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.
History
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. 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. 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, and the two other members (Hortonville and Oconto Falls) joined the Bay Conference.
Conference membership history SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceClintonvilleClintonville, WIPublicTruckers 19992007Eastern ValleyNorth EasternFox Valley LutheranAppleton, WIPrivate (Lutheran, WELS)Foxes 19992007Eastern ValleyBayFreedomFreedom, WIPublicIrish 19992007Eastern ValleyNorth EasternHortonvilleHortonville, WIPublicPolar Bears 19992007BayFox Valley AssociationLittle ChuteLittle Chute, WIPublicMustangs 19992007Eastern ValleyNorth EasternOconto FallsOconto Falls, WIPublicPanthers 19992007BayNorth EasternWaupacaWaupaca, WIPublicComets 19992007Eastern ValleyNorth EasternXavierAppleton, WIPrivate (Catholic)Hawks 19992007Eastern ValleyBay
Membership timeline
List of state champions
Fall sports +Girls Cross CountrySchoolYearDivisionOconto Falls1999Division 2 +FootballSchoolYearDivisionFox Valley Lutheran2001Division 3Waupaca2006Division 3 +Boys SoccerSchoolYearDivisionXavier2003Division 2Xavier2004Division 2Xavier2006Division 2
Winter sports None
Spring sports +Boys GolfSchoolYearDivisionXavier2001Division 2 +Girls SoccerSchoolYearDivisionXavier2004Division 3Xavier2005Division 2 +SoftballSchoolYearDivisionHortonville2000Division 2
List of conference champions Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsFox Valley Lutheran22004, 2005Little Chute22002, 2006Waupaca22000, 2007Xavier22003, 2006Clintonville12001Freedom0Hortonville0Oconto Falls0
Girls Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsFox Valley Lutheran62000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007Hortonville22004, 2006Oconto Falls12002Clintonville0Freedom0Little Chute0Waupaca0Xavier0
Football SchoolQuantityYearsWaupaca51999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006Xavier32002, 2004, 2005Clintonville12000Fox Valley Lutheran12000Freedom12002Little Chute12002Hortonville0Oconto Falls0
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