Mississinewa Valley Conference

The Mississinewa Valley Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference based in East Central Indiana that lasted between 1952[1] and 1977. The conference started out as a conference for larger rural schools as a way to provide a higher level of competition than their respective County Conferences typically provided. The conference was stable for its first decade, but consolidation and more regionally based conferences with schools of similar sizes had schools defecting the MVC. The conference ended in 1977, with three schools forming the Classic Athletic Conference, and one team each joining the Mid-Eastern and Mid-Indiana conferences.

The Mississinewa Valley Conference in Indiana. Counties in red contained schools at the time of disbanding, counties in pink contained former member schools who left before conference folded.

Former members

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School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Eastern
(Greentown)
1
Greentown Comets     34
Howard
1952 Tri-County 1965 Mid-Indiana
Fairmount2 Fairmount Quakers       27
Grant
1952 Grant County 1965 Mid-Indiana
Mississinewa2 Gas City Indians     27
Grant
1952 Grant County 1977 Classic
Portland3 Portland Panthers       38
Jay
1952 Jay County 1975 none (consolidated
into Jay County)
Royerton Royerton Redbirds       18
Delaware
1952 Delaware 1967 none (consolidated
into Delta)
Winchester4 Winchester Golden Falcons5       68
Randolph
1952 Randolph County 1972 Tri-Eastern
Hagerstown Hagerstown Tigers       89
Wayne
1962 Eastern Indiana 1966 Tri-Eastern
Anderson Highland Anderson Scots     48
Madison
1963 White River 1969 White River
Eastbrook Marion Panthers       27
Grant
1965 none (new school) 1977 Mid-Indiana
Wes-Del6 Gaston Warriors     18
Delaware
1966 none (new school) 1977 Mid-Eastern
Delta Muncie Eagles       18
Delaware
1967 none (new school) 1977 Classic
Jay County Portland Patriots       38
Jay
1975 none (new school) 1977 Classic
  1. Eastern played in both the MVC and TCC from 1953 until 1965.
  2. Played concurrently in MVC and GCC 1952–65.
  3. Portland played concurrently in the Jay County Conference and MVC 1952–54.
  4. Known as Driver 1959–66.[2]
  5. Team name was Yellow Jackets before 1959.
  6. Wes-Del played concurrently in the MVC and the White River Conference from 1969 to 1977.

Membership timeline

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Jay County High SchoolDelta High School (Muncie, Indiana)Wes-Del High SchoolEastbrook High SchoolHighland High School (Anderson, Indiana)Hagerstown Junior-Senior High SchoolWinchester Community High SchoolDelta High School (Muncie, Indiana)Jay County High SchoolMississinewa High SchoolMadison-Grant High SchoolEastern Junior-Senior High School

References

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  1. ^ "Six High School Leagues Sure To Get New Champs". Kokomo Tribune. 1953-02-10. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  2. ^ "Information". Randolph Central School Corporation (Winchester, IN). Retrieved 2017-02-21.