Valley Football Association

Valley Football Association
ConferenceWIAA
Founded2010
Sports fielded
  • Football
No. of teams15
RegionNortheastern Wisconsin
Central Wisconsin
Official websitehttp://www.valleystats.org/football/

The Valley Football Association (VFA) is a football-only athletic conference comprising fifteen high schools located within northeastern and central Wisconsin. The conference was formed in 2010, when the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association merged the Fox Valley Association (FVA) and Wisconsin Valley Conference (WVC). The merger was a result of the WVC having difficulty scheduling football games due to only having six active football participants at the time. The first season of play was 2011.

History

In 2014, Hortonville High School replaced original member Menasha High School, who departed the VFA for the Bay Conference.[1]

In 2017, Wausau East High School left the conference becoming an independent school for football.[2]

From 2017 to 2020, the conference was split into three geographic divisions: North, South, and West. The North Division comprised Appleton East, Appleton North, Appleton West, Kaukauna, and Kimberly, the South Division comprised Fond du Lac, Hortonville, Neenah, Oshkosh North, and Oshkosh West, and the West Division comprised Marshfield, D.C. Everest, Stevens Point, Wausau West, and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln.

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 a temporary 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.

Members

Current members

Member school Location
(2019 school district
population)[3] 		Enrollment Nickname Colors
Appleton West
High School 		Appleton, WI
(97,579) 		1,370 Terrors Orange & Blue
   
D.C. Everest
High School 		Schofield, WI
(33,791) 		1,819 Evergreens Green & White
   
Hortonville
High School 		Hortonville, WI
(21,770) 		1,253 Polar Bears Red & White
   
Marshfield
High School 		Marshfield, WI
(27,006) 		1,233 Tigers Orange & Black
   
Stevens Point Area
Senior High School 		Stevens Point, WI
(57,208) 		2,096 Panthers Red & Black
   
Wausau East High School Wausau, WI
(54,331) 		961 Lumberjacks Red & White
   
Wausau West
High School 		Wausau, WI
(54,331) 		1,530 Warriors Royal Blue & Gold
   
Wisconsin Rapids
Lincoln High School 		Wisconsin Rapids, WI
(34,533) 		1,491 Red Raiders Red & White
   

Former members

Member school Location
(School district
population)[a][3] 		Enrollment[a] Nickname Colors Year joined Year left Left for
Menasha High School Menasha, WI
(24,903) 		965 Bluejays Blue & White
    		2011 2014 Bay Conference
Wausau East High School Wausau, WI
(54,331) 		1,136 Lumberjacks Red & White
    		2011 2017 Independent (returned in 2020)
Appleton East
High School 		Appleton, WI
(97,579) 		1,643 Patriots Scarlet, Navy, & White
      		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
Appleton North
High School 		Appleton, WI
(97,579) 		2,017 Lightning Navy, & Gold
    		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
Kaukauna
High School 		Kaukauna, WI
(28,021) 		1,177 Galloping Ghosts Orange & Black
    		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
Kimberly
High School 		Kimberly, WI
(23,779) 		1,593 Papermakers Red & White
    		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
Fond du Lac
High School 		Fond du Lac, WI
(53,178) 		2,042 Cardinals Red & White
    		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
Neenah
High School 		Neenah, WI
(44,905) 		2,021 Rockets Red & White
    		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
Oshkosh North
High School 		Oshkosh, WI
(80,376) 		1,212 Spartans Green & Gold
    		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
Oshkosh West
High School 		Oshkosh, WI
(80,376) 		1,645 Wildcats Royal Blue & White
    		2011 2020 Fox Valley Association
  1. ^ a b At time of departure

Division championships

North

  • 2011– Appleton North & Kimberly
  • 2012– Appleton North
  • 2013– Kimberly[4]
  • 2014– Kimberly
  • 2015– Kimberly
  • 2016– Kimberly
  • 2017– Kimberly
  • 2018– Kimberly
  • 2019– Kimberly

South

  • 2011– Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln
  • 2012– Marshfield & Stevens Point
  • 2013– Oshkosh North
  • 2014– Oshkosh North
  • 2015– Fond du Lac
  • 2016– Stevens Point
  • 2017– Fond du Lac
  • 2018– Fond du Lac
  • 2019– Fond du Lac & Hortonville

West

  • 2017– Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln
  • 2018– Marshfield
  • 2019– Marshfield

Valley Football

  • 2020– D.C. Everest
  • 2021– Stevens Point, Wausau West & Wisconsin Rapids
  • 2022– Marshfield, Wausau West & Wisconsin Rapids

    • Division titles by school

    School Championships Championships by year
    Kimberly[a] 8 2011,[b] 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
    Fond du Lac[a] 4 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
    Marshfield 3 2012,[b] 2018, 2019
    Stevens Point 3 2012,[b] 2016, 2021[b]
    Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 3 2011, 2017, 2021[b]
    Appleton North[a] 2 2011,[b] 2012
    Oshkosh North[a] 2 2013, 2014
    D.C. Everest 1 2020
    Hortonville 1 2019
    Wausau West 1 2021[b]
    Appleton East[a] 0 N/A
    Appleton West 0 N/A
    Kaukauna[a] 0 N/A
    Menasha[a] 0 N/A
    Neenah[a] 0 N/A
    Oshkosh West[a] 0 N/A
    Wausau East 0 N/A
    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i No longer in conference
    2. ^ a b c d e f g Co-division champion

    References

    1. ^ "Menasha, Hortonville to switch conferences". usatodayhss.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
    2. ^ "East football set to leave VFA". Daily Herald Media. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
    3. ^ a b "Index". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
    4. ^ http://valleyfootballstats.org/northern/statistics.html [dead link‍]