The Kankakee Valley Conference, occasionally known as the Kankakee Valley Athletic Association, was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference in northwestern Indiana that lasted from 1933 until 1967. The conference formed as a merger of the Jasper and Newton county conferences, along with schools from the newly formed Porter County Conference wanting another league to compete in. The league would also add schools from Starke and White counties soon after forming. Other than adding LaCrosse from LaPorte County for a short time, the league did not stray from this footprint. The league was always closely tied with the Midwest Athletic Conference, with some schools playing in both conferences in the MAC's first incarnation, and many KVC schools either helped form the MAC's lineup in its reformation, or ended up moving to the league after the collapse of the KVC.
Membership School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Brook1 Brook Aces 56Newton 1933 Midwest/Newton County 1955 Midwest DeMotte DeMotte Indians 37Jasper 1933 Jasper County 1967 Midwest Fair Oaks Fair Oaks Cherokees 37Jasper 1933 Jasper County 1965 none (consolidatedinto DeMotte) Goodland Goodland Trojans 56Newton 1933 Newton County 1956 Prairie Hanging Grove Hanging Grove Hornets 37Jasper 1933 Jasper County 1939 none (consolidated intoRensselaer Central) Hebron2 Hebron Hawks 64 Porter 1933 Lake-Porter County 1967 Porter County Kentland1 Kentland Blue Devils 56Newton 1933 Midwest/Newton County 1955 Midwest Kouts2 Kouts Mustangs/ Fillies 64 Porter 1933 Lake-Porter County 1959 Porter County Monon Monon Railroaders 91White 1933 White County 1955 Midwest Morocco1 Morocco Beavers 56Newton 19331958 MWC/NCCNorthern State 19541967 Northern Statenone (consolidatedinto North Newton) Mount Ayr Mount Ayr Ayrdales 56Newton 1933 Newton County 1967 none (consolidatedinto North Newton) Remington Remington Rifles 37Jasper 1933 Midwest 1955 Prairie Tefft Tefft Tigers 37Jasper 1933 Jasper County 1965 none (consolidatedinto Wheatfield) Wheatfield Wheatfield Red Devils 37Jasper 1933 Jasper County 1967 Midwest Hamlet3, 4 Hamlet Tigers 75 Starke 1935 Starke County 1957 Tippecanoe Valley San Pierre3, 5 San Pierre Bulldogs 75 Starke 1935 Starke County 1959 Tippecanoe Valley St. Joseph's Prep Rensselaer Pumas 37Jasper 1942 none (joined IHSAA) 1947 none (school closed) LaCrosse6 LaCrosse Tigers 46 LaPorte 1943 LaPorte County 1949 LaPorte County
Played concurrently in KVC and MAC 1933–47. Played concurrently in KVC and PCC throughout duration in KVC. Played concurrently in KVC and SCC 1935–48. Played concurrently in KVC and TVAC 1956–57. Played concurrently in KVC and TVAC 1956–59. Played concurrently in KVC and LCC 1943–49.
References
Resources E.T. Pearl's Basketball Corner