Valley Football Association

Valley Football Association
Conference	WIAA
Founded	2010
Sports fielded	Football;
No. of teams	15
Region	Northeastern Wisconsin; Central Wisconsin
Official website	http://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

^ ^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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ No longer in conference
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Co-division champion

References

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

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