The Western Valley Activities Conference is an athletic conference for small high schools in Western Iowa. Formed in 2008 from the merger of the longstanding Maple Valley Conference and Boyer Valley Conference , the league now consists of 9 schools from the old Maple Valley Conference and Siouxland Christian.
18-562: The Western Valley Activities Conference was formed in 2008 with the merger of the Maple Valley Conference and the Boyer Valley Conference. The Maple Valley Conference traces its history to 1931 when the conference was founded with Onawa, Mapleton, Moville, Correctionville, Holstein, and Odebolt high schools. Kingsley joined the conference in 1944 and over time, the conference grew to 12 members so that by
36-567: A new home. The league consolidated with the Maple Valley Conference to form the Western Valley Activities Conference . The Western Valley Activities Conference proved to be a poor fit for many member schools. In 2013, just five years after it began competition, all of the former Boyer Valley Conference members left the league for other conferences. The former Boyer Valley members now live on in one of two conferences. IKM-Manning and Logan-Magnolia now compete in
54-486: A series of mergers, reached out to the conference regarding a merger. Following a 10-1 favorable vote from the Maple Valley schools, the Western Valley Activities Conference was officially formed. Dating back to the 1920s, OA-BCIG (then Ida Grove), has been one of the strongest women's basketball programs in the state. The school's lineage includes 20 trips to the state tournament, four state championships (including
72-470: The 1978 Class 1A State Football title. Woodbury Central won the state title in football in 1980, the state track title in 1963, and the softball title in 2002. Lawton-Bronson claim the 1A track title in 1991 and the 1925 state basketball title. West Monona won the 1964 Girls Basketball Championship and the 2005 men's golf title (Coached by Josh Madsen. Anthon won the 1949 Fall Baseball State title. Boyer Valley Conference The Boyer Valley Conference
90-479: The 1A Girls Basketball Championship in Des Moines. The league continued to operate until its final year of 2007 when the conference was left with only eight schools: Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, Charter Oak-Ute, IKM, Logan-Magnolia, Manning, West Harrison, and Woodbine. With IKM and Manning set to enter a sport-sharing agreement for the 2008–09 school year, it looked like the right time for many of its members to find
108-537: The 1A State Football Championship. In the early 1980s, Manilla joined the league, followed by Manning a few years later. This put the league at 12 schools in the late 1980s. Schleswig won the Class A State Football Championship in 1984 and 1988. By 1990, Dunlap was sharing sports with Dow City-Arion and Irwin-Kirkman was sharing with Manilla. Before long, these schools officially consolidated. They became known as Boyer Valley and IKM, respectively. In 1990, Logan-Magnolia won
126-450: The 2008 season, Odebolt–Arthur and Battle Creek–Ida Grove entered into a full-grade sharing agreement. Following the 2009 season, Remsen-Union left the conference, and starting in 2010, Galva–Holstein began sharing all high school functions and classes with nearby Schaller-Crestland High School, forming the new Ridge View High School, which remained in the conference. The conference, which had spanned more than 160 miles, lost many members for
144-491: The 2011 state title ) and two runner-up finishes. Additionally, Odebolt-Arthur won four championships in cross country in the 1960s and 1970s, Battle Creek won two state softball titles, and Ida Grove holds two state titles in track & field. Ridge View also boasts a strong tradition in women's basketball, with 14 state appearances. Kingsley-Pierson boasts state titles in boys' golf (1987), boys' track & field (1978), and softball (1966 and 1967). Eastwood, now River Valley, won
162-751: The 2013–14 school year. Logan-Magnolia and IKM-Manning, the two largest schools in the southern half of the conference, moved to the Western Iowa Conference . Meanwhile, the other former Boyer Valley Conference members are joining with Coon Rapids–Bayard and five members of the Rolling Hills Conference to form the Rolling Valley Conference . Whiting moved to the Frontier Conference of Nebraska. In 2017, Charter Oak–Ute students returned to
