Fox Valley Association
ConferenceWIAA
Founded1970
Sports fielded
  • 20
No. of teams10
Official websitewww.fvasports.net

The Fox Valley Association is an athletic conference comprising ten high schools located within the Fox Valley region of northeastern Wisconsin. The management of the conference is vested in the principals of the member schools, who determine the rules governing the eligibility of athletes and the schedules. Rules and regulations may not be less restrictive than those of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

The conference was formed in 1970 when the Appleton Area teams split from the Fox River Valley Conference teams and joined up with the suburban Fox Valley teams. Oshkosh North and Appleton North joined the conference when the schools were built in 1972 and 1995, respectively. In 2010, The Wisconsin Valley Conference needed assistance in football scheduling. Therefore, the WIAA merged both conferences to form the Valley Football Association. Due to the conference subsequently having 16 teams and thus the inability to have all teams play one another in a two-month period, the conference was forced to split into two divisions: North & South. In 2014, Hortonville High School replaced original member Menasha High School, who departed the FVA for the Bay Conference. Menasha cited the school's declining enrollment and inability to compete with the larger FVA schools as the reason for the move.[1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some members of the FVA joined some members of the Fox River Classic Conference and Wisconsin Valley Conference to form the 20-team football-only Fox Valley Classic Conference, which will play in spring 2021.[2]

Members

Member School Location Enrollment Year Joined Nickname Colors
Appleton East Appleton, WI 1,369 1970 Patriots Scarlet, Navy, & White
     
Appleton North Appleton, WI 1,675 1995 Lightning Navy, & Gold
   
Appleton West Appleton, WI 1,101 1970 Terrors Orange & Blue
   
Fond du Lac Fond du Lac, WI 1,981 1989 Cardinals Red & White
   
Hortonville Hortonville, WI 1,151 2014 Polar Bears Red & White
   
Kaukauna Kaukauna, WI 1,156 1970 Galloping Ghosts Orange & Black
   
Kimberly Kimberly, WI 1,563 1970 Papermakers Red & White
   
Neenah Neenah, WI 2,057 1970 Rockets Red & White
   
Oshkosh North Oshkosh, WI 1,272 1972 Spartans Green & Gold
   
Oshkosh West Oshkosh, WI 1,686 1970 Wildcats Royal Blue & White
   

Associate members

Member School Location Enrollment Nickname Colors Primary Conference Sports
Berlin Berlin, WI, 560 Indians Red & Green
   		 East Central Boys' & Girls' Swimming & Diving (Co-op team with Green Lake)
Green Bay East Green Bay, WI 1,262 Red Devils Red, White, & Black
     		 Bay Boys' Volleyball (Co-op team with Preble, Southwest, and West)
Green Bay Preble Green Bay, WI 2,105 Hornets Green & Gold
   		 Fox River Classic Boys' Volleyball (Co-op team with East, Southwest, and West)
Green Bay Southwest Green Bay, WI 1,155 Fighting Trojans Royal Blue & Silver
   		 Fox River Classic Boys' Volleyball (Co-op team with East, Preble, and West)
Green Bay West Green Bay, WI 837 Wildcats Purple & White
   		 Bay Boys' Volleyball (Co-op team with East, Preble, and Southwest)
Green Lake Green Lake, WI 148 Lakers Green & White
   		 Trailways Boys' & Girls' Swimming & Diving (Co-op team with Berlin)
Lourdes Oshkosh, WI 185 Knights Red & White
   		 Trailways Boys' & Girls' Swimming & Diving (Co-op team with Oshkosh North)
Notre Dame de la Baie Green Bay, WI 776 Tritons Royal Blue, Green & White
     		 Fox River Classic Boys' Volleyball

Former members

Member School Location Enrollment Year Joined Year Departed Nickname Colors Football Division Current Conference
Menasha Menasha, WI, 915 1970 2014 Bluejays Blue & White
   		 South Bay
Two Rivers Two Rivers, WI 493 1977 1979 Purple Raiders Purple & Gold
   		 N/A Eastern Wisconsin

The conference supports the following sports:

Girls are allowed to participate in wrestling.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Menasha, Hortonville to switch conferences". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ↑ "Twenty high schools form spring football conference". The Press Times. Multi Media Channels. October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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