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

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Brook1BrookAces56 Newton1933Midwest/ Newton County1955Midwest
DeMotteDeMotteIndians37 Jasper1933Jasper County1967Midwest
Fair OaksFair OaksCherokees37 Jasper1933Jasper County1965none (consolidated into DeMotte)
GoodlandGoodlandTrojans56 Newton1933Newton County1956Prairie
Hanging GroveHanging GroveHornets37 Jasper1933Jasper County1939none (consolidated into Rensselaer Central)
Hebron2HebronHawks64 Porter1933Lake-Porter County1967Porter County
Kentland1KentlandBlue Devils56 Newton1933Midwest/ Newton County1955Midwest
Kouts2KoutsMustangs/ Fillies64 Porter1933Lake-Porter County1959Porter County
MononMononRailroaders91 White1933White County1955Midwest
Morocco1MoroccoBeavers56 Newton1933 1958MWC/NCC Northern State1954 1967Northern State none (consolidated into North Newton)
Mount AyrMount AyrAyrdales56 Newton1933Newton County1967none (consolidated into North Newton)
RemingtonRemingtonRifles37 Jasper1933Midwest1955Prairie
TefftTefftTigers37 Jasper1933Jasper County1965none (consolidated into Wheatfield)
WheatfieldWheatfieldRed Devils37 Jasper1933Jasper County1967Midwest
Hamlet3, 4HamletTigers75 Starke1935Starke County1957Tippecanoe Valley
San Pierre3, 5San PierreBulldogs75 Starke1935Starke County1959Tippecanoe Valley
St. Joseph's PrepRensselaerPumas37 Jasper1942none (joined IHSAA)1947none (school closed)
LaCrosse6LaCrosseTigers46 LaPorte1943LaPorte County1949LaPorte 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.

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