The Trempealeau Valley Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin. It was in existence from 1927 to 1959 and its member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Trempealeau Valley Conference was formed in 1927 by six small high schools in close proximity to the Trempealeau River in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin: Alma Center, Blair, Hixton, Independence, Taylor and Whitehall. The conference remained a six-member loop for most of its existence, with the first change to membership coming in 1936, when Whitehall left the conference to join the Mississippi Valley Conference and were replaced by Melrose. They would only last one season in the conference before Merrillan, who was displaced from the Little Eight Conference after it ended competition, took their place in 1937. In 1949, Alma Center and Merrillan merged with Humbird to form the new Lincoln High School in Alma Center. Fairchild also joined after being left without a conference affiliation by the dissolution of the 10-12 Conference in 1948. Eleva-Strum (also known as Central Union) joined the Trempealeau Valley in 1952, giving the conference seven members for the rest of its history. In 1959, the Trempealeau Valley Conference was disbanded, with all seven schools joining newly formed conferences. Four schools entered the West Central Conference (Alma Center Lincoln, Fairchild, Hixton and Taylor) and three became members of the Dairyland Conference (Blair, Eleva-Strum and Independence).
Conference membership history
Final members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceAlma Center LincolnAlma Center, WIPublicHornets 19491959West CentralDairylandBlairBlair, WIPublicCardinals 19271959DairylandClosed in 1989 (merged into Blair-Taylor)Eleva-StrumStrum, WIPublicCardinals 19521959DairylandFairchildFairchild, WIPublicPurple Dragons 19491959West CentralClosed in 1968 (merged into Osseo-Fairchild)HixtonHixton, WIPublicVikings 19271959West CentralClosed in 1961 (consolidated into Black River Falls)IndependenceIndependence, WIPublicIndees 19271959DairylandDairyland (coop with Gilmanton)TaylorTaylor, WIPublicTrojans 19271959West CentralClosed in 1989 (merged into Blair-Taylor)
Previous members SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceAlma CenterAlma Center, WIPublicHornets 19271949Closed (merged into Alma Center Lincoln)MelroseMelrose, WIPublicEagles 19361937IndependentClosed in 1965 (merged into Melrose-Mindoro)MerrillanMerrillan, WIPublicYellow Jackets 19371949Closed (merged into Alma Center Lincoln)WhitehallWhitehall, WIPublicNorse 19271936Mississippi ValleyDairyland
Membership timeline
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYears Blair141929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956Independence71937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952Taylor61936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1959Whitehall31928, 1930, 1934Alma Center11938Alma Center Lincoln11958Fairchild11951Hixton11957Eleva-Strum0Melrose0Merrillan0
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