2A-2009)
Competitive Cheerleading: 1st (M-2005), 3rd (M-2008)
Competitive Dance: 2nd (1A-2015)
Girls Soccer: 1st (2A-2011), 2nd (A-2003)
Wrestling: 4th (2A-2009)

Waterloo (H.S.)

Baseball: 3rd (3A-2011)
Boys Soccer: 3rd (2A-2010)
Football: 2nd (3A-1993)

References

External links

"Illinois High School Association". 16 September 2007.

Illinois High School Association

Boys' Sports	Baseball Basketball (championship) Bowling Cross Country Football Golf Gymnastics Soccer Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Wrestling

Girls' Sports	Badminton Basketball Bowling Competitive Cheerleading Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo

Activities	Bass Fishing Chess Debate Drama and Group Interpretation Journalism Music Scholastic Bowl Individual Events

Special Co-ed Activities	Wheelchair basketball Three-Point Showdown Spirit

Emerging Sports	Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse Dance Team

Athletic Conferences	Apollo Big Northern Big Rivers Big Twelve Black Diamond Cahokia Central Illinois Conference Central State Eight Central Suburban Chicago Catholic Chicago Prep Chicago Public Corn Belt DuPage Valley East Central Illini East Suburban Catholic Egyptian Illini Fox Valley Girls Catholic Greater Egyptian Heart of Illinois Independent School Inter County Interstate Eight Lincoln Trail Little Illini Little Okaw Valley Little Ten Metro Suburban Metropolitan Prep Mid-Illini Mid-South Mid-State Six Mid-Suburban Midland Trail Mississippi Valley MSM National Trail North Suburban Northeastern Northern Illinois Big 12 Northern Illinois Northwest Upstate Illini Okaw Valley Pike County Prairie State Prairieland River Valley Sangamo Sangamon Valley South Central South Egyptian South Seven South Suburban Southern Illinois River-to-River Southland Southwestern Southwest Prairie Southwest Suburban Suburban Christian Three Rivers Tomahawk Tri-County Upstate Eight Vermilion Valley West Central West Suburban Western Big 6 Western Illinois Valley

Former Conferences	Ambraw Valley Bi-County Blackhawk Bureau Valley Capitol Cenois Central Egyptian Conference Coal Belt Cook County Des Plaines East Okaw Eastern Illinois Four Rivers Illini 8 Illini Central Illini Valley Indian Valley Kankakee Valley La Moine Valley Little 7 Little 8 Mid-Northern Mid-State Midwest Midwestern New Salem North Central Illinois North Egypt Northwest Illinois Northwest Suburban Olympic Quad Cities Metro Route 72 SHARK South Inter-Athletic Southern Illini Southwest Egyptian Spoon River Stephenson County Suburban Suburban Prairie Tollway Upstate Illini US Grant Wauseca West Prairie Trail Western Area Western Sun Wilco

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