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Former Wisconsin high school athletic conference
The Valley 8 Conference is a former high school athletic conference comprising eight members in east central Wisconsin. The conference was in existence from 1999 to 2007, and all members belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
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Location of Valley 8 Conference Members
The Valley 8 Conference was formed in 1999 by eight medium-sized high schools in the Fox River Valley region in Wisconsin: Clintonville, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Hortonville, Little Chute, Oconto Falls, Waupaca and Xavier.[1] Three of the six public school members (Hortonville, Little Chute and Waupaca) were formerly in the East Central Conference, and one each came from the Bay (Clintonville), Olympian (Freedom) and Packerland (Oconto Falls) Conferences. The two private schools (Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier of Appleton) were both previously in the Fox Valley Christian Conference, and were in the process of joining the WIAA as part of its merger with the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association.[2] Membership remained stable for the entirety of the conference's history, which ended in 2007 when the Valley 8 was disbanded. Six schools (Clintonville, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Little Chute, Waupaca and Xavier) became charter members of the Eastern Valley Conference,[3] and the two other members (Hortonville and Oconto Falls) joined the Bay Conference.[4]
Conference membership history
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| School
|
Location
|
Affiliation
|
Enrollment
|
Mascot
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Colors
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Joined
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Left
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Conference Joined
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Current Conference
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| Clintonville
|
Clintonville, WI
|
Public
|
412
|
Truckers
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[3]
|
Eastern Valley
|
North Eastern
|
| Fox Valley Lutheran
|
Appleton, WI
|
Private (Lutheran, WELS)
|
742
|
Foxes
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[3]
|
Eastern Valley
|
North Eastern
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| Freedom
|
Freedom, WI
|
Public
|
504
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Irish
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[3]
|
Eastern Valley
|
North Eastern
|
| Hortonville
|
Hortonville, WI
|
Public
|
1,232
|
Polar Bears
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[4]
|
Bay
|
Fox Valley Association
|
| Little Chute
|
Little Chute, WI
|
Public
|
514
|
Mustangs
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[3]
|
Eastern Valley
|
North Eastern
|
| Oconto Falls
|
Oconto Falls, WI
|
Public
|
521
|
Panthers
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[3]
|
Bay
|
North Eastern
|
| Waupaca
|
Waupaca, WI
|
Public
|
589
|
Comets
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[3]
|
Eastern Valley
|
North Eastern
|
| Xavier
|
Appleton, WI
|
Private (Catholic)
|
468
|
Hawks
|
|
1999[1]
|
2007[3]
|
Eastern Valley
|
Bay
|
Membership timeline
[edit]List of state champions
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Football
| School
|
Year
|
Division
|
| Fox Valley Lutheran
|
2001
|
Division 3
|
| Waupaca
|
2006
|
Division 3
|
Boys Soccer
| School
|
Year
|
Division
|
| Xavier
|
2003
|
Division 2
|
| Xavier
|
2004
|
Division 2
|
| Xavier
|
2006
|
Division 2
|
None
Boys Golf
| School
|
Year
|
Division
|
| Xavier
|
2001
|
Division 2
|
Girls Soccer
| School
|
Year
|
Division
|
| Xavier
|
2004
|
Division 3
|
| Xavier
|
2005
|
Division 2
|
Softball
| School
|
Year
|
Division
|
| Hortonville
|
2000
|
Division 2
|
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Conference gets name". Appleton Post-Crescent. October 15, 1998. pp. E-8. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ VanderPas, Dan (March 5, 1999). "Final WISAA tourney will coincide with WIAA girls". Appleton Post-Crescent. pp. D-4. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Arguello, Ricardo (July 25, 2007). "Prep football conferences to see new looks". Appleton Post-Crescent. p. 7. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ a b Thompson, Andy (July 29, 2005). "Switch to Bay Conference appeals to Hortonville". Appleton Post-Crescent. p. 10. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
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