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.
Current members School Location Mascot Colors 2026-2027 BEDS Kingsley–Pierson Kingsley Panthers 97 Lawton–Bronson Lawton Eagles 206 MVAOCOU Mapleton Rams 162 OABCIG Ida Grove Falcons 219 Ridge View Holstein Raptors 163 River Valley Correctionville Wolverines 56 Siouxland Christian Sioux City Eagles 87 West Monona Onawa Spartans 105 Westwood Sloan Rebels 133 Woodbury Central Moville Wildcats 122
History 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 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 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 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.
State champions 2009 1A wrestling- Logan-MagnoliaIAHSSA
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
Membership changes After 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 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.Logan Magnolia School Board Minutes 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 the conference by entering into a whole grade sharing agreement with Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto.Sioux City Journal
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 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.
Former Members
School Location Mascot Colors Years Current Ar-We-Va Westside Rockets 2008–2013 Rolling Valley Conference Boyer Valley Dunlap Bulldogs 2008–2013 Rolling Valley Conference Charter Oak–Ute Charter Oak Bobcats 2008–2013 Dropped high school, sends grades 9-12 to MVAO IKM-Manning Manning Wolves 2008–2013 Western Iowa Conference Logan-Magnolia Logan Panthers 2008–2013 Western Iowa Conference Remsen-Union Remsen Rockets 2008–2009 Whole-grade sharing agreement with MMC, War Eagle Conference West Harrison Mondamin Hawkeyes 2008–2013 Rolling Valley Conference Whiting Whiting Warriors 2008–2014 Frontier Conference of Nebraska Woodbine Woodbine Tigers 2008–2013 Rolling Valley Conference
References
External links Official Website