Grand River Conference

Grand River Conference
Conference	MSHSAA
Founded	1929
No. of teams	18
Region	Northwest Missouri

The Grand River Conference, is a high school athletic conference comprising small-size high schools located in northwest and north central Missouri. The conference members are located in Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, and Worth counties.

History

Founded in December 1929, the conference was formed with six schools: King City, Stanberry, Maysville, Bethany, Albany and Grant City as the Grand River Six. By 1936, the conference had grown to eight teams. Various schools joined and dropped over the years, with several schools switching to 8-player football a contributing factor. By 2011, the conference had ten members, and by 2016, the conference was at 16 teams.^[1]^[2] On March 3, 2023, the superintendents of the conference voted to split into 2 separate conferences, Grand River Conference and Grand River Conference West, based on the current divisional lines with Princeton joining the west and giving the main conference the Brookfield Bulldogs as well as the Marceline Tigers.

Members

As of 2021, the Grand River Conference consists of sixteen high schools, split into two divisions.^[3]^[4]^[5]

East Division

School Name	Mascot	City	County	School Type
Brookfield	Bulldogs	Brookfield	Linn	Public
Gallatin	Bulldogs	Gallatin	Daviess	Public
Marceline	Tigers	Marceline	Linn	Public
Maysville	Wolverines	Maysville	DeKalb	Public
Milan	Wildcats	Milan	Sullivan	Public
Polo	Panthers	Polo	Caldwell	Public
Putnam County	Midgets	Unionville	Putnam	Public
South Harrison	Bulldogs	Bethany	Harrison	Public
Trenton	Bulldogs	Trenton	Grundy	Public

West Division

School Name	Mascot	City	County	School Type
Albany	Warriors	Albany	Gentry	Public
King City	Wildkats	King City	Gentry	Public
North Andrew	Cardinals	Rosendale	Andrew	Public
North Harrison	Shamrocks	Eagleville	Harrison	Public
Pattonsburg	Panthers	Pattonsburg	Daviess	Public
Princeton	Tigers	Princeton	Mercer	Public
St. Joseph Christian	Lions	St. Joseph	Buchanan	Private
Stanberry	Bulldogs	Stanberry	Gentry	Public
Worth County	Tigers	Grant City	Worth	Public

Future members


School Name	Mascot	Colors	City	County	School Type	Joining	Previous conference
Brookfield	Bulldogs		Brookfield	Linn	Public	2024	Clarence Cannon Conference
Marceline	Tigers		Marceline	Linn	Public	2024	Lewis and Clark Conference

References

^ Thorn, Cody (February 6, 2015). "Grand River Conference adds 4 to league's ledger". St. Joseph News-Press. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "Grand River Conference begins new era". Bethany Republican-Clipper. August 4, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "GRC Boys Basketball Standings". Grand River Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ Conger, Phil (October 23, 2020). "North Harrison to join Grand River Conference". Bethany Republican-Clipper. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "North Harrison joins GRC, as four Lady Shamrocks named to all-state softball teams". KTTN-KGOZ Sports. November 5, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[1] Thorn, Cody (February 6, 2015). "Grand River Conference adds 4 to league's ledger". St. Joseph News-Press. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[2] "Grand River Conference begins new era". Bethany Republican-Clipper. August 4, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[3] "GRC Boys Basketball Standings". Grand River Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[4] Conger, Phil (October 23, 2020). "North Harrison to join Grand River Conference". Bethany Republican-Clipper. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[5] "North Harrison joins GRC, as four Lady Shamrocks named to all-state softball teams". KTTN-KGOZ Sports. November 5, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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