# Valley 8 Conference

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{{Short description|Wisconsin high school athletic conference (1999-2007)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
The '''Valley 8 Conference''' is a former high school [athletic conference](/source/athletic_conference) comprising eight members in east central [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin). The conference was in existence from 1999 to 2007, and all members belonged to the [Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association](/source/Wisconsin_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association).

== History ==
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The Valley 8 Conference was formed in 1999 by eight medium-sized high schools in the [Fox River Valley](/source/Fox_River_(Green_Bay_tributary)) region in Wisconsin: [Clintonville](/source/Clintonville_High_School), [Fox Valley Lutheran](/source/Fox_Valley_Lutheran_High_School), [Freedom](/source/Freedom_High_School_(Wisconsin)), [Hortonville](/source/Hortonville_High_School), [Little Chute](/source/Little_Chute_High_School), [Oconto Falls](/source/Oconto_Falls_High_School), [Waupaca](/source/Waupaca_High_School) and [Xavier](/source/Xavier_High_School_(Appleton%2C_Wisconsin)).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=15 October 1998 |title=Conference gets name |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290986362/?match=1&terms=%22valley%208%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=E-8}}</ref> Three of the six public school members (Hortonville, Little Chute and Waupaca) were formerly in the [East Central Conference](/source/East_Central_Conference), and one each came from the [Bay](/source/Bay_Conference) (Clintonville), [Olympian](/source/Olympian_Conference) (Freedom) and [Packerland](/source/Packerland_Conference) (Oconto Falls) Conferences. The two [private schools](/source/Private_school) (Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier of [Appleton](/source/Appleton%2C_Wisconsin)) were both previously in the [Fox Valley Christian Conference](/source/Fox_Valley_Christian_Conference), and were in the process of joining the WIAA as part of its merger with the [Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association](/source/Wisconsin_Independent_Schools_Athletic_Association).<ref>{{Cite news |last=VanderPas |first=Dan |date=5 March 1999 |title=Final WISAA tourney will coincide with WIAA girls |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290866695/?match=1&terms=%22valley%208%20conference%22 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=D-4}}</ref> Membership remained stable for the entirety of the conference's history, which ended in 2007 when the Valley 8 was disbanded. Six schools (Clintonville, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Little Chute, Waupaca and Xavier) became charter members of the [Eastern Valley Conference](/source/Eastern_Valley_Conference),<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Arguello |first=Ricardo |date=25 July 2007 |title=Prep football conferences to see new looks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/360216471/?match=1&terms=%22eastern%20valley%20conference%22%20realignment |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=7}}</ref> and the two other members (Hortonville and Oconto Falls) joined the Bay Conference.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Andy |date=29 July 2005 |title=Switch to Bay Conference appeals to Hortonville |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/290725825/?match=1&terms=%22bay%20conference%22%20realignment%20hortonville%20xavier |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Appleton Post-Crescent |pages=10}}</ref>{{clear}}

==Conference membership history==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Location
!Affiliation
!Mascot
!Colors
!Joined
!Left
!Conference Joined
!Current Conference
|-
|['''Clintonville'''](/source/Clintonville_High_School)
|[Clintonville, WI](/source/Clintonville%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Truckers
|{{color box|e35205}} {{color box|black}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":1" />
|[Eastern Valley](/source/Eastern_Valley_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Fox Valley Lutheran'''](/source/Fox_Valley_Lutheran_High_School)
|[Appleton, WI](/source/Appleton%2C_Wisconsin)
|Private ([Lutheran](/source/Lutheranism), [WELS](/source/Wisconsin_Evangelical_Lutheran_Synod))
|Foxes
|{{color box|6f2c3f}} {{color box|a2aaad}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":1" />
|[Eastern Valley](/source/Eastern_Valley_Conference)
|[Bay](/source/Bay_Conference)
|-
|['''Freedom'''](/source/Freedom_High_School_(Wisconsin))
|[Freedom, WI](/source/Freedom%2C_Outagamie_County%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Irish
|{{color box|115740}} {{color box|ffc72c}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":1" />
|[Eastern Valley](/source/Eastern_Valley_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Hortonville'''](/source/Hortonville_High_School)
|[Hortonville, WI](/source/Hortonville%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Polar Bears
|{{color box|ba0c2f}} {{color box|white}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":2" />
|[Bay](/source/Bay_Conference)
|[Fox Valley Association](/source/Fox_Valley_Association)
|-
|['''Little Chute'''](/source/Little_Chute_High_School)
|[Little Chute, WI](/source/Little_Chute%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Mustangs
|{{color box|69b3e7}} {{color box|041e42}} {{color box|white}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":1" />
|[Eastern Valley](/source/Eastern_Valley_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Oconto Falls'''](/source/Oconto_Falls_High_School)
|[Oconto Falls, WI](/source/Oconto_Falls%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Panthers
|{{color box|ff8200}} {{color box|black}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":1" />
|[Bay](/source/Bay_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Waupaca'''](/source/Waupaca_High_School)
|[Waupaca, WI](/source/Waupaca%2C_Wisconsin)
|Public
|Comets
|{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|white}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":1" />
|[Eastern Valley](/source/Eastern_Valley_Conference)
|[North Eastern](/source/North_Eastern_Conference_(Wisconsin))
|-
|['''Xavier'''](/source/Xavier_High_School_(Appleton%2C_Wisconsin))
|[Appleton, WI](/source/Appleton%2C_Wisconsin)
|Private ([Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church))
|Hawks
|{{color box|041e42}} {{color box|white}}
|1999<ref name=":0" />
|2007<ref name=":1" />
|[Eastern Valley](/source/Eastern_Valley_Conference)
|[Bay](/source/Bay_Conference)
|}

