title: Kankakee Valley Conference
text: # Kankakee Valley Conference
  
  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. 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
  
  | School | Location | Mascot | County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $Brook^1$ | 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) |
  | $Hebron^2$ | Hebron | Hawks | 64 Porter | 1933 | Lake-Porter County | 1967 | Porter County |
  | $Kentland^1$ | Kentland | Blue Devils | 56 Newton | 1933 | Midwest/ Newton County | 1955 | Midwest |
  | $Kouts^2$ | Kouts | Mustangs/ Fillies | 64 Porter | 1933 | Lake-Porter County | 1959 | Porter County |
  | Monon | Monon | Railroaders | 91 White | 1933 | White County | 1955 | Midwest |
  | $Morocco^1$ | 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 |
  | $Hamlet^{3,4}$ | Hamlet | Tigers | 75 Starke | 1935 | Starke County | 1957 | Tippecanoe Valley |
  | San $Pierre^{3,5}$ | 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) |
  | $LaCrosse^6$ | LaCrosse | Tigers | 46 LaPorte | 1943 | LaPorte County | 1949 | LaPorte County |
  
  * Played concurrently in KVC and MAC 1933-47.
  * Played concurrently in KVC and PCC throughout duration in KVC.
  * Played concurrently in KVC and SCC 1935-48.
  * Played concurrently in KVC and TVAC 1956-57.
  * Played concurrently in KVC and TVAC 1956-59.
  * Played concurrently in KVC and LCC 1943-49.
  