Western Valley Activities Conference
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The Western Valley Activities Conference[1] is an athletic conference for small high schools in Western Iowa. Formed in 2008 from the merger of the longstanding Maple Valley Conference and Boyer Valley Conference, the league now consists of 9 schools from the old Maple Valley Conference and Siouxland Christian.
| School | Location | Mascot | Colors | 2025-2026 BEDS[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley–Pierson | Kingsley | Panthers | 111 | |
| Lawton–Bronson | Lawton | Eagles | 162 | |
| MVAOCOU | Mapleton | Rams | 192 | |
| OABCIG | Ida Grove | Falcons | 238 | |
| Ridge View | Holstein | Raptors | 185 | |
| River Valley | Correctionville | Wolverines | 54 | |
| Siouxland Christian | Sioux City | Eagles | 73 | |
| West Monona | Onawa | Spartans | 123 | |
| Westwood | Sloan | Rebels | 143 | |
| Woodbury Central | Moville | Wildcats | 138 | |
History
The Western Valley Activities Conference was formed in 2008 with the merger of the Maple Valley Conference and the Boyer Valley Conference. The Maple Valley Conference traces its history to 1931 when the conference was founded with Onawa, Mapleton, Moville, Correctionville, Holstein, and Odebolt high schools. Kingsley joined the conference in 1944 and over time, the conference grew to 12 members so that by the time of the merger the conference included Odebolt–Arthur, Battle Creek–Ida Grove, Galva–Holstein, Woodbury Central, Kingsley–Pierson, Remsen-Union, Lawton–Bronson, Westwood, River Valley, Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto, West Monona, and Whiting.
The Boyer Valley Conference had been formed around 1960 and had many schools to consolidation over the years. After peaking at 12 schools, the conference was left with only eight in its final year of 2007: Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, Charter Oak–Ute, IKM, Logan-Magnolia, Manning, West Harrison, and Woodbine. With IKM and Manning entering a sport-sharing agreement, it looked like the right time for many of its members to find a new home.
In 2008, the Maple Valley Conference agreed to merge with the Boyer Valley Activities Conference by a 10–1 vote, with only Woodbury Central opposing and Lawton–Bronson abstaining. The new 19-team league would work together not only in athletics, but in music and speech as well, as the former BVAC had. In addition most of the old rivalries were kept intact by splitting the conference into two divisions with the old Maple Valley basically making up the north and the former Boyer Valley plus Whiting and West Monona forming the south.