180-564: The Class A State Football Championship. More change was on the horizon for the league, though. Schleswig left the conference in 1993 to consolidate with Denison, who went on to join the Hawkeye Ten Conference . Then, East Monona closed its high school and the district was eventually dissolved by the state in 1998. In 2002, Manning won the Class A State Football Championship and in 2006 IKM won it. The League's seminal moment may have come in 2005 when Charter Oak-Ute defeated IKM for
198-516: The KP-RV name. This agreement was then severed in April 2024, due to Kingsley-Pierson parents pressure on the school board to end it. The agreement will drop for all sports except for football following the end of the 2023-2024 athletic season. Maple Valley Conference#Schools The Maple Valley Conference was a high school sports league in western Iowa. Most of its members are classified as 1A,
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#1732801165380216-440: The conference by entering into a whole grade sharing agreement with Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto. In August 2023, Kingsley-Pierson and River Valley school districts agreed to combine teams for football, with both having competed in the 8-player division for years. The combined rosters, competing as KP-RV, allowed the team to qualify for an 11-player division. In October 2023, the school districts agreed to combine all athletic teams under
234-495: The conference in 1944 and over time, the conference grew to 12 members so that by 2008 the conference included Odebolt-Arthur, Battle Creek-Ida Grove, Galva-Holstein, Woodbury Central, Kingsley-Pierson, Remsen-Union , Lawton-Bronson, Westwood, River Valley, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto, West Monona, and Whiting. Due to declining enrollment at many schools in western Iowa, the league decided to explore options for expansion in 2008. The Boyer Valley Conference , which had recently gone through
252-493: The former BVAC had. In addition most of the old rivalries were kept intact by splitting the conference into two divisions with the old Maple Valley basically making up the north and the former Boyer Valley plus Whiting and West Monona forming the south. 2009 1A wrestling- Logan-Magnolia 2009 2A girls basketball- IKM-Manning 2011 2A girls basketball- OABCIG 2017 2A boys track and field- Kingsley–Pierson/Woodbury Central 2019 2A football- OABCIG 2020 1A football- OABCIG After
270-627: The smallest grouping of schools in Iowa. However, a few of the schools compete in the next-largest class, 2A. The conference was formed in 1931 (93 years ago) ( 1931 ) and existed for 77 years before merging with the Boyer Valley Conference in 2008 (16 years ago) ( 2008 ) . The Maple Valley Conference traces its history to 1931 when the conference was founded with Onawa, Mapleton, Moville, Correctionville, Holstein, and Odebolt high schools. Kingsley joined
288-399: The time of the merger the conference included Odebolt–Arthur, Battle Creek–Ida Grove, Galva–Holstein, Woodbury Central, Kingsley–Pierson, Remsen-Union, Lawton–Bronson, Westwood, River Valley, Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto, West Monona, and Whiting. The Boyer Valley Conference had been formed around 1960 and had many schools to consolidation over the years. After peaking at 12 schools, the conference
306-756: Was a high school athletic conference in west central Iowa. It merged with the Maple Valley Conference for the 2008 season to form the Western Valley Activities Conference . The Boyer Valley Conference had been formed around 1960 and had many schools consolidate over the years. For much of its history, the Boyer Valley Conference consisted of members in West Harrison in Mondamin, Woodbine, Dunlap, Schleswig, Charter Oak, Dow City, Irwin, Logan, Ar-We-Va in Westside, and East Monona in Moorhead. In 1977, Manilla won
324-733: Was left with only eight in its final year of 2007: Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, Charter Oak–Ute, IKM, Logan-Magnolia, Manning, West Harrison, and Woodbine. With IKM and Manning entering a sport-sharing agreement, it looked like the right time for many of its members to find a new home. In 2008, the Maple Valley Conference agreed to merge with the Boyer Valley Activities Conference by a 10–1 vote, with only Woodbury Central opposing and Lawton–Bronson abstaining. The new 19-team league would work together not only in athletics, but in music and speech as well, as
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