The Valley-Ridge Athletic Conference is a former high school athletic conference located in south central Wisconsin. It was only in operation for one school year (1934–35), and three of its four member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Valley-Ridge Athletic Conference traces its origins back to another conference formed in 1928. The Baraboo Valley League was formed that year with four members: Cazenovia, La Valle, Lime Ridge and North Freedom. All member schools were located in Sauk County or Richland County, and most were in close proximity to the Baraboo River. The conference disbanded after only one season, when Lime Ridge agreed to join the Wisconsin River League, only to back out before the season began and compete as an independent. The four schools competed as independents for the next few years until forming the Valley-Ridge Athletic Conference in 1934. As with the previous iteration of the conference, the Valley-Ridge competed for only one season before disbanding in 1935. Three of the four member schools would join the Wisconsin River League after the conference's breakup: Lime Ridge in 1936, Cazenovia in 1938 and North Freedom in 1942.
Conference membership history SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsJoinedLeftConference JoinedCurrent ConferenceCazenoviaCazenovia, WIPublicBlue Devils 1928, 19341929, 1935IndependentClosed in 1955 (merged into Weston)La ValleLa Valle, WIPublicUnknown 1928, 19341929, 1935IndependentClosed, date unknown (consolidated into Reedsburg)Lime RidgeLime Ridge, WIPublicRed Raiders 1928, 19341929, 1935IndependentClosed in 1955 (merged into Weston)North FreedomNorth Freedom, WIPublicBulldogs 1928, 19341929, 1935IndependentClosed in 1945 (district split between Baraboo and Reedsburg)
List of conference champions
Boys Basketball SchoolQuantityYearsLa Valle11935North Freedom11929Cazenovia0Lime Ridge0
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