Sangamon Valley Conference

The Sangamon Valley Conference is an IHSA-sanctioned conference in northeastern Illinois established in 1948.^[1] The conference hosts primarily 1A-2A schools. It will also become the first Illinois conference to host an Indiana high school, as South Newton of Kentland, Indiana will join from their home state's folding Midwest Athletic Conference.^[2]

Membership

Current members

School	Location	Mascot	County	Enrollment	Class	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Central	Clifton	Comets	Iroquois	334	2A	2004
Cissna Park¹	Cissna Park	Timberwolves	Iroquois	115	1A	1999
Dwight	Dwight	Trojans	Livingston	286	1A	2014	Interstate Eight
Iroquois West	Gilman	Raiders	Iroquois	273	1A	1993
Momence	Momence	Redskins	Kankakee	386	2A	2006	River Valley
Paxton-Buckley-Loda	Paxton	Panthers	Ford	437	2A	1991	none (new school)
South Newton	Kentland, IN	Rebels	Newton (IN)	259	1A²	2015	Midwest (IN)
Watseka	Watseka	Warriors	Iroquois	352	2A	1997

was called Crescent-Iroquois-Cissna Park as the host in a co-op with Crescent-Iroquois (based in Crescent City until Crescent City-Iroquois consolidated into Cissna Park in 2009.
Classes reflect numbers for IHSAA competition.

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Bellflower	Bellflower	Dragons	McLean	1948	Tri-Valley	1985	Kickapoo
DeLand-Weldon¹	DeLand	Eagles	Piatt	1948		1983
Farmer City	Farmer City	Farmers	DeWitt	1948		1971	none (consolidated into Farmer City-Mansfield)
LeRoy	LeRoy	Panthers	McLean	1948		2006	Heart of Illinois
Mahomet-Seymour	Mahomet	Bulldogs	Champaign	1948		1976	Okaw Valley
Mansfield	Mansfield	Cardinals	Piatt	1948		1971	none (consolidated into Farmer City-Mansfield)
Weldon	Weldon	Wildcats	DeWitt	1948		1949	none (consolidated into DeLand-Weldon)
Fisher	Fisher	Bunnies	Champaign	1949		2006	Heart of Illinois
Wapella	Wapella	Wildcats	DeWitt	1949		1955	Kickapoo
Heyworth	Heyworth	Hornets	McLean	1955		1997	Mid-State
Octavia	Colfax	Rockets	McLean	1955	Kickapoo	1989	none (consolidated into Ridgeview)
Saybrook-Arrowsmith	Saybrook	Comanches	McLean	1955	Kickapoo	1976	Kickapoo
Argenta-Oreana	Argenta	Bombers	Macon	1971		1983
Fairbury-Cropsley	Fairbury	Tartars	Livingston	1971		1985	none (consolidated into Prairie Central
Farmer City-Mansfield	Farmer City	Blue Devils	DeWitt	1971	none (new school)	1985	none (consolidated into Blue Ridge)
Forrest-Strawn-Wing	Forrest	Eskimos	Livingston	1983	Vermilion Valley	1985	none (consolidated into Prairie Central
Tri-Valley	Downs	Vikings	McLean	1983		2006	Heart of Illinois
Blue Ridge	Farmer City	Knights	DeWitt	1985	none (new school)	2006	Heart of Illinois
Ridgeview	Colfax	Mustangs	McLean	1989	none (new school)	1997	Mid-State
Ford Central	Piper City	Cougars	Livingston	1989	Vermilion Valley	1992	none (consolidated into Tri-Point)
Paxton	Paxton	Mustangs	Ford	1990	Wauseca	1991	none (consolidated into Paxton-Buckley-Loda)
Gibson City	Gibson City	Greyhounds	Ford	1990	Wauseca	1993	none (consolidated into Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley)
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley	Gibson City	Falcons	Ford	1993	none (new school)	2006	Heart of Illinois
Hoopeston	Hoopeston	Cornjerkers	Vermilion	1997		2004	Vermilion Valley
Milford	Milford	Bearcats	Iroquois	1997		2006	Vermilion Valley
Rossville-Alvin	Rossville	Bobcats	Vermilion	1997		2005	none (consolidated into Hoopeston)
University	Urbana	Illineks	Champaign	1997		2003	East Central Illini
Armstrong	Armstrong	Trojans	Vermilion	1999		2004	Vermilion Valley
St. Thomas More	Champaign	Sabers	Champaign	2004		2014	Okaw Valley
St. Joseph-Ogden	St. Joseph	Spartans	Champaign	2006		2014	Okaw Valley
Tri-Point	Cullom	Chargers	Livingston	2006	Mid-State	2011	River Valley

DeLand-Weldon was known as DeLand before 1949.

References

↑ Sangamon Valley Conference Constitution & By-Laws
↑ "South Newton Joining Illinois Conference". Newton County Times. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2014-02-07.

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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