The Valley Football Association is a former high school football conference with its membership based northeastern and central Wisconsin. Active from the 2011 through 2023 football seasons, the conference and its member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Valley Football Association was born from a merger of the football-playing members of two conferences for large high schools in eastern and central Wisconsin: the Fox Valley Association and the Wisconsin Valley Conference. The WVC was set to have only six football participants for the 2011 season, which created problems with scheduling nonconference opponents to fill game dates. Competition commenced with the 2011 football season, and the sixteen member schools were broken out into two divisions: VFA North DivisionVFA South DivisionAppleton EastFond du LacAppleton NorthMarshfieldAppleton WestMenashaD.C. EverestNeenahKaukaunaOshkosh NorthKimberlyOshkosh WestWausau EastStevens PointWausau WestWisconsin Rapids In 2014, Hortonville replaced original member Menasha, who departed the VFA for the Bay Conference. Three years later, Wausau East left the VFA to compete as an independent school for football, prompting the realignment of the conference into three five-team divisions: VFA North DivisionVFA South DivisionVFA West DivisionAppleton EastFond du LacD.C. EverestAppleton NorthHortonvilleMarshfieldAppleton WestNeenahStevens PointKaukaunaOshkosh NorthWausau WestKimberlyOshkosh WestWisconsin Rapids Only five VFA members competed in the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those teams, alongside returning member Wausau East, competed in a single division. The members that went on hiatus played in spring 2021 in the temporary Fox Valley Classic Conference with members of the original Fox River Classic Conference and the Wisconsin Valley Conference. Of those teams, only Appleton West and Stevens Point returned to the VFA, while the remaining teams returned to the Fox Valley Association for football. The Valley Football Association name was in use until the 2023 football season, when the conference reverted back to the Wisconsin Valley Conference nomenclature for the 2024-2025 competition cycle.
Conference membership history SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsSeasonsPrimary ConferenceAppleton EastAppleton, WIPublicPatriots 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationAppleton NorthAppleton, WIPublicLightning 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationAppleton WestAppleton, WIPublicTerrors 2011–2019, 2021–2023Fox Valley AssociationD.C. EverestWeston, WIPublicEvergreens 2011–2023Wisconsin ValleyFond du LacFond du Lac, WIPublicCardinals 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationKaukaunaKaukauna, WIPublicGalloping Ghosts 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationKimberlyKimberly, WIPublicPapermakers 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationMarshfieldMarshfield, WIPublicTigers 2011–2023Wisconsin ValleyMenashaMenasha, WIPublicBlue Jays 2011–2013Fox Valley AssociationNeenahNeenah, WIPublicRockets 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationOshkosh NorthOshkosh, WIPublicSpartans 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationOshkosh WestOshkosh, WIPublicWildcats 2011–2019Fox Valley AssociationStevens PointStevens Point, WIPublicPanthers 2011–2019, 2021–2023Wisconsin ValleyWausau EastWausau, WIPublicLumberjacks 2011–2016, 2020–2023Wisconsin ValleyWausau WestWausau, WIPublicWarriors 2011–2023Wisconsin ValleyWisconsin RapidsWisconsin Rapids, WIPublicRed Raiders 2011–2023Wisconsin ValleyHortonvilleHortonville, WIPublicPolar Bears 2014–2023Fox Valley Association
Membership timeline
List of state champions +SourceSchoolYearDivisionKimberly2013Division 2Kimberly2014Division 1Kimberly2015Division 1Kimberly2016Division 1Kimberly2017Division 1
List of conference and division champions
2011-2019
North Division SchoolQuantityYearsKimberly82011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019Appleton North22011, 2012D.C. Everest0Wausau West0Appleton East0Appleton West0Hortonville0Kaukauna0Wausau East0
South Division SchoolQuantityYearsFond du Lac42015, 2017, 2018, 2019Oshkosh North22013, 2014Stevens Point22012, 2016Marshfield12012Wisconsin Rapids12011Hortonville0Menasha0Neenah0Oshkosh West0
West Division SchoolQuantityYearsMarshfield32017, 2018, 2019Wisconsin Rapids12017D.C. Everest0Stevens Point0Wausau West0
2020-2023 SchoolQuantityYearsStevens Point22021, 2023Wausau West22021, 2022Wisconsin Rapids22021, 2022D.C. Everest12020Marshfield12022Appleton West0Hortonville0Wausau East0
References
External links Valley Football Association