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The Kankakee Valley Conference, occasionally known as the Kankakee Valley Athletic Association, was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference in northwestern Indiana that lasted from 1933 until 1967. The conference formed as a merger of the Jasper and Newton county conferences, along with schools from the newly formed Porter County Conference wanting another league to compete in.[1] The league would also add schools from Starke and White counties soon after forming. Other than adding LaCrosse from LaPorte County for a short time, the league did not stray from this footprint. The league was always closely tied with the Midwest Athletic Conference, with some schools playing in both conferences in the MAC's first incarnation, and many KVC schools either helped form the MAC's lineup in its reformation, or ended up moving to the league after the collapse of the KVC.

Membership

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School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Brook1 Brook Aces       56
Newton 		1933 Midwest/
Newton County 		1955 Midwest
DeMotte DeMotte Indians     37
Jasper 		1933 Jasper County 1967 Midwest
Fair Oaks Fair Oaks Cherokees     37
Jasper 		1933 Jasper County 1965 none (consolidated
into DeMotte)
Goodland Goodland Trojans     56
Newton 		1933 Newton County 1956 Prairie
Hanging Grove Hanging Grove Hornets     37
Jasper 		1933 Jasper County 1939 none (consolidated into
Rensselaer Central)
Hebron2 Hebron Hawks     64
Porter 		1933 Lake-Porter County 1967 Porter County
Kentland1 Kentland Blue Devils       56
Newton 		1933 Midwest/
Newton County 		1955 Midwest
Kouts2 Kouts Mustangs/
Fillies 		    64
Porter 		1933 Lake-Porter County 1959 Porter County
Monon Monon Railroaders     91
White 		1933 White County 1955 Midwest
Morocco1 Morocco Beavers     56
Newton 		1933
1958 		MWC/NCC
Northern State 		1954
1967 		Northern State
none (consolidated
into North Newton)
Mount Ayr Mount Ayr Ayrdales     56
Newton 		1933 Newton County 1967 none (consolidated
into North Newton)
Remington Remington Rifles     37
Jasper 		1933 Midwest 1955 Prairie
Tefft Tefft Tigers     37
Jasper 		1933 Jasper County 1965 none (consolidated
into Wheatfield)
Wheatfield Wheatfield Red Devils     37
Jasper 		1933 Jasper County 1967 Midwest
Hamlet3, 4 Hamlet Tigers       75
Starke 		1935 Starke County 1957 Tippecanoe Valley
San Pierre3, 5 San Pierre Bulldogs     75
Starke 		1935 Starke County 1959 Tippecanoe Valley
St. Joseph's Prep Rensselaer Pumas     37
Jasper 		1942 none (joined IHSAA) 1947 none (school closed)
LaCrosse6 LaCrosse Tigers     46
LaPorte 		1943 LaPorte County 1949 LaPorte County
  1. Played concurrently in KVC and MAC 1933-47.
  2. Played concurrently in KVC and PCC throughout duration in KVC.
  3. Played concurrently in KVC and SCC 1935-48.
  4. Played concurrently in KVC and TVAC 1956-57.
  5. Played concurrently in KVC and TVAC 1956-59.
  6. Played concurrently in KVC and LCC 1943-49.

References

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  1. ^ "Kouts, Mel Get Titles in Valley". The Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana). 1958-10-16. Retrieved 2017-03-30.

Resources

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E.T. Pearl's Basketball Corner

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