The Mississippi Valley Conference is a high school athletic league in the Metro-East region of southwestern Illinois. It has schools from the counties of Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair. All of its members are class "AA" in Illinois' two-class and three-class systems and "AAA" in the four-class system.
Member schools (2026) School Location Mascot Colors County Enrollment Year Joined Previous Conference Civic Memorial High School Bethalto, Illinois Eagles Madison 766 1971 Midwestern Highland High School Highland, Illinois Bulldogs Madison 967 1971 Midwestern Jersey Community High School Jerseyville, Illinois Panthers Jersey 898 1971 Independent Mascoutah Community High School Mascoutah, Illinois Indians St. Clair 966 1971 Cahokia Triad High School Troy, Illinois Knights Madison 1,150 197111993 MidwesternSouth Central Waterloo High School Waterloo, Illinois Bulldogs Monroe 838 1997 Cahokia Triad left to become an Independent in 1978. They joined the SCC in 1985 prior to returning to the MVC.
Former members School Location Mascot Colors County Enrollment Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined East Alton-Wood River High School Wood River, Illinois Oilers Madison 527 1971 Southwestern 1997 South Central O'Fallon Township High School O'Fallon, Illinois Panthers St. Clair 2,473 1971 Cahokia 1993 South Seven Roxana High School Roxana, Illinois Shells Madison 538 1971 Midwestern 1997 South Central
History The Mississippi Valley Conference was formed in 1971 and has been one of the most stable conferences in Illinois high school athletics. The MVC was initially formed by Civic Memorial, Highland, Jersey Community, Mascoutah, O’Fallon, Roxana, Triad, and East Alton-Wood River High Schools. Ironically, the name Mississippi Valley had been used 2 times previous with the first occurrence happening in 1922 with teams from Macomb, Carthage, Pittsfield and Quincy from Illinois and Fort Madison and Keokuk in Iowa. This incarnation of the conference only lasted one season.Illinois High School Glory Days-The Great Conferences In 1957, the name was resurrected with teams from East Moline, Moline and Rock Island from Illinois joining an Iowa conference by the same name that included teams from Cedar Rapids and Davenport Iowa. This league is still in operation today in Iowa, however, the three Illinois schools left at the end of the 1969 school year.Iowa High School Sports-Mississippi Valley Conference
While conferences in Illinois have gone through many changes in membership, with some conferences expanding while others have disappeared over the years, the MVC has remained notably stable. O’Fallon withdrew in 1993 due to a significantly increasing student enrollment and joined the South Seven Conference, ultimately ending up as members of the Southwestern Conference. Triad left the MVC in 1979 but rejoined in 1993. Roxana and East Alton-Wood River withdrew from the Mississippi Valley in 1998 due to decreasing enrollment and joined the South Central Conference, where Roxana remains, while EAWR is now a member of the Prairie State Conference. Waterloo joined the MVC in 1998 to take the place of Roxana and East Alton-Wood River. The MVC currently has six schools, of which five are Charter members. During the 40+ year history of the league, there have only been three instances of schools entering or leaving the conference, and this is a point of pride for the MVC and its member schools. Mascoutah and Triad will be leaving the MVC for the Southwestern for the 26-27 school year. It was also announced that Highland would also be leaving at the end of the school year to join the South Seven Conference for 2026-27. With only three schools potentially competing for the 2026-27 season, the conference announced that it would be disbanding at the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year. The remaining members would end up joining the Cahokia Conference.
Membership timeline
Sports A listing of the sports and the seasons they are played in:
Fall Boys' Cross-Country Girls' Cross-Country Football Boys' Golf Girls' Golf Boys' Soccer Girls' Tennis Volleyball
Winter Cheerleading Boys' Basketball Girls' Basketball Wrestling Boys Bowling Girls Bowling
Spring Boys' Baseball Girls' Soccer Girls' Softball Boys' Tennis Boys' Track and Field Girls' Track and Field
In addition, schools compete in activities such as bass fishing, competitive cheerleading, competitive dance, and scholastic bowl - though none of those are organized at the conference level.
State Trophies
Bethalto (Civic Memorial) Competitive Dance: 2nd (1A-2013) Softball: 4th (3A-2011)
Highland Softball: 1st (3A-2021) Baseball: 1st (3A-2008, 3A-2015) Bass Fishing: 1st (2012) Competitive Dance: 1st (1A-2014)
Mascoutah Football: 1st (3A-1979) Softball: 4th (AA-1991) Speech, Individual Events: 2nd (1965)
Troy (Triad) Baseball: 4th (3A-2012) Boys Soccer: 3rd (2A-2009) Competitive Cheerleading: 1st (M-2005), 3rd (M-2008) Competitive Dance: 2nd (1A-2015) Girls Soccer: 1st (2A-2011), 2nd (A-2003), 1st (2A-2017) Wrestling: 4th (2A-2009)
Waterloo (H.S.) Baseball: 3rd (3A-2011) Boys Soccer: 3rd (2A-2010), 1st (2A-2017) Football: 2nd (3A-1993)
All-Conference teams 2023-2024
+ Boys Basketball All Conference Teams Player School Year Team Position Misc. Jaxon Brunaugh Jersey Junior 1st Team Guard Jake Ottensmeier Highland Senior 1st Team Guard Garrin Stone Highland Junior 1st Team Jayden McCoo Mascoutah Junior 1st Team Guard MVP Miles Ntekop Mascoutah Senior 1st Team Center Drew Winslow Triad Junior 1st Team Braxdon Decker Highland 2nd Team Corey Harris Mascoutah Junior 2nd Team Guard Ethan Stewart Triad Junior 2nd Team Guard Adam Ogden Civic Memorial Junior 2nd Team Guard August Frankford Civic Memorial Junior 2nd Team Forward Francis Vogel Jersey Senior Honorable Mention Guard Grant Fleming Highland Junior Honorable Mention Forward Trey Koisher Highland Senior Honorable Mention Guard Tyler Thompson Triad Sophomore Honorable Mention Guard Landon Zawodniak Triad Senior Honorable Mention Jacob Jung Mascoutah Senior Honorable Mention Forward
+ Girls Basketball All Conference Teams Player School Year Team Position Misc. Tessa Crawford Jersey Senior 1st Team Guard Co-MVP Larissa Taylor Highland Senior 1st Team Center Co-MVP Abby Schultz Highland Senior 1st Team Lauren Maas Highland Senior 2nd Team Jordan Bircher Highland Sophomore 2nd Team Meredith Gray Jersey Sophomore 2nd Team Center Ella Smith Jersey Junior Honorable Mention Guard Sophie Schroeder Highland Sophomore Honorable Mention
References
External links "Illinois High School Association". 16 September 2007.