Northern Indiana Valley Conference

The Northern Indiana Valley Conference was an IHSAA sactioned conference in the South Bend/Mishawaka metropolitan area. The conference began as the St. Joseph County Conference in 1932, made up of county schools and South Bend schools not in the Northern Indiana Conference. Smaller county schools consolidated and moved to different conferences with more similar-sized schools, and by 1966 the county league was down to four members. The league decided to take in the two county Catholic schools, Marian and St. Joseph, that next year, and rebranded as the NIVC. The league took a hard hits beginning in 1974. Penn was accepted into the NIC, it was announced South Bend Jackson would close after the school year, and the league stopped sponsoring football. South Bend LaSalle were invited to replace LaPorte in the NIC in 1976, though they, like Penn, played in both leagues where schedules permitted. However, when Clay joined the NIC in 1978, the schools broke off their relationship with the Catholic schools. Marian and St. Joseph continued on as independents for the next 27 years. Ironically, with LaSalle closing in 2002, the NIC discussed expanding beyond its seven schools, and took on both of the Catholic schools in 2005, which means every school in the NIVC at its folding eventually was absorbed into the NIC.

Membership

All schools located in St. Joseph County.

School	Location	Mascot	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Greene Township	Crumstown	Bulldogs	1932		1965	none (consolidated into Walkerton
Lakeville	Lakeville	Trojans	1932		1965	none (consolidated into LaVille
Madison Township	Wyatt	Panthers	1932		1964	none (consolidated into Penn)
New Carlisle	New Carlisle	Tigers	1932		1966	Northern State
North Liberty	North Liberty	Shamrocks	1932		1966	Northern State
South Bend Wilson	South Bend	Presidents	1932		1950	none (school closed)
Walkerton	Walkerton	Indians	1932		1966	none (consolidated into Glenn
South Bend Clay¹	South Bend	Colonials	1939 1963	none (new school) Northern State	1958 1978	Northern State Northern Indiana
Penn²	Mishawaka	Kingsmen	1958	none (new school)	1978	Northern Indiana
South Bend Jackson	South Bend	Tigers	1965	none (new school)	1975	none (school closed)
South Bend LaSalle³	South Bend	Lions	1965	none (new school)	1978	Northern Indiana
Mishawaka Marian	Mishawaka	Knights	1967	Independents	1978	Independents (NIC 2005)
South Bend St. Joseph's	South Bend	Indians	1967	Independents	1978	Independents (NIC 2005)

Was Washington-Clay until 1953
Concurrent in NIVC and NIC 1974-78.
Concurrent in NIVC and NIC 1976-78.

Conference Champions (Football)

1967 - Mishawaka Marian (5-0)
1968 - South Bend St. Joseph's (4-1)
1969 - Mishawaka Marian (5-0)
1970 - Mishawaka Marian (5-0)
1971 - Mishawaka Marian (5-0)
1972 - South Bend St. Joseph's (5-0)
1973 - South Bend St. Joseph's (5-0)

Related links

Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)

Boys' sports	Baseball Basketball (Championship) Cross Country Football (Large School, Small School) Golf Soccer Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Wrestling

Girls' sports	Basketball Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Volleyball

Athletic Conferences	Allen County Big Eight Blue Chip Central Indiana Circle City Conference Indiana Duneland Eastern Indiana Great Lakes Greater South Shore Athletic Hoosier Hoosier Crossroads Hoosier Heartland Hoosier Heritage Hoosier Hills Hoosier North Indiana Crossroads Indianapolis Public Metropolitan Mid-Eastern Mid-Hoosier Mid-Indiana Football Mid-Southern Mid-State North Central Northeast Corner Northeast Eight Northern Indiana Northern Lakes Northwest Crossroads Northwestern Ohio River Valley Patoka Lake Pioneer Pocket Porter County Sagamore Southern Southern Indiana Southwestern Indiana Southwest Football Summit Three Rivers Tri-Eastern Wabash River Western Indiana IHSAA Independents

Disbanded Conferences	Adams Benton Boone Big Blue River Big 4 Blue River Calumet Athletic Capital District Cass Central Suburban Classic Decatur Delaware Dixie Dixie-Monon East Central Eastern Indiana (EIC) Eastern Wabash Valley Elkhart Fort Wayne City Fountain Fulton Hamilton Hancock Henry Howard Huntington Indiana H.S. Football Indiana Lake Shore Jay Johnson Kankakee Valley Kosciusko LaGrange Lake Athletic Lake Suburban Laughery Valley Little 4 Little 7 Little 8 Lost River Marion Marshall Mid-Central Mid-Indiana Midland Midwest Mississinewa Valley Montgomery Noble Northeastern Indiana Northwest Hoosier Northern Indiana Valley Northern State Northland Olympic Patoka Valley Prairie Rangeline South Central South Lake Michigan Southeastern Indiana Southern Monon State Corner Steuben Tiny Ten Tippecanoe Tippecanoe Valley Tri-City League Tri-County (Northern) Tri-County (Southern) Tri-River Wayne Wells West Central Western Indiana Small High School White River Whitewater Valley Whitley

Conference rosters	List of high school athletic conferences in Indiana Detailed Lists Allen County – Metropolitan Mid-Eastern – Northwestern Ohio River Valley – Western Indiana Independent

City Championships	Evansville (SIAC) Fort Wayne (SAC) Gary Indianapolis South Bend (NIAC)

Cross-Conference tournaments	Christian Academy Tournament Columbus Christian Tournament Gibson County Toyota Teamwork Classic Indianapolis City Tournament Madison County Tournament Perry-Spencer County Classic Shawe Memorial Tournament Wabash Valley Classic

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