The Valley Football Association is a former high school football conference with its membership based northeastern and central Wisconsin. Active from the 2011 through 2023 football seasons, the conference and its member schools were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

Map
Location of Original Valley Football Association Members

The Valley Football Association was born from a merger of the football-playing members of two conferences for large high schools in eastern and central Wisconsin: the Fox Valley Association and the Wisconsin Valley Conference. The WVC was set to have only six football participants for the 2011 season, which created problems with scheduling nonconference opponents to fill game dates. Competition commenced with the 2011 football season, and the sixteen member schools were broken out into two divisions:

VFA North DivisionVFA South Division
Appleton EastFond du Lac
Appleton NorthMarshfield
Appleton WestMenasha
D.C. EverestNeenah
KaukaunaOshkosh North
KimberlyOshkosh West
Wausau EastStevens Point
Wausau WestWisconsin Rapids

In 2014, Hortonville replaced original member Menasha, who departed the VFA for the Bay Conference. Three years later, Wausau East left the VFA to compete as an independent school for football, prompting the realignment of the conference into three five-team divisions:

VFA North DivisionVFA South DivisionVFA West Division
Appleton EastFond du LacD.C. Everest
Appleton NorthHortonvilleMarshfield
Appleton WestNeenahStevens Point
KaukaunaOshkosh NorthWausau West
KimberlyOshkosh WestWisconsin Rapids

Only five VFA members competed in the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those teams, alongside returning member Wausau East, competed in a single division. The members that went on hiatus played in spring 2021 in the temporary Fox Valley Classic Conference with members of the original Fox River Classic Conference and the Wisconsin Valley Conference. Of those teams, only Appleton West and Stevens Point returned to the VFA, while the remaining teams returned to the Fox Valley Association for football. The Valley Football Association name was in use until the 2023 football season, when the conference reverted back to the Wisconsin Valley Conference nomenclature for the 2024-2025 competition cycle.

Conference membership history

SchoolLocationAffiliationMascotColorsSeasonsPrimary Conference
Appleton EastAppleton, WIPublicPatriots2011–2019Fox Valley Association
Appleton NorthAppleton, WIPublicLightning2011–2019Fox Valley Association
Appleton WestAppleton, WIPublicTerrors2011–2019, 2021–2023Fox Valley Association
D.C. EverestWeston, WIPublicEvergreens2011–2023Wisconsin Valley
Fond du LacFond du Lac, WIPublicCardinals2011–2019Fox Valley Association
KaukaunaKaukauna, WIPublicGalloping Ghosts2011–2019Fox Valley Association
KimberlyKimberly, WIPublicPapermakers2011–2019Fox Valley Association
MarshfieldMarshfield, WIPublicTigers2011–2023Wisconsin Valley
MenashaMenasha, WIPublicBlue Jays2011–2013Fox Valley Association
NeenahNeenah, WIPublicRockets2011–2019Fox Valley Association
Oshkosh NorthOshkosh, WIPublicSpartans2011–2019Fox Valley Association
Oshkosh WestOshkosh, WIPublicWildcats2011–2019Fox Valley Association
Stevens PointStevens Point, WIPublicPanthers2011–2019, 2021–2023Wisconsin Valley
Wausau EastWausau, WIPublicLumberjacks2011–2016, 2020–2023Wisconsin Valley
Wausau WestWausau, WIPublicWarriors2011–2023Wisconsin Valley
Wisconsin RapidsWisconsin Rapids, WIPublicRed Raiders2011–2023Wisconsin Valley
HortonvilleHortonville, WIPublicPolar Bears2014–2023Fox Valley Association

Membership timeline

North Division South Division West Division

List of state champions

SchoolYearDivision
Kimberly2013Division 2
Kimberly2014Division 1
Kimberly2015Division 1
Kimberly2016Division 1
Kimberly2017Division 1

List of conference and division champions

SchoolQuantityYears
Kimberly82011 (N), 2013 (N), 2014 (N), 2015 (N), 2016 (N), 2017 (N), 2018 (N), 2019 (N)
Marshfield52012 (S), 2017 (W), 2018 (W), 2019 (W), 2022
Fond du Lac42015 (S), 2017 (S), 2018 (S), 2019 (S)
Stevens Point42012 (S), 2016 (S), 2021, 2023
Wisconsin Rapids42011 (S), 2017 (W), 2021, 2022
Appleton North22011 (N), 2012 (N)
Oshkosh North22013 (S), 2014 (S)
D.C. Everest12020
Wausau West12021, 2022
Appleton East0
Appleton West0
Hortonville0
Kaukauna0
Menasha0
Neenah0
Oshkosh West0
Wausau East0

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