== Membership timeline ==
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Period     = from:1999 till:2007
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  bar:1  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Clintonville (1999-2007)
  bar:2  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Fox Valley Lutheran (1999-2007)
  bar:3  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Freedom (1999-2007)
  bar:4  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Hortonville (1999-2007)
  bar:5  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Little Chute (1999-2007)
  bar:6  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Oconto Falls (1999-2007)
  bar:7  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Waupaca (1999-2007)
  bar:8  color:tan1 from:1999 till:2007 text:Xavier (1999-2007)
  
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:1999

</timeline>

== List of state champions ==

=== Fall sports ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/State_Records/gteamchamps.pdf Girls Cross Country]
!School
!Year
!Division
|-
| style="background: #ff8200; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Oconto Falls'''
|1999
|Division 2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Football/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Football]
!School
!Year
!Division
|-
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Fox Valley Lutheran'''
|2001
|Division 3
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Waupaca'''
|2006
|Division 3
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Boys_Soccer/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Boys Soccer]
!School
!Year
!Division
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|2003
|Division 2
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|2004
|Division 2
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|2006
|Division 2
|}

=== Winter sports ===
None

=== Spring sports ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Golf_Boys/teamchamps.pdf Boys Golf]
!School
!Year
!Division
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|2001
|Division 2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Soccer_Girls/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Girls Soccer]
!School
!Year
!Division
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|2004
|Division 3
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|2005
|Division 2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Softball/State_Records/teamchamps.pdf Softball]
!School
!Year
!Division
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002d6c, inset -2px -2px 0 #002d6c;" |'''Hortonville'''
|2000
|Division 2
|}

== List of conference champions ==
=== Boys Basketball ===
{| class="wikitable"
!School
!Quantity
!Years
|-
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Fox Valley Lutheran'''
|2
|2004, 2005
|-
| style="background: #69b3e7; color: #041e42; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #041e42, inset -2px -2px 0 #041e42;" |'''Little Chute'''
|2
|2002, 2006
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Waupaca'''
|2
|2000, 2007
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|2
|2003, 2006
|-
| style="background: #e35205; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Clintonville'''
|1
|2001
|-
| style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Freedom'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002d6c, inset -2px -2px 0 #002d6c;" |'''Hortonville'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #ff8200; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Oconto Falls'''
|0
|
|}

=== Girls Basketball ===
{| class="wikitable"
!School
!Quantity
!Years
|-
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Fox Valley Lutheran'''
|6
|2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002d6c, inset -2px -2px 0 #002d6c;" |'''Hortonville'''
|2
|2004, 2006
|-
| style="background: #ff8200; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Oconto Falls'''
|1
|2002
|-
| style="background: #e35205; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Clintonville'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Freedom'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #69b3e7; color: #041e42; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #041e42, inset -2px -2px 0 #041e42;" |'''Little Chute'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Waupaca'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|0
|
|}

=== Football ===
{| class="wikitable"
!School
!Quantity
!Years
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #d50032, inset -2px -2px 0 #d50032;" |'''Waupaca'''
|5
|1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
|-
| style="background: #041e42; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Xavier'''
|3
|2002, 2004, 2005
|-
| style="background: #e35205; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Clintonville'''
|1
|2000
|-
| style="background: #6f2c3f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #a2aaad, inset -2px -2px 0 #a2aaad;" |'''Fox Valley Lutheran'''
|1
|2000
|-
| style="background: #115740; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ffc72c, inset -2px -2px 0 #ffc72c;" |'''Freedom'''
|1
|2002
|-
| style="background: #69b3e7; color: #041e42; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #041e42, inset -2px -2px 0 #041e42;" |'''Little Chute'''
|1
|2002
|-
| style="background: #ba0c2f; color: white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002d6c, inset -2px -2px 0 #002d6c;" |'''Hortonville'''
|0
|
|-
| style="background: #ff8200; color: black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;" |'''Oconto Falls'''
|0
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Wisconsin high school athletic conferences}}

Category:Wisconsin high school sports conferences
Category:Sports organizations established in 1997
Category:1999 establishments in Wisconsin
Category:2007 disestablishments in Wisconsin

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