Okaw Valley Conference (Illinois)

The Okaw Valley Conference is a high school athletic conference in Central Illinois.

Member schools

Institution	Location	Mascot	Colors	Affiliation	9–12 enrollment	School website
Maroa-Forsyth	Maroa, Illinois	Trojans	Royal Blue and Gold	Public	312	http://www.mfschools.org
Monticello	Monticello, Illinois	Sages	Purple and Gold	Public	517	http://www.monticello.k12.il.us/mhs
Rantoul	Rantoul, Illinois	Eagles	Purple and Gold	Public	787	http://www.rths.k12.il.us
St. Joseph-Ogden	St. Joseph, Illinois	Spartans	Maroon, White, Columbia Blue	Public	486	http://www.sjo.k12.il.us
St. Thomas More	Champaign, Illinois	Sabers	Hunter Green and Gold	Private	279 / 460.35(multiplied)	http://www.hs-stm.org/
Unity	Tolono, Illinois	Rockets	Maroon and White	Public	488	http://www.unityrockets.com/

Sports

The conference offers the following sports:

Boys sports

Football, basketball, baseball, track and field (all schools)
Soccer (Monticello, Unity, Maroa-Forsyth/Warrensburg-Latham Co-op)
Golf (all schools except Unity)
Cross-country
Wrestling (Monticello, Unity, Argenta-Oreana/Maroa-Forsyth Co-op)

Girls sports

Volleyball, basketball, softball (all schools)
Soccer (Monticello, Maroa-Forsyth/Warrensburg-Latham Co-op)
Cross-country (all schools, Maroa-Forsyth/Warrensburg-Latham Co-op)
Track and field (all schools except Maroa-Forsyth/Warrensburg-Latham Co-op)
Competitive cheering (all schools except Unity)
Golf (all schools except Unity)

History

The Okaw Valley Conference was formed in the early 1950s. It originally consisted of Arcola, Arthur, Atwood-Hammond, Bement, Cerro Gordo, Monticello, Newman, Oakland, Sullivan, Tuscola, and Villa Grove. Tolono Unity was added in 1958. In 1971, the smallest seven schools left to form the Little Okaw Valley, and three schools were added: Decatur St Teresa, St Joseph-Ogden, and Warrensburg-Latham. In 1976, Arcola left and Mahomet-Seymour replaced them. In 1982, Sullivan and Warrensburg-Latham left and Argenta-Oreana was added. Tuscola dropped out in 1983. The league folded after the 1984 season. In 1990 Argenta-Oreana, Clinton, St Teresa, Monticello, Sullivan, and Warrensburg-Latham resurrected the conference, and in 1995, Meridian and Maroa-Forsyth were added. Central A&M joined in 1997, Shelbyville in 1999, and Tuscola and Unity in 2006. It has since become one of the toughest small school conference in Illinois. The conference was split into two divisions for football in 2006. The Black Division consists of Clinton, Monticello, Shelbyville, St. Teresa, Sullivan, and Unity. The Blue Division consists of Argenta-Oreana, Central A&M, Maroa- Forsyth, Meridian, Tuscola, and Warrensburg-Latham. Each team plays the five schools from their division, and then four from the other division. In 2012, 9 teams officially left the Okaw and started a new conference called the Central Illinois Conference(CIC). These schools were Argenta-Oreana, Clinton, St. T, Meridian, Central A&M, Sullivan, Shelbyville, Warrensburg-Latham,and Tuscola. Three teams were left out of the new conference. These teams were Monticello, Tolono, and Maroa-Forsyth. Before the actual forming of the CIC, Argenta-Oreana decided to join the Little Okaw Valley Conference. The Okaw Valley Conference will continue with Monticello, Tolono-Unity, Maroa-Forsyth, Champaign St. Thomas More,St. Joseph-Ogden, and Rantoul.

SUCCESSES

Maroa-Forsyth: Boys Football: 1st place 2006, 2nd place 2009. Boys Basketball: 1st place 2006–07 (only the second school in Illinois history to win a championship in both Football and Basketball in same year), 3rd place 2005–06. Girls Golf: 3rd place 2000–01, 2nd place 2001–02 & 2002–03. Girls Volleyball: 3rd place 2007–08
Unity: Boys Football: 2nd place 2009–10. Girls Volleyball: 4th place 1977–78, 3rd place 1980–81, 2nd place 1978–79 and 2008–09
The High School of Saint Thomas More: Girls Basketball: 1st place 2013-14, 2nd place 2012-13. Girls Golf: 1st place 2010-11, 2nd place 2007-08 & 2008-09. Boys Golf: 1st place 2008-09. Boys Cross Country: 1st place 2012-13.

External links

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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