Platte Valley Conference

The Platte Valley Conference (PVC) is a northwest Missouri-based athletic conference that features exclusively small, primarily rural schools that are member institutions of the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA). This conference is considered one of the stronger sports leagues in class 1 of Missouri sports.

Sports

Member schools in the PVC fall football lineup include the Dekalb Tigers, North Andrew Cardinals, Southwest Livingston Wildcats, South Nodaway Longhorns, Stewartsville Cardinals, and Union Star Trojans. These teams compete in Missouri eight-man football, a sport almost exclusive to the northwest corner of the state.

For basketball, the conference keeps most of its football competitors: the Dekalb Tigers, North Andrew Cardinals, South Nodaway Longhorns, Stewartsville Cardinals, and Union Star R-2 Trojans. Also in the PVC basketball group are the Jefferson Eagles, Northeast Nodaway Bluejays, and the Osborn Wildcats. Starting in 2011-2012, the Platte Valley Conference has had a conference basketball tournament featuring the 8 basketball schools.

On February 6, 2015, the Grand River Conference accepted North Andrew and they will move to the GRC starting in the 2016-2017 school year.[1]

List of member schools

School Team Name Colors Town County School Enrollment (2008–10) Football?
De Kalb High School Tigers           De Kalb Buchanan 118 Y
Jefferson Conception Junction High School (Lady) Eagles           Conception Junction Nodaway 50 N
Osborn High School Wildcats/ Lady Cats           Osborn De Kalb 40 N
North Andrew High School Cardinals           Rosendale Andrew 105 Y
Northeast Nodaway High School BlueJays           Ravenwood Nodaway 73 N
Southwest Livingston High School Wildcats           Ludlow Livingston 65 Y (football only)
South Nodaway High School Longhorns           Barnard Nodaway 71 Y
Stewartsville High School Cardinals           Stewartsville De Kalb 88 Y
Union Star High School Trojans           Union Star De Kalb 47 Y

Former members

In years past, the Platte Valley Conference also included Fillmore, but the town's high school consolidated with the North Andrew School District in the early 1990s. The conference also included Elwood, KS through the 2010-2011 school year when they consolidated with Wathena, KS to form Riverside High School.

References

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